1999 Pendle Borough Council election

1999 UK local government election June 2014 June 2014 Pendle Borough Council elections The 1999 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/181.stm Pendle BBC News Online 2 February 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Liberal Democrat - 23 Labour - 20 Conservative - 7 Independent - 1How Britain voted: Council Election Results 8 May 1999 The Independent 12 Campaign Before the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council with 30 councillors, compared to 17 Labour, 3 Conservatives and 1 independent.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1999/04/10/Lancashire+Archive/6127618.Pendle_Council_election_candidates/ Pendle Council election candidates 10 April 1999 Lancashire Telegraph 3 February 2011 17 seats were being contested in the election, with the Liberal Democrats defending 12 and Labour 5. 4 sitting councillors stood down at the election, 2 each from the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties. The only candidate not from the three main parties was Peter Hartley, who stood as an independent green in Vivary Bridge ward, but during the campaign it was reported that he was actually living in Sheffield and standing as a candidate there as well.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1999/04/16/Lancashire+Archive/6127225.Green_Pete_the_Poet_up_the_poll_twice/ Green Pete the Poet up the poll twice 16 April 1999 Lancashire Telegraph 3 February 2011 Election results The results saw the Liberal Democrats lose their majority on the council after 4 years in control.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1999/05/07/Lancashire+Archive/6124543.LOCAL_ELECTIONS__Overall_Liberal_control_lost_in_Pendle_on_night_of_upsets/ Local elections: Overall Liberal control lost in Pendle on night of upsets 7 May 1999 Lancashire Telegraph 3 February 2011http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1999/05/07/Lancashire+Archive/6124753.Polls_only_a_slight_tonic_for_the_Blues/ Polls only a slight tonic for the Blues 7 May 1999 Lancashire Telegraph 3 February 2011 The Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats to the Conservatives and a further 3 to the Labour Party, meaning that the Liberal Democrats fell to 23 seats, Labour rose to 20, the Conservatives to 7 and there remained 1 independent.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1999/05/07/Lancashire+Archive/6124590.ELECTIONS__Girl_power_as_Roy_s_angels_oust_liberals/ Elections: Girl power as Roy's angels oust liberals 7 May 1999 Lancashire Telegraph 3 February 2011 The Liberal Democrats said the other two parties had worked together to target Liberal Democrat held seats, but this was denied by the Conservative and Labour parties.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1999/05/12/Lancashire+Archive/6124207.Pre_election_pact_claim_is_denied/ Pre-election pact claim is denied 12 May 1999 Lancashire Telegraph 3 February 2011 The Labour gains came in the wards of Craven, Vivary Bridge and Whitefield, while the Conservatives took the seats of Barrowford, Earby, Foulridge and Reedley. All 4 Conservatives gains were by women, meaning the Conservative group leader Roy Clarkson then had 6 female Conservative councillors in his council group. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats only narrowly held a further 2 seats after recounts, Edwina Sargeant holding Waterside by 9 votes and Ian Gilhespy retaining Horsfield by a single vote. Following the election the parties were unable to agree on who should run the council.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1999/05/21/Lancashire+Archive/6123000.Pendle__A_council_without_a_leader/ Pendle: A council without a leader 21 May 1999 Lancashire Telegraph 3 February 2011 As a result, the council meeting after the election had no nominations for leader of the council. The Liberal Democrats voted down an attempt by Labour to take minority control and instead the councillors voted to rotate the chairmanship of the main committees over the next 12 months between the three parties. Pendle local election result 1999http://www.pendle.gov.uk/election_results/1999_Results_Borough.html Election results Pendle Borough Council 2 February 2011 dead http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20111006062111/http%3A//www.pendle.gov.uk/election_results/1999_Results_Borough.html 6 October 2011 dmy-allHow the nations voted 8 May 1999 The Times 48 Labour Party (UK) 8 3 0 +3 47.1 40.7 9,060 +2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 0 7 -7 29.4 38.2 8,520 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) 4 4 0 +4 23.5 21.0 4,672 +1.2 An Independent Green Candidate 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 29 +0.1 Ward results Barrowford Conservative Party (UK) Linda Crossley 595 38.6 +9.