The1999 Torridge District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members ofTorridgeDistrict Council inDevon,England. The whole council was up for election andindependents gained overall control of the council fromno overall control.[1]
Overallturnout at the election was 36.1%.[2]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip Waters | 169 | 50.8 | ||
| Independent | Leonard Ford | 108 | 32.4 | ||
| Labour | Irene Row | 56 | 16.8 | ||
| Majority | 61 | 18.3 | |||
| Turnout | 333 | 39.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Horace Ford | 186 | 55.4 | ||
| Independent | John Sherritt | 87 | 25.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Langbridge | 63 | 18.8 | ||
| Majority | 99 | 29.5 | |||
| Turnout | 336 | 39.6 | |||
| 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 | 2,393 | 35.8 | |||
| 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 | 3,149 | 32.9 | |||
| 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 | 2,888 | 29.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Frank Howard | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Royston Johns | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Allin Bewes | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Howard Spratt | 184 | 43.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Jones | 182 | 42.6 | ||
| Independent | Geoffrey Broyd | 61 | 14.3 | ||
| Majority | 2 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 427 | 32.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Maurice Ridd | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Pillman | 423 | 55.7 | ||
| Labour | Vivian Gale | 336 | 44.3 | ||
| Majority | 87 | 11.5 | |||
| Turnout | 759 | 55.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Joan Hardwicke | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Honora Broad | unopposed | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Desmond Shadrick | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Anthony Collins | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Hicks | 321 | 56.6 | ||
| Independent | Frank Elliott | 246 | 43.4 | ||
| Majority | 75 | 13.2 | |||
| Turnout | 567 | 41.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Trevor Sillifant | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Richard Bradford | 375 | 62.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Eastwood | 230 | 38.0 | ||
| Majority | 145 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 605 | 42.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Rowe | 270 | 58.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Osborne | 189 | 41.2 | ||
| Majority | 81 | 17.6 | |||
| Turnout | 459 | 31.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Anthony Barnes | 306 | 77.5 | ||
| Labour | Peter Jordan | 89 | 22.5 | ||
| Majority | 217 | 54.9 | |||
| Turnout | 395 | 24.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Susan Mounce | 287 | 65.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Brauer | 150 | 34.3 | ||
| Majority | 137 | 31.4 | |||
| Turnout | 437 | 33.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Tanton | 360 | 65.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Pine | 190 | 34.5 | ||
| Majority | 170 | 30.9 | |||
| Turnout | 550 | 44.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Ferguson | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Richard Broad | 238 | 51.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Goldspink | 224 | 48.5 | ||
| Majority | 14 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 462 | 43.0 | |||
| 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 | 2,965 | 37.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Poole | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Tyler | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Cowle | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Barclay | 329 | 86.1 | ||
| Independent | Geoffrey Boundy | 53 | 13.9 | ||
| Majority | 276 | 72.2 | |||
| Turnout | 382 | 26.1 | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Allen | 462 | 73.3 | ||
| Conservative | Geoffrey Broyd | 168 | 26.7 | ||
| Majority | 294 | 46.6 | |||
| Turnout | 630 | 27.4 | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||