1999 Harlow District Council election

1999 Harlow District Council election

6 May 1999
14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 38 1 3 Seats won 9 3 2 Seats after 34 4 4 Seat change 4 3 1 Popular vote 7,501 5,082 2,993 Percentage 47.4% 32.1% 18.9%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1999 Harlow District Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1999 Harlow District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 34
• Liberal Democrats 4
• Conservative 4

Election result

Labour remained in control of the council with 34 of the 42 seats, compared to 4 each for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Labour won 9 of the 14 seats contested, but lost 3 seats to the Conservatives in Great Parndon, Kingsmoor and Potter Street wards. The Liberal Democrats also gained a seat from Labour in Mark Hall South, while retaining a seat in Stewards ward. Overall turnout at the election was 29.85%.

Harlow local election result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	0	4	4	64.3	47.4	7,501	5.6
	Conservative	3	3	0	3	21.4	32.1	5,082	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	1	14.3	18.9	2,993	1.0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	156	1.0
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	79	0.5

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1995 election.

Ward results

Brays Grove

Location of Brays Grove ward

Brays Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cameron	483	59.8	−11.8
	Conservative	Joshua Jolles	212	26.2	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jackson	113	14.0	+1.8
Majority			271	33.5	−21.8
Turnout			808	28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Parndon

Location of Great Parndon ward

Great Parndon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick McClarnon	578	48.5
	Labour	Mark Wilkinson	517	43.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Spenceley	96	8.1
Majority			61	5.1
Turnout			1,191	38.8
	Conservative gain from Labour

Katherines with Sumners

Location of Katherines with Sumner ward

Katherines with Sumners

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Long	577	49.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Simon Carter	472	40.3	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Ackland-Snow	121	10.3	−3.9
Majority			105	9.0	+6.4
Turnout			1,170	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsmoor

Location of Kingsmoor ward

Kingsmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Churchill	581	45.5	+2.1
	Labour	Greg Peck	530	41.5	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Addison	137	10.7	−2.7
	Green	Geoffrey McMullan	29	2.3	+2.3
Majority			51	4.0	+3.8
Turnout			1,277	28.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Latton Bush

Location of Latton Bush ward

Latton Bush

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Jones	538	57.4	−0.5
	Conservative	Vivien Ross	235	25.1	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Edwards	164	17.5	+4.1
Majority			303	32.3	+3.2
Turnout			937	24.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Parndon

Location of Little Parndon ward

Little Parndon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Young	674	64.3	−3.3
	Conservative	Sue Livings	214	20.4	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Davis	161	15.3	+3.7
Majority			460	43.9	−3.0
Turnout			1,049	28.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall North

Mark Location of Hall North ward

Mark Hall North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Bellairs	397	56.0	−6.8
	Conservative	Mark Gough	217	30.6	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Atkinson	95	13.4	+0.4
Majority			180	25.4	−13.2
Turnout			709	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall South

Location of Mark Hall South ward

Mark Hall South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Macy	707	49.5	+13.6
	Labour	Terry Kent	619	43.4	−10.7
	Conservative	George Reynolds	101	7.1	−2.9
Majority			88	6.2
Turnout			1,427	39.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Netteswell East

Location of Netteswell East ward

Netteswell East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernie Jones	469	65.0
	Conservative	Emma Thomas	153	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Herbert	99	13.7
Majority			316	43.8
Turnout			721	26.6
	Labour hold

Old Harlow

Location of Old Harlow ward

Old Harlow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derek Fenny	757	47.2
	Conservative	Michael Garnett	666	41.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Higgins	182	11.3
Majority			91	5.7
Turnout			1,605	33.0
	Labour hold

Passmores

Locations of Passmores ward

Passmores

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Evans	483	47.6	−16.0
	Conservative	Edward Johnson	395	38.9	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lawton	137	13.5	−1.9
Majority			88	8.7	−33.8
Turnout			1,015	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Potter Street

Location of Potter Street ward

Potter Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graeme Archer	1,036	49.5	+16.4
	Labour	Sue Burgess	660	31.5	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Ward	193	9.2	−16.5
	Independent	Jock Arnott	156	7.4	+7.4
	Green	William Powell	50	2.4	+2.4
Majority			376	17.9
Turnout			2,095	29.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stewards

Location of Stewards ward

Stewards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Spenceley	658	70.8	+5.9
	Labour	Sandra Rootsey	201	21.6	−7.1
	Conservative	Stephen Butt	71	7.6	+1.2
Majority			457	49.1	+12.8
Turnout			930	25.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tye Green

Location of Tye Green ward

Tye Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Shepherd	596	68.0	−2.3
	Conservative	Charles Ross	151	17.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thurston	130	14.8	+0.5
Majority			445	50.7	−4.1
Turnout			877	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing