# 1999 South Lakeland District Council election

The 1999 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The council stayed under no overall control.

## Election result

South Lakeland Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Liberal Democrats | 21 | +1 | 40.4 |
| Conservative | 15 | +2 | 28.8 |
| Labour | 10 | 0 | 19.2 |
| Independent | 6 | -3 | 11.5 |

## Ward results

Arnside and Beetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Himsworth | 744 | 48.8 |
| | Conservative | J Gibson | 743 | 48.7 |
| | Conservative | A Taylor | 715 | 46.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Scarisbrick* | 701 | 45.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28 | 1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.1 |
Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joss Curwen* | 801 | 92.3 |
| | Labour | G Baddeley | 67 | 7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 734 | 84.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.9 |
Burneside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Chorley* | 439 | 83.6 |
| | Labour | Ms D Horner | 86 | 16.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 353 | 67.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.1 |
Burton & Holme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Bingham* | 694 | 79.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | E Phillips | 183 | 20.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 511 | 58.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.2 |
Cartmel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Leslie Hadwin* | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A |
Coniston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Derek Butterworth* | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A |
Crake Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Noel Spendlove* | 409 | 68.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert Webster | 187 | 31.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 37.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.3 |
Crooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Galbraith* | 462 | 71.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B Chandler | 138 | 21.2 |
| | Labour | P Horner | 51 | 7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | 49.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.6 |
Grange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Reginald Parker* | 894 | 56.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Leach* | 840 | 52.7 |
| | Conservative | William Wearing | 751 | 47.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P Fitt | 606 | 38.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.5 |
Hawkshead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | E Diggle* | 302 | 51.7 |
| | Conservative | Oliver Pearson | 282 | 48.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.9 |
Holker :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | J Briggs* | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A |
Kendal Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Studholme* | 353 | 55.5 |
| | Conservative | D Bowen | 175 | 27.5 |
| | Labour | Janet Brooks | 108 | 17.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | 28.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.0 |
Kendal Far Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Critchley* | 355 | 71.7 |
| | Conservative | Ms E Bothwick | 73 | 14.7 |
| | Labour | K Alderson | 67 | 13.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 | 57.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.7 |
Kendal Fell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robin Yates* | 353 | 62.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Cook | 212 | 37.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.2 |
Kendal Glebelands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Rothwell* | 304 | 48.3 |
| | Conservative | Ms R Wilkinson | 219 | 34.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A Gill | 106 | 16.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 85 | 13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.9 |
Kendal Heron Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Shine | 415 | 73.6 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Coles | 92 | 16.3 |
| | Labour | D Longmire | 57 | 10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 323 | 57.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.6 |
Kendal Highgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rita Molloy | 250 | 47.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D Lawson | 201 | 38.4 |
| | Conservative | Frank Brooks | 72 | 13.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.7 |
Kendal Kirkland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Avril Dobson* | 391 | 81.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P Drury | 89 | 18.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 63.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.6 |
Kendal Mintsfeet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Barratt* | 258 | 63.2 |
| | Conservative | Helen Graham | 86 | 21.1 |
| | Labour | Alan Whitton | 64 | 15.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 172 | 42.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.5 |
Kendal Nether :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Mayho | 322 | 49.8 |
| | Labour | Paul Braithwaite* | 272 | 42.1 |
| | Conservative | Melvin Mackie | 52 | 8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.1 |
Kendal Oxenholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Ball* | 311 | 58.3 |
| | Labour | Helen Speed | 155 | 29.1 |
| | Conservative | Ms J Hermitage | 67 | 12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 29.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.9 |
Kendal Parks :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brendan Jameson | 434 | 81.1 |
| | Conservative | Ms F Bishop | 63 | 11.8 |
| | Labour | G Jackson | 38 | 7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 371 | 69.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.1 |
Kendal Stonecross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Vincent | 357 | 49.0 |
| | Conservative | M Graham* | 296 | 40.6 |
| | Labour | Ms V Kelly | 76 | 10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.6 |
Kendal Strickland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jean Ewing* | 414 | 72.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | G Crank | 81 | 14.1 |
| | Conservative | J Houldon | 80 | 13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | 57.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.1 |
