Map of the results of the 1999 West Somerset District council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and seats with no candidates in white.

The 1999 West Somerset District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995.[1] The council stayed under no overall control.[1]

Election result

West Somerset local election result 1999[2][1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 15 48.4 44.0 7,220 +21.3%
  Independent 8 25.8 13.3 2,178 -6.6%
  Labour 5 16.1 25.6 4,197 -6.9%
  Liberal Democrats 1 3.2 16.3 2,675 -5.8%
  Green 0 0 0.9 142 +0.9%
  No candidate 2 6.5 N/A N/A N/A

3 independent, 2 Conservative and 1 Labour candidates were unopposed at the election.[2] A further 2 seats had no candidates standing for them.

Ward results

Alcombe East (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jamie Anderson 203
Conservative Nicolas Messarra 197
Labour Lesley Culverhouse 159
Labour Thomas Welch 136
Liberal Democrats Hazel Bowden 38
Liberal Democrats Rene Kinzett 38
Turnout 771 24.3
Alcombe West (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivor Gibbon 421
Labour Simon Stokes 411
Conservative Terry Venner 271
Conservative John Walker 247
Turnout 1,350 39.2
Aville Vale[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Burnell unopposed
Brompton Ralph and Haddon[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Geoffrey Day 227 83.8
Labour David Burchell 44 16.2
Majority 183 67.5
Turnout 271 38.6
Carhampton and Withycombe[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Humber 495 84.2
Conservative Marion Stuart 93 15.8
Majority 402 68.4
Turnout 588 57.3
Crowcombe and Stogumber[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vivian Brewer 379 72.6
Independent Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave 143 27.4
Majority 236 45.2
Turnout 522 58.0
Dulverton and Brushford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steven Pugsley unopposed
Dunster[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anne Cave-Brown-Cave 164 50.6
Conservative Martin Bale 160 49.4
Majority 4 1.2
Turnout 324 46.9
Minehead North (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Lawrence 581
Conservative Ann Foxhuntley 526
Conservative Keith Parkes 521
Labour David Ross 400
Labour John McGee 370
Labour Elizabeth Wightman 323
Turnout 2,721 39.4
Minehead South (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Hill 628
Conservative Ernest Taylor 597
Conservative Jean Walker 577
Liberal Democrats Martyn Snell 497
Liberal Democrats Susan Jenkins 332
Labour Peter Slade 326
Liberal Democrats Pamela Dewis 313
Labour Marcus Kravis 313
Labour John Dore 263
Turnout 3,846 53.2
Old Cleeve (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Nethercott 438
Conservative Pamela Driver 350
Liberal Democrats Gabriella Bevan 184
Green Almuth Groos 142
Turnout 1,114 39.7
Porlock and District (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Palmer 618
Conservative Jennifer David 531
Liberal Democrats Marilynn Russell 409
Turnout 1,558 36.6
Quantock Vale (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence Ayre unopposed
Labour Keith Turpin unopposed
Quarme[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Frederick Rawle unopposed
Watchet (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Banks 479
Conservative Jennifer Hill 460
Independent Sally De Renzy-Martin 395
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bowden 369
Independent John Richards 319
Turnout 2,022 35.9
West Quantock[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara Child unopposed
Williton (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hugh Davies 492
Labour Edwin May 352
Conservative Jean Tillotson 281
Labour Ian Aldridge 200
Turnout 1,325 41.5

By-elections between 1999 and 2003

Williton

Williton By-election 9 December 1999[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 219 64.6 +39.6
Labour 120 35.4 +4.1
Majority 99 29.2
Turnout 339 17.1 -24.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Aville Vale

Aville Vale By-election 13 July 2000[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 327 66.1
Independent 168 33.9
Majority 159 32.2
Turnout 495 53.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ^ a b c "West Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "West Somerset District Council - May 1999". West Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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