St Albans City and District Council election, 1999

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 Democrat	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
	Labour	Malachy Pakenham	946
	Labour	Edward Hill	944
	Liberal Democrat	Francesca Day	444
	Liberal Democrat	Dawn Devereux	442
	Liberal Democrat	David Parry	378
	Conservative	James Black	319
	Conservative	Peter White	287
	Conservative	Philip Oxley	284
Turnout			5,051	44.7

Batchwood (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David McManus	1,063
	Labour	Roma Mills	1,045
	Labour	Andrew Rose	990
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Biddle	283
	Conservative	Edward Ellis	269
	Conservative	Pamela Farley	265
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Law	257
	Conservative	Margaret Winterhoff	250
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Latham	242
Turnout			4,664	32.8

Clarence (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Burton	1,089
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Lusby	1,018
	Liberal Democrat	John Wright	1,006
	Labour	Nigel Culkin	619
	Labour	Helen Hutchinson	605
	Labour	Clive Newport	581
	Conservative	Jeremy Christie	356
	Conservative	Nigel Woodsmith	350
	Conservative	James Vessey	340
Turnout			5,964

Colney Heath (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Defoe	532
	Liberal Democrat	John Henchley	531
	Conservative	Julia Jeffrey	288
	Labour	Gordon Watson	288
	Conservative	Derek Jeffrey	282
	Labour	Michael Gibson	268
Turnout			2,189	33.7

Cunningham (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Donald	1,007
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Roberts	882
	Labour	Andrew Gilson	877
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Harrison	848
	Labour	Laurence Heyman	846
	Labour	David Allan	839
	Conservative	Diana Hall	354
	Conservative	Graham Leonard	323
	Conservative	Louisa-Jane Rosalki	299
Turnout			6,275	45.0

Harpenden East (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Waddilove	862
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Steer	834
	Conservative	Michael Clark	799
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Peyton	796
	Conservative	John Cozens	741
	Conservative	Victor Holley	735
	Labour	David Crew	470
	Labour	Rosemary Ross	417
	Labour	Elizabeth McShane	398
Turnout			6,052	38.1

Harpenden North (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Pawle	820
	Liberal Democrat	John Coad	814
	Conservative	David Coe	787
	Conservative	Maurice Purkiss	776
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Glenister	726
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Goodyear	702
	Labour	David Dunmore	236
	Labour	Gavin Ross	235
	Labour	Richard Botterill	232
Turnout			5,328	34.9

Harpenden South (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Foster	1,113
	Conservative	Patrick Johnston	1,093
	Conservative	Michael Morrell	1,081
	Liberal Democrat	Katharine Sutton	456
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Canfield	441
	Liberal Democrat	Paul De Kort	389
	Labour	Julie Lightfoot	353
	Labour	Enid Bright	334
	Labour	Melvin Cato	323
Turnout			5,583	36.2

Harpenden West (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Daly	1,189
	Conservative	John Newman	1,170
	Conservative	Julian Turner	1,170
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Skinner	430
	Liberal Democrat	George Gostling	411
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Spinks	410
	Labour	Ruth Gordon-Weeks	316
	Labour	Elizabeth Rayner	295
	Labour	David Lawlor	288
Turnout			5,679	34.0

London Colney (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm MacMillan	1,064
	Labour	Etheldreda Gordon	1,047
	Labour	Sean Flynn	1,026
	Conservative	Avril Foster	293
	Conservative	Derek Caroline	277
	Conservative	Carol Howard	277
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Piercy	159
	Liberal Democrat	David Priestman	149
	Liberal Democrat	Moira Seton	124
Turnout			4,416	26.4

Marshalswick North (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Churchard	910
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Clegg	826
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Stroud	803
	Conservative	Frances Leonard	716
	Conservative	John Foster	698
	Conservative	Michael Bretherton	676
	Labour	John Baughan	398
	Labour	Flora Falconer	378
	Labour	Lynda Harris	371
Turnout			5,776	39.8

Marshalswick South (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Rowland	1,088
	Liberal Democrat	John Peters	946
	Liberal Democrat	Joy Winder	865
	Conservative	Brian Doble	700
	Conservative	Agnes Hill	697
	Conservative	Philip Webster	682
	Labour	Eleanor Harris	518
	Labour	Jane Cloke	486
	Labour	Janet Smith	463
Turnout			6,445	42.2

Park Street (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Downs	702
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Blackwell	671
	Conservative	Thomas Burns	668
	Conservative	Michael Pugh	660
	Conservative	Nigel Cocks	659
	Liberal Democrat	Syed Abidi	646
	Labour	Mary Morley	418
	Labour	David Davies	378
	Labour	Ronald Wilson	357
Turnout			5,159	32.7

Redbourn (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Corley	851
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Schofield	818
	Conservative	Brian Chapman	797
	Conservative	Paul Finigan	696
	Liberal Democrat	John Schofield	675
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Humbles	630
	Labour	Colin Hucklesby	336
	Labour	Vivienne Windle	305
	Labour	John Paton	253
Turnout			5,361	41.4

Sandridge (2 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Whiteside	637
	Liberal Democrat	William Morris	564
	Conservative	Beric Read	529
	Liberal Democrat	Laurence Brown	449
	Labour	Christine Dawson	260
	Labour	John Tomblin	249
	Independent	Basil Filmer	178
Turnout			2,866	39.7

Sopwell (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janetta Gibbs	1,043
	Labour	David Enright	1,034
	Labour	Mark Wilson	1,016
	Conservative	Eileen Brown	287
	Conservative	Janet Cameron	276
	Conservative	Margaret Brownlie	274
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Harris	192
	Liberal Democrat	John Hale	178
	Liberal Democrat	David Terrar	157
Turnout			4,457	28.9

St Peters (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynette Warren	973
	Labour	Winifred Dunleavy	955
	Labour	Helen Ives-Rose	912
	Liberal Democrat	John Gunner	544
	Liberal Democrat	Alisdair Gould	528
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Saunders	491
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brown	272
	Conservative	Sheila Sanders	264
	Conservative	Mark Shaw	227
Turnout			5,166	34.4

St Stephen (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Myland	904
	Conservative	Susan Carr	836
	Conservative	Hazel Ward	826
	Liberal Democrat	Kahlil Moghul	740
	Liberal Democrat	Jadwiga Baillie	708
	Liberal Democrat	Gerald Kaye	647
	Labour	Patricia Allen	314
	Labour	Janet Blackwell	306
	Labour	Anthony Allen	282
Turnout			5,563	38.2

Verulam (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith	1,124
	Conservative	Richard Blossom	1,030
	Conservative	Clare Ellis	991
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Frearson	930
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Morris	885
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Campbell	859
	Labour	Karl Bruckdorfer	434
	Labour	Jilliam Butchart	432
	Labour	Constance Vuolo	406
Turnout			7,091	45.8

Wheathampstead (3 seats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Oxley	964
	Conservative	Keith Stammers	963
	Conservative	Gillian Clark	888
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Page	804
	Conservative	Derek Hills	802
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Edelston	727
	Labour	Peter Woodhams	310
	Labour	Mary Cheale	294
	Labour	Michael Fletcher	268
Turnout			6,020	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 Democrat		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

↑ "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
↑ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 1999-05-08. p. 12. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 "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. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "How the nations voted". The Times. 1999-05-08. p. 48. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "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.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results - December 1999". Local Authority Byelection Results. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

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