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Carrins 509 33.1 -12.1 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Hargreaves 436 28.3 +2.6 86 5.6 1,540 32.4 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Boulsworth Liberal Democrats (UK) David Robertson 649 54.6 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Wood 286 24.1 +7.1 Labour Party (UK) David Foat 254 21.4 -1.5 363 30.5 -6.8 1,189 28.1 +0.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bradley Labour Party (UK) Frederick Hartley 940 51.1 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Munir 815 44.3 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Janet Riley 85 4.6 -6.5 125 6.8 -3.1 1,840 51.1 +9.8 Labour Party (UK) Brierfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Sajjad Karim 578 38.2 +28.0 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Martin 562 37.1 -17.6 Conservative Party (UK) Zita Lord 373 24.7 -10.3 16 1.1 1,513 46.7 +11.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clover Hill Labour Party (UK) Colin Waite 681 69.0 +10.9 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Chadwick 223 22.6 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) David French 83 8.4 -14.7 458 46.4 +11.4 987 28.6 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) Coates Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Bell 674 53.8 -3.4 Labour Party (UK) John Edwards 434 34.7 +5.8 Conservative Party (UK) Morris Horsfield 144 11.5 -2.4 240 18.2 -10.0 1,252 32.5 +1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Craven Labour Party (UK) Frank Neal 549 45.8 +17.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison Whipp 469 39.1 -15.5 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Langtree 180 15.0 -1.5 80 6.7 1,198 29.9 +1.2 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Earby Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Carroll 778 42.7 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Haigh 756 41.5 -2.2 Labour Party (UK) Jean Skinner 289 15.9 -0.9 22 1.2 1,823 42.3 +4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Foulridge Conservative Party (UK) Carol Belshaw 247 51.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Moss 166 34.8 Labour Party (UK) Martin Wilson 64 13.4 81 17.0 477 42.0 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Horsfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Gilhespy 449 43.0 -10.3 Labour Party (UK) David Johns 448 42.9 -3.8 Conservative Party (UK) Smith Benson 147 14.1 +14.1 1 0.1 -6.5 1,044 30.9 -2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marsden Labour Party (UK) Azhar Ali 614 61.9 -10.1 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Landriau 279 28.1 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Masih 99 10.0 +10.0 335 33.8 -10.1 992 27.8 +6.4 Labour Party (UK) Reedley Conservative Party (UK) Tonia Barton 655 50.5 -6.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Allan Buck 459 35.4 +15.8 Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Razaq 183 14.1 -9.2 196 15.1 -18.7 1,297 35.8 +2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Southfield Labour Party (UK) Sheena Dunn 587 56.4 -18.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Le-Page 236 22.7 +22.7 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Wildman 218 20.9 -4.7 351 33.7 -15.2 1,041 32.2 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) Vivary Bridge Labour Party (UK) Julie Hunting 721 50.1 +5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Beck 555 38.6 -8.7 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Riley 133 9.2 +1.6 An Independent Green Candidate Peter Hartley 29 2.0 +2.0 166 11.5 1,438 34.3 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Walverden Labour Party (UK) Judith Robinson 707 51.3 +18.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lawrence Collett 534 38.7 -13.4 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Tattersall 138 10.0 -4.9 173 12.5 1,379 46.7 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) Waterside Liberal Democrats (UK) Edwina Sargeant 579 47.0 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) Ian Tweedie 570 46.3 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Mitchell 82 6.7 -0.3 9 0.7 1,231 38.4 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Whitefield Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Ansar 1,021 50.0 +6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ghulam Rasool 910 44.6 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Hook 109 5.3 +0.3 111 5.4 2,040 66.0 +6.0 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) References Category:1999 English local elections 1999 Category:1990s in Lancashire