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1999 Milton Keynes Council election

1999 UK local government election

1999 UK local government election

The 1999 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

  • Labour 27
  • Liberal Democrat 19
  • Conservative 4
  • Independent 1

Background

In the February before the election Milton Keynes held a referendum on the level of council tax increase there would be and the corresponding changes in services that would be made. Voters on a 45% turnout chose the middle option of a 9.8% increase, which meant that council tax levels were not a major issue in the election campaign.

Election result

The results saw Labour hold onto a majority on the council after the other parties failed to make the 2 gains needed to deprive Labour of control. Overall turnout in the election was 29.1%.

|seats % = 47.1 |votes % = 36.8 |plus/minus = |seats % = 35.3 |votes % = 28.9 |plus/minus = |seats % = 11.8 |votes % = 29.4 |plus/minus = |seats % = 5.9 |votes % = 3.4 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0 |votes % = 1.2 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus =

Ward results

References

References

  1. "Milton Keynes". [[BBC News Online]].
  2. (8 May 1999). "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". [[The Independent]].
  3. Mullins, Andrew. (7 May 1999). "Britain Votes: How Labour killed campaign Tactics". [[The Independent]].
  4. (7 April 1999). "In for a penny..". [[Edinburgh Evening News]].
  5. Watson, Roland. (8 May 1999). "Irate Hague 'sorts out' grovelling Duncan". [[The Times]].
  6. "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends.
  7. "Local Election Results May 6, 1999". Milton Keynes Council.
  8. (8 May 1999). "How the nations voted". [[The Times]].
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