1999 Sunderland City Council election

1999 UK local government election November 2019 The 1999 Sunderland Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, 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/252.stm Sunderland 2010-12-21 BBC News OnlineHow Britain voted: Council Election Results 1999-05-08 The Independent 12 After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 64 Conservative 8 Liberal Democrat 2 Liberal 1 Election result The results saw Labour stay in control, but their leader, Bryn Sidaway, lost his seat after 16 years on the council. Defeated council leader vows to return The Northern Echo 7 1999-05-10 Tony Metcalf Hague makes it - just The Northern Echo 1 1999-05-07 Sidaway lost in Hendon ward by 2 votes to Conservative Paul Maddison after 3 recounts, which was one of 4 gains made by the Conservatives. Peter Hetherington The elections: England: Prescott transforms loss into mid-term triumph Town halls: Tories hit by north-south divide The Guardian 4 1999-05-08 Labour blamed the defeat of Sidaway on dirty tricks after anonymous posters were displayed associating Sidaway with neo-Nazis, but this was denied by the Conservatives. Brendan Carlin Dawning of a new era of coalition The Northern Echo 1 1999-05-08 Overall turnout was 20%, but was as low as 12.4% in Central ward. Alexandra Frean Town hall politics become an increasing irrelevance The Times 47 1999-05-08 Following the election Colin Anderson was elected as the new leader of the Labour group and the council. Sunderland local election result 1999 How the nations voted The Times 48 1999-05-08 http://www.crest.ox.ac.uk/election/econ99tab.htm Local Election Results, 1999 2010-12-21 Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110724053301/http://www.crest.ox.ac.uk/election/econ99tab.htm 2011-07-24 Labour Party (UK) 20 4 80 59.3 Conservative Party (UK) 4 4 16 30.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 8.2 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 1 1 4 3.1 References 1998 Sunderland City Council election Sunderland City Council elections 2000 Sunderland City Council election Category:1999 English local elections 1999 Category:20th century in Tyne and Wear