1999 Uttlesford District Council election

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

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Tyler*	259	59.8	–1.2
	Labour	C. Howe-Browne	118	27.3	–11.7
	Liberal Democrats	R. Albrow	56	12.9	N/A
Majority			141	32.5	+10.5
Turnout			433	41.1	–9.9
Registered electors			892
	Independent hold		Swing	5.3

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Haggerwood*	232	72.5	+21.8
	Liberal Democrats	J. Loughlin	88	27.5	+13.2
Majority			144	45.0	+29.3
Turnout			320	41.1	–5.7
Registered electors			786
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.3

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Abrahams*	454	87.3	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	W. Ratcliffe	66	12.7	–11.8
Majority			388	74.6	+23.5
Turnout			520	36.3	–6.5
Registered electors			1,431
	Independent hold		Swing	11.8

Elsenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Dean	364	55.1	+6.4
	Conservative	J. Hurwitz*	297	44.9	–6.4
Majority			67	10.2	N/A
Turnout			661	37.1	+5.5
Registered electors			1,784
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	6.4

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Gregory*	587	56.3	–0.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Thawley*	566	54.3	+6.0
	Conservative	J. Moore	437	41.9	–4.9
	Conservative	S. Evans	413	39.6	N/A
Turnout			~1,042	44.6	–5.9
Registered electors			2,336
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Gayler*	455	51.9	–2.3
	Liberal Democrats	G. Powers*	342	39.0	–3.7
	Conservative	H. Powell	260	29.7	+5.4
	Labour	H. Wright	232	26.5	–1.7
	Conservative	L. Collonson	218	24.9	+4.3
	Labour	P. Holloway	169	19.3	–0.2
Turnout			~876	35.2	–16.8
Registered electors			2,489
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Copping*	686	62.0	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	C. Little*	670	60.6	+0.4
	Conservative	D. James	366	33.1	–0.5
	Conservative	E. Hicks	362	32.7	+1.3
Turnout			~1,106	33.1	–7.7
Registered electors			3,342
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Streeter*	170	74.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	S. Wilcock	59	25.8	N/A
Majority			111	48.4	N/A
Turnout			229	44.5	N/A
Registered electors			517
	Independent hold

Hatfield Broad Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Merrion*	260	57.8	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Westlake	190	42.2	–17.0
Majority			70	15.6	N/A
Turnout			450	48.2	–3.6
Registered electors			935
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	17.0

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Lewis	269	55.1	+11.0
	Labour	W. McCarthy	185	37.9	–5.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Johnson	34	7.0	–5.1
Majority			84	17.2	+16.8
Turnout			488	37.3	–5.0
Registered electors			1,310
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.5

Henham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Morson*	384	63.8	+11.9
	Conservative	R. Braeckman	218	36.2	–11.9
Majority			166	27.6	+23.8
Turnout			602	47.8	–5.3
Registered electors			1,262
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.9

Little Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Row*	295	74.3	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	G. Heald	102	25.7	–9.6
Majority			193	48.6	+19.2
Turnout			397	34.6	–3.9
Registered electors			1,150
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.6

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Menell*	347	84.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	K. Drinkwater	63	15.4	N/A
Majority			284	69.2	N/A
Turnout			410	43.8	N/A
Registered electors			936
	Conservative hold

Newport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Bowker*	366	60.1	+9.9
	Independent	T. Archer	243	39.9	N/A
Majority			123	20.2	+3.8
Turnout			609	36.4	–14.1
Registered electors			1,673
	Liberal Democrats hold

Rickling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Wilcock*	312	66.1	+11.3
	Conservative	R. Homer	160	33.9	–11.3
Majority			152	32.2	+22.6
Turnout			472	56.2	+4.0
Registered electors			840
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.3

Saffron Walden Audley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hibbs*	541	44.8	+7.8
	Conservative	D. Miller*	475	39.4	–1.3
	Conservative	A. Walters	424	35.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	N. Reed	351	29.1	–1.8
	Independent	D. Stacey	258	21.4	N/A
	Labour	J. Evans	167	13.8	–7.2
	Labour	S. Lake	124	10.3	–8.5
Turnout			~1,206	46.1	–6.1
Registered electors			2,617
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Castle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. O'Neill	411	33.9	+4.4
	Labour	D. Cornell*	404	33.3	–9.0
	Labour	P. Preece	395	32.5	+2.9
	Conservative	J. Lupton	393	32.4	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Porter*	385	31.7	–4.0
	Liberal Democrats	R. Freeman	344	28.3	–3.5
Turnout			~1,214	40.6	–4.2
Registered electors			2,990
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour hold

