# 1999 Torridge District Council election

The 1999 Torridge District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Torridge District Council in Devon, England. The whole council was up for election and independents gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

## Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 36.1%.
Torridge local election result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Independent | 20 | +4 | 55.6 | 35.0 | 5,862 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | -1 | 33.3 | 37.1 | 6,208 |
| Labour | 2 | -3 | 5.6 | 20.2 | 3,379 |
| Green | 1 | +1 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 1,092 |
| Conservative | 1 | -1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 184 |

## Ward results

Appledore East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Philip Waters | 169 | 50.8 |
| | Independent | Leonard Ford | 108 | 32.4 |
| | Labour | Irene Row | 56 | 16.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 333 | 39.8 |
Appledore West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Horace Ford | 186 | 55.4 |
| | Independent | John Sherritt | 87 | 25.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Langbridge | 63 | 18.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 99 | 29.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 336 | 39.6 |
Bideford East (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Shury | 601 | |
| | Independent | Pamela Paddon | 519 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Noel Deakes | 378 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Smith | 330 | |
| | Labour | Anne Brenton | 241 | |
| | Labour | Lynda Dark | 200 | |
| | Labour | Sarah Lovera | 124 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,393 | 35.8 |
Bideford North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Peter Christie | 627 | |
| | Independent | Christopher Leather | 565 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugo Barton | 506 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Elliott | 469 | |
| | Independent | Geoffrey Boundy | 314 | |
| | Labour | Hugh Parry | 190 | |
| | Independent | Peter Gompertz | 188 | |
| | Labour | Walter Hill-Paul | 148 | |
| | Labour | Richard Holdcraft | 142 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,149 | 32.9 |
Bideford South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mervyn Lane | 710 | |
| | Labour | David Brenton | 532 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Daniel | 488 | |
| | Labour | Ian Knight | 443 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hadfield | 433 | |
| | Labour | Ian Hopkins | 282 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,888 | 29.4 |
Broadheath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Frank Howard | unopposed | | |
Clovelly Bay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Royston Johns | unopposed | | |
Coham Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allin Bewes | unopposed | | |
Forest :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Howard Spratt | 184 | 43.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Jones | 182 | 42.6 |
| | Independent | Geoffrey Broyd | 61 | 14.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 427 | 32.5 |
Great Wood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maurice Ridd | unopposed | | |
Hartland Point :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | William Pillman | 423 | 55.7 |
| | Labour | Vivian Gale | 336 | 44.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 87 | 11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 759 | 55.0 |
Heanton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Hardwicke | unopposed | | |
Holsworthy (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Honora Broad | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Desmond Shadrick | unopposed | | |
Kenwith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Anthony Collins | unopposed | | |
Melbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Robert Hicks | 321 | 56.6 |
| | Independent | Frank Elliott | 246 | 43.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 567 | 41.2 |
Morice :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Trevor Sillifant | unopposed | | |
Northam Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Richard Bradford | 375 | 62.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Eastwood | 230 | 38.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 24.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 605 | 42.6 |
Northam North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Rowe | 270 | 58.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Osborne | 189 | 41.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 | 17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 459 | 31.8 |
Northam West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Anthony Barnes | 306 | 77.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Jordan | 89 | 22.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 217 | 54.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 395 | 24.3 |
Orchard Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Susan Mounce | 287 | 65.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Brauer | 150 | 34.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | 31.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 437 | 33.2 |
Rolle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | William Tanton | 360 | 65.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Pine | 190 | 34.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 170 | 30.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 550 | 44.5 |
Stafford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Ferguson | unopposed | | |
Tamarside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Richard Broad | 238 | 51.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Goldspink | 224 | 48.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 462 | 43.0 |
Torrington (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Margaret Brown | 666 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Brook | 524 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Rawlinson | 370 | |
| | Labour | James Thacker | 326 | |
| | Green | Jonathon Rose | 275 | |
| | Independent | Kenneth Miles | 248 | |
| | Independent | Adrian Freeland | 195 | |
| | Green | Catharine Simmons | 190 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Peel | 171 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,965 | 37.9 |
Waldon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Poole | unopposed | | |
Westward Ho! :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Tyler | unopposed | | |
Winkleigh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Cowle | unopposed | | |

## By-elections between 1999 and 2003
### Westward Ho!

Westward Ho! by-election 24 August 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Thomas Barclay | 329 | 86.1 |
| | Independent | Geoffrey Boundy | 53 | 13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 276 | 72.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 382 | 26.1 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Holsworthy

Holsworthy by-election 20 September 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Allen | 462 | 73.3 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Broyd | 168 | 26.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 294 | 46.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 630 | 27.4 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |