Map of the results of the 1999 St Albans City and District Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

The 1999 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 increasing the number of seats by 1.[1] The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[2]

Election result

Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives won 21 seats, while Labour took 16 seats.[3] Boundary changes had increased the number of seats to 58 from 57, with an exact seat in Sandridge ward.[3] The closest result was in Harpenden East, where Conservative Michael Clark won a seat by 3 votes defeating the mayor Brian Peyton.[3] Overall turnout at the election was 37.1%, up from 35.3% at the 1998 election but down from the 39.6% in 1996.[3]

St Albans local election result 1999[4][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 21 -9 36.2 34.8 36,609 -1.1%
  Conservative 21 +10 36.2 34.5 36,217 +1.2%
  Labour 16 0 27.6 30.5 32,101 -0.3%
  Independent 0 0 0 0.2 178 +0.2%

Ward results

Ashley (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alistair Cooper 1,007 58.8
Labour Malachy Pakenham 946 55.2
Labour Edward Hill 944 55.1
Liberal Democrats Francesca Day 444 25.9
Liberal Democrats Dawn Devereux 442 25.8
Liberal Democrats David Parry 378 22.1
Conservative James Black 319 18.6
Conservative Peter White 287 16.7
Conservative Philip Oxley 284 16.6
Turnout 1,714 34.7
Batchwood (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David McManus 1,063 65.4
Labour Roma Mills 1,045 64.3
Labour Andrew Rose 990 60.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Biddle 283 17.4
Conservative Edward Ellis 269 16.5
Conservative Pamela Farley 265 16.3
Liberal Democrats Robin Law 257 15.8
Conservative Margaret Winterhoff 250 15.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Latham 242 14.9
Turnout 1,626 32.8
Clarence (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Burton 1,089 53.5
Liberal Democrats Joyce Lusby 1,018 50.0
Liberal Democrats John Wright 1,006 49.4
Labour Nigel Culkin 619 30.4
Labour Helen Hutchinson 605 29.7
Labour Clive Newport 581 28.5
Conservative Jeremy Christie 356 17.5
Conservative Nigel Woodsmith 350 17.2
Conservative James Vessey 340 16.7
Turnout 2,037
Colney Heath (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Defoe 532 47.6
Liberal Democrats John Henchley 531 47.5
Conservative Julia Jeffrey 288 25.8
Labour Gordon Watson 288 25.8
Conservative Derek Jeffrey 282 25.2
Labour Michael Gibson 268 24.0
Turnout 1,117 33.7
Cunningham (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Donald 1,007 47.1
Liberal Democrats Edward Roberts 882 41.2
Labour Andrew Gilson 877 41.0
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Harrison 848 39.6
Labour Laurence Heyman 846 39.6
Labour David Allan 839 39.2
Conservative Diana Hall 354 16.5
Conservative Graham Leonard 323 15.1
Conservative Louisa-Jane Rosalki 299 14.0
Turnout 2,139 45.0
Harpenden East (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Waddilove 862 41.8
Liberal Democrats Alison Steer 834 40.4
Conservative Michael Clark 799 38.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Peyton 796 38.6
Conservative John Cozens 741 35.9
Conservative Victor Holley 735 35.6
Labour David Crew 470 22.8
Labour Rosemary Ross 417 20.2
Labour Elizabeth McShane 398 19.3
Turnout 2,062 38.1
Harpenden North (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert Pawle 820 45.1
Liberal Democrats John Coad 814 44.8
Conservative David Coe 787 43.3
Conservative Maurice Purkiss 776 42.7
Liberal Democrats Terence Glenister 726 40.0
Liberal Democrats Valerie Goodyear 702 38.6
Labour David Dunmore 236 13.0
Labour Gavin Ross 235 12.9
Labour Richard Botterill 232 12.8
Turnout 1,817 34.9
Harpenden South (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Foster 1,113 58.5
Conservative Patrick Johnston 1,093 57.4
Conservative Michael Morrell 1,081 56.8
Liberal Democrats Katharine Sutton 456 23.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Canfield 441 23.2
Liberal Democrats Paul De Kort 389 20.4
Labour Julie Lightfoot 353 18.5
Labour Enid Bright 334 17.5
Labour Melvin Cato 323 17.0
Turnout 1,904 36.2
Harpenden West (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Daly 1,189 61.3
Conservative John Newman 1,170 60.3
Conservative Julian Turner 1,170 60.3
Liberal Democrats Mary Skinner 430 22.2
Liberal Democrats George Gostling 411 21.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Spinks 410 21.1
Labour Ruth Gordon-Weeks 316 16.3
Labour Elizabeth Rayner 295 15.2
Labour David Lawlor 288 14.8
Turnout 1,940 34.0
London Colney (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm MacMillan 1,064 68.4
Labour Etheldreda Gordon 1,047 67.3
Labour Sean Flynn 1,026 66.0
Conservative Avril Foster 293 18.8
Conservative Derek Caroline 277 17.8
Conservative Carol Howard 277 17.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Piercy 159 10.2
Liberal Democrats David Priestman 149 9.6
Liberal Democrats Moira Seton 124 8.0
Turnout 1,555 26.4
