The 1999 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998.[1] The council stayed under no overall control.[2]

Election result

South Lakeland Local Election Result 1999[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 21 +1 40.4
  Conservative 15 +2 28.8
  Labour 10 0 19.2
  Independent 6 -3 11.5

Ward results

Arnside and Beetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Himsworth 744 48.8
Conservative J Gibson 743 48.7
Conservative A Taylor 715 46.9
Liberal Democrats David Scarisbrick* 701 45.9
Majority 28 1.8
Turnout 44.1
Broughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joss Curwen* 801 92.3
Labour G Baddeley 67 7.7
Majority 734 84.6
Turnout 46.9
Burneside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Claire Chorley* 439 83.6
Labour Ms D Horner 86 16.4
Majority 353 67.2
Turnout 33.1
Burton & Holme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Bingham* 694 79.1
Liberal Democrats E Phillips 183 20.9
Majority 511 58.2
Turnout 43.2
Cartmel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Leslie Hadwin* unopposed
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Coniston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Derek Butterworth* unopposed
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Crake Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Noel Spendlove* 409 68.6
Conservative Robert Webster 187 31.4
Majority 222 37.2
Turnout 41.3
Crooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Galbraith* 462 71.0
Liberal Democrats B Chandler 138 21.2
Labour P Horner 51 7.8
Majority 324 49.8
Turnout 37.6
Grange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Parker* 894 56.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Leach* 840 52.7
Conservative William Wearing 751 47.1
Liberal Democrats P Fitt 606 38.0
Majority 89
Turnout 45.5
Hawkshead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats E Diggle* 302 51.7
Conservative Oliver Pearson 282 48.3
Majority 20 3.4
Turnout 38.9
Holker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent J Briggs* unopposed
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Kendal Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Studholme* 353 55.5
Conservative D Bowen 175 27.5
Labour Janet Brooks 108 17.0
Majority 178 28.0
Turnout 41.0
Kendal Far Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Critchley* 355 71.7
Conservative Ms E Bothwick 73 14.7
Labour K Alderson 67 13.5
Majority 282 57.0
Turnout 29.7
Kendal Fell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robin Yates* 353 62.5
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Cook 212 37.5
Majority 141 25.0
Turnout 39.2
Kendal Glebelands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Rothwell* 304 48.3
Conservative Ms R Wilkinson 219 34.8
Liberal Democrats A Gill 106 16.9
Majority 85 13.5
Turnout 39.9
Kendal Heron Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Shine 415 73.6
Conservative Anthony Coles 92 16.3
Labour D Longmire 57 10.1
Majority 323 57.3
Turnout 38.6
Kendal Highgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rita Molloy 250 47.8
Liberal Democrats D Lawson 201 38.4
Conservative Frank Brooks 72 13.8
Majority 49 9.4
Turnout 34.7
Kendal Kirkland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Avril Dobson* 391 81.5
Liberal Democrats P Drury 89 18.5
Majority 302 63.0
Turnout 32.6
Kendal Mintsfeet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Barratt* 258 63.2
Conservative Helen Graham 86 21.1
Labour Alan Whitton 64 15.7
Majority 172 42.1
Turnout 25.5
Kendal Nether
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Mayho 322 49.8
Labour Paul Braithwaite* 272 42.1
Conservative Melvin Mackie 52 8.0
Majority 50 7.7
Turnout 44.1
Kendal Oxenholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Ball* 311 58.3
Labour Helen Speed 155 29.1
Conservative Ms J Hermitage 67 12.6
Majority 156 29.2
Turnout 32.9
Kendal Parks
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brendan Jameson 434 81.1
Conservative Ms F Bishop 63 11.8
Labour G Jackson 38 7.1
Majority 371 69.3
Turnout 34.1
Kendal Stonecross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Vincent 357 49.0
Conservative M Graham* 296 40.6
Labour Ms V Kelly 76 10.4
Majority 61 8.4
Turnout 45.6
Kendal Strickland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Ewing* 414 72.0
