1999 Chester City Council election
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The 1999 Chester City Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries, with the total number of seats staying the same.
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]1999 Chester City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 22 | ![]() |
36.7 | 0 | 22 | 36.7 | 26,045 | 39.9 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 18 | ![]() |
30.0 | 0 | 18 | 30.0 | 18,236 | 27.9 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | 17 | ![]() |
28.3 | 0 | 17 | 28.3 | 18,653 | 28.5 | –5.5 | |
Independent | 3 | ![]() |
5.0 | 0 | 3 | 5.0 | 2,419 | 3.7 | +3.5 |
Ward results
[edit]Barrow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Johnson* | 468 | 72.0 | +18.2 | |
Labour | D. Fell | 113 | 17.4 | –0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Hyde | 69 | 10.6 | –17.7 | |
Majority | 355 | 54.6 | +29.0 | ||
Turnout | 650 | 43.3 | +8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,498 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Blacon Hall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | J. Price* | 983 | 76.6 | ||
Labour | L. Price* | 919 | 71.6 | ||
Labour | J. Randall* | 901 | 70.2 | ||
Conservative | C. Issac | 221 | 17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. McCabe | 138 | 10.7 | ||
Independent | T. Colledge | 135 | 10.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | B. Yakan | 102 | 7.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,284 | 22.6 | |||
Registered electors | 5,679 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Blacon Lodge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | R. Jones* | 719 | 73.9 | ||
Labour | M. Nelson* | 695 | 71.4 | ||
Labour | J. Fetherston* | 659 | 67.7 | ||
Conservative | J. Jaworzyn | 153 | 15.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | N. Hudson-Davies | 97 | 10.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | L. Biddle | 94 | 9.7 | ||
Independent | G. Webb | 68 | 7.0 | ||
Turnout | 973 | 22.9 | |||
Registered electors | 4,249 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Boughton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | R. Rudd* | 597 | 61.7 | ||
Labour | J. Vernon* | 563 | 58.2 | ||
Conservative | A. Van Der Zwan | 257 | 26.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Brett | 145 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | N. Worrall | 105 | 10.8 | ||
Turnout | 968 | 33.6 | |||
Registered electors | 2,881 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Boughton Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | A. Farrell* | 772 | 70.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Latham | 604 | 55.1 | ||
Conservative | S. Winsor | 410 | 37.4 | ||
Labour | E. Davies | 222 | 20.2 | ||
Labour | J. Creswick | 192 | 17.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,097 | 35.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,091 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Christleton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | J. Boughton* | 813 | 59.1 | ||
Conservative | B. Bailey* | 790 | 57.5 | ||
Labour | S. Wardman | 409 | 29.7 | ||
Labour | A. Murphy | 401 | 29.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Skerrett | 203 | 14.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,375 | 39.6 | |||
Registered electors | 3,472 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
City & St. Annes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | G. Cooper | 478 | 61.0 | ||
Labour | E. Degg* | 460 | 58.7 | ||
Conservative | J. Burke | 247 | 31.5 | ||
Turnout | 783 | 29.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,681 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
College
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | J. Baker* | 580 | 72.5 | ||
Labour | S. Rudd* | 538 | 67.3 | ||
Labour | S. Davies* | 532 | 66.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | S. Capstick | 176 | 22.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Indermaur | 150 | 18.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | R. Yakan | 134 | 16.8 | ||
Turnout | 800 | 18.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,394 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Curzon & Westminster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | R. Short* | 1,106 | 70.1 | ||
Conservative | M. Poole | 1,039 | 65.9 | ||
Labour | S. Murphy* | 357 | 22.6 | ||
Labour | G. Williams | 306 | 19.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | H. Prydderch | 141 | 8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | K. Prydderch | 107 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,577 | 45.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,497 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dodleston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Fair* | 383 | 49.3 | –1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Jones | 324 | 41.7 | +31.9 | |
Labour | R. Davies | 70 | 9.0 | –30.2 | |
Majority | 59 | 7.6 | –4.3 | ||
Turnout | 777 | 48.7 | –0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,599 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | B. Cowper | 629 | 65.0 | ||
Labour | D. Bennett* | 499 | 51.5 | ||
Conservative | D. Rowlands | 336 | 34.7 | ||
Turnout | 968 | 30.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,184 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour hold |
Farndon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | P. Roberts* | 509 | 57.6 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | R. Harris | 350 | 39.6 | –4.9 | |
Labour | A. Murphy | 24 | 2.7 | –6.2 | |
Majority | 159 | 18.0 | +16.0 | ||
Turnout | 883 | 55.6 | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,587 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Handbridge & St. Marys
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | R. Davidson* | 954 | 54.3 | ||
Labour | L. Barlow | 946 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | C. Robson* | 815 | 46.4 | ||
Conservative | P. Connolly | 812 | 46.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,755 | 49.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,568 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Hoole All Saints
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | J. Nuttall* | 638 | 60.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | N. McGlinchey | 596 | 56.1 | ||
Labour | L. Kelly | 406 | 38.2 | ||
Labour | A. Black | 401 | 37.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,063 | 40.4 | |||
Registered electors | 2,630 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Hoole Groves
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | M. Hale* | 807 | 49.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Hull | 801 | 49.0 | ||
Labour | D. Kelly* | 757 | 46.3 | ||
Labour | J. Black | 750 | 49.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,634 | 51.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,154 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Huntington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | J. Moore* | 299 | 43.0 | ||
Conservative | M. Harrison | 222 | 31.9 | ||
Labour | A. Treloar | 175 | 25.1 | ||
