1999 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

1999 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	36	23	10	1	9	52.3	43.7	13,769	+10.5
	Labour	36	16	2	9	7	36.4	39.5	12,438	–8.4
	Independent	5	3	1	1		6.8	7.5	2,363	–0.2
	Liberal Democrats	9	2	0	2	2	4.5	9.3	2,923	–1.8

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Abbeygate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Lockwood*	791	59.0
	Independent	M. Ames*	690	51.5
	Labour	D. Dawson	374	27.9
	Liberal Democrats	I. Norris	279	20.8
Turnout			1,341	42.5
Registered electors			3,156
	Conservative hold
	Independent hold

Barningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wallace*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,865
	Conservative hold

Barrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Conroy	491	68.3
	Labour	W. Williams	228	31.7
Majority			263	36.6
Turnout			719	49.0
Registered electors			1,474
	Conservative gain from Labour

Cangle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Kiernan*	616	54.4
	Labour	P. French	557	49.2
	Conservative	S. Johnston	485	42.8
	Conservative	E. Macnaghten	449	39.6
Turnout			1,133	27.6
Registered electors			4,105
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Kiernan*	534	56.9
	Conservative	A. Whittaker	404	43.1
Majority			130	13.9
Turnout			938	27.0
Registered electors			3,460
	Labour hold

Cavendish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wayman*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,351
	Conservative hold

Chalkstone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hanlon	638	59.9
	Labour	M. Lee	637	59.8
	Conservative	J. Bridges	394	37.0
	Conservative	D. Ward	367	34.5
Turnout			1,065	22.8
Registered electors			4,670
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Chevington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hart*	487	69.8
	Labour	M. Searle	211	30.2
Majority			276	39.5
Turnout			698	43.0
Registered electors			1,623
	Conservative hold

Clare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Stevens	577	79.0
	Labour	R. Harrison	153	21.0
Majority			424	58.1
Turnout			730	43.0
Registered electors			1,706
	Conservative gain from Independent

Clements (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Martin*	295	74.9
	Labour	A. Smith*	280	71.1
	Conservative	R. Macauslan	83	21.1
	Conservative	P. Young	80	20.3
Turnout			394	16.7
Registered electors			2,360
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Eastgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Beckwith*	809	45.3
	Conservative	F. Warby	729	40.9
	Conservative	C. Mayson	641	35.9
	Labour	E. Zwandhal*	611	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	B. Wesley	219	12.3
	Independent	V. Powell	185	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Gadbury	180	10.1
Turnout			1,784	32.0
Registered electors			5,575
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Fornham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Jones	479	58.8
	Labour	R. Cockle*	336	41.2
Majority			143	17.5
Turnout			815	35.2
Registered electors			2,324
	Conservative gain from Labour

Great Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Horbury*	566	81.4
	Labour	P. Fletcher	129	18.6
Majority			437	62.9
Turnout			695	39.6
Registered electors			1,764
	Conservative hold

Honington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Sutton*	338	71.2
	Labour	R. Howe	137	28.8
Majority			201	42.3
Turnout			475	40.2
Registered electors			1,185
	Conservative hold

Horringer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Biglin*	469	72.8
	Conservative	H. Ward	175	27.2
Majority			294	45.7
Turnout			644	52.8
Registered electors			1,221
	Independent hold

Horringer Court

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Milnes	337	43.5
	Labour	J. Higgins*	274	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	T. King	163	21.1
Majority			63	8.1
Turnout			774	41.5
Registered electors			1,872
	Conservative gain from Labour

Hundon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Warwick*	473	71.1
	Labour	W. Gridley	192	28.9
Majority			281	42.3
Turnout			665	39.1
Registered electors			1,710
	Conservative hold

Ixworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Griffiths*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,202
	Conservative hold

Kedington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Sutton	233	50.1
	Labour	K. Jenkins*	232	49.9
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			465	32.9
Registered electors			1,418
	Conservative gain from Labour

Northgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Lockwood*	483	70.2
	Labour	E. Steele*	430	62.5
	Conservative	E. Flack	196	28.5
Turnout			688	30.6
Registered electors			2,247
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. White	306	54.5
	Liberal Democrats	L. Couper*	255	45.5
Majority			51	9.1
Turnout			561	41.0
Registered electors			1,374
	Conservative gain from Labour

Risby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Levack	452	66.5
	Labour	G. Keatley	228	33.5
Majority			224	32.9
Turnout			680	43.9
Registered electors			1,554
	Conservative hold

Risbygate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Ereira-Guyer*	506	45.5
	Labour	R. O'Driscoll*	463	41.6
	Conservative	P. Hopfensperger	442	39.7
	Independent	D. Nettleton	426	38.3
Turnout			1,113	41.7
Registered electors			2,670
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Rougham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Mildmay-White*	458	75.5
	Labour	A. Grenville	149	24.5
Majority			309	50.9
Turnout			607	45.2
Registered electors			1,352
	Conservative hold

Sextons (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Nowak*	632	52.4
	Labour	C. Muge*	610	50.6
	Conservative	D. Speakman	584	48.4
Turnout			1,206	43.7
Registered electors			2,760
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Southgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Bagnall*	888	65.8
	Liberal Democrats	P. Dulieu	630	46.7
	Conservative	S. Craig	450	33.4
	Labour	P. Williams	293	21.7
Turnout			1,349	41.2
Registered electors			3,274
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

St. Marys & Helions

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Farthing	215	51.3
	Labour	E. Bowman	204	48.7
Majority			11	2.6
Turnout			419	30.9
Registered electors			1,356
	Conservative gain from Labour

St. Olaves (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Cownley*	Unopposed
	Labour	S. Wormleighton*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,843
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Thorndyke*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,288
	Conservative gain from Labour

Westgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Brundle*	556	50.0
	Conservative	A. Varley	483	43.5
	Labour	L. Button*	410	36.9
	Labour	R. Corfe	355	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	G. Elliot	159	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Tilley	150	13.5
Turnout			1,111	40.3
Registered electors			2,757
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Whelnetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Clements*	593	82.9
	Labour	E. Kilner	122	17.1
Majority			471	65.9
Turnout			715	44.2
Registered electors			1,633
	Independent gain from Conservative

Wickhambrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Redhead*	629	80.1
	Labour	R. Isaacs	156	19.9
Majority			473	60.3
Turnout			785	47.6
Registered electors			1,659
	Conservative hold

Withersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Clifton-Brown*	419	73.1
	Labour	L. Hancock	154	26.9
Majority			265	46.2
Turnout			573	40.0
Registered electors			1,428
	Conservative hold