1999 Tamworth Borough Council election

1999 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 An election was held on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Tamworth Borough Council in Staffordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/257.stm Tamworth BBC News Online 8 May 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was Labour 27 Conservative 2 Independent 1How Britain voted: Council Election Results 8 May 1999 The Independent 12 Background Before the election Labour had a big majority on the council with 26 seats, compared to 1 Conservative and 1 independent, with a further 2 seats vacant.Opposition bids to peg back monopoly: Tamworth 9 April 1999 Birmingham Mail 6 Councillors defending seats in the election included the only independent, Margaret Clarke, in Stonydelph and Labour's Phil Dix, who had first been elected in 1958, in Bolehall. 2 seats were being contested in Wilnecote ward after the resignation of councillor Ken Lewis.Local election countdown: Tamworth Slater John 5 May 1999 Birmingham Mail 6 Election result The results had Labour easily keep control of the council, but with the Conservatives making 1 gain from Labour in Spital ward.Labour lose out in Lichfield: Staffordshire Guthrie Jim Posner, Michael 7 May 1999 Birmingham Mail 7 The Conservative candidate, Ronald Cook, gained Spital by 201 votes over the Labour candidate.Tories stage early gains in the Shires Stote Martin 7 May 1999 Birmingham Post 7 Tamworth local election result 1999http://www.tamworth.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results.aspx Election Results Tamworth Borough Council 8 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025458/http://www.tamworth.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results.aspx 28 September 2011How the nations voted 8 May 1999 The Times 48 Labour Party (UK) 9 0 1 -1 81.8 59.5 8,845 Conservative Party (UK) 1 1 0 +1 9.1 31.1 4,630 Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 9.1 4.1 604 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 794 Ward results Amington Labour Party (UK) John Tucker 839 57.4 Conservative Party (UK) Evelyn Rowe 622 42.6 217 14.8 1,461 22 Labour Party (UK) Belgrave Labour Party (UK) Stuart Tonks 814 70.4 Conservative Party (UK) John Lees 343 29.6 471 40.8 1,157 21 Labour Party (UK) Bolehall Labour Party (UK) Philip Dix 968 75.7 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Beale 310 24.3 658 51.4 1,278 24 Labour Party (UK) Castle Labour Party (UK) Ian Trenfield 1,204 68.0 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Lees 368 20.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Pinkett 199 11.2 836 47.2 1,771 29 Labour Party (UK) Glascote Labour Party (UK) Stephen Holland 582 59.2 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Beale 160 16.3 Independent (politician) Christopher Cooke 139 14.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Lee-Brown 102 10.4 422 42.9 983 18 Labour Party (UK) Mercian Labour Party (UK) Gerald Latham 841 54.6 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew James 508 33.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Blake 190 12.3 333 21.6 1,539 32.4 Labour Party (UK) Spital Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Cook 952 51.5 Labour Party (UK) William Fuller 751 40.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Blake 146 7.9 201 10.9 1,849 39 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stonydelph Independent (politician) Margaret Clarke 465 48.7 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Powick 362 37.9 Conservative Party (UK) James O'Grady 128 13.4 103 10.8 955 16 Independent (politician) Trinity Labour Party (UK) David Foster 771 55.3 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Gant 467 33.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Jones 157 11.3 304 21.8 1,395 26 Labour Party (UK) Wilnecote (2) Labour Party (UK) Joan Jenkins 883 Labour Party (UK) Alan Smith 830 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Booth 387 Conservative Party (UK) Linda O'Grady 385 2,485 22 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) References 1999 Category:1999 English local elections Category:1990s in Staffordshire