Saffron Walden Plantation (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Ketteridge	467	41.8	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	C. Bayley	393	35.2	+3.3
	Conservative	C. Maran	374	33.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	S. Sault	364	32.6	+2.9
	Labour	M. Green*	309	27.7	–13.0
	Labour	Y. Morton*	246	22.0	–13.0
Turnout			~1,116	34.8	–7.1
Registered electors			3,207
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Saffron Walden Shire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Green*	444	49.7	–4.7
	Conservative	R. Dean*	409	45.8	+12.8
	Conservative	G. Maxwell	371	41.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	R. Lefever	211	23.6	–3.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Dawson	180	20.2	–4.3
Turnout			~893	35.0	–13.8
Registered electors			2,551
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Stansted Mountfitchet (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Clifford*	845	58.0	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Dean*	793	54.4	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	G. Sell*	768	52.7	+2.1
	Conservative	B. Gott	594	40.8	+10.0
	Conservative	W. Stiles	568	39.0	+12.1
Turnout			~1,457	33.6	–10.8
Registered electors			4,337
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Cant*	325	68.7	N/A
	Conservative	M. Brackenbury	148	31.3	N/A
Majority			177	37.4	N/A
Turnout			473	38.8	N/A
Registered electors			1,223
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Hill	303	61.1	–10.0
	Conservative	E. Oliver	193	38.9	+10.0
Majority			110	22.2	–20.0
Turnout			496	43.4	–11.8
Registered electors			1,144
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.0

Takeley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Cheetham*	497	70.3	+17.8
	Conservative	D. Jones	416	58.9	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	L. Flawn	221	31.3	–9.8
	Liberal Democrats	E. Jones	191	27.0	–13.5
Turnout			~707	30.3	–11.2
Registered electors			2,332
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Thaxted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Caton*	653	54.3	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	M. Foley*	522	43.4	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Y. De Bono	313	26.0	+0.8
	Conservative	E. Walsh	289	24.0	–8.4
	Independent	P. Leeder	196	16.3	–10.0
	Conservative	B. Clark	196	16.3	N/A
	Independent	T. Frostick	98	8.1	N/A
Turnout			~1,204	52.4	–2.0
Registered electors			2,297
	Independent hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

The Canfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Smith*	336	77.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	S. Robinson	99	22.8	–28.4
Majority			237	54.6	N/A
Turnout			435	30.2	–12.6
Registered electors			1,458
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Brown	290	53.8	–13.5
	Liberal Democrats	E. Tealby-Watson	249	46.2	+13.5
Majority			41	7.6	–27.0
Turnout			539	41.2	–5.7
Registered electors			1,313
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.5

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Down	239	44.8	–2.7
	Liberal Democrats	D. Bedding	208	39.0	+5.1
	Labour	G. Murray	51	9.6	–9.0
	Independent	L. Overy-Owen	36	6.7	N/A
Majority			31	5.8	–7.8
Turnout			534	48.7	–3.1
Registered electors			1,099
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Flack	304	51.9	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	F. Cummings*	282	48.1	–9.1
Majority			22	3.8	N/A
Turnout			586	57.2	+3.8
Registered electors			1,026
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	9.1

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Schneider	289	52.8	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	D. Morgan	258	47.2	–9.1
Majority			31	5.6	N/A
Turnout			547	40.3	–9.5
Registered electors			1,369
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	9.1

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Chambers*	395	58.5	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	R. Harcourt	280	41.5	–0.1
Majority			115	17.0	+0.2
Turnout			675	56.0	+3.3
Registered electors			1,209
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Stone*	374	72.2	+26.9
	Liberal Democrats	G. Hallett	144	27.8	–4.8
Majority			230	44.4	+31.7
Turnout			518	43.3	–0.8
Registered electors			1,248
	Independent hold		Swing	15.9

Stort Valley by-election: 13 April 2000^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		311	55.7
	Conservative		247	44.3
Majority			64	11.4
Turnout			558	48.7
Registered electors			1,146
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Birchanger by-election: 15 June 2000^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		346	76.7
	Liberal Democrats		105	23.3
Majority			241	53.4
Turnout			451	56.5
Registered electors			798
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Chesterfords by-election: 23 November 2000^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		443	59.6
	Conservative		300	40.4
Majority			143	19.2
Turnout			743	50.0
Registered electors			1,486
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing