Oxford Council election, 1999

Elections to Oxford Council were held on 6th May, 1999. One third of the councils seats were up for election. The Labour party kept its overall majority on the council. The number of Councillors for each party after the election were Labour 28, Liberal Democrat 16 and Green 7. Overall turnout was 29.2%

Election Result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 8
gain = 0
loss = 5
net = -5
seats % = 44.4
votes % = 36.3
votes = 11,184
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 38.9
votes % = 28.2
votes = 8,687
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 3
gain = 3
loss = 0
net = +3
seats % = 16.7
votes % = 17.2
votes = 5,286
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 17.1
votes = 5,261
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.0
votes = 307
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 84
plus/minus =

Ward Results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Atherton Stockford
votes = 783
percentage = 73.3
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Timson
votes = 100
percentage = 9.4
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party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Patricia Dickson
votes = 95
percentage = 8.9
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alexander Macfie
votes = 90
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 683
percentage = 63.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,068
percentage = 13.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Emily Maynard
votes = 428
percentage = 37.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Hopkins
votes = 310
percentage = 27.1
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Atkinson
votes = 219
percentage = 19.2
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Johnson
votes = 185
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 118
percentage = 10.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,142
percentage = 18.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Struthers
votes = 751
percentage = 37.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Mort
votes = 681
percentage = 34.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Johnson
votes = 393
percentage = 19.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Malcolm Lee
votes = 177
percentage = 8.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 70
percentage = 3.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,002
percentage = 38.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Elise Benjamin
votes = 907
percentage = 48.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Stannard
votes = 761
percentage = 40.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Garner
votes = 109
percentage = 5.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pieter-Paul Barker
votes = 97
percentage = 5.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 146
percentage = 7.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,874
percentage = 31.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jane Wyatt
votes = 710
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Town
votes = 687
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Whittaker
votes = 669
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Sareva
votes = 641
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Prudence Dailey
votes = 415
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Georgina Shomroni
votes = 367
percentage =
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party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Stella Hudson
votes = 99
percentage =
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party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Mark Lynas
votes = 86
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,674
percentage = 29.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carole Roberts
votes = 763
percentage = 51.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Hernandez
votes = 356
percentage = 24.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Patrick Lingwood
votes = 188
percentage = 12.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Rundle
votes = 173
percentage = 11.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 407
percentage = 27.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,480
percentage = 25.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Buckingham
votes = 661
percentage = 62.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Connolly
votes = 179
percentage = 16.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Vicky Potter
votes = 109
percentage = 10.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Joanna Lavender
votes = 108
percentage = 10.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 482
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,057
percentage = 20.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Christian
votes = 652
percentage = 47.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Wylie
votes = 384
percentage = 27.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Katherine Wedell
votes = 176
percentage = 12.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Fuller
votes = 170
percentage = 12.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 268
percentage = 19.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,382
percentage = 28.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Davy
votes = 795
percentage = 49.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Roe
votes = 284
percentage = 17.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jason Tomes
votes = 254
percentage = 15.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Sophie Andrews
votes = 185
percentage = 11.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Rose
votes = 75
percentage = 4.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 511
percentage = 32.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,593
percentage = 27.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Coats
votes = 909
percentage = 50.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eamon Wadley
votes = 499
percentage = 27.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Duncan Hatfield
votes = 314
percentage = 17.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Pritam Singh
votes = 67
percentage = 3.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 410
percentage = 22.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,789
percentage = 35.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Kershaw
votes = 927
percentage = 42.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Sanders
votes = 821
percentage = 38.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stamford Marthews
votes = 312
percentage = 14.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Donald Smith
votes = 99
percentage = 4.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 106
percentage = 4.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,159
percentage = 35.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Robert Sykes
votes = 824
percentage = 43.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Snelders
votes = 576
percentage = 30.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Leake
votes = 232
percentage = 12.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Dukes
votes = 145
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martin Stone
votes = 113
percentage = 6.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 248
percentage = 13.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,890
percentage = 24.9
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Price
votes = 1,007
percentage = 42.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Deborah Glass
votes = 949
percentage = 40.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Edmond
votes = 235
percentage = 10.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rosalind Gill
votes = 157
percentage = 6.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 58
percentage = 2.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,348
percentage = 38.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Philip Cockayne
votes = 889
percentage = 51.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cherry Mosteshar
votes = 610
percentage = 35.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James French
votes = 146
percentage = 8.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Lilia Patterson
votes = 81
percentage = 4.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 279
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,726
percentage = 33.1
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Cook
votes = 854
percentage = 40.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Catherine Hilliard
votes = 626
percentage = 29.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Ceri Fielding
votes = 423
percentage = 20.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Jones
votes = 195
percentage = 9.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 228
percentage = 10.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,098
percentage = 35.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Campbell
votes = 1,036
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Jones
votes = 661
percentage = 29.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah Escritt
votes = 312
percentage = 13.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Michael Buck
votes = 263
percentage = 11.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 375
percentage = 16.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,272
percentage = 41.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Pope
votes = 695
percentage = 55.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Yun Wong
votes = 189
percentage = 15.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Antony Brett
votes = 156
percentage = 12.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = David Dalton
votes = 131
percentage = 10.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Roger Jenking
votes = 84
percentage = 6.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 506
percentage = 40.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,255
percentage = 22.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*Oxford local elections
*UK local elections, 1999
*Elections in the United Kingdom

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