1999 West Somerset District Council election

The 1999 West Somerset District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995.^[1] The council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

Election result

West Somerset local election result 1999^[2]^[1]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	15	48.4	44.0	7,220	+21.3%
Independent	8	25.8	13.3	2,178	-6.6%
Labour	5	16.1	25.6	4,197	-6.9%
Liberal Democrats	1	3.2	16.3	2,675	-5.8%
Green	0	0	0.9	142	+0.9%
No candidate	2	6.5	N/A	N/A	N/A

3 independent, 2 Conservative and 1 Labour candidates were unopposed at the election.^[2] A further 2 seats had no candidates standing for them.

Alcombe East (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jamie Anderson	203
	Conservative	Nicolas Messarra	197
	Labour	Lesley Culverhouse	159
	Labour	Thomas Welch	136
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Bowden	38
	Liberal Democrats	Rene Kinzett	38
Turnout			771	24.3

Alcombe West (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ivor Gibbon	421
	Labour	Simon Stokes	411
	Conservative	Terry Venner	271
	Conservative	John Walker	247
Turnout			1,350	39.2

Aville Vale^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Burnell	unopposed

Brompton Ralph and Haddon^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Geoffrey Day	227	83.8
	Labour	David Burchell	44	16.2
Majority			183	67.5
Turnout			271	38.6

Carhampton and Withycombe^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Humber	495	84.2
	Conservative	Marion Stuart	93	15.8
Majority			402	68.4
Turnout			588	57.3

Crowcombe and Stogumber^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vivian Brewer	379	72.6
	Independent	Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave	143	27.4
Majority			236	45.2
Turnout			522	58.0

Dulverton and Brushford^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steven Pugsley	unopposed

Dunster^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Anne Cave-Brown-Cave	164	50.6
	Conservative	Martin Bale	160	49.4
Majority			4	1.2
Turnout			324	46.9

Minehead North (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christine Lawrence	581
	Conservative	Ann Foxhuntley	526
	Conservative	Keith Parkes	521
	Labour	David Ross	400
	Labour	John McGee	370
	Labour	Elizabeth Wightman	323
Turnout			2,721	39.4

Minehead South (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Hill	628
	Conservative	Ernest Taylor	597
	Conservative	Jean Walker	577
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Snell	497
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Jenkins	332
	Labour	Peter Slade	326
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Dewis	313
	Labour	Marcus Kravis	313
	Labour	John Dore	263
Turnout			3,846	53.2

Old Cleeve (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Nethercott	438
	Conservative	Pamela Driver	350
	Liberal Democrats	Gabriella Bevan	184
	Green	Almuth Groos	142
Turnout			1,114	39.7

Porlock and District (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Angela Palmer	618
	Conservative	Jennifer David	531
	Liberal Democrats	Marilynn Russell	409
Turnout			1,558	36.6

Quantock Vale (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Ayre	unopposed
	Labour	Keith Turpin	unopposed

Quarme^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frederick Rawle	unopposed

Watchet (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Banks	479
	Conservative	Jennifer Hill	460
	Independent	Sally De Renzy-Martin	395
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Bowden	369
	Independent	John Richards	319
Turnout			2,022	35.9