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All 53 seats to City of York Council 27 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Elections to City of York Council were held on 6 May 1999. All 53 council seats in the city were up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
Election result
City of York Council election 1999 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 53 | 27 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 50.9% | 34.2% | 32,654 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 53 | 22 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 41.5% | 43.9% | 41,845 | |||||||
Conservative | 39 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.7% | 18.3% | 17,428 | |||||||
Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1,663 | |||||||
Green | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.8% | 1,750 | |||||||
Socialist Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.1% | 76 |
Ward results
Acomb ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | DA Horton * | 1,037 | 31.2 | -4.3 | |
Labour | TL Simpson-Laing | 871 | 26.2 | -9.3 | |
Conservative | EJ Fulford | 380 | 11.4 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | A Potter | 370 | 11.1 | 0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | AL Doig | 345 | 10.4 | 6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | JD Dales † | 325 | 9.8 | 5.5 | |
Turnout | 3,328 | 32.9 | -10.1 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
- * Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1986-1996, [2] and the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
- † Represented the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1979-1983 [2]
Beckfield ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | RT Cregan * | 965 | 30.5 | -3.9 | |
Labour | RE Potter | 874 | 27.6 | -4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | AJ Law | 558 | 17.7 | 11.2 | |
Conservative | CAG Brooks | 398 | 12.6 | 1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | SH McCloy | 366 | 11.6 | 6.3 | |
Turnout | 3,161 | 33.9 | -11.2 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
- * Represented the Beckfield ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
Bishophill ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | DM Merrett * | 875 | 25.9 | -8.8 | |
Labour | CA Wallace † | 729 | 21.6 | -9.7 | |
Green | AD Chase | 358 | 10.6 | 5.4 | |
Conservative | RA Schofield | 335 | 9.9 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | CB Megone | 332 | 9.8 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | MR Bartlett | 325 | 9.6 | 5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | DJ Grainger | 227 | 6.7 | 1.8 | |
Green | A White | 201 | 5.9 | 5.9 | |
Turnout | 3,382 | 34.8 | -5.7 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Bootham ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | K Cooper * | 806 | 35.8 | -4.0 | |
Labour | KW King † | 701 | 31.2 | -6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | DS Begbie | 298 | 13.3 | 7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | ZA Varley | 225 | 10.0 | 5.3 | |
Conservative | D Dawson | 219 | 9.7 | 3.6 | |
Turnout | 2,249 | 25.8 | -10.4 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Clifton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | RI Hills * | 742 | 28.5 | -5.9 | |
Labour | A Jones † | 740 | 28.4 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | NC Major | 321 | 12.3 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | SC Thompson | 300 | 11.5 | 1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | KA Tarry | 269 | 10.3 | 4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | D Waudby | 234 | 9.0 | 4.1 | |
Turnout | 2,606 | 28.9 | -11.1 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Clifton Without ward
The parish of Clifton Without
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | SP Tarry * | 733 | 62.3 | 14.8 | |
Labour | AM Greagsby | 314 | 26.7 | -20.1 | |
Conservative | TG Pearson | 129 | 11.0 | 11.0 | |
Turnout | 1,176 | 35.6 | -7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Copmanthorpe ward
The parishes of Acaster Malbis, Bishopthorpe, and Copmanthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | DG Livesley | 1,378 | 28.0 | 17.7 | |
Conservative | JC Galvin | 1,059 | 21.5 | 3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | DYP Khan | 971 | 19.8 | 19.8 | |
Labour | G Campbell-Thomas | 787 | 16.0 | -6.1 | |
Labour | AJ MacDonald | 721 | 14.7 | -1.6 | |
Turnout | 4,916 | 43.8 | -0.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Dunnington and Kexby ward
The parishes of Dunnington and Kexby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | JA Greenwood | 615 | 46.6 | 30.8 | |
Independent | RF Carr * | 597 | 45.2 | -12.9 | |
Labour | DL Scott | 109 | 8.3 | -6.9 | |
Turnout | 1,321 | 46.9 | 1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent |
Fishergate ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J Boardman * | 910 | 22.8 | -8.7 | |
Labour | R Farrington † | 778 | 19.5 | -8.8 | |
Conservative | RN Dickson ‡ | 642 | 16.1 | 4.3 | |
Conservative | D Minns | 627 | 15.7 | 5.1 | |
Green | M Nicholson | 312 | 7.8 | 3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | R Brown | 310 | 7.8 | 2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | JG Cruickshank | 254 | 6.4 | 1.8 | |
Green | DJ Wilkinson | 165 | 4.1 | 0.4 | |
Turnout | 3,998 | 34.4 | -9.1 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
- * Represented the Fishergate ward of York City Council, 1988-1996, [2] and the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
- † Represented the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, [4] and the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
