The 1999 Rother District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of
Rother District Council in
East Sussex
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,
England. The whole council was up for election and the
Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from
no overall control.
Background
Before the election both the Conservatives and
Liberal Democrats had 16
councillors, while there were 8
independents and 5 from the
Labour Party.
Among the councillors who stood down at the election were the independent councillors, Clifford Jordan and George Shackleton, from
Rye
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and Liberal Democrat Jill Theis of
Crowhurst and
Catsfield ward.
[
The Conservatives won all 3 seats in Bexhill Collington ward without opposition.][
]
Election result
By-elections between 1999 and 2003
Bexhill Central
Bexhill St Mark's
A by-election was held in Bexhill St Marks on 7 June 2001 after the death of Conservative councillor and leader of Rother council Ivor Brampton.
Fairlight
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on 1 November 2001 after the Conservative councillor S. Ashworth resigned her seat.[
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Old Town
References
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1999
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1999 English local elections
1990s in East Sussex