1999 Bromsgrove District Council election

1999 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 The 1999 Bromsgrove District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Bromsgrove district council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party. How Britain voted: Council Election Results The Independent 12 1999-05-08 Campaign The Labour party had won control of the council in the previous election in 1995 for the first time and were hopeful of staying in control of the council. Deborah Summers Hague outsmarts Labour with bacon butty detour Birmingham Post 4 1999-04-21 They pledged to maintain bus passes for the elderly and press on with CCTV in the town centre. However the Conservatives attacked Labour for having increased council tax over the last four years, including 9.73% in the last year. Candidates in battle of the giants Bromsgrove: Tories promise to save the Rec Birmingham Mail 6 1999-04-09 A proposed development on the local recreation ground for an arts and leisure centre was a major issue in the campaign, with Labour saying it would be good for Bromsgrove, while the Conservatives pledged to try to save the recreation ground. During the campaign the Conservative party leader William Hague visited Bromsgrove with the local Member of Parliament Julie Kirkbride to rally party activists. Before the election the Conservatives required a 7% swing to gain control of the council, with Bromsgrove seen as a key council in the local elections across England. Alexandra Frean Tory gains will give Hague little comfort The Times 9 1999-05-05 The armchair guide The Times 17 1999-05-06 A by-election in October 1998 in Catshill ward was seen as a good sign for the Conservatives after they gained the seat with a swing of over 25%. Chris Game Getting into the swing of parish pump issues Polling today may produce very different results to a General Election, says Chris Game. Birmingham Post 13 1999-05-06 In total 80 candidates stood in the election from the Labour party, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and the Wythall Ratepayers' and Residents' Association. Sue Smith Local election countdown: Bromsgrove Birmingham Mail 6 1999-05-05 Candidates included seven couples and former Conservative councillors such as Joy Buchby and Nick Psirides. Meanwhile, the only Liberal Democrat councillor, Sandra Docker, stood down at the election. Just before the election there was controversy over Labour Party leaflets that were sent to pensioners claiming that the Conservatives would abolish free bus passes for pensioners. Deborah Summers Tories cry foul over Labour's bus pass scare election leaflets Birmingham Post 1 1999-05-05 The Conservatives denied they would end the bus passes and reported Labour to the Data Protection Registrar, claiming that confidential council records had been used to send the leaflets to target pensioners, although Labour denied this. Election result The results in Bromsgrove were one of the first to come in across the country and saw the Conservatives retake control of the council gaining 17 seats. Alexandra Frean Tory gains are shot in the arm for party The Times 5 1999-05-07 Conservative gains included the Labour leader on the council, Trevor Porter in Sidemoor ward, Tories regain Bromsgrove The Times 6 1999-05-07 and the council chairman, Trevor Crashley in Whitford ward. Sue Smith Tories swept back in big turn-about: Worcestershire Birmingham Mail 7 1999-05-07 The Conservatives also made two wins in Sidemoor ward, where they had never won any seats before, with swings reaching up to 40% in some wards. Defeated candidates saw a low turnout and the plans to develop the recreation ground as responsible for their defeats, with the neighbouring Labour MP Michael John Foster blaming the results on local, rather than national, issues. Will Woodward Britain's elections:Tories claim gains put them back in business Labour takes comfort from mid-term vote share but lead belies national poll ratings The Guardian 8 1999-05-07 Following the election William Hague visited Bromsgrove again to celebrate the results, both in Bromsgrove and nationally. Chris Gray The revival starts here vows Hague Birmingham Post 1 1999-05-08 Overall turnout in the election was 37.4%. http://bromsgrove.whub.org.uk/home/bdc-elections-results-dist-06051999.pdf District Council Election 2009-09-12 Bromsgrove District Council October 2010 H3llBot Bromsgrove local election result 1999 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/34.stm Bromsgrove 2009-09-12 BBC News Online How the nations voted The Times 48 1999-05-08 Conservative Party (UK) 30 +17 76.9 56.6 29,876 Labour Party (UK) 7 -16 17.9 35.3 18,637 Wythall Ratepayers' and Residents' Association 2 0 5.1 4.5 2,382 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 -1 0 3.6 1,912 Ward results Alvechurch (3) Conservative Party (UK) J Luck 1,108 Conservative Party (UK) J Griffiths 1,044 Conservative Party (UK) B Taylor 1,002 Labour Party (UK) D Waters 723 Labour Party (UK) S Oliver 677 Labour Party (UK) A Clewlow 604 5,158 37.3 Barnt Green (2) Conservative Party (UK) A Doyle 1,309 Conservative Party (UK) M Taylor 1,253 Liberal Democrats (UK) T Gray 458 Labour Party (UK) J Cochrane 412 3,432 43.1 Beacon (2) Labour Party (UK) D McGrath 598 Labour Party (UK) P Williamson 509 Conservative Party (UK) G Bennett 432 Liberal Democrats (UK) G Ray 298 1,837 34.5 Catshill (3) Conservative Party (UK) P Collins 1,095 Conservative Party (UK) S Bushby 999 Conservative Party (UK) D Gardner 941 Labour Party (UK) S Farr 551 Labour Party (UK) G Witcomb 543 Labour Party (UK) A Deakin 534 4,663 35.0 Charford (2) Labour Party (UK) L McNamara 829 Labour Party (UK) C Brooks 798 Conservative Party (UK) B Graham 494 Conservative Party (UK) J Pardoe 440 2,561 30.7 Cofton Hackett Conservative Party (UK) R Deeming 370 72.0 Labour Party (UK) J Peel 144 28.0 226 44.0 514 35.5 Drakes Cross (3) Conservative Party (UK) J Dyer 811 Wythall Ratepayers' and Residents' Association G Denaro 662 Wythall Ratepayers' and Residents' Association J Gardener 659 Wythall Ratepayers' and Residents' Association L Wright 620 Conservative Party (UK) D Woodward-Sheath 592 Labour Party (UK) C Brooks 286 3,630 24.8 Furlongs (2) Conservative Party (UK) P Barnsley 932 Conservative Party (UK) T Matthews 834 Labour Party (UK) M Harford 318 2,084 36.9 Hagley (2) Conservative Party (UK) M Oliver 914 Conservative Party (UK) H Whitehouse 869 Labour Party (UK) A Zalin 274 2,057 34.9 Majors Green Conservative Party (UK) P Duddy 383 63.3 Wythall Ratepayers' and Residents' Association P Harrison 149 24.6 Labour Party (UK) E Holmes 73 12.1 234 38.7 605 36.6 Norton (3) Conservative Party (UK) D Norton 1,542 Conservative Party (UK) C Lanham 1,466 Conservative Party (UK) N Psirides 1,418 Labour Party (UK) P Baker 892 Labour Party (UK) R Clayton 876 Labour Party (UK) W Newnes 831 7,025 43.9 Sidemoor (3) Conservative Party (UK) R Dent 844 Labour Party (UK) C Mole 736 Conservative Party (UK) J Hancox 733 Conservative Party (UK) B Gall 707 Labour Party (UK) T Porter 624 Labour Party (UK) G Hulett 620 Liberal Democrats (UK) M Parr 341 4,605 37.6 South Wythall Conservative Party (UK) S Peters 318 47.3 Wythall Ratepayers' and Residents' Association H Allen 292 43.5 Labour Party (UK) P O'Connor 62 9.2 26 3.8 672 36.7 Stoke Prior Conservative Party (UK) C Tidmarsh 613 66.6 Labour Party (UK) A Wardle 308 33.4 305 33.2 921 41.5 Stoney Hill (2) Conservative Party (UK) A Hadley 1,130 Conservative Party (UK) E Shaw 1,123 Labour Party (UK) C Rudge 753 Labour Party (UK) S Shannon 739 Liberal Democrats (UK) G Selway 155 3,900 46.9 Tardebigge Conservative Party (UK) P Whittaker 502 78.4 Labour Party (UK) R Cooke 138 21.6 364 56.8 640 46.0 Uffdown and Waseley (3) Labour Party (UK) P McDonald 788 Conservative Party (UK) D Hancox 741 Labour Party (UK) C Wilson 636 Labour Party (UK) K McNamara 601 Liberal Democrats (UK) G Mack 438 3,204 39.3 Whitford (3) Conservative Party (UK) E Tibby 814 Conservative Party (UK) K Gall 776 Conservative Party (UK) G Pardoe 762 Labour Party (UK) T Crashley 704 Labour Party (UK) M Holmes 672 Labour Party (UK) J Marshall 631 Liberal Democrats (UK) M Mihailovic 222 4,581 36.9 Woodvale Conservative Party (UK) M Gill 565 78.7 Labour Party (UK) B Sutherland 153 21.3 412 57.4 718 41.2 References 1999 Category:1999 English local elections Category:1990s in Worcestershire