- ‡ Represented the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1989-1993 [4]
Foxwood ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | SF Galloway * | 1,800 | 27.0 | 4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | AL Reid † | 1,720 | 25.8 | 4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | J Blakeborough | 1,640 | 24.6 | 4.7 | |
Labour | A Fraser | 446 | 6.7 | -2.2 | |
Labour | ES Gouge | 408 | 6.1 | -2.3 | |
Labour | J James ‡ | 399 | 6.0 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | IJ Farndale | 247 | 3.7 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 6,660 | 34.4 | -3.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
- * Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1973-1979, the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1979-1996, [2] the Westfield division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1973-1985, the Foxwood division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996, [4] and the Foxwood ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
Fulford ward
The parish of Fulford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | TM Brighton * | 405 | 45.8 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | JE Mackfall | 299 | 33.8 | 33.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | AR Normandale | 180 | 20.4 | -5.9 | |
Turnout | 884 | 40.4 | -6.0 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
- * Represented the Fulford ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
Guildhall ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | JM Looker * | 780 | 24.9 | -8.6 | |
Labour | BWJE Watson † | 667 | 21.3 | -8.5 | |
Conservative | KJ Beavan ‡ | 487 | 15.6 | 4.6 | |
Conservative | AJ Mett | 445 | 14.2 | 3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | CM Anderson | 255 | 8.2 | 3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | L.A Hogg | 223 | 7.1 | 2.2 | |
Green | GM Williams | 136 | 4.3 | -0.5 | |
Green | JS Cossham | 134 | 4.3 | 4.3 | |
Turnout | 3,127 | 27.0 | -9.5 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
- * Represented the Guildhall division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996, [4] and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
- † Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1979-1984, the Guildhall ward of York City Council, 1988-1996, [2] the Acomb division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1981-1989, [4] and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
- ‡ Represented the Micklegate ward of York City Council, 1991-1996 [2]
Haxby ward
The parish of Haxby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | H Briggs * | 2,128 | 25.5 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | CM Hogg † | 2,071 | 24.8 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | MR Watson | 1,952 | 23.4 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | RJ Phillips | 687 | 8.2 | 8.2 | |
Conservative | RA Procter | 636 | 7.6 | 7.6 | |
Labour | GR Beacon | 306 | 3.7 | -4.3 | |
Labour | IG Lowson | 282 | 3.4 | -3.9 | |
Labour | MW Gaunt | 280 | 3.4 | -3.9 | |
Turnout | 8,342 | 39.9 | -2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Heslington ward
The parish of Heslington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | MHK Brumby * | 284 | 39.4 | -22.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | PA Hearn | 154 | 21.4 | 21.4 | |
Conservative | GER Hill | 154 | 21.4 | 21.4 | |
Green | D Biram | 129 | 17.9 | 17.9 | |
Turnout | 721 | 21.4 | -11.1 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Heworth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | SE Braund * | 1,051 | 30.5 | -5.1 | |
Labour | CA Waite † | 1,027 | 29.8 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | D Gough | 378 | 11.0 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | DJ Hyland | 356 | 10.3 | 1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | IM Cuthbertson | 322 | 9.3 | 4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | IE Packington | 315 | 9.1 | 4.9 | |
Turnout | 3,449 | 34.1 | -9.6 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Heworth Without ward
The parish of Heworth Without
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | MJ Bradley * | 793 | 87.9 | 16.9 | |
Labour | AS Dhesi | 109 | 12.1 | -16.9 | |
Turnout | 902 | 46.7 | -9.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Holgate ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | ES Edge * | 826 | 22.6 | -11.7 | |
Labour | RE Scrase † | 736 | 20.1 | -12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | D Horwell ‡ | 730 | 20.0 | 11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | J Tull | 689 | 18.8 | 11.5 | |
Conservative | W Bennett | 320 | 8.8 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | R Jackson | 279 | 7.6 | -1.1 | |
Socialist Labour | JJ Stewart | 76 | 2.1 | 2.1 | |
Turnout | 3,656 | 38.8 | -4.9 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
- * Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
- † Represented the Holgate ward of York City Council, 1992-1996, [2] and the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
- ‡ Represented the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1979-1988 [2]
Huntington and New Earswick ward
The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | DJ Henderson | 1,961 | 23.3 | 2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | P Vaughan * | 1,958 | 23.3 | 3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | CE Runciman | 1,728 | 20.6 | 1.1 | |
Labour | CB Woolley | 760 | 9.0 | -3.1 | |
Labour | EC Macleod | 718 | 8.5 | -3.2 | |
Conservative | BS Wiseman | 642 | 7.7 | 7.7 | |
