1999 Horsham District Council election

The 1999 Horsham District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives won a majority of 3 on the council, gaining from the Liberal Democrats.

1999 Horsham District Council election

← 1995 6 May 1999 2003 →
All 36 seats to Horsham District Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Seats won 21 12 3 Seat change 4 12 1

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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24	17	2
LDem	Con	Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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21	12	3
Con	LDem	Ind

1999 Horsham District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	21			4	58.3	50.5	30,342	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	12			12	33.3	37.7	22,640	-8.5
	Independent	3			1	8.3	4.8	2,881	+0.2
	Labour	0				0.0	7.1	4,257	-0.6

Billingshurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Van De Bergh S. Ms.	637	40.8	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lawes G.	617	39.5	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Baczkowski A. Ms.	584
	Conservative	Hollins J.	570
	Independent	Longhurst K.	158	10.1	−14.4
	Labour	Scott P.	150	9.6	+9.6
Turnout				31.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Williams S.	549	34.7
	Independent	Sanford L.	459	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	Deedman D.	418	26.5
	Labour	Neves M.	154	9.7
	Labour	Bonsey A. Ms.	147
Turnout				32.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Horner S. Ms.	321	50.6	−26.7
	Conservative	Bradnum A.	207	32.6	+9.9
	Labour	Goddard K. Ms.	107	16.9	+16.9
Turnout				29.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chanctonbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harris A.	978	67.0	+15.9
	Conservative	Jenkins E.	880
	Liberal Democrats	Cooper N.	481	33.0	−15.9
Turnout				34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cowfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Baldwin B.	523	73.9	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Price L.	103	14.5	−21.7
	Labour	Canham T.	82	11.6	+11.6
Turnout				32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nye R.	1,023	47.6	+5.2
	Conservative	Charles J.	1,017
	Conservative	Tobutt P.	1,002
	Liberal Democrats	Sheldon D.	867	40.3	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mullarky P.	838
	Liberal Democrats	Yarlett J.	741
	Labour	Thurston J. Ms.	260	12.1	−6.7
Turnout				36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Newman D.	909	52.7	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rutherford P. Ms.	902
	Liberal Democrats	Paffett P.	846
	Conservative	Collins M.	636	36.9	+1.4
	Conservative	Scott I. Ms.	612
	Conservative	Wilkinson F.	598
	Labour	Skipton-Carter L. Ms.	179	10.4	−5.5
Turnout				30.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Henfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marsh J.	1,015	39.6	+2.4
	Independent	Matthews S. Ms.	941	36.8	−10.1
	Conservative	Cook A. Ms.	850
	Liberal Democrats	Pierce A.	310	12.1	−3.8
	Labour	Hanford R.	294	11.5	+11.5
Turnout				40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Millson A.	1,019	45.4	+2.0
	Conservative	Baldwin A.	1,002	44.7	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lickiss M.	979
	Conservative	Pratt M.	958
	Labour	Hugl L. Ms.	223	9.9	−9.7
	Labour	Brown R.	211
Turnout				30.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Itchingfield & Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vickers C. Ms.	577	69.9	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bryant M.	175	21.2	−16.6
	Labour	McGarvey G.	74	9.0	+9.0
Turnout				39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuthurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashwell S. Ms.	446	76.8	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Clausen R. Ms.	101	17.4	−18.8
	Labour	Chapman R.	34	5.9	+5.9
Turnout				43.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Downes M. Ms.	1,066	67.7	+5.4
	Conservative	Paterson R.	1,023
	Liberal Democrats	French M.	305	19.4	−18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Raja S.	228
	Labour	Britz J.	203	12.9	+12.9
Turnout				54.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bevis A.	1,061	55.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sully C. Ms.	1,057
	Liberal Democrats	Clarke P. Ms.	1,052
	Conservative	Palmer B. Ms.	622	32.6	+0.1
	Conservative	Mitchell C.	566
	Conservative	Wilkinson R. Ms.	537
	Labour	Nasskau L.	224	11.7	−5.2
Turnout				29.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roffey North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Price B. Ms.	806	47.5	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paffett F. Ms.	731
	Conservative	Hilliard D.	703	41.4	+6.9
	Conservative	Watson B.	604
	Labour	Thomas J.	188	11.1	−7.3
Turnout				32.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rudgwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bargman E. Ms.	514	78.1	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Horner P.	103	15.7	−16.6
	Labour	Mainwaring E.	41	6.2	+6.2
Turnout				32.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kitchen E. Ms.	475	78.0	+6.3
	Labour	Street M.	68	11.2	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brundish D.	66	10.8	−17.5
Turnout				33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Slinfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wright D.	324	50.6	−20.1
	Conservative	Mawer A.	292	45.6	+16.3
	Labour	Corthine R.	24	3.8	+3.8
Turnout				47.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Southwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard I.	1,266	54.6	+12.1
	Conservative	Dye G.	1,178
	Liberal Democrats	Stainton J. Ms.	829	35.7	−21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stainton P.	775
	Labour	Allen D.	224	9.7	+9.7
	Labour	Spencer J.	171
Turnout				34.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Steyning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cockman G.	1,011	39.1	+1.5
	Conservative	Lyth M. Ms.	774	29.9	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Deedman R. Ms.	558	21.6	−9.5
	Conservative	Galaud M.	511
	Labour	Neves V. Ms.	244	9.4	+9.4
	Labour	Wheeler D.	159
Turnout				37.9
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Storrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Read P.	799	42.6	+7.7
	Conservative	Butler N.	736
	Liberal Democrats	Girard M. Ms.	509	27.1	−21.4
	Labour	Banks P. Ms.	257	13.7	+13.7
	Independent	Brain J. Ms.	208	11.1	+11.1
	Independent	Bates K.	104	5.5	+5.5
Turnout				37.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brain J. Ms. was elected in Storrington as a Liberal Democrat in 1995, when this seat was last contested.

Sullington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Banks D.	378	51.8	−18.9
	Conservative	Urry S.	307	42.1	+12.8
	Labour	Walter B.	45	6.2	+6.2
Turnout				41.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trafalgar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chapman N.	1,192	54.9	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Costin C. Ms.	1,114
	Liberal Democrats	Crosbie L.	1,002
	Conservative	Toubutt V. Ms.	759	34.9	−0.9
	Conservative	Smith J. Ms.	755
	Conservative	Alder M.	737
	Labour	Dumbrill D. Ms.	221	10.2	−3.5
Turnout				44.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Burnham J. Ms.	482	77.1	+18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Pearce T.	89	14.2	+0.3
	Labour	McDonald K.	54	8.6	−18.6
Turnout				42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Chiltington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackson M.	910	81.5	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hughes A.	122	10.9	−15.9
	Labour	Pitt E.	84	7.5	+7.5
Turnout				38.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Grinstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard J. Ms.	646	71.7	+12.6
	Labour	Taylor C.	135	14.9	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Duke M.	128	14.1	−0.4
Turnout				42.7
	Conservative hold		Swing