1999 Southampton City Council election explained

The 1999 Southampton Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 27
• Liberal Democrat 14
• Conservative 4^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Labour party stay in control of the council after holding all but one of the seats they had been defending.^[3] The only change came in St Lukes ward where Conservative Conor Burns gained the seat from Labour.^[3] Overall turnout in the election was 26.4%.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Southampton . 2010-04-25 . BBC News Online.
2. News: How Britain voted: Council Election Results . . 12 . 1999-05-08 .
3. News: Tory rule make a comeback . 2010-04-29 . 1999-05-07 . Southern Daily Echo.
4. Web site: Local Election Results, 1999 . 2010-04-29 . Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724053301/http://www.crest.ox.ac.uk/election/econ99tab.htm . 24 July 2011 . dmy-all .