# 1999 Northampton Borough Council election

Elections to the Northampton 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 4. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

Northampton Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Labour | 28 | -7 | 59.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | +5 | 23.4 |
| Conservative | 8 | +7 | 17.0 |
| Others | 0 | -1 | 0 |

## Ward Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate number of candidates to be elected.
Abington (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur McCutcheon | 884 | |
| | Labour | Vivienne Dams | 870 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Cumberpatch | 492 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Mackley | 492 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Irene Markham | 322 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Oakman | 255 | |
| | UKIP | Dusan Torbica | 56 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,371 | 26.6 |
Billing (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mary Davies | 678 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Pritchard | 652 | |
| | Conservative | Jane Duncan | 610 | |
| | Conservative | Maureen Hill | 588 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Toni Brennan | 273 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Teulon | 218 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,019 | 25.3 |
Boughton Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Baldwin | 1,252 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norma Felstead | 1,218 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Yates | 1,232 | |
| | Labour | Barry Kirkby | 766 | |
| | Labour | Neall O'Ceallaigh | 672 | |
| | Labour | Peter Witt | 664 | |
| | Conservative | Laurice Percival | 370 | |
| | Conservative | John Cartwright | 362 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Beale | 349 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,653 | 33.1 |
Castle (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lee Baron | 1,050 | |
| | Labour | John Dickie | 1,019 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Tebbutt | 285 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Burgess | 276 | |
| | Independent | Robert Butler | 243 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cox | 227 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,100 | 24.7 |
Delapre (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Chaman Kalyan | 897 | |
| | Labour | Ulric Gravesande | 792 | |
| | Independent | Brendan Glynane | 733 | |
| | Independent | Denise Kirkland | 689 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,111 | 28.7 |
East Hunsbury (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Judith Lill | 794 | |
| | Conservative | Philip Larratt | 759 | |
| | Labour | Berston Cuff | 424 | |
| | Labour | Victor Dibosa | 407 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Hooper | 239 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Panebianco | 214 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,837 | 23.0 |
Eastfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Thomas | 1,122 | |
| | Labour | John Rawlings | 1,056 | |
| | Conservative | John McDermott | 598 | |
| | Conservative | John Merkitt | 536 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Dee | 328 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Thornborow | 251 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,891 | 30.4 |
Ecton Brook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Idris David | 586 | |
| | Labour | Debra Boss | 559 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Dearsley | 421 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Hawker | 418 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Felstead | 210 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Baldwin | 182 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,376 | 23.3 |
Headlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Markham | 1,108 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Allen | 1,094 | |
| | Conservative | Rita-Ann Cumberpatch | 775 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Hart | 751 | |
| | Conservative | Jamie Lane | 719 | |
| | Labour | Daniel Persuad | 657 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,104 | 41.6 |
Kingsley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Simpson | 1,133 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marianne Allen | 1,093 | |
| | Labour | Anthea Mitchell | 857 | |
| | Labour | Anjona Roy | 835 | |
| | Conservative | Laura Axtell | 312 | |
| | Conservative | Beryl Eldred | 305 | |
| | UKIP | Michael Papworth | 53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,588 | 33.3 |
Kingsthorpe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Beardsworth | 1,162 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Church | 1,090 | |
| | Labour | Janet Kirby | 488 | |
| | Labour | Hilary Blackman | 436 | |
| | Conservative | Brandon Eldred | 368 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Wright | 322 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,866 | 34.5 |
Lumbertubs (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lee Mason | 755 | |
| | Labour | Trevor Bailey | 731 | |
| | Conservative | Carole Thurlow | 313 | |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Sarchet | 297 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laurence Sumeray | 177 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,273 | 20.3 |
Nene Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Colin Lill | 1,006 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Hill | 981 | |
| | Labour | Michael Jones | 616 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Roberts | 520 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Marsh | 273 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carl Squires | 179 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,575 | 35.4 |
New Duston (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Francis Lilley | 974 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Stewart | 878 | |
| | Labour | Denise O'Hora | 812 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Nunn | 787 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Cant | 276 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Tilley | 164 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,891 | 31.2 |
Old Duston (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patricia Ford | 1,138 | |
| | Labour | Alan Kingston | 1,090 | |
| | Conservative | Donald Edwards | 962 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Howard | 895 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Lewis | 242 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Battison | 210 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,537 | 34.6 |
Parklands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Massey | 908 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Dowsett | 856 | |
| | Conservative | Ian McCann | 831 | |
| | Labour | Iftikhar Choudary | 766 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philippa Swain | 296 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Haydn Rees | 292 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,949 | 33.4 |
Spencer (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jaswant Baines | 850 | |
| | Labour | John Gardner | 845 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Malpas | 252 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Beardsworth | 179 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Allenby | 178 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,304 | 21.7 |
St Crispin (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ashley Riley | 848 | |
| | Labour | Winston Strachan | 777 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Andreoli | 328 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tina Harvey | 288 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Starling | 239 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,480 | 22.3 |
St David's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robina Foot | 504 | |
| | Labour | Raoul Perry | 490 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen O'Hare | 316 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Wright | 304 | |
| | Independent | Martin Bradshaw | 202 | |
| | Conservative | Craig Baker | 188 | |
| | Conservative | Angela Wright | 156 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,160 | 25.9 |
St James (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Leslie Marriott | 916 | |
| | Labour | Terence Wire | 894 | |
| | Independent | James Smith | 676 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,486 | 25.9 |
Thorplands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Leslie Patterson | 731 | |
| | Labour | Michael Boss | 661 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicolas Kent | 347 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Oakman | 321 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,060 | 20.2 |
Weston (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Timothy Hadland | 1,402 | |
| | Conservative | Helen Kennedy | 1,383 | |
| | Labour | Jean Lineker | 752 | |
| | Labour | Mohd Riaz | 645 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Cramp | 320 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Grose | 280 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,782 | 28.8 |
West Hunsbury (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Matthews | 632 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Hope | 616 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Hugheston-Roberts | 510 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Morgan | 481 | |
| | Labour | Mary Thubron | 275 | |
| | Labour | Alec Dyer-Atkins | 274 | |
| | UKIP | Derek Roland | 61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,849 | 36.4 |