1999 Northampton Borough Council election

1999 Northampton Borough Council election

6 May 1999
All 45 seats in the Northampton Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 28 11 8 Seat change 7 5 7
Map showing the results of the 1999 Northampton Borough Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Elections to the Northampton Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995 increasing the number of seats by 4. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

Northampton Local Election Result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	28			-7	59.6
	Liberal Democrats	11			+5	23.4
	Conservative	8			+7	17.0
	Others	0			-1	0

Ward Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate number of candidates to be elected.

Abington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur McCutcheon	884
	Labour	Vivienne Dams	870
	Conservative	Keith Cumberpatch	492
	Conservative	Robert Mackley	492
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Markham	322
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Oakman	255
	UKIP	Dusan Torbica	56
Turnout			3,371	26.6

Billing (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Davies	678
	Labour	Margaret Pritchard	652
	Conservative	Jane Duncan	610
	Conservative	Maureen Hill	588
	Liberal Democrats	Toni Brennan	273
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Teulon	218
Turnout			3,019	25.3

Boughton Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Baldwin	1,252
	Liberal Democrats	Norma Felstead	1,218
	Liberal Democrats	John Yates	1,232
	Labour	Barry Kirkby	766
	Labour	Neall O'Ceallaigh	672
	Labour	Peter Witt	664
	Conservative	Laurice Percival	370
	Conservative	John Cartwright	362
	Conservative	Alan Beale	349
Turnout			5,653	33.1

Castle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Baron	1,050
	Labour	John Dickie	1,019
	Conservative	Alan Tebbutt	285
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Burgess	276
	Independent	Robert Butler	243
	Liberal Democrats	John Cox	227
Turnout			3,100	24.7

Delapre (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chaman Kalyan	897
	Labour	Ulric Gravesande	792
	Independent	Brendan Glynane	733
	Independent	Denise Kirkland	689
Turnout			3,111	28.7

East Hunsbury (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Lill	794
	Conservative	Philip Larratt	759
	Labour	Berston Cuff	424
	Labour	Victor Dibosa	407
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hooper	239
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Panebianco	214
Turnout			2,837	23.0

Eastfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Thomas	1,122
	Labour	John Rawlings	1,056
	Conservative	John McDermott	598
	Conservative	John Merkitt	536
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dee	328
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Thornborow	251
Turnout			3,891	30.4

Ecton Brook (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Idris David	586
	Labour	Debra Boss	559
	Conservative	Barry Dearsley	421
	Conservative	Graham Hawker	418
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Felstead	210
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Baldwin	182
Turnout			2,376	23.3

Headlands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Markham	1,108
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Allen	1,094
	Conservative	Rita-Ann Cumberpatch	775
	Labour	Timothy Hart	751
	Conservative	Jamie Lane	719
	Labour	Daniel Persuad	657
Turnout			5,104	41.6

Kingsley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Simpson	1,133
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Allen	1,093
	Labour	Anthea Mitchell	857
	Labour	Anjona Roy	835
	Conservative	Laura Axtell	312
	Conservative	Beryl Eldred	305
	UKIP	Michael Papworth	53
Turnout			4,588	33.3

Kingsthorpe (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Beardsworth	1,162
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Church	1,090
	Labour	Janet Kirby	488
	Labour	Hilary Blackman	436
	Conservative	Brandon Eldred	368
	Conservative	Barry Wright	322
Turnout			3,866	34.5

Lumbertubs (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Mason	755
	Labour	Trevor Bailey	731
	Conservative	Carole Thurlow	313
	Conservative	Jeffrey Sarchet	297
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Sumeray	177
Turnout			2,273	20.3

Nene Valley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Lill	1,006
	Conservative	Michael Hill	981
	Labour	Michael Jones	616
	Labour	Andrew Roberts	520
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Marsh	273
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Squires	179
Turnout			3,575	35.4

New Duston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Lilley	974
	Conservative	Stephen Stewart	878
	Labour	Denise O'Hora	812
	Conservative	Jonathan Nunn	787
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Cant	276
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Tilley	164
Turnout			3,891	31.2

Old Duston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Ford	1,138
	Labour	Alan Kingston	1,090
	Conservative	Donald Edwards	962
	Conservative	Barry Howard	895
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Lewis	242
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Battison	210
Turnout			4,537	34.6

Parklands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Massey	908
	Labour	Kenneth Dowsett	856
	Conservative	Ian McCann	831
	Labour	Iftikhar Choudary	766
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Swain	296
	Liberal Democrats	Haydn Rees	292
Turnout			3,949	33.4

Spencer (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jaswant Baines	850
	Labour	John Gardner	845
	Conservative	Christopher Malpas	252
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Beardsworth	179
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Allenby	178
Turnout			2,304	21.7

St Crispin (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashley Riley	848
	Labour	Winston Strachan	777
	Conservative	Anthony Andreoli	328
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Harvey	288
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Starling	239
Turnout			2,480	22.3

St David's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robina Foot	504
	Labour	Raoul Perry	490
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen O'Hare	316
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wright	304
	Independent	Martin Bradshaw	202
	Conservative	Craig Baker	188
	Conservative	Angela Wright	156
Turnout			2,160	25.9

St James (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Marriott	916
	Labour	Terence Wire	894
	Independent	James Smith	676
Turnout			2,486	25.9

Thorplands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Patterson	731
	Labour	Michael Boss	661
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolas Kent	347
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Oakman	321
Turnout			2,060	20.2

Weston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Hadland	1,402
	Conservative	Helen Kennedy	1,383
	Labour	Jean Lineker	752
	Labour	Mohd Riaz	645
	Liberal Democrats	James Cramp	320
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Grose	280
Turnout			4,782	28.8

West Hunsbury (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Matthews	632
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Hope	616
	Conservative	Charles Hugheston-Roberts	510
	Conservative	Charles Morgan	481
	Labour	Mary Thubron	275
	Labour	Alec Dyer-Atkins	274
	UKIP	Derek Roland	61
Turnout			2,849	36.4

External links

• 1999 Northampton election result