1999 Wyre Borough Council election

1999 Wyre Borough Council election
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All 56 seats to Wyre Borough Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; ; Labour	Leader after election ; ; Conservative

The 1999 Wyre Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999. This election was held on the same day as the 1999 United Kingdom local elections.

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1999 Wyre Borough Council
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	53	34	15	0	15			37,202
	Labour	46	20	1	12	11			26,148
	Liberal Democrats	7	2	0	2	2			3,128
	Residents	0	0	0	2	2			N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Meehan P.	742	53.4
	Labour	Grunshaw C.*	737
	Labour	Robinson I. Ms.	691
	Conservative	Hamer M.	647	46.6
	Conservative	Taylor A. Ms.	535
	Conservative	Sillis C. Ms.	521
Turnout			3,873	37.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dawkins A.*	872	59.6
	Labour	Lees T.*	862
	Labour	Condron J.*	837
	Conservative	Schofield J.	590	40.4
	Conservative	Yates M. Ms.	575
	Conservative	Bailey A.*	553
Turnout			4,289	28.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Taylor H.*	920	71.3
	Conservative	Carroll F.*	855
	Labour	Jackson J. Ms.	371	28.7
	Labour	Robert S. Ms.	360
Turnout			2,506	45.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harrison R.	293	60.7
	Liberal Democrats	Watson B. Ms.	190	39.3
Turnout			483	32.9
	Conservative hold

1999 Wyre Borough Council election

Summary

Election result

Ward Results

Bailey

Bourne

Breck

Brock

Calder

Carleton

Catterall

Cleveleys Park

Duchy

Garstang

Great Eccleston

Hambleton

Hardhorn

High Cross

Jubilee

Mount

Norcross

Park

Pharos

Pilling

Preesall

Rossall

Staina

Tithebarn

Victoria

Warren

Wyresdale

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rogers J.*	316	55.6
	Conservative	McClintock S.	252	44.4
Turnout			568	39.5
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hargreaves J.	931	53.5
	Conservative	Gandhi F. Ms.	884
	Labour	Walker A.*	686	39.4
	Labour	Levey M. Ms.*	614
	Independent	Ward J.	122	7.0
Turnout			3,237	43.4
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sharples D.*	780	84.7
	Conservative	Wilson V. Ms.	141	15.3
Turnout			921	55.5
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Oxley D.*	751	50.7
	Conservative	Tebbs K.	731	49.3
	Conservative	Brooks A.	730
	Labour	Traynor J.*	713
	Labour	Steel P. Ms.*	703
	Conservative	Morley A.	701
Turnout			4,329	38.2
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brooks R.	345	51.0
	Labour	Crouch T.*	332	49.0
Turnout			677	43.7
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Atkins D. Ms.	1,084	61.2
	Conservative	Balmain T.	946
	Liberal Democrats	Cornthwaite A.	687	38.8
	Liberal Democrats	Harrison P.*	609
Turnout			3,326	52.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Coop A.*	636	64.5
	Liberal Democrats	Graddon J.	350	35.5
Turnout			986	42.2
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bowen L. Ms.	969	64.1
	Conservative	Pimbley T.*	906
	Labour	Cameron R.*	543	35.9
Turnout			2,418	38.9
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cocker G.*	920	77.1
	Conservative	Turner F.	872
	Labour	Hacker I.	274	22.9
	Labour	Hoyer A.	246
Turnout			2,312	47.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Catlow P. Ms.*	936	74.6
	Conservative	Richardson M.*	917
	Labour	Davis N.	319	25.4
	Labour	Hickson S.	303
Turnout			2,475	49.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heppenstall A.	586	59.2
	Conservative	Hodgkinson J.	571
	Labour	Meredith A.	404	40.8
	Labour	Robertshaw P.	389
Turnout			1,950	31.2
	Conservative gain from Residents
	Labour gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anyon R.*	454	57.1
	Labour	Robinson G.	445
	Socialist	Jackson H.	176	22.1
	Conservative	Grant M. Ms.	165	20.8
Turnout			1,240	27.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jolley L.*	646	58.8
	Conservative	Bootle J.	624
	Labour	Pacey-Patrick E. Ms.*	453	41.2
	Labour	Smith P.	443
Turnout			2,166	34.6
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Leadbetter S.*	596	63.4
	Labour	Radcliffe I. Ms.*	553
	Labour	Horrocks G.*	537
	Conservative	Vincent K. Ms.	344	36.6
	Conservative	Cooke G.	329
Turnout			2,359	26.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hall A. Ms.*	553	71.4
	Labour	Shewan R.*	529
	Conservative	Barker L.	222	28.6
Turnout			1,304	33.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lawrenson D.*	386	66.3
	Liberal Democrats	Thompson N.	196	33.7
Turnout			582	34.4
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	McCann I.*	1,180	53.5
	Conservative	Mutch J. Ms.*	1,096
	Conservative	Taylor V. Ms.	1,072
	Labour	Higginson K.*	598	27.1
	Labour	Dore L.	524
	Independent	Hudson T.	427	19.4
Turnout			4,897	43.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colby M. Ms.*	672	50.9
	Labour	Riley K.*	661
	Conservative	Smith E.	649
	Conservative	Walker K. Ms.	649	49.1
	Labour	Whittaker M. Ms.*	639
	Conservative	Thewlis F. Ms.	633
Turnout			3,903	37.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lawrenson R.*	1,009	55.7
	Conservative	Swain J.	991
	Conservative	Wilding A.	883
	Labour	Black J. Ms.*	801	44.3
	Labour	Ryder B.*	723
	Labour	Robert A.	670
Turnout			5,077	43.8
	Conservative gain from Residents
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bannister D.*	923	71.8
	Conservative	Hawley P.*	836
	Labour	Bailey G.	362	28.2
Turnout			2,121	42.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Preston S. Ms.*	972	62.9
	Conservative	Amos R. Ms.	946
	Conservative	Vincent A.	915
	Labour	Greenhalgh F.	573	37.1
	Labour	Williams D.*	531
	Labour	Raffles C.	527
Turnout			4,464	36.8
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anderton M. Ms.	838	58.2
	Labour	Butler I.*	821
	Labour	Irish G.*	726
	Conservative	Moss L. Ms.	602	41.8
	Conservative	Swarbrick D.	596
	Conservative	Smith L. Ms.	556
Turnout			4,139	42.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Collinson R.*	431	71.7
	Labour	Hughes R.	170	28.3
Turnout			601	42.2
	Conservative hold