- Tamworth Council election, 1999
Elections to
Tamworth Council were held on6 May ,1999 . 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 1Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 9
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 81.8
votes % = 59.5
votes = 8,845
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 9.1
votes % = 31.1
votes = 4,630
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 9.1
votes % = 4.1
votes = 604
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.3
votes = 794
plus/minus =Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Tucker
votes = 839
percentage = 57.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Evelyn Rowe
votes = 622
percentage = 42.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 217
percentage = 14.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,461
percentage = 22
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Tonks
votes = 814
percentage = 70.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Lees
votes = 343
percentage = 29.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 471
percentage = 40.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,157
percentage = 21
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Dix
votes = 968
percentage = 75.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Beale
votes = 310
percentage = 24.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 658
percentage = 51.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,278
percentage = 24
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Trenfield
votes = 1,204
percentage = 68.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Lees
votes = 368
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Pinkett
votes = 199
percentage = 11.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 836
percentage = 47.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,771
percentage = 29
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Holland
votes = 582
percentage = 59.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Beale
votes = 160
percentage = 16.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Christopher Cooke
votes = 139
percentage = 14.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Lee-Brown
votes = 102
percentage = 10.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 422
percentage = 42.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 983
percentage = 18
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerald Latham
votes = 841
percentage = 54.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew James
votes = 508
percentage = 33.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Blake
votes = 190
percentage = 12.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 333
percentage = 21.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,539
percentage = 32.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Cook
votes = 952
percentage = 51.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Fuller
votes = 751
percentage = 40.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Blake
votes = 146
percentage = 7.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 201
percentage = 10.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,849
percentage = 39
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret Clarke
votes = 465
percentage = 48.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Powick
votes = 362
percentage = 37.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James O'Grady
votes = 128
percentage = 13.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 103
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 955
percentage = 16
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Foster
votes = 771
percentage = 55.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Gant
votes = 467
percentage = 33.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roger Jones
votes = 157
percentage = 11.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 304
percentage = 21.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,395
percentage = 26
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Jenkins
votes = 883
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Smith
votes = 830
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Booth
votes = 387
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Linda O'Grady
votes = 385
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,485
percentage = 22
change =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/257.stm 1999 Tamworth election result]
* [http://www.tamworth.gov.uk/download.asp?path=/Documents/SS/Democratic/Election%20Results%20-%201999-2007.xls Ward results]sequence
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