Majority | 77 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 696 | 43.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,612 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Kelsall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Independent | P. Tilley | 571 | 47.9 | ||
Conservative | H. Deynem | 515 | 43.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Castle | 481 | 40.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Garman | 472 | 39.6 | ||
Labour | J. Byrne | 133 | 11.2 | ||
Labour | C. Byrne | 122 | 10.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,192 | 41.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,894 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Lache Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | D. Challen* | 839 | 60.7 | ||
Labour | J. Mercer* | 823 | 59.5 | ||
Labour | D. Hughes | 819 | 59.2 | ||
Conservative | J. Price | 466 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | S. Burke | 448 | 32.4 | ||
Conservative | R. Robertson | 445 | 32.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,383 | 29.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,753 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Malpas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Independent | C. Higgie* | 764 | 67.6 | ||
Conservative | E. Moore-Dutton | 599 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | V. Roberts | 244 | 21.9 | ||
Labour | A. Mulvihill | 92 | 8.3 | ||
Labour | V. Randall | 89 | 8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,115 | 34.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,250 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Mickle Trafford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | M. Parker* | 457 | 74.4 | ||
Labour | V. Preite | 157 | 25.6 | ||
Majority | 300 | 48.9 | |||
Turnout | 614 | 34.3 | |||
Registered electors | 1,792 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Mollington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. Crowe* | 446 | 71.1 | +11.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Pemberton | 127 | 20.3 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Andrews | 54 | 8.6 | –0.6 | |
Majority | 319 | 50.9 | +16.5 | ||
Turnout | 627 | 39.7 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,583 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Newton Brook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | R. Biddle* | 444 | 41.5 | ||
Conservative | J. Ebo | 432 | 40.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Simpson* | 395 | 36.9 | ||
Conservative | C. Power | 349 | 32.6 | ||
Labour | D. Kilfoyle | 221 | 20.7 | ||
Labour | R. Teasdale | 188 | 17.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,070 | 34.6 | |||
Registered electors | 3,092 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Newton St. Michaels
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | R. Hale* | 592 | 51.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | T. Ralph* | 589 | 50.7 | ||
Labour | J. Stiles | 537 | 46.3 | ||
Labour | J. McKiernan | 502 | 43.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,161 | 42.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,706 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Saughall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | R. Storrar* | 702 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | R. Noakes | 563 | 42.8 | ||
Labour | P. Humphrey | 548 | 41.7 | ||
Labour | A. Coughlan* | 532 | 40.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | G. Ralph | 83 | 6.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Cheetham | 79 | 6.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,314 | 44.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,927 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Tarvin
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | C. Penderleath | 851 | 73.0 | ||
Conservative | B. Roberts | 714 | 61.9 | ||
Labour | A. Pegrum | 242 | 21.0 | ||
Labour | B. Page | 204 | 17.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | B. Lockwood | 127 | 11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,153 | 33.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,411 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Tattenhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Independent | J. Haynes* | 881 | 89.0 | ||
Conservative | M. Jones* | 645 | 65.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | M. Richardson | 239 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | E. Pickering | 113 | 11.4 | ||
Labour | W. Humphrey | 108 | 10.9 | ||
Turnout | 990 | 34.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,896 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Tilston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | N. Ritchie* | 613 | 88.6 | +1.8 | |
Labour | E. Price | 43 | 6.2 | –0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Nall | 36 | 5.2 | –1.5 | |
Majority | 570 | 82.4 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 692 | 42.5 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,627 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Upton Grange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | C. Bain* | 1,152 | 61.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Evans* | 1,103 | 58.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Evans | 996 | 53.2 | ||
Conservative | J. Storrar | 582 | 31.1 | ||
Labour | C. Alcock | 429 | 22.9 | ||
Labour | F. Baker | 350 | 18.7 | ||
Labour | B. Lipscombe | 321 | 17.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,872 | 36.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,158 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Upton Westlea
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | S. Duffus* | 659 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | R. Taylor | 651 | 51.9 | ||
Conservative | J. Butler | 384 | 30.6 | ||
Conservative | N. Fitton | 370 | 29.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Capstick | 223 | 17.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | R. Jordan | 176 | 14.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,255 | 40.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,076 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Vicars Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | G. Proctor* | 1,111 | 68.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | K. Holding* | 1,084 | 66.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. McCabe* | 1,058 | 64.7 | ||
Labour | S. Barnsley | 325 | 19.9 | ||
Labour | K. Jones | 316 | 19.3 | ||
Labour | C. Jones | 316 | 19.3 | ||
Conservative | D. Samsom | 283 | 17.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,635 | 37.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,418 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Waverton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | C. Walley* | 466 | 51.2 | –17.9 | |
Conservative | S. Robson-Catling | 367 | 40.3 | +17.9 | |
Labour | C. Davies | 77 | 8.5 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 99 | 10.9 | –35.8 | ||
Turnout | 910 | 52.5 | –4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,733 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chester City Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 March 2024.