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1999 Fenland District Council election
All 40 seats to Fenland District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 1999 Fenland District Council election took place on 6 May 1999, to elect 40 members of the Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

Ward results

(*Sitting councillor)

Chatteris North ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P Murphy*	198	56.4
	Labour	G Osbourn	56	16.0
	Independent	C Greenwood	55	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	J Wilson	42	12.0
Majority			142
Turnout

Elm. (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M Cotterell*	538	58.9
	Conservative	E Green*	465	-
	Labour	R Symonds	230	25.2
	Ind. Conservative	R Pinnock	145	15.9
Turnout

Leverington (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M Humphrey*	554	62.6
	Conservative	P Webb	473	-
	Labour	B Diggle	331	37.4
	Labour	A Humphreys*	282
Turnout

Manea ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H Fox	298	71.8
	Labour	P Osborne	57	13.7
	Independent	S Wilson	42	10.1
	Independent Labour	C Bennett	18	4.3
Majority			241
Turnout

March East (3 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D Cameron	849	47.1
	Labour	B Wales	775	-
	Conservative	B Keane*	729	40.4
	Conservative	M French	656
	Conservative	A Gooch	622
	Labour	M Field*	611
	Independent Labour	Ms C Bennett*	226	12.5
Majority
Turnout

March North (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ms P Brewin*	491	30.8
	Labour	I Manning	477	30.0
	Conservative	J West	472	29.6
	Labour	J Heslop	466
	Conservative	W Boulton	455
	Labour	P Osbourne	388
	Independent Labour	M Manning*	152	9.5
	Independent Labour	Ms C Bennett*	128
Turnout

Newton & Tydd ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative

March West (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C Owen	877	61.2
	Conservative	P Skoulding	779	-
	Conservative	Ms J French	755	-
	Labour	B Howlett	557	38.8
	Labour	Ms E Agley	433
	Labour	C Osbourne	415
Turnout

Wisbech North (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S Cawthorne	316	44.1
	Labour	J Diggle*	304	-
	Labour	Ms A Gilliat	258	-
	Liberal Democrats	K Brennan*	242	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ms G Dedman	179
	Conservative	R Barnwell	158	22.1
Turnout

Wisbech South West (3 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms E A Carlisle*	848	49.3
	Conservative	P Humphrey	767	-
	Conservative	Ms J Tuck	703	-
	Labour	S Massey	27.9
	Independent	J White	392	22.8
Majority
Turnout

Outwell & Upwell^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P West*	unopposed

Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C Bellamy	719	46.1
	Independent	P Barnes	533	34.2
	Conservative	B Britain	525
	Liberal Democrats	S Wilson	160	10.3
	Labour	Ms I Henson	147	9.4
Turnout

Whittlesey Bassenhally ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C Rodziewicz	448	47.2
	Labour	D Lewis*	406	42.8
	Liberal Democrats	M Larholt	95	10.0
Majority			42
Turnout

Whittlesey Central ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P Gray*	282	68.1
	Labour	R Penton	84	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ms J larshot	48	11.6
Majority			198
Turnout

Whittlesy South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms P Potts*
	Liberal Democrats	S Watkins	357	39.3

Wisbech East (2 seats} (^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Barker*	635	56.8
	Conservative	A Green	607	-
	Labour	Ann Purt	322	28.8
	Independent	E Dopson	161	14.4
Turnout
Majority

One seat was vacant at the time of the election.^[3]

^ "Fenland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "1995 results" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.