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1999 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
1999 UK local government election
1999 UK local government election
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1999 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election | ||
| country | Essex | ||
| type | parliamentary | ||
| previous_election | 1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election | ||
| previous_year | 1997 | ||
| election_date | |||
| next_election | 2000 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election | ||
| next_year | 2000 | ||
| seats_for_election | 14 out of 39 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | ||
| majority_seats | 20 | ||
| image1 | [[File:No image wide.svg | 95x50px | Blank]] |
| party1 | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| seats1 | 7 | ||
| seats_after1 | 19 | ||
| seat_change1 | |||
| popular_vote1 | 16,448 | ||
| percentage1 | 46.2% | ||
| swing1 | 6.0% | ||
| image2 | [[File:No image wide.svg | 95x50px | Blank]] |
| party2 | Liberal Democrats (UK) | ||
| seats2 | 3 | ||
| seats_after2 | 12 | ||
| seat_change2 | 1 | ||
| popular_vote2 | 8,508 | ||
| percentage2 | 23.9% | ||
| swing2 | 7.9% | ||
| image3 | [[File:No image wide.svg | 95x50px | Blank]] |
| party3 | Labour Party (UK) | ||
| seats3 | 4 | ||
| seats_after3 | 8 | ||
| seat_change3 | 1 | ||
| popular_vote3 | 10,409 | ||
| percentage3 | 29.2% | ||
| swing3 | 1.8% | ||
| map_image | Southend-on-Sea UK ward map 1999.svg | ||
| map_caption | Winner of each seat at the 1999 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election. | ||
| title | Council control | ||
| posttitle | Council control after election | ||
| before_party | No overall control | ||
| after_party | No overall control |
The 1999 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Summary
Overview
Before the election the Conservatives needed a swing of less than 5% in order to win a majority on the council, but despite targeting the council they failed to take control. However they came within a single vote of a majority, after Labour came top in both of the seats that were being contested in Milton ward. The second Labour candidate for the ward, Stephen George, was only one vote ahead of the sitting Conservative councillor, Joyce Lambert, thus preventing the Conservatives from holding the critical seat that would have seen them win control of the council.
The Conservatives did gain one seat from the Liberal Democrats in Leigh ward, as the Liberal Democrats lost votes across the council.
The results meant that the Liberal Democrat and Labour administration, which had run the council for the previous 5 years, would continue.
Election result
|seats % = 50.0 |total seats % = 48.7 |votes % = 46.2 |plus/minus = +6.0 |seats % = 21.4 |total seats % = 30.8 |votes % = 23.9 |plus/minus = –7.9 |seats % = 28.6 |total seats % = 20.5 |votes % = 29.2 |plus/minus = +1.8 |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.7 |plus/minus = N/A
Ward results
Belfairs
|reg. electors = 9,001
Blenheim
|reg. electors = 9,184
Chalkwell
|reg. electors = 9,572
Eastwood
|reg. electors = 10,582
Leigh
|reg. electors = 9,068
Milton
|reg. electors = 8,740
Prittlewell
|reg. electors = 8,972
St Lukes
|reg. electors = 8,335
Shoebury
|reg. electors = 14,855
Southchurch
|reg. electors = 8,817
Thorpe
|reg. electors = 9,972
Victoria
|reg. electors = 9,194
Westborough
|reg. electors = 8,622
References
References
- "Southend-on-Sea". [[BBC News Online]].
- Pike, Alan. (5 May 1999). "Tories may figure a way back into some local affections: Relatively modest voting swings could see Conservatives return to control of councils lost in the 1995 debacle, Alan Pike writes". [[Financial Times]].
- (7 May 1999). "Lib Dems make big gains in early results: Local elections victories in Sheffield and Stockport". [[Financial Times]].
- (October 2010). "Election summary: Essex voters go blue and green". Echo}} {{Dead link.
- "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends.
- (7 May 1999). "Local Councils: Results round-up". [[The Times]].
- (March 2019). "Southend Borough Council: Borough Council Election". Southend-on-Sea Borough Council }}{{Dead link.
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