1999 Tendring District Council election

Elections to Tendring District Council in Essex, England took place on 6 May 1999. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. Although the Labour Party remained the largest party on the council, it lost overall control while the Conservatives made major gains.

Summary Result

Tendring District Council election, 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	23	2	14	12		37.6	24,408	-11.0
	Conservative	17	10	2	8		33.3	21,617	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	9	3	2	1		14.2	9,204	-2.7
	Independent	6	3	1	2		12.8	8,328	+3.5
	Ind. Conservative	1	1	0	1		1.9	1,244	+1.2
	Independent Labour	0	0	0			0.2	142	N/A

Ward results

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Alresford & Thorrington

Alresford & Thorrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. McGann	500	50.7
	Conservative	I. Dimmock	487	49.3
	Labour	Terry Ripo	457
	Conservative	R. Tovell	412
Turnout				33.4
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Ardleigh

Ardleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Tootal	Unopposed
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Beaumont & Thorpe

Beaumont & Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Powell	Unopposed
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Bockings Elm

Bockings Elm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Harper	1,093	49.0
	Liberal Democrats	H. Shearing	1,030
	Labour	D. Bolton	656	29.4
	Labour	A. Duffas	619
	Conservative	S. Powell	482	21.6
	Conservative	R. Moodey	481
Turnout				24.3
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. De Roy	303	59.9
	Labour	C. Poulton	203	40.1
Turnout				29.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Brightlingsea East

Brightlingsea East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Patrick	596	36.1
	Labour	C. Olivier	546	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	T. Dale	507	30.7
	Labour	J. Ruffell	468
Turnout				37.2
	Independent hold
	Labour hold

Brightlingsea West

Brightlingsea West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Barrenger	690	53.5
	Liberal Democrats	D. Dixon	600	46.5
	Labour	C. Oliver	445
	Liberal Democrats	N. Bailey	343
Turnout				36.6
	Labour hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Elmstead

Elmstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Johnston	311	60.0
	Labour	R. Fisher	138	26.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hawkins	69	13.3
Turnout				34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frinton

Frinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Allen	1,730	80.9
	Conservative	I. Johnson	1,712
	Conservative	N. Turner	1,674
	Labour	C. Aldous	408	19.1
	Labour	V. Bird	388
	Labour	L. Stevens	385
Turnout				40.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Golf Green

Golf Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Smith	1,070	57.4
	Labour	M. Alexander	830
	Conservative	R. Swinney	275	14.8
	Independent	R. Essex	268	14.4
	Conservative	M. Walker	237
	Independent Labour	C. Judd	142	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	S. Smith	109	5.8
Turnout				40.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Great & Little Oakley

Great & Little Oakley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Caddick	251	52.2
	Labour	J. Besser	230
Turnout				29.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Great Bentley

Great Bentley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Taylor	465	63.4
	Conservative	M. Noyle	192	26.2
	Labour	A. Mackenzie	77	10.5
Turnout				40.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Bromley & Little Bromley

Great Bromley & Little Bromley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Jessop	234	53.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Elvin	136	31.1
	Labour	S. Virdee	68	15.5
Turnout				33.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Harwich East

Harwich East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Brand	430	58.7
	Labour	L. Payne	346
	Independent	O. Jones	164	22.4
	Conservative	E. Yallop	138	18.9
	Independent	R. Pannell	129
Turnout				25.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Harwich East Central

Harwich East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Brand	384	43.8
	Conservative	W. Bleakley	382	43.6
	Labour	D. McLeod	371
	Conservative	J. Glenn	301
	Independent	M. Double	110	12.6
	Independent	M. Lowe	87
Turnout				30.3
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Harwich West

Harwich West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Double	745	61.4
	Labour	W. Mixter	692
	Independent	P. Newell	274	22.6
	Independent	J. Jacombs	198
	Conservative	C. Rasch	194	16.0
Turnout				24.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Harwich West Central

Harwich West Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Evander	424	40.1
	Labour	L. Armstrong	395
	Independent	S. Henderson	333	31.5
	Conservative	J. Spall	301	28.4
	Independent	T. Skargon	173
Turnout				32.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Haven