Labour | ME Simon | 637 | 7.6 | -3.0 | |
Turnout | 8,405 | 32.2 | -8.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Knavesmire ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | RD Fletcher * | 920 | 27.6 | -9.8 | |
Labour | TJ Walker † | 850 | 25.5 | -7.5 | |
Conservative | MJ Garrity | 442 | 13.3 | 2.8 | |
Conservative | SJ Williams | 426 | 12.8 | 2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | JM McCloy | 195 | 5.9 | 1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | GG Talbot | 180 | 5.4 | 1.2 | |
Green | AC Martin | 172 | 5.2 | 5.2 | |
Green | DE King | 143 | 4.3 | 4.3 | |
Turnout | 3,328 | 34.9 | -5.9 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Micklegate ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | GH Dean * | 1,036 | 23.3 | 3.5 | |
Labour | BA Bell † | 1,033 | 23.3 | -3.2 | |
Conservative | KJ Creek | 890 | 20.0 | 2.2 | |
Labour | DG Evans | 860 | 19.4 | -5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | PL.B Reid | 334 | 7.5 | 1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | GEF Thompson | 287 | 6.5 | 1.6 | |
Turnout | 4,440 | 46.2 | -7.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Monk ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | V Kind * | 964 | 22.1 | -3.8 | |
Labour | PL Dodd * | 956 | 21.9 | -5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | D Kirk | 639 | 14.7 | 8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | NWS Blitz | 627 | 14.4 | 8.1 | |
Conservative | SJ Mallett | 589 | 13.5 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | WE Hanbury | 582 | 13.4 | -2.1 | |
Turnout | 4,357 | 40.7 | -8.1 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
- * Represented the Monk ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
Osbaldwick ward
The parish of Osbaldwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | JP Morley * | 537 | 58.4 | 12.5 | |
Labour | FE Leesley | 238 | 25.9 | -15.9 | |
Conservative | N Adams | 144 | 15.7 | 15.7 | |
Turnout | 919 | 41.0 | -7.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
- * Represented the Osbaldwick / Heworth division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996 [4]
Rawcliffe and Skelton ward
The parishes of Rawcliffe and Skelton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | IM Waudby * | 1,520 | 37.6 | 18.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | MK Waudby | 1,264 | 31.3 | 18.9 | |
Conservative | TJ Ashman | 489 | 12.1 | 2.9 | |
Labour | AD Garbutt | 388 | 9.6 | -4.7 | |
Labour | B Bothamley | 382 | 9.4 | -4.0 | |
Turnout | 4,043 | 40.5 | -2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent |
Strensall ward
The parishes of Earswick, Holtby, Murton, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | MA Kirk * | 1,003 | 33.4 | 9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | J Vaughan † | 895 | 29.8 | 8.5 | |
Conservative | C Marshall | 571 | 19.0 | 3.2 | |
Labour | GP Hodgson | 275 | 9.2 | -4.6 | |
Labour | K Tomlinson | 258 | 8.6 | -2.4 | |
Turnout | 3,002 | 29.3 | -15.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Upper Poppleton ward
The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, and Upper Poppleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | QJA Macdonald * | 1,183 | 26.6 | 3.2 | |
Independent | JS Hopton | 1,066 | 24.0 | 24.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | PHF Powell | 974 | 21.9 | 1.9 | |
Conservative | KR Bushby | 443 | 10.0 | -10.1 | |
Conservative | GK Moore * | 441 | 9.9 | -10.9 | |
Labour | JC Overhill-Smith | 207 | 4.7 | -3.6 | |
Labour | IA Simpson-Laing | 127 | 2.9 | -4.5 | |
Turnout | 4,441 | 51.6 | -2.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
- * Represented the Upper Poppleton ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
Walmgate ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D Wilde * | 779 | 28.6 | -7.7 | |
Labour | DW Smallwood † | 748 | 27.5 | -7.1 | |
Conservative | P Thompson | 342 | 12.6 | 3.6 | |
Conservative | SE Anson | 334 | 12.3 | 3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | AM Carter ‡ | 280 | 10.3 | 4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | CF Robertson | 239 | 8.8 | 3.3 | |
Turnout | 2,722 | 26.4 | -10.3 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
- * Represented the Walmgate ward of York City Council, 1973-1996, [2] and the Walmgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
Westfield ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S Galloway * | 1,189 | 34.9 | 9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | AM Waller † | 954 | 28.0 | 7.1 | |
Labour | B Carradice ‡ | 618 | 18.2 | -5.8 | |
Labour | M Painter | 499 | 14.7 | -9.0 | |
Conservative | R Hudson | 144 | 4.2 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 3,404 | 39.0 | -12.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
- * Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1979-1996, [2] the Westfield division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, [4] and the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999 [3]
- † Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1994-1996 [2]
Wheldrake ward
The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | RJ Snowdon | 513 | 39.2 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | M Vassie | 466 | 35.6 | 18.3 | |
Labour | JE Tetzner | 329 | 25.2 | -12.8 | |
Turnout | 1,308 | 44.0 | 5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Wigginton ward
The parish of Wigginton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | AC Hall * | 1,027 | 87.8 | 22.1 | |
Labour | KD Smith | 143 | 12.2 | -5.9 | |
Turnout | 1,170 | 38.8 | -8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
References
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