Kendal Underley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jim Blamire* | 537 | 87.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James McKeefery | 78 | 12.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 459 | 74.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.1 |
Kirkby Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Barclay Stainton | 640 | 65.8 |
| | Independent | David Brooks* | 332 | 34.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 308 | 31.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.6 |
Lakes Ambleside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Vatcher* | 577 | 45.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Barker | 469 | 37.1 |
| | Independent | George Middleton | 455 | 36.0 |
| | Independent | Brian Hewitt* | 398 | 31.5 |
| | Conservative | Susan Hunt | 236 | 18.7 |
| | Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 134 | 10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.0 |
Lakes Grasmere :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Elizabeth Braithwaite* | 408 | 75.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A Hunt | 131 | 24.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 51.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.6 |
Levens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brenda Woof* | 503 | 64.6 |
| | Conservative | B Higgins | 276 | 35.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 29.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.6 |
Low Furness and Swarthmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Betty Wallis* | 862 | 53.6 |
| | Conservative | William Tyson | 678 | 42.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Foot | 613 | 38.1 |
| | Conservative | C Liversedge | 386 | 24.0 |
| | Labour | Richard Scott | 278 | 17.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | 4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.2 |
Lyth Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Enid Robinson* | 344 | 62.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gwyneth Raymond | 146 | 26.6 |
| | Labour | Keith Fawcett | 58 | 10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 36.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.8 |
Milnthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Alston* | 387 | 74.3 |
| | Conservative | T Simister | 134 | 25.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 253 | 48.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.5 |
Natland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Bobbett* | 375 | 59.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R Kirkham | 174 | 27.4 |
| | Labour | B McKee | 85 | 13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 201 | 31.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.7 |
Sedbergh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kevin Lancaster* | 754 | 60.2 |
| | Conservative | Paul Winn | 699 | 55.8 |
| | Independent | Colin Gardner* | 496 | 39.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sydney McLennan | 231 | 18.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 203 | 31.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.6 |
Staveley-in-Cartmel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Bentley | 319 | 53.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Jenkinson | 277 | 46.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.2 |
Staveley-in-Westmorland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stan Collins* | 561 | 71.6 |
| | Conservative | George Richardson | 176 | 22.5 |
| | Labour | Ms D Wilson | 46 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | 49.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.7 |
Ulverston Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Miller* | 393 | 67.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hornby | 189 | 32.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | 35.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.1 |
Ulverston East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Bolton* | 479 | 85.8 |
| | Conservative | Ms P Prosser | 79 | 14.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 400 | 71.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.5 |
Ulverston North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Colin Hodgson* | 409 | 58.8 |
| | Labour | Ms J Povey | 226 | 32.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | B Rabone | 60 | 8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 183 | 26.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.9 |
Ulverston South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alfred Jarvis | 312 | 52.4 |
| | Labour | Ms V Miller* | 283 | 47.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | 4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.4 |
Ulverston Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Philip Lister* | 489 | 64.5 |
| | Conservative | M Wilding | 269 | 35.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 220 | 29.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.3 |
Ulverston West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Janette Jenkinson* | 482 | 75.1 |
| | Labour | Fay Plant | 160 | 24.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 322 | 50.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.4 |
Whinfell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | William Robinson | unopposed | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A |
Windermere Applethwaite :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Borer* | 364 | 60.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | H Hatley | 234 | 39.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | 21.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.0 |
Windermere Bowness North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deirdre Cranwell* | 428 | 52.8 |
| | Conservative | Ms S Clayton | 274 | 33.8 |
| | Labour | Ms Y Stewart-Taylor | 108 | 13.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | 19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.0 |
Windermere Bowness South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jane Hoyle* | 344 | 59.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ms P Campbell | 236 | 40.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 108 | 18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.5 |
Windermere Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Atkinson* | 331 | 48.6 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Graham | 246 | 36.1 |
| | Labour | C Kelly-Goddard | 104 | 15.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 85 | 12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.9 |