1999 Hartlepool Borough Council election

Elections to Hartlepool Borough Council in the ceremonial county of County Durham in England were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1] The results saw the Labour party lose two seats to the Liberal Democrats and one seat to the Conservative party.[2] Overall turnout in the election was 26.1%.[3]

Following the election the then council leader, Roy Waller, was challenged as leader of the Labour group on the council by Russell Hart. Hart defeated Waller 16 to 14 in a vote by Labour party councillors at the groups annual meeting and Hart thus became leader of the council.[4]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 30
• Liberal Democrat 10
• Conservative 6
• Independent 1[5]

Election result

Hartlepool Local Election Result 1999[6]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	0	3	-3	58.8	42.3	7,640
	Liberal Democrats	4	2	0	+2	23.5	33.8	6,112
	Conservative	2	1	0	+1	11.8	19.4	3,506
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.9	3.9	710
	ITCOM	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	102

Ward results

Brinkburn[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ward	450	49.0
	Labour	Victor Burton	368	40.0
	Conservative	Catharina Burrell	101	11.0
Majority			82	9.0
Turnout			919
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Brus[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sheila Griffin	466	61.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bower	296	38.8
Majority			170	22.4
Turnout			762
	Labour hold		Swing

Dyke House[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jane Shaw	463	51.0
	Liberal Democrats	Reuben Atkinson	444	49.0
Majority			19	2.0
Turnout			907
	Labour hold		Swing

Fens[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Preece	842	65.1
	Labour	George English	363	28.1
	Conservative	David Holmes	89	6.9
Majority			479	37.0
Turnout			1,294
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frank Rogers	704	52.0
	Labour	Anthony Coverdale	465	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Bruce	185	13.7
Majority			239
Turnout			1,354
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greatham[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Maureen Goosey	277	46.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Rayner	203	34.2
	Conservative	Daphne Morris	114	19.2
Majority			74	12.4
Turnout			594
	Labour hold		Swing

Hart[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Edna Wright	721	62.3
	Labour	John Price	323	27.9
	Conservative	Nicholaas Young	113	9.8
Majority			398	34.4
Turnout			1,157
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Jackson[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Moss Boddy	419	56.5
	Liberal Democrats	William Roberts	185	25.0
	Conservative	Lee Burrell	137	18.5
Majority			234	31.5
Turnout			741
	Labour hold		Swing

Owton[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Margaret Watson	433	67.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert McPartlin	210	32.7
Majority			223	44.6
Turnout			643
	Labour hold		Swing

Park[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Coward	710	45.9
	Labour	Alison Lilley	646	41.8
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Snowdon	191	12.3
Majority			64	4.1
Turnout			1,547
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rift House[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Clark	591	47.4
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Herbert	331	26.5
	Conservative	Josephine Reay	325	26.1
Majority			280	20.9
Turnout			1,247
	Labour hold		Swing

Rossmere[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Hart	724	67.4
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Smith	271	25.2
	Conservative	Sharon Jeffries	79	7.4
Majority			453	42.2
Turnout			1,074
	Labour hold		Swing

St Hilda[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	John Marshall	813	55.1
	Labour	Alice Savage	560	38.0
	ITCOM	Mary Power	102	6.9
Majority			253	17.1
Turnout			1,475
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Seaton (2)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Catherine Hill	546
	Labour	Michael Turner	522
	Conservative	Gerald Hartley	457
	Conservative	Stanley Fortune	347
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Cain	298
	Liberal Democrats	David Youngson	268
Turnout			2,438
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stranton[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lillian Sutheran	469	55.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Snowdon	237	27.8
	Conservative	Jessie Young	82	9.6
	Independent	Gerald Parker	65	7.6
Majority			232	27.2
Turnout			853
	Labour hold		Swing

Throston[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Clouth	551	51.7
	Conservative	Simeon Reay	248	23.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Whitham	167	15.7
	Independent	Edward Powell	99	9.3
Majority			303	28.4
Turnout			1,065
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent. 7 May 1999. p. 12.
2. Shaefer, Neil (8 May 1999). "Tory comeback leaves Labour to lick wounds". The Northern Echo. p. 6.
3. "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
4. "Hart in as council leader". The Northern Echo. 20 May 1999. p. 6.
5. "Hartlepool". BBC Online. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
6. "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times. 7 May 1999. p. 4.
7. "Local Government Elections Hartlepool". The Northern Echo. 8 May 1999. p. 6.