Harlow District Council election, 1999

The 1999 Harlow District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Labour remained in control of the council with 34 of the 42 seats, compared to 4 each for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.^[3] Labour won 9 of the 14 seat contested, but lost 3 seats to the Conservatives in Great Parndon, Kingsmoor and Potter Street wards.^[3] The Liberal Democrats also gained a seat from Labour in Mark Hall South, while retaining a seat in Stewards ward.^[3] Overall turnout at the election was 29.85%.^[4]

Harlow local election result 1999^[2]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	0	4	-4	64.3	47.4	7,501	-5.6%
	Conservative	3	3	0	+3	21.4	32.1	5,082	+5.0%
	Liberal Democrat	2	1	0	+1	14.3	18.9	2,993	-1.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	156	+1.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	79	+0.5%

Ward results

Brays Grove^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cameron	483	59.8	-11.8
	Conservative	Joshua Jolles	212	26.2	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jackson	113	14.0	+1.8
Majority			271	33.5	-21.8
Turnout			808	28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Parndon^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick McClarnon	578	48.5
	Labour	Mark Wilkinson	517	43.4
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Spenceley	96	8.1
Majority			61	5.1
Turnout			1,191	38.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Katherines with Sumners^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Long	577	49.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Simon Carter	472	40.3	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Harry Ackland-Snow	121	10.3	-3.9
Majority			105	9.0	+6.4
Turnout			1,170	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsmoor^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Churchill	581	45.5	+2.1
	Labour	Greg Peck	530	41.5	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Addison	137	10.7	-2.7
	Green	Geoffrey McMullan	29	2.3	+2.3
Majority			51	4.0	+3.8
Turnout			1,277	28.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Latton Bush^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Jones	538	57.4	-0.5
	Conservative	Vivien Ross	235	25.1	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Edwards	164	17.5	+4.1
Majority			303	32.3	+3.2
Turnout			937	24.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Parndon^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Young	674	64.3	-3.3
	Conservative	Sue Livings	214	20.4	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Davis	161	15.3	+3.7
Majority			460	43.9	-3.0
Turnout			1,049	28.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Bellairs	397	56.0	-6.8
	Conservative	Mark Gough	217	30.6	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Atkinson	95	13.4	+0.4
Majority			180	25.4	-13.2
Turnout			709	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Macy	707	49.5	+13.6
	Labour	Terry Kent	619	43.4	-10.7
	Conservative	George Reynolds	101	7.1	-2.9
Majority			88	6.2
Turnout			1,427	39.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Netteswell East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernie Jones	469	65.0
	Conservative	Emma Thomas	153	21.2
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Herbert	99	13.7
Majority			316	43.8
Turnout			721	26.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Harlow^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Fenny	757	47.2
	Conservative	Michael Garnett	666	41.5
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Higgins	182	11.3
Majority			91	5.7
Turnout			1,605	33.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Passmores^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Evans	483	47.6	-16.0
	Conservative	Edward Johnson	395	38.9	+17.9
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Lawton	137	13.5	-1.9
Majority			88	8.7	-33.8
Turnout			1,015	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Potter Street^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graeme Archer	1,036	49.5	+16.4
	Labour	Sue Burgess	660	31.5	-9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stanley Ward	193	9.2	-16.5
	Independent	Jock Arnott	156	7.4	+7.4
	Green	William Powell	50	2.4	+2.4
Majority			376	17.9
Turnout			2,095	29.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stewards^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna Spenceley	658	70.8	+5.9
	Labour	Sandra Rootsey	201	21.6	-7.1
	Conservative	Stephen Butt	71	7.6	+1.2
Majority			457	49.1	+12.8
Turnout			930	25.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tye Green^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Shepherd	596	68.0	-2.3
	Conservative	Charles Ross	151	17.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Thurston	130	14.8	+0.5
Majority			445	50.7	-4.1
Turnout			877	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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1 2 "Local Councils: Results round-up - Elections". The Times (NewsBank). 7 May 1999. p. 4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 "Tories delighted with election". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications (NewsBank). 15 May 1999. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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