The 1999 Wychavon District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of
Wychavon District Council in
Worcestershire,
England. The whole council was up for election and the
Conservative Party
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gained overall control of the council from
no overall control.
Background
Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 18 seats, but the
Liberal Democrats with 17 seats ran the council with the support of the 10
Labour
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councillors and there were also 4
independent councillors.
49 seats were up for election in 1999, but the Conservatives won two seats in
Harvington
Harvington is a village near Evesham in Worcestershire, England. Bounded by the River Avon to the south and the Lench Hills to the north, three miles northeast of Evesham and now on the Worcestershire/Warwickshire border. The village today is ...
and
Norton and
Wickhamford
Wickhamford is a village and a civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is situated on the A44 road approximately halfway between the towns of Evesham and Broadway. It is mentioned in 1086 in the Domesday Book under the name of ''Wiquene'' ...
without opposition.
Election result
The Conservatives gained 11 seats to take control of the council with 29 councillors,
in only the second time after 1987 that the Conservatives won a majority on the council.
Both the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, John Grantham, and the Labour group leader John Wrenn were among the councilors to be defeated at the election.
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Ward results
By-elections between 1999 and 2003
Evesham East
A by-election was held in Evesham
Evesham () is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Evesha ...
East on 9 November 2000 after the resignation of Labour councillor Richard Hicks.[
]
Dodderhill
A by-election was held in Dodderhill on 16 May 2002 after the death of Conservative councillor Charles Richardson.
Drakes Broughton
A by-election was held in Drakes Broughton
Drakes Broughton is a village in Worcestershire, England. The village is located on the B4084 road (previously the A44) 2 miles north-west of Pershore and 7 miles south-east of Worcester. The village has two pubs; the Old Oak and the Plough and H ...
on 18 July 2002 following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Ralph Mason.
References
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1999 English local elections
1990s in Worcestershire