Liberal Democrats G Crank 81 14.1
Conservative J Houldon 80 13.9
Majority 333 57.9
Turnout 38.1
Kendal Underley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Blamire* 537 87.3
Liberal Democrats James McKeefery 78 12.7
Majority 459 74.6
Turnout 39.1
Kirkby Lonsdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barclay Stainton 640 65.8
Independent David Brooks* 332 34.2
Majority 308 31.6
Turnout 53.6
Lakes Ambleside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Vatcher* 577 45.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Barker 469 37.1
Independent George Middleton 455 36.0
Independent Brian Hewitt* 398 31.5
Conservative Susan Hunt 236 18.7
Labour Maureen Colquhoun 134 10.6
Majority 14 1.1
Turnout 39.0
Lakes Grasmere
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elizabeth Braithwaite* 408 75.7
Liberal Democrats A Hunt 131 24.3
Majority 277 51.4
Turnout 38.6
Levens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Woof* 503 64.6
Conservative B Higgins 276 35.4
Majority 227 29.2
Turnout 53.6
Low Furness and Swarthmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Betty Wallis* 862 53.6
Conservative William Tyson 678 42.1
Liberal Democrats David Foot 613 38.1
Conservative C Liversedge 386 24.0
Labour Richard Scott 278 17.3
Majority 65 4.0
Turnout 38.2
Lyth Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Enid Robinson* 344 62.8
Liberal Democrats Gwyneth Raymond 146 26.6
Labour Keith Fawcett 58 10.6
Majority 198 36.2
Turnout 32.8
Milnthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Alston* 387 74.3
Conservative T Simister 134 25.7
Majority 253 48.6
Turnout 33.5
Natland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Bobbett* 375 59.1
Liberal Democrats R Kirkham 174 27.4
Labour B McKee 85 13.4
Majority 201 31.7
Turnout 40.7
Sedbergh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Lancaster* 754 60.2
Conservative Paul Winn 699 55.8
Independent Colin Gardner* 496 39.6
Liberal Democrats Sydney McLennan 231 18.5
Majority 203 31.7
Turnout 40.6
Staveley-in-Cartmel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Bentley 319 53.5
Liberal Democrats Gordon Jenkinson 277 46.5
Majority 42 7.0
Turnout 41.2
Staveley-in-Westmorland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stan Collins* 561 71.6
Conservative George Richardson 176 22.5
Labour Ms D Wilson 46 5.9
Majority 385 49.1
Turnout 45.7
Ulverston Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Miller* 393 67.5
Conservative Peter Hornby 189 32.5
Majority 204 35.0
Turnout 35.1
Ulverston East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Bolton* 479 85.8
Conservative Ms P Prosser 79 14.2
Majority 400 71.6
Turnout 36.5
Ulverston North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Hodgson* 409 58.8
Labour Ms J Povey 226 32.5
Liberal Democrats B Rabone 60 8.6
Majority 183 26.3
Turnout 44.9
Ulverston South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Jarvis 312 52.4
Labour Ms V Miller* 283 47.6
Majority 29 4.8
Turnout 41.4
Ulverston Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Lister* 489 64.5
Conservative M Wilding 269 35.5
Majority 220 29.0
Turnout 48.3
Ulverston West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janette Jenkinson* 482 75.1
Labour Fay Plant 160 24.9
Majority 322 50.2
Turnout 39.4
Whinfell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Robinson unopposed
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A N/A
Windermere Applethwaite
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Borer* 364 60.9
Liberal Democrats H Hatley 234 39.1
Majority 130 21.8
Turnout 36.0
Windermere Bowness North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Deirdre Cranwell* 428 52.8
Conservative Ms S Clayton 274 33.8
Labour Ms Y Stewart-Taylor 108 13.3
Majority 154 19.0
Turnout 47.0
Windermere Bowness South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Hoyle* 344 59.3
Liberal Democrats Ms P Campbell 236 40.7
Majority 108 18.6
Turnout 36.5
Windermere Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Atkinson* 331 48.6
Conservative Elizabeth Graham 246 36.1
Labour C Kelly-Goddard 104 15.3
Majority 85 12.5
Turnout 40.9

References

  1. ^ "South Lakeland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  2. ^ a b "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
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