Haven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Fone	792	74.5
	Independent	B. Thomasson	781
	Labour	A. Stone	163	15.3
	Labour	C. Morgan	154
	Liberal Democrats	S. Harrison	108	10.2
Turnout				38.8
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Holland & Kirby

Holland & Kirby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Bucke	864	55.8
	Conservative	J. Evans	789
	Labour	B. Theadom	491	31.7
	Labour	C. Nimmo	405
	Liberal Democrats	J. King	194	12.5
Turnout				32.4
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lawford & Manningtree

Lawford & Manningtree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Randall	569	48.7
	Labour	R. Ling	511
	Conservative	R. Howell	359	30.7
	Conservative	K. Brazier	345
	Liberal Democrats	M. Dew	241	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	N. Roberts	212
Turnout				23.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Little Clacton

Little Clacton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. De-Vaux Balbirnie	343	50.6
	Independent	R. Mackintosh	335	49.4
Turnout				29.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Mistley

Mistley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Smith	352	64.9
	Conservative	A. Stock	104	19.2
	Labour	C. Lane	86	15.9
Turnout				29.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ramsey & Parkeston

Ramsey & Parkeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Elmer	314	63.2
	Independent	J. Brown	183	36.8
Turnout				28.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Rush Green

Rush Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Baker	599	55.0
	Labour	F. Baker	572
	Labour	G. Mills	516
	Conservative	G. Downing	365	33.5
	Conservative	V. Stone	330
	Conservative	A. Rasch	325
	Liberal Democrats	S. Shearing	125	11.5
Turnout				24.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Southcliff

Southcliff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Jessop	851	36.5
	Conservative	P. Oxley	835
	Independent	P. Vanner	766	32.8
	Labour	J. Ducksbury	359	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Lonsdale	357	15.3
	Labour	D. Aldis	352
	Labour	A. Bilverstone	352
Turnout				31.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Labour

St. Bartholomew's

St. Bartholomew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Tovey	732	76.6
	Independent	A. Cox	678
	Labour	A. Alexander	166	17.4
	Labour	A. Sargent	131
	Liberal Democrats	R. Harper	57	6.0
Turnout				34.2
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

St. James

St. James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	M. Hughes	494	27.9
	Labour	M. Morley-Souter	484	27.3
	Labour	R. Raby	478
	Labour	M. Rothwell	476
	Ind. Conservative	I. Powell	417
	Conservative	C. Griffiths	416	23.5
	Conservative	A. Overton	412
	Ind. Conservative	A. Roberts	333
	Independent	T. McKean	202	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Wallis	174	9.8
Turnout				26.4
	Ind. Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Bevan	798	41.1
	Liberal Democrats	M. Bargent	785
	Liberal Democrats	C. Harrison	638
	Labour	N. Jacobs	490	25.2
	Labour	K. Aldis	469
	Labour	R. Fluin	407
	Conservative	M. Cossens	376	19.4
	Conservative	A. Owens	374
	Conservative	V. Desor	325
	Independent	P. Manning	278	14.3
Turnout				24.2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Cook	427	46.0
	Labour	S. Souter-Morley	414
	Labour	G. Morgan	410
	Conservative	J. Stephenson	258	27.8
	Conservative	W. Stone	245
	Liberal Democrats	P. Miller	243	26.2
	Conservative	F. Woods	243
	Liberal Democrats	L. Ridgwell	216
Turnout				22.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St. Osyth & Point Clear

St. Osyth & Point Clear

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. White	585	60.1
	Independent	M. Talbot	521
	Labour	T. Osben	388	39.9
	Labour	J. Ward	371
Turnout				32.4
	Independent gain from Labour
	Independent gain from Labour

Tendring & Weeley

Tendring & Weeley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Johnston	237	45.2
	Independent	B. Rooney	143	27.3
	Labour	J. Chalkey	95	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	O. Smith	49	9.4
Turnout				27.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Walton

Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Page	1,228	67.1
	Conservative	C. Turner	1,209
	Conservative	J. King	1,190
	Labour	S. Bowles	602	32.9
	Labour	P. Kemo	599
	Labour	E. Grainger	593
Turnout				34.1
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

References

1. "Tendring District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2017.