# 1999 Cambridge City Council election

The 1999 Cambridge City Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

## Summary
### Election result

1999 Cambridge City Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 8 | | 57.1 | 11 | 19 | 45.2 | 9,748 | 38.1 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 6 | | 42.9 | 11 | 17 | 40.5 | 9,643 | 37.7 | –1.6 |
| | Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | 14.3 | 5,368 | 21.0 | –1.0 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 837 | 3.3 | +0.7 |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Durrant* | 702 | 71.3 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Simon Mitton | 157 | 16.0 | –2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Smith | 76 | 7.7 | –8.9 |
| | Green | John Collins | 49 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 545 | 55.3 | +8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 984 | 21.1 | +2.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,679 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.3 | |

### Arbury

Arbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robin Horne* | 775 | 57.2 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Mark Taylor | 381 | 28.1 | –3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhodri James | 198 | 14.6 | –1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | 29.1 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,354 | 26.7 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,118 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.5 | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Howarth* | 1,459 | 72.2 | +11.8 |
| | Labour | Stephen Hartley | 320 | 15.3 | –3.0 |
| | Conservative | James Strachan | 243 | 12.0 | –3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,139 | 56.3 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,022 | 28.9 | +1.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,068 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.4 | |

### Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Dryden* | 1,264 | 53.0 | +8.0 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Howell | 989 | 41.4 | –5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | France Amrani | 134 | 5.6 | –2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | 11.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,387 | 43.1 | +8.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,540 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.6 | |

### Coleridge

Coleridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Berni Callaghan | 908 | 60.1 | –1.6 |
| | Conservative | Fiona McNish | 364 | 24.1 | –1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Folley | 239 | 15.8 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 544 | 36.0 | ±0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,511 | 25.7 | +1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,896 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 | |

### East Chesterton

East Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Johnston | 1,121 | 44.9 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Liddle | 1,049 | 42.0 | –1.8 |
| | Conservative | Colin Havercroft | 325 | 13.0 | –1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 2.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,495 | 36.2 | +4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,927 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 3.0 | |

### Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Raith Overhill* | 641 | 65.9 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | John Phillips | 171 | 17.6 | –1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Rodgers | 161 | 16.5 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 470 | 48.3 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 973 | 20.2 | +0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,808 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.0 | |

### Market

Market :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Dixon | 818 | 54.0 | –6.5 |
| | Labour | Andrew Jones | 338 | 22.3 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Jason Webb | 198 | 13.1 | +2.0 |
| | Green | Adam Swallow | 162 | 10.7 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 480 | 31.7 | –8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,516 | 22.6 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,743 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.0 | |

### Newnham

Newnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nichola Harrison | 1,109 | 54.9 | –4.3 |
| | Labour | Edward Addison | 634 | 31.4 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Ann Watkins | 278 | 13.8 | ±0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 475 | 23.5 | –8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,021 | 25.8 | +3.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,912 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 4.4 | |

### Petersfield

Petersfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hannah Reed* | 988 | 54.4 | –0.7 |
| | Green | Shayne Mitchell | 342 | 18.8 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason McCullagh | 259 | 14.3 | –2.4 |
| | Conservative | Charles Harcourt | 227 | 12.5 | ±0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | 35.6 | –2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,816 | 25.1 | +3.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,243 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.9 | |

### Queens Edith

Queens Edith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashley Woodford | 1,175 | 48.7 | –6.1 |
| | Conservative | Richard Williams | 742 | 30.7 | –0.8 |
| | Labour | Kira Davison | 371 | 15.4 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Robert Milsom | 126 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 433 | 18.0 | –5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,414 | 39.9 | –1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,061 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.7 | |

### Romsey

Romsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Gilchrist | 1,015 | 50.2 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Tienne | 889 | 43.9 | –4.9 |
| | Conservative | Vivian Ellis | 119 | 5.9 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 126 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,023 | 32.9 | –1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,176 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.5 | |

### Trumpington

Trumpington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philippa Slatter* | 1,205 | 52.2 | +11.7 |
| | Conservative | Elaine Wheatley | 937 | 40.6 | –4.4 |
| | Labour | Denstone Kemp | 168 | 7.3 | –7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 268 | 11.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,310 | 38.6 | +3.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,010 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 8.1 | |

### West Chesterton

West Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Knowles* | 872 | 49.3 | –2.1 |
| | Labour | Patrick Schicker | 503 | 28.4 | –0.4 |
| | Conservative | Richard Hoile | 237 | 13.4 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Jennifer Ward | 158 | 8.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 20.8 | –1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,770 | 29.5 | –1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,023 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.9 | |

## By-elections
### Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges: February 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhodri James | 723 | 44.5 | +28.0 |
| | Labour | Stuart Newbold | 540 | 33.2 | –32.7 |
| | Conservative | Mark Taylor | 312 | 19.2 | +1.6 |
| | Green | Stephen Lawrence | 51 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 183 | 11.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,626 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 30.4 | |