Maidstone Borough Council election, 1999

The 1999 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 26.2%.^[3]

Maidstone Local Election Result 1999^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	1	0	+1	33.3	37.2	7,726
	Liberal Democrat	6	0	0	0	33.3	32.4	6,740
	Labour	5	0	1	-1	27.8	26.0	5,409
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.6	3.5	735
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	184

Ward results

Allington^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Robertson	1,220	72.9
	Conservative	Angela Stainton-James	237	14.2
	Labour	Richard Coates	217	13.0
Majority			983	58.7
Turnout			1,674	29.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bearsted^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gladys Haskett	1,077	67.1
	Labour	Jeanne Gibson	268	16.7
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Chittenden	261	16.3
Majority			809	50.4
Turnout			1,606	32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridge^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roger Berriman	551	37.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Gould	460	30.9
	Conservative	Brian Moss	420	28.2
	Green	Stephen Muggeridge	59	4.0
Majority			91	6.1
Turnout			1,490	22.8
	Labour hold		Swing

East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Donal MacGrory	819	52.8
	Conservative	Susan Dishman	504	32.5
	Labour	Karen Forbes	229	14.8
Majority			315	20.3
Turnout			1,552	25.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Harrietsham and Lenham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Sams	762	46.2
	Conservative	Robert Waugh	628	38.1
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Haselup	202	12.2
	Independent	Leslie Parris	58	3.5
Majority			134	8.1
Turnout			1,650	38.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hooper	665	50.8
	Labour	Anne Logan	315	24.0
	Conservative	Malcolm Parker	309	23.6
	Green	Ian McDonald	21	1.6
Majority			350	26.7
Turnout			1,310	22.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

High Street^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Frances Wilson	483	43.5
	Labour	Leonard Burfield	359	32.3
	Conservative	Valerie Parker	227	20.5
	Green	Sheila Kennedy	41	3.7
Majority			124	11.2
Turnout			1,110	24.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hollingbourne^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tracey Warner	316	59.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Cobbett	184	34.6
	Labour	Stephen Gibson	32	6.0
Majority			132	24.8
Turnout			532	45.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Frederick Winckless	677	77.2
	Conservative	Roy Streeter	122	13.9
	Labour	Ernest Small	78	8.9
Majority			555	63.3
Turnout			877	28.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Leeds^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Parvin	484	76.3
	Labour	Elizabeth Stevens	150	23.7
Majority			334	52.7
Turnout			634	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loose^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Laing	289	56.2
	Conservative	Angharad Davies	177	34.4
	Labour	Susan Burfield	48	9.3
Majority			112	21.8
Turnout			514	27.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Harwood	844	57.1
	Conservative	Derek Nicholson	434	29.4
	Labour	Rosemary Long	166	11.2
	Green	James Shalice	34	2.3
Majority			410	27.7
Turnout			1,478	25.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Park Wood^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Taylor	527	61.9
	Conservative	Simon Parvin	180	21.2
	Liberal Democrat	Shona Stevens	115	13.5
	Green	David Currer	29	3.4
Majority			347	40.8
Turnout			851	18.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Shepway East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wendy Marlow	404	55.0
	Conservative	Peter Veal	172	23.4
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Sterry	158	21.5
Majority			232	31.6
Turnout			734	16.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Shepway West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Skinner	532	65.0
	Conservative	Claire Watts	287	35.0
Majority			245	29.9
Turnout			819	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Theresa Stirk	766	43.3
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Williams	673	38.0
	Labour	Linda Wylie	330	18.7
Majority			93	5.3
Turnout			1,769	26.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Staplehurst^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eric Hotson	715	61.4
	Labour	Michael Casserley	239	20.5
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Gerrish	210	18.0
Majority			476	40.9
Turnout			1,164	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yalding^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roderick Nelson-Gracie	671	65.1
	Labour	Edith Davis	202	19.6
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Edy	157	15.2
Majority			469	45.5
Turnout			1,030	33.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Maidstone". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
↑ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.
↑ "Results of Maidstone Borough Council Elections Thursday 6 May 1999 Political composition". Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Results of Maidstone Borough Council Elections Thursday 6 May 1999 Wards: Allington to Leeds". Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Results of Maidstone Borough Council Elections Thursday 6 May 1999 Wards: Loose to Yalding". Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
↑ "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.

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