Claim: The 1999 North Somerset Council election resulted in the Conservative party securing fewer seats than Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Evidence: The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. The 1999 North Somerset Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995 increasing the number of seats by 2.