Marshalswick North (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Churchard 910 45.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Clegg 826 41.3
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Stroud 803 40.1
Conservative Frances Leonard 716 35.8
Conservative John Foster 698 34.9
Conservative Michael Bretherton 676 33.8
Labour John Baughan 398 19.9
Labour Flora Falconer 378 18.9
Labour Lynda Harris 371 18.5
Turnout 2,002 39.8
Marshalswick South (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Rowland 1,088 49.4
Liberal Democrats John Peters 946 42.9
Liberal Democrats Joy Winder 865 39.2
Conservative Brian Doble 700 31.8
Conservative Agnes Hill 697 31.6
Conservative Philip Webster 682 30.9
Labour Eleanor Harris 518 23.5
Labour Jane Cloke 486 22.1
Labour Janet Smith 463 21.0
Turnout 2,204 42.2
Park Street (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Downs 702 39.6
Liberal Democrats Barry Blackwell 671 37.8
Conservative Thomas Burns 668 37.7
Conservative Michael Pugh 660 37.2
Conservative Nigel Cocks 659 37.1
Liberal Democrats Syed Abidi 646 36.4
Labour Mary Morley 418 23.6
Labour David Davies 378 21.3
Labour Ronald Wilson 357 20.1
Turnout 1,774 32.7
Redbourn (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Corley 851 44.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Schofield 818 42.6
Conservative Brian Chapman 797 41.5
Conservative Paul Finigan 696 36.3
Liberal Democrats John Schofield 675 35.2
Liberal Democrats Eric Humbles 630 32.8
Labour Colin Hucklesby 336 17.5
Labour Vivienne Windle 305 15.9
Labour John Paton 253 13.2
Turnout 1,920 41.4
Sandridge (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Whiteside 637 42.8
Liberal Democrats William Morris 564 37.9
Conservative Beric Read 529 35.6
Liberal Democrats Laurence Brown 449 30.2
Labour Christine Dawson 260 17.5
Labour John Tomblin 249 16.7
Independent Basil Filmer 178 12.0
Turnout 1,488 39.7
Sopwell (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janetta Gibbs 1,043 68.0
Labour David Enright 1,034 67.4
Labour Mark Wilson 1,016 66.3
Conservative Eileen Brown 287 18.7
Conservative Janet Cameron 276 18.0
Conservative Margaret Brownlie 274 17.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Harris 192 12.5
Liberal Democrats John Hale 178 11.6
Liberal Democrats David Terrar 157 10.2
Turnout 1,533 28.9
St Peters (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynette Warren 973 54.8
Labour Winifred Dunleavy 955 53.8
Labour Helen Ives-Rose 912 51.4
Liberal Democrats John Gunner 544 30.7
Liberal Democrats Alisdair Gould 528 29.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Saunders 491 27.7
Conservative Geoffrey Brown 272 15.3
Conservative Sheila Sanders 264 14.9
Conservative Mark Shaw 227 12.8
Turnout 1,774 34.4
St Stephen (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Myland 904 46.2
Conservative Susan Carr 836 42.7
Conservative Hazel Ward 826 42.2
Liberal Democrats Kahlil Moghul 740 37.8
Liberal Democrats Jadwiga Baillie 708 36.2
Liberal Democrats Gerald Kaye 647 33.1
Labour Patricia Allen 314 16.0
Labour Janet Blackwell 306 15.6
Labour Anthony Allen 282 14.4
Turnout 1,957 38.2
Verulam (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Smith 1,124 46.8
Conservative Richard Blossom 1,030 42.9
Conservative Clare Ellis 991 41.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Frearson 930 38.7
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Morris 885 36.8
Liberal Democrats Susan Campbell 859 35.7
Labour Karl Bruckdorfer 434 18.1
Labour Jilliam Butchart 432 18.0
Labour Constance Vuolo 406 16.9
Turnout 2,403 45.8
Wheathampstead (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Oxley 964 45.5
Conservative Keith Stammers 963 45.4
Conservative Gillian Clark 888 41.9
Liberal Democrats Neil Page 804 37.9
Conservative Derek Hills 802 37.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Edelston 727 34.3
Labour Peter Woodhams 310 14.6
Labour Mary Cheale 294 13.9
Labour Michael Fletcher 268 12.6
Turnout 2,119 44.5

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Verulam by-election 2 December 1999[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 911 47.0 +1.8
Liberal Democrats 858 44.3 +6.9
Labour 168 8.7 -8.7
Majority 53 2.7
Turnout 1,937 37.0 -8.8
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ^ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.
  3. ^ a b c d "Only a quarter of the electorate turned out to vote in one ward as the first all-out council election for 25 years failed to capture the public's imagination". Hertfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 29 May 1999.
  4. ^ "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "District Council Elections 6 May 1999 results". St Albans City and District Council. Archived from the original on 13 April 2001. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results - December 1999". Local Authority Byelection Results. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
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