Milton Keynes Council election, 1999

The 1999 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, 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

• Labour 27
• Liberal Democrat 19
• Conservative 4
• Independent 1^[2]

Background

In the February before the election Milton Keynes held a referendum on the level of council tax increase there would be and the corresponding changes in services that would be made.^[3][4] Voters on a 45% turnout chose the middle option of a 9.8% increase, which meant that council tax levels were not a major issue in the election campaign.^[3][4]

Election result

The results saw Labour hold onto a majority on the council after the other parties failed to make the 2 gains needed to deprive Labour of control.^[5] Overall turnout in the election was 29.1%.^[6]

Milton Keynes Local Election Result 1999[7][8]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	1	1	0	47.1	36.8	11,370
	Liberal Democrat	6	1	1	0	35.3	28.9	8,944
	Conservative	2	1	1	0	11.8	29.4	9,079
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.9	3.4	1,066
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	384
	Campaign for Disabled	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	68

Ward results

Campbell Park[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Isobel Wilson	1,353	61.5
	Labour	Martin Petchey	587	26.7
	Conservative	Malcolm Fryer-Kelsey	193	8.8
	Campaign for Disabled	Anita Rose	68	3.1
Majority			766	34.8
Turnout			2,201
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Danesborough[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul White	863	47.3
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Eastman	723	39.6
	Labour	Alan Hunter	240	13.1
Majority			140	7.7
Turnout			1,826
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Denbigh[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Legg	1,225	52.0
	Conservative	Roger Jacobs	774	32.8
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Drewett	359	15.2
Majority			451	19.1
Turnout			2,358
	Labour hold		Swing

Emerson Valley[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Burke	896	52.0
	Labour	Leslie Hostler	596	34.6
	Conservative	Kevin Hall	232	13.5
Majority			300	17.4
Turnout			1,724
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Fenny Stratford[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Grant Gillingham	727	53.2
	Conservative	Dennis Thatcher	471	34.5
	Liberal Democrat	Alfred Vella	168	12.3
Majority			256	18.7
Turnout			1,366
	Labour hold		Swing

Furzton[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Bristow	689	53.0
	Conservative	Dean Miah	371	28.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Williams	241	18.5
Majority			318	24.4
Turnout			1,301
	Labour hold		Swing

Hanslope Park[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bert Tapp	1,066	74.0
	Conservative	Neil Cawley	231	16.0
	Labour	Graeme Lindsay	96	6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Edis Bevan	47	3.3
Majority			835	58.0
Turnout			1,440
	Independent hold		Swing

Linford North[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Pugh	891	45.5
	Conservative	David Tunney	556	28.4
	Labour	John McLinton	445	22.7
	Green	Peter Edwards	67	3.4
Majority			335	17.1
Turnout			1,959
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Linford South[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Tilley	712	43.7
	Labour	Gladstone McKenzie	603	37.0
	Conservative	Donald Hoyle	248	15.2
	Green	Clive Bailey	68	4.2
Majority			109	6.7
Turnout			1,631
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Loughton Park[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Gibbs	1,188	45.0
	Conservative	Andrew Dransfield	1,155	43.8
	Liberal Democrat	Isabellla Fraser	296	11.2
Majority			33	1.3
Turnout			2,639
	Labour hold		Swing

Ouse Valley[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ellis	659	58.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Whistlecraft	385	34.3
	Labour	David Jones	78	7.0
Majority			274	24.4
Turnout			1,122
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherington[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Seymour	786	63.9
	Conservative	Henry Powell-Shedden	388	31.5
	Labour	Ann Kirby	57	4.6
Majority			398	32.3
Turnout			1,231
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Stantonbury[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Morsley	963	53.1
	Conservative	Roy Miller	541	29.9
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Exon	244	13.5
	Green	Carol Barac	64	3.5
Majority			422	23.3
Turnout			1,812
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stony Stratford[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Pendry	1,240	46.8
	Conservative	Amanda Box	1,227	46.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Mooney	185	7.0
Majority			13	0.5
Turnout			2,652
	Labour hold		Swing

Walton Park[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Nuttall	1,182	63.7
	Conservative	Cherilyn Williams	370	19.9
	Labour	Arun Vaidyanathan	304	16.4
Majority			812	43.8
Turnout			1,856
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wolverton[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Miles	1,115	59.9
	Conservative	Peter Davies	363	19.5
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Chapman	198	10.6
	Green	Alan Francis	185	9.9
Majority			752	40.4
Turnout			1,861
	Labour hold		Swing

Woughton[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Coventry	1,217	63.0
	Conservative	William Kenyon	437	22.6
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Otter	278	14.4
Majority			780	40.4
Turnout			1,932
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
2. "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.
3. Mullins, Andrew (7 May 1999). "Britain Votes: How Labour killed campaign Tactics". The Independent. p. 12.
4. "In for a penny..". Edinburgh Evening News. 7 April 1999. p. 10.
5. Watson, Roland (8 May 1999). "Irate Hague 'sorts out' grovelling Duncan". The Times. p. 21.
6. "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
7. "Local Election Results May 6, 1999". Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original on 2002-06-18. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
8. "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.