# 1999 Southampton City Council election

The 1999 Southampton Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, 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 27
* Liberal Democrat 14
* Conservative 4

## Election result

The results saw the Labour party stay in control of the council after holding all but one of the seats they had been defending. The only change came in St Lukes ward where Conservative Conor Burns gained the seat from Labour. Overall turnout in the election was 26.4%.
Southampton Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 53.3 | 40.2 | 17,630 | -4.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 29.2 | 12,798 | +0.0% |
| Conservative | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 13.3 | 23.6 | 10,357 | +1.5% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1,754 | +1.8% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 840 | +1.0% |
| Independent Ratepayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 312 | +0.7% |
| Residents Action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 119 | +0.3% |
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 44 | +0.1% |

## Ward results

Bargate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Derek Burke | 1,157 | 47.9 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Browning | 399 | 16.5 | −3.0 |
| | Independent | Mohammad Aslam | 339 | 14.0 | +14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Impey | 248 | 10.3 | +0.2 |
| | Residents Action | Lorraine Barter | 119 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| | Independent | Kim Rose | 111 | 4.6 | −6.5 |
| | Socialist Alternative | David Rawlinson | 44 | 1.8 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 758 | 31.4 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,417 | 19.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bassett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alec Samuels | 1,544 | 52.7 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | Benjamin Steinberg | 907 | 30.9 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Holden-Brown | 481 | 16.4 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 637 | 21.7 | +10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,932 | 24.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bitterne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Masters | 1,332 | 53.8 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative | Royston Smith | 770 | 31.1 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Kingswell | 373 | 15.1 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 562 | 22.7 | −13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,475 | 27.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bitterne Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Beckett | 1,861 | 50.5 | +3.6 |
| | Independent | Peter Baillie | 1,031 | 28.0 | +1.5 |
| | Labour | Michael Drain | 498 | 13.5 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative | Brynley Williams | 294 | 8.0 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 830 | 22.5 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,684 | 31.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Coxford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Galton | 1,558 | 45.9 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | Ceren Davis | 1,498 | 44.2 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Marie Heracleous | 336 | 9.9 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 1.8 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,392 | 29.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Freemantle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Harris | 1,309 | 51.6 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Moulton | 694 | 27.4 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Lawrence | 343 | 13.5 | −0.9 |
| | Green | John Spottiswoode | 191 | 7.5 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 615 | 24.2 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,537 | 24.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Harefield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dennis Harryman | 1,357 | 43.5 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | John Hartwell | 1,350 | 43.3 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Mintoff | 333 | 10.7 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Andrew Shaw | 78 | 2.5 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7 | 0.2 | −17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,118 | 31.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Millbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Melrose | 1,433 | 54.1 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Derek Parsons | 845 | 31.9 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Edward Daunt | 371 | 14.0 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 588 | 22.2 | −3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,649 | 26.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Peartree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norah Goss | 1,579 | 46.6 | −7.9 |
| | Labour | Matthew Stevens | 1,166 | 34.4 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Graham Cotton | 331 | 9.8 | −0.3 |
| | Independent Ratepayer | Graham Cotton | 312 | 9.2 | +9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 413 | 12.2 | −6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,388 | 31.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Portswood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Baston | 1,721 | 55.8 | −2.0 |
| | Labour | Jayne Laysan | 723 | 23.5 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Michael Ball | 436 | 14.1 | +0.6 |
| | Green | Adam Boardman | 203 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 998 | 32.4 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,083 | 28.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Redbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Russell | 1,422 | 63.7 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Julian Isaacson | 422 | 18.9 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Blake | 389 | 17.4 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,000 | 44.8 | −6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,233 | 21.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Shirley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Kearns | 1,404 | 44.3 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Brian Parnell | 1,191 | 37.6 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Neely | 429 | 13.5 | −4.2 |
| | Green | Peter Davis | 143 | 4.5 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 | 6.7 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,167 | 32.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sholing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Susan Blatchford | 1,795 | 58.0 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Marlene Unwin | 884 | 28.6 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Nelson | 416 | 13.4 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 911 | 29.4 | −2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,095 | 26.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
St. Lukes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Conor Burns | 944 | 33.0 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | John Truscott | 850 | 29.7 | −16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Calvin Horner | 566 | 19.8 | +3.5 |
| | Independent | Sukhdev Sihota Singh | 273 | 9.6 | +9.6 |
| | Green | David Cromwell | 225 | 7.9 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 3.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,858 | 24.7 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Woolston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julian Price | 1,367 | 48.4 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Simpson | 1,068 | 37.8 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | Christos Harling-Melas | 391 | 13.8 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 | 10.6 | −17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,826 | 24.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |