Election Name: | 1999 Bath and North East Somerset Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1995 Bath and North East Somerset Council election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Next Election: | 2003 Bath and North East Somerset Council election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Seats For Election: | All 65 seats to Bath and North East Somerset Council |
Majority Seats: | 33 |
Image1: | LD |
Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election1: | 27 seats, 36.2% |
Seats1: | 30 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 34,564 |
Percentage1: | 40.3% |
Swing1: | 4.1% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 22 seats, 33.2% |
Seats2: | 17 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 23,394 |
Percentage2: | 27.3% |
Swing2: | 5.9% |
Image4: | Con |
Party4: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election4: | 16 seats, 29.3% |
Seats4: | 16 |
Popular Vote4: | 25,583 |
Percentage4: | 29.8% |
Swing4: | 0.5% |
Image5: | InLab |
Party5: | Independent Labour |
Last Election5: | Did not stand |
Seats5: | 2 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 1,198 |
Percentage5: | 1.4% |
Swing5: | 1.4% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | No overall control |
After Election: | No overall control (Lib Dem minority) |
Elections were held on 6 May 1999 to elect 65 local councillors for Bath and North East Somerset Council, the second election for the council. The results are show below. After the election, a minority Liberal Democrat administration was formed.
The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1995 elections where boundary changes have not taken place, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).