Wychavon District Council election, 1999

The 1999 Wychavon District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

Background

Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 18 seats, but the Liberal Democrats with 17 seats ran the council with the support of the 10 Labour councillors and there were also 4 independent councillors.^[2] 49 seats were up for election in 1999, but the Conservatives won two seats in Harvington and Norton and Wickhamford without opposition.^[3]

Election result

The Conservatives gained 11 seats to take control of the council with 29 councillors,^[4] in only the second time after 1987 that the Conservatives won a majority on the council.^[5] Both the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, John Grantham, and the Labour group leader John Wrenn were among the councilors to be defeated at the election.^[4]

Wychavon local election result 1999^[6]^[7]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29			+11	59.2	45.6	21,636
	Liberal Democrat	11			-6	22.4	27.9	13,242
	Labour	5			-5	10.2	15.3	7,245
	Independent	3			0	6.1	8.6	4,098
	Independent Conservative	1			0	2.0	1.8	875
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	309

Ward results

Badsey^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sonya Ealey	362	58.1
	Conservative	Paul Middlebrough	181	29.1
	Labour	Fiona Watson	80	12.8
Majority			181	29.1
Turnout			623	28.2

Bowbook^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Rowley	570	69.3
	Conservative	Anthony Warren	252	30.7
Majority			318	38.7
Turnout			822	45.4

Bredon^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lewis	576	51.2
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Stone	480	42.7
	Labour	Ross Hayman	69	6.1
Majority			96	8.5
Turnout			1,125	50.6

Bretforton and Offenham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	George Bourne	300	43.8
	Independent	Hazel Mitchell	175	25.5
	Independent	Junay England	154	22.5
	Labour	Susan Hocking	56	8.2
Majority			125	18.2
Turnout			685	35.7

Broadway (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Folkes	587
	Conservative	Stuart Bates	571
	Independent	Terence Waldron	349
	Labour	Brian Chilver	215
Turnout			1,722	39.3

Dodderhill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Richardson	312	67.7
	Labour	Eve Freer	102	22.1
	Independent	Derek Prior	47	10.2
Majority			210	45.6
Turnout			461	29.7

Drakes Broughton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ralph Mason	419	63.1
	Conservative	Michael Whitehead	177	26.7
	Labour	Anne Frazier	68	10.2
Majority			242	36.4
Turnout			664	35.2

Droitwich Central (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Davey	1,049
	Conservative	David Hall	1,017
	Conservative	Hugh Hamilton	996
	Labour	Sheila Neary	804
	Labour	John Wrenn	791
	Labour	Bill Baker	769
Turnout			5,426	36.2

Droitwich South (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Barratt	1,398
	Conservative	Eileen Hope	1,360
	Conservative	Donald Lawley	1,238
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Gopsill	873
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Wilkinson	852
	Liberal Democrat	Pamela Jackson-Smith	822
	Independent	Ronald Waters	593
Turnout			6,314	34.5

Droitwich West (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Pinfield	633
	Labour	Keith Rogers	590
	Labour	Roy Seabourne	561
	Conservative	Royston Hadland	406
	Conservative	Laurence Evans	396
	Conservative	Paul Sharpe	390
Turnout			2,976	22.7

Eckington^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Wright	438	50.9
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Wall	305	35.5
	Labour	Priscilla Cameron	117	13.6
Majority			133	15.5
Turnout			860	42.0

Elmley Castle^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Meikle	553	70.9
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Neath	178	22.8
	Labour	Warwick Holland	49	6.3
Majority			375	48.1
Turnout			780	52.3

Evesham East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Hicks	189	36.4
	Conservative	David Alesbury	181	34.9
	Independent	Ronald Stow	99	19.1
	Green	Norbert Tucker	50	9.6
Majority			8	1.5
Turnout			519	28.4

Evesham Hampton (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith	915
	Conservative	James Griffiths	815
	Liberal Democrat	John Payne	536
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Haines	408
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Martin	366
	Labour	Robin Lunn	363
Turnout			3,403	33.0

Evesham North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josephine Sandalls	350	57.0
	Labour	Stephen Selby	264	43.0
Majority			86	14.0
Turnout			614	32.3

Evesham South (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Cartwright	857
	Conservative	Martin Jennings	768
	Labour	Susan Hayman	456
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Steer	398
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Brown	385
Turnout			2,864	25.6

Evesham West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Worrall	287	62.7
	Conservative	Tony Dolphin	171	37.3
Majority			116	25.3
Turnout			458	23.4

Fladbury^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Lee	479	56.2
	Independent	Thomas Mitchell	374	43.8
Majority			105	12.3
Turnout			853	51.8

Hanbury^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Hotham	305	78.8
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Aldridge	82	21.2
Majority			223	57.6
Turnout			387	41.2

Hartlebury^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Muriel Mathews	401	59.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Terry	277	40.9
Majority			124	18.3
Turnout			678	32.5

Havington and Norton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Holt	unopposed

Honeybourne and Pebworth^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Bean	401	68.4
	Conservative	Caroline Spencer	130	22.2
	Labour	Rebecca Such	55	9.4
Majority			271	46.2
Turnout			586	34.3

Inkberrow^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	Audrey Steel	591	52.6
	Liberal Democrat	Renate Phillips	451	40.2
	Labour	Bruce Thomas	81	7.2
Majority			140	12.5
Turnout			1,123	45.7

Lenches^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lee	281	64.6
	Liberal Democrat	Martyn Cracknell	82	18.9
	Labour	Martin Davey	72	16.6
Majority			199	45.7
Turnout			435	45.8

Lovett^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Christian-Brookes	405	76.0
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Cussen	128	24.0
Majority			277	52.0
Turnout			533	37.8

North Claines (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Miller	573
	Conservative	Paul Coley	472
	Conservative	John Jeffrey	421
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Saunders	404
Turnout			1,870	42.8

Ombersley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Dowty	525	72.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Parkinson	202	27.8
Majority			323	44.4
Turnout			727	42.2

Pershore Holy Cross (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hampton	471
	Conservative	Trudy Burge	466
	Liberal Democrat	John Grantham	456
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Tucker	412
	Labour	Lynda Fotherington	145
Turnout			1,950	35.1

Pershore St Andrews (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victor Smith	754
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Newman	405
	Independent	Kenneth Chambers	357
	Green	David Shaw	259
	Labour	Emma Kirbyson	252
Turnout			2,027	36.3

Pinvin^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Argyle	595	59.5
	Conservative	Gary Robinson	405	40.5
Majority			190	19.0
Turnout			1,000	46.2

Somerville^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerald Barnett	544	81.8
	Labour	Stanley Banks	121	18.2
Majority			423	63.6
Turnout			665	42.8

South Bredon Hill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Darby	356	53.9
	Independent Conservative	Rupert Ellis	284	43.0
	Labour	Robert Kirbyson	20	3.0
Majority			72	10.9
Turnout			660	61.9

Spetchley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Adams	559	61.4
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Redding	352	38.6
Majority			207	22.7
Turnout			911	39.0

The Littletons^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Lasota	652	64.4
	Liberal Democrat	Penelope Christison	324	32.0
	Labour	Jon Baker	36	3.6
Majority			328	32.4
Turnout			1,012	45.8

Upton Snodsbury^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Tucker	488	57.4
	Conservative	Lynn Gorman	362	42.6
Majority			126	14.8
Turnout			850	51.3

Wickhamford^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Noyes	unopposed

By-elections between 1999 and 2003

Evesham East

A by-election was held in Evesham East on 9 November 2000 after the resignation of Labour councillor Richard Hicks.^[8] The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Andy Dyke with a majority of 25 votes over Labour candidate Steve Selby.^[8]

Evesham East by-election 9 November 2000^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Dyke	270	52.4	+17.5
	Labour	Steve Selby	245	47.6	+11.2
Majority			25	4.9
Turnout			515	28.9	+0.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dodderhill

A by-election was held in Dodderhill on 16 May 2002 after the death of Conservative councillor Charles Richardson.^[9] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Judith Pearce with a majority of 58 votes over independent candidate Warren Lewis.^[9]^[10]

Dodder Hill by-election 16 May 2002^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Pearce	264	40.1	-27.6
	Independent	Warren Lewis	206	31.3	+21.1
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Prior	108	16.4	+16.4
	Labour	Chris Barton	81	12.3	-9.8
Majority			58	8.8	-36.8
Turnout			659	38.9	+9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drakes Broughton

A by-election was held in Drakes Broughton on 18 July 2002 following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Ralph Mason.^[11] The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Paul Middlebrough with a 3 vote majority over Liberal Democrat Josephine Wilkinson.^[12]

Drakes Broughton by-election 18 July 2002^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Middlebrough	373	50.2	+23.5
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Wilkinson	370	49.8	-13.3
Majority			3	0.4
Turnout			743	39.4	+4.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

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1 2 Worrall, Boris (8 May 1999). "Middle England Takes Its Revenge". Birmingham Post (NewsBank). |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Game, Chris (8 May 1999). "Don't Shout, It's Too Soon For Ecstasy, Mr Hague: It Really Is Necessary For The Tories To Get Some Perspective On These Local Election Results". Birmingham Post (NewsBank). |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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