# 1999 Oxford City Council election

Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the councils seats were up for election. The Labour party kept its overall majority on the council. The number of councillors for each party after the election were Labour 28, Liberal Democrat 16 and Green 7. Overall turnout was 29.2%

## Election result

Oxford Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 8 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 44.4 | 36.3 | 11,184 |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 38.9 | 28.2 | 8,687 |
| Green | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 5,286 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 5,261 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 307 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 84 |

## Ward results

Blackbird Leys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Atherton Stockford | 783 | 73.3 |
| | Conservative | David Timson | 100 | 9.4 |
| | Green | Patricia Dickson | 95 | 8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Macfie | 90 | 8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 683 | 63.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,068 | 13.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Emily Maynard | 428 | 37.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hopkins | 310 | 27.1 |
| | Conservative | Richard Atkinson | 219 | 19.2 |
| | Labour | Terry Johnson | 185 | 16.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 118 | 10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,142 | 18.4 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | |
Cherwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Struthers | 751 | 37.5 |
| | Conservative | Simon Mort | 681 | 34.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Johnson | 393 | 19.6 |
| | Green | Malcolm Lee | 177 | 8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,002 | 38.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Elise Benjamin | 907 | 48.4 |
| | Labour | Patrick Stannard | 761 | 40.6 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Garner | 109 | 5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pieter-Paul Barker | 97 | 5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 | 7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,874 | 31.4 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | |
Headington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Wyatt | 710 | |
| | Labour | Leslie Town | 687 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Whittaker | 669 | |
| | Labour | Mary Sareva | 641 | |
| | Conservative | Prudence Dailey | 415 | |
| | Conservative | Georgina Shomroni | 367 | |
| | Green | Stella Hudson | 99 | |
| | Green | Mark Lynas | 86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,674 | 29.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Iffley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Carole Roberts | 763 | 51.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Hernandez | 356 | 24.1 |
| | Green | Patrick Lingwood | 188 | 12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Rundle | 173 | 11.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 407 | 27.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,480 | 25.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Littlemore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Buckingham | 661 | 62.5 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Connolly | 179 | 16.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vicky Potter | 109 | 10.3 |
| | Green | Joanna Lavender | 108 | 10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | 45.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,057 | 20.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Marston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maureen Christian | 652 | 47.2 |
| | Conservative | Richard Wylie | 384 | 27.8 |
| | Green | Katherine Wedell | 176 | 12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Fuller | 170 | 12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 268 | 19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,382 | 28.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Davy | 795 | 49.9 |
| | Labour | Mary Roe | 284 | 17.8 |
| | Conservative | Jason Tomes | 254 | 15.9 |
| | Green | Sophie Andrews | 185 | 11.6 |
| | Independent | John Rose | 75 | 4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 511 | 32.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,593 | 27.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Old Marston & Risinghurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Coats | 909 | 50.8 |
| | Labour | Eamon Wadley | 499 | 27.9 |
| | Conservative | Duncan Hatfield | 314 | 17.6 |
| | Green | Pritam Singh | 67 | 3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 410 | 22.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,789 | 35.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Quarry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Kershaw | 927 | 42.9 |
| | Labour | Gillian Sanders | 821 | 38.0 |
| | Conservative | Stamford Marthews | 312 | 14.5 |
| | Green | Donald Smith | 99 | 4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | 4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,159 | 35.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
St. Clement's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Robert Sykes | 824 | 43.6 |
| | Labour | Susan Snelders | 576 | 30.5 |
| | Independent | David Leake | 232 | 12.3 |
| | Conservative | Robert Dukes | 145 | 7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Stone | 113 | 6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 248 | 13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,890 | 24.9 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | |
South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Price | 1,007 | 42.9 |
| | Green | Deborah Glass | 949 | 40.4 |
| | Conservative | Neil Edmond | 235 | 10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Gill | 157 | 6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,348 | 38.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Temple Cowley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Cockayne | 889 | 51.5 |
| | Labour | Cherry Mosteshar | 610 | 35.3 |
| | Conservative | James French | 146 | 8.5 |
| | Green | Lilia Patterson | 81 | 4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | 16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,726 | 33.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Colin Cook | 854 | 40.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Hilliard | 626 | 29.8 |
| | Green | Ceri Fielding | 423 | 20.2 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Jones | 195 | 9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | 10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,098 | 35.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Wolvercote :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Campbell | 1,036 | 45.6 |
| | Conservative | Graham Jones | 661 | 29.1 |
| | Labour | Sarah Escritt | 312 | 13.7 |
| | Green | Michael Buck | 263 | 11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 16.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,272 | 41.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Wood Farm :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alan Pope | 695 | 55.4 |
| | Conservative | Yun Wong | 189 | 15.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Brett | 156 | 12.4 |
| | Green | David Dalton | 131 | 10.4 |
| | Liberal | Roger Jenking | 84 | 6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 506 | 40.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,255 | 22.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |