1999 Allerdale Borough Council election

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Elections to Allerdale Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995 increasing the number of seats by 3. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. The election for Moorclose ward was postponed until 1 July meaning 3 seats were vacant, see Allerdale local elections for the results.

Allerdale Local Election Result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33			-3	56.6	52.1	18,239
	Conservative	8			+2	15.1	20.1	7,047
	Liberal Democrats	7			+3	13.2	15.5	5,431
	Independent	5			-2	15.1	11.7	4,090
	UKIP	0			0	0.0	0.5	173

11 Labour and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were uncontested.

All Saints Cockermouth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Graham	756
	Labour	Alan Smith	658
	Conservative	Samuel Standage	610
	Conservative	Philip Butterworth	594
	Labour	John Millar	547
	Conservative	David Taylor	545
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hayton	273
Turnout			3,983

Aspatria (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Sewell	444
	Independent	Dorothy Tinnion	425
	Labour	John Vincent	335
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Jackson	226
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Hanning	167
Turnout			1,597

Boltons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Mumberson	280	45.5
	Conservative	Kathleen Brandwood	248	40.3
	Labour	Peter Garner	87	14.1
Majority			32	5.2
Turnout			615	41

Broughton St Bridgets (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Sproat	670
	Labour	James Askew	580
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Thorpe	347
	Independent	Christopher Harris	330
Turnout			1,927

Christchurch Cockermouth (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Jackson	529
	Conservative	Leslie Lytollis	474
	Labour	Laurence Mansfield	361
	Labour	Christine Smith	325
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Burgess	141
Turnout			1,830

Clifton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Rourke	258	51.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bertha Wright	248	49.0
Majority			10	2.0
Turnout			506	41

Crummock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Milburn	556	87.0
	Labour	William Whalley	83	13.0
Majority			473	74.0
Turnout			639	50

Dalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janice Steel	305	71.4
	Labour	Nicholas Hardy	122	28.6
Majority			183	42.8
Turnout			427	33

Derwent Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Heslop	383	79.1
	Labour	Edward Routledge	101	20.9
Majority			282	58.2
Turnout			484	35

Ellen (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Colhoun	uncontested
	Labour	David Thomas	uncontested

Ellenborough Maryport (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Mulgrew	uncontested
	Labour	Martin Wood	uncontested

Ewanrigg Maryport (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carneen McCarron-Holmes	uncontested
	Labour	Patricia McCracken	uncontested

Flimby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kendall	uncontested

Harrington Workington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Caine	692
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Francis	547
	Labour	Barbara Weir	398
	Labour	James Osborn	318
Turnout			1,955

Holme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Wood	uncontested

Keswick (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Barraclough	1,113
	Independent	Mavis Clark	1,094
	Labour	Pamela Edwards	533
	Conservative	William Healy	478
	UKIP	Peter Baden	173
Turnout			3,391

Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Gallagher	375	86.6
	Labour	Michael Gartland	58	13.4
Majority			318	73.2
Turnout			433	31

Moss Bay Workington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan McKeown	629
	Labour	Lillian Baldry	627
	Labour	Joseph Robertson	555
	Independent	John Bracken	339
Turnout			2,150

Netherhall Maryport (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Kendall	uncontested
	Labour	Kevin Smith	uncontested

Seaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fryer	670
	Labour	James Musgrave	668
	Labour	Cecilia Tibble	604
	Independent	Trevor Fee	503
Turnout			2,445

Silloth (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Jefferson	671
	Labour	Margaret Snaith	528
	Labour	Nicholas Findley	289
Turnout			1,488

Solway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Deneberg	uncontested

St Johns Workington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Robertson	709
	Labour	Daniel Dempsey	704
	Labour	Derek Fagan	675
	Conservative	John Heathcote	672
	Conservative	William Hewitt	573
	Conservative	Simon Collins	547
Turnout			3,880

St Michaels Workington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Fryer	945
	Labour	Alan Barry	932
	Labour	Ivor Humes	890
	Liberal Democrats	John Strong	269
Turnout			3,036

Stainburn Workington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Jones	293	64.4
	Labour	Philip Tibble	162	35.6
Majority			131	28.8
Turnout			455	33

Wampool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Holmes	uncontested

Warnell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Agnes Martin	378	70.8
	Labour	Peter Krebs	156	29.2
Majority			222	41.6
Turnout			534	33

Waver

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Huntington	330	77.3
	Labour	Isabella Walton	97	22.7
Majority			233	54.6
Turnout			427	30

Wharrels

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hobbs	240	50.2
	Labour	Derek Holmes	120	25.1
	Independent	William Powley	118	24.7
Majority			120	25.1
Turnout			478	37

Wigton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gwendoline Steer	655
	Labour	Jack Graham	568
	Labour	John Crouch	555
	Labour	Kenneth Bell	522
Turnout			2,300

• BBC report of 1999 Allerdale election results BBC News