# 1999 Fenland District Council election

The 1999 Fenland District Council election took place on 6 May 1999, to elect 40 members of the Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

## Ward results

(*Sitting councillor)
Benwick & Doddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | G Harper | 638 | 79.8 |
| | Labour | P Waterfield | 161 | 20.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 477 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Chatteris East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | A Melton* | 451 | 74.1 |
| | Labour | | 158 | 25.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 293 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Chatteris North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | P Murphy* | 198 | 56.4 |
| | Labour | G Osbourn | 56 | 16.0 |
| | Independent | C Greenwood | 55 | 15.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J Wilson | 42 | 12.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Chatteris South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | F Newell* | 216 | 65.5 |
| | Conservative | L Ashley | 114 | 34.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Chatteris West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | A German* | 350 | 65.5 |
| | Independent | P Dickerson | 184 | 34.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Elm. (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | M Cotterell* | 538 | 58.9 |
| | Conservative | E Green* | 465 | - |
| | Labour | R Symonds | 230 | 25.2 |
| | Ind. Conservative | R Pinnock | 145 | 15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Leverington (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | M Humphrey* | 554 | 62.6 |
| | Conservative | P Webb | 473 | - |
| | Labour | B Diggle | 331 | 37.4 |
| | Labour | A Humphreys* | 282 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Manea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | H Fox | 298 | 71.8 |
| | Labour | P Osborne | 57 | 13.7 |
| | Independent | S Wilson | 42 | 10.1 |
| | Independent Labour | C Bennett | 18 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 241 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
March East (3 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | D Cameron | 849 | 47.1 |
| | Labour | B Wales | 775 | - |
| | Conservative | B Keane* | 729 | 40.4 |
| | Conservative | M French | 656 | |
| | Conservative | A Gooch | 622 | |
| | Labour | M Field* | 611 | |
| | Independent Labour | Ms C Bennett* | 226 | 12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
March North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Ms P Brewin* | 491 | 30.8 |
| | Labour | I Manning | 477 | 30.0 |
| | Conservative | J West | 472 | 29.6 |
| | Labour | J Heslop | 466 | |
| | Conservative | W Boulton | 455 | |
| | Labour | P Osbourne | 388 | |
| | Independent Labour | M Manning* | 152 | 9.5 |
| | Independent Labour | Ms C Bennett* | 128 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Newton & Tydd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | | | |
March West (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | C Owen | 877 | 61.2 |
| | Conservative | P Skoulding | 779 | - |
| | Conservative | Ms J French | 755 | - |
| | Labour | B Howlett | 557 | 38.8 |
| | Labour | Ms E Agley | 433 | |
| | Labour | C Osbourne | 415 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Wisbech North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | S Cawthorne | 316 | 44.1 |
| | Labour | J Diggle* | 304 | - |
| | Labour | Ms A Gilliat | 258 | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | K Brennan* | 242 | 33.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ms G Dedman | 179 | |
| | Conservative | R Barnwell | 158 | 22.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Wisbech South West (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ms E A Carlisle* | 848 | 49.3 |
| | Conservative | P Humphrey | 767 | - |
| | Conservative | Ms J Tuck | 703 | - |
| | Labour | S Massey | 27.9 | |
| | Independent | J White | 392 | 22.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Outwell & Upwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | P West* | unopposed | | |
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | C Bellamy | 719 | 46.1 |
| | Independent | P Barnes | 533 | 34.2 |
| | Conservative | B Britain | 525 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | S Wilson | 160 | 10.3 |
| | Labour | Ms I Henson | 147 | 9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Whittlesey Bassenhally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | C Rodziewicz | 448 | 47.2 |
| | Labour | D Lewis* | 406 | 42.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | M Larholt | 95 | 10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Whittlesey Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | P Gray* | 282 | 68.1 |
| | Labour | R Penton | 84 | 20.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ms J larshot | 48 | 11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Whittlesey East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | S Garratt | 448 | 68.5 |
| | Labour | A Wilson | 206 | 31.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 242 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Whittlesey Kingsmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | R Hibbert* | 211 | 58.4 |
| | Conservative | J Watson | 150 | 41.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Whittlesy South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms P Potts* | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | S Watkins | 357 | 39.3 | |
Whittlesey West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | R Speechley* | 512 | 67.5 |
| | Labour | Ms M Hart | 247 | 32.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Wisbech East (2 seats} ( :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | J Barker* | 635 | 56.8 |
| | Conservative | A Green | 607 | - |
| | Labour | Ann Purt | 322 | 28.8 |
| | Independent | E Dopson | 161 | 14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | |
| | Liberal Democrats | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
Wimblington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | P Jolley* | 472 | 62.3 |
| | Conservative | T McGuinness | 286 | 37.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 186 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

## Election result

One seat was vacant at the time of the election.
Fenland Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 28 | +13 | 71.8 |
| Labour | 7 | -8 | 17.9 |
| Independent | 3 | -1 | 7.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | -1 | 2.6 |
| Others | 0 | -3 | 0 |