1999 Colchester Borough Council election

The 1999 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, 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

• Liberal Democrats 26
• Conservative 18
• Labour 15
• Independent 1^[2]

Election result[]

1999 Colchester Borough Council election[3]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	9	1	45.0	17	26	43.3	12,314	36.9	+2.2
	Conservative	6	3	30.0	11	17	28.3	10,848	32.5	–1.0
	Labour	5	2	25.0	11	16	26.7	10,226	30.6	–1.2
	Tiptree Residents	0		0.0	1	1	1.7	0	0.0	±0.0

Ward results[]

Berechurch[]

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Sutton	1,024	47.5	+8.6
	Labour	Ian Yates	928	43.0	-6.0
	Conservative	J. Dinglemans	204	9.5	0.0
Majority
Turnout				38.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Boxted & Langham[]

Boxted & Langham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Garnett	643	80.9
	Labour	D. Biggs	83	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	D. Grocott	69	8.7
Majority				70.4
Turnout				41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle[]

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Jones	834	44.3
	Labour	J. Thomas	666	35.4
	Conservative	M. Coyne	384	20.4
Majority				8.9
Turnout				32.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Great & Little Horksley[]

Great & Little Horksley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Arnold	574	72.2
	Labour	G. Stacey	164	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Hall	57	7.2
Majority				51.6
Turnout				42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Tey[]

Great Tey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Phillips	357	45.8
	Conservative	Peter Chillingworth	356	45.7
	Labour	G. Harris	66	8.5
Majority				0.1
Turnout				44.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harbour[]

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Canning	850	47.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. Canessa	659	36.5
	Conservative	S. Rae	297	16.4
Majority				10.6
Turnout				29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Lexden[]

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Crafford	1,080	50.8
	Liberal Democrats	B. Williamson	880	41.4
	Labour	E. Salmon	165	7.8
Majority				9.4
Turnout				50.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Mile End[]

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Taylor	914	35.2
	Labour	Kim Naish	857	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Oxford	824	31.8
Majority				2.2
Turnout				25.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

New Town[]

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Higgins	885	62.6
	Labour	Jean Quinn	367	26.0
	Conservative	A. Allan	161	17.6
Majority				36.7
Turnout				27.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prettygate[]

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Sheppard	988	44.9
	Conservative	N. Stock	825	37.5
	Labour	A. Frost	388	17.6
Majority				7.4
Turnout				37.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shrub End[]

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Wilkin	557	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Fellows	458	37.6
	Conservative	Ron Levy	204	16.7
Majority				8.1
Turnout				21.7
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrew's[]

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Young	872	66.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Gant	365	27.7
	Conservative	R. Lamberth	80	6.1
Majority				38.5
Turnout				24.5
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's[]

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hogg	1,037	47.4
	Labour	Tina Dobson	996	45.5
	Conservative	D. White	155	7.1
Majority				1.9
Turnout				40.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. John's[]

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Smith	1,023	55.6
	Conservative	W. Hooper	519	28.2
	Labour	E. Chinnery	299	16.2
Majority				27.4
Turnout				33.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Mary's[]

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Frame	838	44.3
	Conservative	S. Stock	687	36.3
	Labour	P. McGillivray	365	19.3
Majority				8.0
Turnout				36.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stanway[]

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Thompson	1,010	51.6
	Conservative	I. McCord	628	32.1
	Labour	T. Rodgers	319	16.3
Majority				19.5
Turnout				32.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tiptree[]

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Mogridge	652	46.8
	Conservative	T. Claydon	512	36.7
	Liberal Democrats	A. Seaman	230	16.5
Majority				10.0
Turnout				22.4
	Labour hold		Swing

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green[]

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. BLundell	773	58.0
	Liberal Democrats	H. Chamberlain	317	23.8
	Labour	D. Jones	243	18.2
Majority				34.2
Turnout				35.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

West Mersea[]

West Mersea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Boukley	1,058	62.9
	Labour	Bry Mogridge	383	22.8
	Liberal Democrats	B. Harrison	241	14.3
Majority				40.1
Turnout				29.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe[]

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hawkins	1,006	49.9
	Conservative	D. Adams	794	39.3
	Liberal Democrats	I. O'Mahoney	218	10.8
Majority				10.5
Turnout				28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

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