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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.

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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Liberal Democrats 26
Conservative 18
Labour 15
Independent 1

1999 Colchester Borough Council election
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
Residents	0	0	0.0	1	1	1.7	0	0.0	±0.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,024	47.5	+8.6
	Labour	928	43.0	−6.0
	Conservative	204	9.5	−2.6
96	4.5	N/A
2,156	38.0	+3.9
5,773
	Liberal Democrats hold	7.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	643	80.9	+22.9
	Labour	83	10.4	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	69	8.7	−18.4
560	70.4	+39.5
795	41.9	−10.1
1,918
	Conservative hold	13.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	834	44.3	−0.2
	Labour	666	35.4	+6.7
	Conservative	384	20.4	−4.8
168	8.9	−6.9
1,884	32.3	−1.7
5,932
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	3.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	574	72.2	+26.5
	Labour	164	20.6	−22.2
	Liberal Democrats	57	7.2	−4.2
410	51.6	+48.7
795	42.0	−12.0
1,923
	Conservative hold	24.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	357	45.8	+2.2
	Conservative	356	45.7	+5.6
	Labour	66	8.5	−7.9
1	0.1	−3.4
779	44.7	−3.3
1,767
	Liberal Democrats hold	1.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	850	47.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	659	36.5	−7.3
	Conservative	297	16.4	+1.9
191	10.6	N/A
1,806	29.0	−0.1
6,295
	Labour hold	6.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,080	50.8	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	880	41.4	+2.1
	Labour	165	7.8	−2.5
200	9.4	−1.8
2,125	50.6	+4.1
4,248
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	0.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	914	35.2	+1.7
	Labour	857	33.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	824	31.8	−4.4
57	2.2	N/A
2,595	25.5	±0.0
10,285
	Conservative gain from Labour	0.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	885	62.6	±0.0
	Labour	367	26.0	−0.9
	Conservative	161	11.4	+1.0
518	36.7	+1.0
1,413	27.7	−2.5
5,137
	Liberal Democrats hold	0.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	988	44.9	+6.3
	Conservative	825	37.5	−3.2
	Labour	388	17.6	−3.1
163	7.4	N/A
2,201	37.5	+2.9
5,951
	Liberal Democrats hold	4.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	557	45.7	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	458	37.6	−2.8
	Conservative	204	16.7	−4.0
99	8.1	N/A
1,219	21.7	±0.0
5,687
	Labour hold	4.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	872	66.2	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	365	27.7	−4.1
	Conservative	80	6.1	−3.7
507	38.5	+12.0
1,317	24.5	+2.8
5,432
	Labour hold	6.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,037	47.4	+8.8
	Labour	996	45.5	−4.6
	Conservative	155	7.1	−4.3
41	1.9	N/A
2,188	40.3	+6.2
5,520
	Liberal Democrats hold	6.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,023	55.6	+10.8
	Conservative	519	28.2	−8.2
	Labour	299	16.2	−2.5
504	27.4	+19.0
1,841	33.2	+1.1
5,633
	Liberal Democrats hold	9.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	838	44.3	+2.4
	Conservative	687	36.3	−1.5
	Labour	365	19.3	−1.0
151	8.0	+3.9
1,890	36.0	+3.0
5,331
	Liberal Democrats hold	2.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,010	51.6	+10.9
	Conservative	628	32.1	−3.2
	Labour	319	16.3	−7.7
382	19.5	+14.0
1,957	32.9	+2.4
5,687
	Liberal Democrats hold	7.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	652	46.8	−13.2
	Conservative	512	36.7	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	230	16.5	+3.4
140	10.0	−23.0
1,394	22.4	−1.9
6,303
	Labour hold	11.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	773	58.0	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	317	23.8	−12.9
	Labour	243	18.2	+4.8
456	34.2	+20.9
1,333	35.2	+1.7
3,898
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	10.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,058	62.9	+2.3
	Labour	383	22.8	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	241	14.3	−1.1
675	40.1	+3.5
1,682	29.5	+3.6
5,857
	Conservative hold	1.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,006	49.9	−7.1
	Conservative	794	39.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	218	10.8	+1.7
212	10.5	−12.7
2,018	28.5	+2.8
7,246
	Labour hold	6.3

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