The 1999 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

West Oxfordshire local election result 1999[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 8 +5 50.0 38.4 4,782 -0.6%
  Liberal Democrats 4 +1 25.0 27.6 3,432 -1.3%
  Independent 3 -3 18.8 15.5 1,926 +9.1%
  Labour 1 -3 6.3 17.8 2,217 -7.6%
  Green 0 0 0 0.7 81 +0.5%

Ward results

Carterton North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Mason 548 54.4 +4.9
Labour John Rowe 311 30.9 +12.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Harold 148 14.7 -0.2
Majority 237 23.5 -7.4
Turnout 1,007 21.0 +0.3
Carterton South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Windell Walcott 627 73.0 +23.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Madden 232 27.0 -2.8
Majority 395 46.0 +26.5
Turnout 859 28.8 +6.5
Chadlington[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Stacey 225 47.4
Independent Christopher Lyden 144 30.3
Liberal Democrats Emma Tatton 106 22.3
Majority 81 17.1
Turnout 475 45.1
Chipping North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Hannis 625 47.0 +47.0
Labour Georgina Burrows 432 32.5 -28.1
Independent Richard Soper 204 15.3 +15.3
Liberal Democrats David Davies 68 5.1 +5.1
Majority 193 14.5
Turnout 1,329 30.2 +3.6
Clanfield and Shilton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Neale unopposed
Coombe and Stonesfield[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Derrick Millard 670 72.2
Liberal Democrats Gareth Epps 258 27.8
Majority 412 44.4
Turnout 928 53.6
Ducklington[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Hayward 255 58.8
Labour Sheila Cuss 126 29.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Copestake 53 12.2
Majority 129 29.7
Turnout 434 34.3
Enstone[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elizabeth Higgs 212 46.1
Conservative Sandra Rasch 126 27.4
Labour Stephen Hague 98 21.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Walton 24 5.3
Majority 86 18.7
Turnout 460 36.5
Eynsham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Rossiter 777 71.5 +11.0
Conservative David Dawes 228 21.0 -0.4
Green Mark Stevenson 81 7.5 +7.5
Majority 549 50.6 +11.5
Turnout 1,086 29.5 -1.0
Filkins and Langford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Seale 344 74.0 -0.3
Labour Raymond Gibbons 121 26.0 +0.3
Majority 223 48.0 -0.7
Turnout 465 47.8 +6.1
Finstock and Leafield[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Jauncey 328 57.3
Conservative Rodney Rose 173 30.2
Independent David Gore 71 12.4
Majority 155 27.1
Turnout 572 47.0
Hailey[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Kellow 426 75.4
Labour William Tumbridge 91 16.1
Liberal Democrats Malcolm West 48 8.5
Majority 335 59.3
Turnout 565 37.4
Witney East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Holborough 706 58.3
Conservative Martin Chapman 506 41.7
Majority 200 16.5
Turnout 1,212 32.0
Witney North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Workman 403 49.4 +15.1
Conservative Clive Knowles 289 35.4 -0.8
Labour John Ryall 124 15.2 -14.3
Majority 114 14.0
Turnout 816 33.9 +8.7
Witney South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ross McFarlane 627 48.3 -5.8
Labour Raymond Harris 482 37.1 -8.8
Liberal Democrats Olive Minett 190 14.6 +14.6
Majority 145 11.2 +3.0
Turnout 1,299 24.6 +0.7
Witney West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Cooper 432 46.4
Conservative Andrew Creery 408 43.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Willis 91 9.8
Majority 24 2.6
Turnout 931 30.5

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Carterton South by-election 30 September 1999[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 341 46.3 -26.7
Liberal Democrats 310 42.1 +15.1
Labour 86 11.7 +11.7
Majority 31 4.2 -41.8
Turnout 737 24.4 -4.4
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
  2. ^ "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent. NewsBank. 7 May 1999.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "West Oxfordshire District Council Election Results 1998 - 2010" (PDF). West Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results - September 1999". Local Authority Byelection Results. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
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