1999 Braintree District Council election

The 1999 Braintree District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

1999 Braintree District Council election

6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)
60 seats to Braintree District Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Independent Last election 37 seats, 55.4% 10 seats, 21.5% 5 seats, 4.7% Seats won 31 17 4 Seat change 6 7 1 Popular vote 26,600 17,088 2,829 Percentage 45.2% 29.0% 4.8% Swing 10.2% 7.5% 0.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal Democrats Residents Green Last election 6 seats, 14.1% 2 seats, 3.1% 0 seats, 1.2% Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 8,149 1,739 2,433 Percentage 13.8% 3.0% 4.1% Swing 0.3% 0.1% 2.9%
Winner in each seat at the 1999 Braintree District Council election
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Summary

Candidates by party

Labour Party (59/59)

Conservative Party (44/59)

Liberal Democrats (35/59)

Green Party (15/59)

Independent (7/59)

Residents (3/59)

Results

1999 Braintree District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	31			6	51.7	45.2	26,600	-10.2
	Conservative	17			7	28.3	29.0	17,088	+7.5
	Independent	4			1	6.7	4.8	2,829	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	3			3	5.0	13.8	8,149	-0.3
	Residents	3			1	5.0	3.0	1,739	-0.1
	Green	2			2	3.3	4.1	2,433	+2.9

Ward results

Black Notley

Black Notley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Turner	673	55.3
	Conservative	P. Goddard	399	32.8
	Labour	B. Jagniaszek	145	11.9
Majority			274	22.5
Turnout			1,217	32.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bocking North

Bocking North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Mann	847	69.3
	Labour	M. Allard	761	62.3
	Labour	F. Card	738	60.4
	Conservative	P. Walsh	341	27.9
	Liberal Democrats	E. Gask	207	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Braley	189	15.5
Turnout			1,222	27.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bocking South

Bocking South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Warne	786	66.7
	Labour	L. Green	744	63.1
	Labour	D. Taylor	703	59.6
	Conservative	G. Field	345	29.3
	Conservative	N. Birks	336	28.5
	Liberal Democrats	M. Martin	175	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	S. Seymour	135	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	H. Seymour	125	10.6
	Green	W. Partridge	96	8.1
	Green	D. Stewart	83	7.0
Turnout			1,179	25.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Braintree Central

Braintree Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Keeble	655	56.5
	Labour	A. Millam	636	54.8
	Labour	J. Unsworth	591	50.9
	Conservative	I. Roel	265	22.8
	Conservative	L. Walters	257	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	S. Dennis	207	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	T. Graystone	206	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	R. McDermott	187	16.1
	Green	D. Andrews	105	9.1
Turnout			1,160	21.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Braintree East

Braintree East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Bishop	764	55.2
	Labour	D. Green	654	47.2
	Labour	A. Thompson	644	46.5
	Conservative	D. Messer	376	27.1
	Conservative	D. Reid	362	26.1
	Liberal Democrats	P. Brooks	305	22.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Lemon	290	20.9
	Liberal Democrats	T. Brooks	283	20.4
Turnout			1,385	20.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Braintree West

Braintree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Cavinder	638	35.7
	Labour	B. Buchan	609	34.1
	Labour	C. Bacon	607	34.0
	Liberal Democrats	L. Beckett	591	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. Martin	564	31.6
	Labour	M. Shirvington	552	30.9
	Conservative	G. Killick	542	30.4
	Conservative	J. McKee	532	29.8
	Conservative	B. Kirsch	526	29.5
Turnout			1,785	32.7
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Bumpstead

Bumpstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Collar	376	60.9
	Labour	J. Marsden	241	39.1
Majority			135	21.8
Turnout			617	32.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Castle Hedingham

Castle Hedingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Allfrey	475	74.6
	Labour	S. Scrivens	162	25.4
Majority			313	49.2
Turnout			637	44.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coggeshall

Coggeshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Edey	730	44.8
	Labour	C. Joyce	714	43.9
	Labour	E. Jones	702	43.1
	Conservative	T. McMillan	684	42.0
	Labour	P. Smith	663	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Papworth	335	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	D. Sibley	283	17.4
Turnout			1,628	37.6
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green

Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Shelton	367	72.8
	Labour	S. Knight	137	27.2
Majority			230	45.6
Turnout			504	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cressing

Cressing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Flint	271	63.0
	Labour	A. Final	106	24.7
	Liberal Democrats	M. Boutell	53	12.3
Majority			165	38.3
Turnout			430	33.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Earls Colne

Earls Colne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Boyce	645	72.2
	Independent	S. Mascall	568	63.6
	Labour	T. Fyfe	248	27.8
	Labour	S. Heppolette	212	23.7
Turnout			893	29.7
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Labour

Gosfield

Gosfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Broyd	436	72.8
	Labour	L. Webb	163	27.2
Majority			273	45.6
Turnout			599	27.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Halstead Holy Trinity

Halstead Holy Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	J. Pell	702	56.3
	Labour	R. Mayes	629	50.4
	Labour	M. Fincken	535	42.9
	Labour	G. Warren	440	35.3
	Conservative	T. McArdie	234	18.8
	Conservative	B. Mison	208	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	C. Whybrow	148	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	C. Forder	122	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	M. Clayton	112	9.0
Turnout			1,247	30.9
	Residents hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Halstead St. Andrew's

Halstead St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	B. Gage	522	39.2
	Residents	M. Gage	515	38.6
	Labour	B. Carr	396	29.7
	Labour	G. McCoyd	345	25.9
	Conservative	L. Dye	240	18.0
	Conservative	M. Mison	211	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	O. Forder	149	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	J. Barnes	128	9.6
Turnout			1,333	32.7
	Residents hold
	Residents gain from Labour

Hatfield Peverel

Hatfield Peverel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Bigden	633	56.9
	Conservative	J. Jarvis	621	55.8
	Independent	E. Royffe	368	33.1
	Labour	J. Glasman	329	29.6
	Labour	P. Heath	227	20.4
Turnout			1,113	31.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Kelvedon

Kelvedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Davidson	779	44.4
	Labour	I. Marshall	779	44.4
	Labour	J. Fyfe	711	40.5
	Conservative	S. Gibbs	663	37.8
	Conservative	S. Openshaw	610	34.8
	Independent	G. Raison	508	29.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. Ashby	211	12.0
	Green	P. Leatherdale	138	7.9
Turnout			1,754	41.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Panfield

Panfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Walsh	308	56.5
	Labour	V. Carnell	237	43.5
Majority			71	13.0
Turnout			545	41.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Rayne

Rayne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Meadows	355	54.6
	Conservative	G. Lees	207	31.8
	Labour	R. Parsons	88	13.5
Majority			148	22.8
Turnout			650	32.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sible Hedingham

Sible Hedingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Tanner	316	45.3
	Conservative	J. Brown	314	45.1
	Liberal Democrats	T. Ellis	248	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Turner	173	24.8
	Labour	N. Owen	126	18.1
	Labour	F. Hearn	118	16.9
Turnout			697	23.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Stour Valley Central

Stour Valley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Finch	273	59.1
	Labour	P. Owen	189	40.9
Majority			84	18.2
Turnout			462	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour Valley North

Stour Valley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Harley	348	65.3
	Labour	L. Scrivens	185	34.7
Majority			163	30.6
Turnout			533	42.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour Valley South

Stour Valley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Acheson	444	64.3
	Labour	C. Kotz	131	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	C. Savill	115	16.7
Majority			313	45.3
Turnout			690	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Terling

Terling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Galione	280	48.9
	Labour	M. Williams	242	42.2
	Liberal Democrats	D. Barber	51	8.9
Majority			38	6.7
Turnout			573	46.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Three Fields

Three Fields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hawkins	736	70.6
	Conservative	J. Finbow	714	68.5
	Labour	P. Johnson	270	25.9
	Labour	A. Axtell	244	23.4
Turnout			1,043	34.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Upper Colne

Upper Colne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Bolton	429	70.6
	Labour	D. Dyson	179	29.4
Majority			250	41.2
Turnout			608	42.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witham Central

Witham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Pitchford	385	46.3
	Conservative	M. Lager	285	34.3
	Labour	M. Jones	162	19.5
Majority			100	12.0
Turnout			832	35.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Witham Chipping Hill

Witham Chipping Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Barlow	432	54.8
	Labour	K. Boylan	423	53.7
	Conservative	N. Andrews	162	20.6
	Conservative	G. Peck	145	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Verrall	129	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	K. Verrall	116	14.7
	Green	S. Ransome	56	7.1
	Green	N. Brunton	52	6.6
Turnout			788	23.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Witham North

Witham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Evans	605	70.1
	Labour	J. Gyford	586	67.9
	Labour	I. Pinton	567	65.7
	Conservative	B. Farrow	191	22.1
	Green	P. Brunton	134	15.5
	Green	J. Jones	102	11.8
	Green	K. Peterson	93	10.8
Turnout			863	23.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Witham Silver End & Rivenhall

Witham Silver End & Rivenhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	James Abbott	715	52.4
	Green	Phillip Hughes	554	40.6
	Labour	B. Tate	551	40.4
	Labour	G. Tew	496	36.4
	Liberal Democrats	E. Fierheller	204	15.0
	Independent	J. Dean	84	6.2
Turnout			1,364	41.3
	Green gain from Labour
	Green gain from Labour

Witham South

Witham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Martin	583	54.1
	Labour	R. Tricknell	526	48.8
	Conservative	D. Haggerty	271	25.2
	Conservative	N. Lightfoot	265	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	B. Fleet	174	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	C. May	144	13.4
	Green	A. Pickett	78	7.2
	Green	N. Scales	73	6.8
Turnout			1,077	21.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Witham West

Witham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Tearle	432	49.8
	Labour	J. Reekie	426	49.1
	Conservative	J. Jarvis	260	30.0
	Conservative	R. Wacey	237	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	C. May	124	14.3
	Green	C. Gerrard	77	8.9
	Green	C. Hobbs-Waller	77	8.9
Turnout			867	29.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Yeldham

Yeldham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Kotz	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "Braintree District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2020.