The1999 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members ofCrawley Borough Council inWest Sussex,England. One third of the council was up for election and theLabour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Labour kept a majority on the council with 25 seats, after winning 9 of the seats contested, but lost 2 seats to theConservatives.[3] One of the two gains came after Labourcouncillor Jacqui Weller and the Conservative candidate Ian Westwood both finished on 1,063 votes, with Ian Westwood successful after the 2 candidates drew lots.[3]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 9 | -2 | 69.2 | ||||||
| Conservative | 3 | +2 | 23.1 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 7.7 | ||||||