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1999 Tamworth Borough Council election

1999 UK local government election

1999 UK local government election

An election was held on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Tamworth Borough Council in Staffordshire, 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
  • Conservative 2
  • Independent 1

Background

Before the election Labour had a big majority on the council with 26 seats, compared to 1 Conservative and 1 independent, with a further 2 seats vacant. Councillors defending seats in the election included the only independent, Margaret Clarke, in Stonydelph and Labour's Phil Dix, who had first been elected in 1958, in Bolehall.

Election result

The results had Labour easily keep control of the council, but with the Conservatives making 1 gain from Labour in Spital ward. The Conservative candidate, Ronald Cook, gained Spital by 201 votes over the Labour candidate.

|seats % = 81.8 |votes % = 59.5 |plus/minus = |seats % = 9.1 |votes % = 31.1 |plus/minus = |seats % = 9.1 |votes % = 4.1 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0 |votes % = 5.3 |plus/minus =

Ward results

References

References

  1. "Tamworth". [[BBC News Online]].
  2. (8 May 1999). "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". [[The Independent]].
  3. (9 April 1999). "Opposition bids to peg back monopoly: Tamworth". [[Birmingham Mail]].
  4. Slater, John. (5 May 1999). "Local election countdown: Tamworth". [[Birmingham Mail]].
  5. Guthrie, Jim. (7 May 1999). "Labour lose out in Lichfield: Staffordshire". [[Birmingham Mail]].
  6. Stote, Martin. (7 May 1999). "Tories stage early gains in the Shires". [[Birmingham Post]].
  7. "Election Results". Tamworth Borough Council.
  8. (8 May 1999). "How the nations voted". [[The Times]].
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