1999 Luton Borough Council election

1999 Luton Borough Council election
6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)
All 48 seats to Luton Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 36 9 3
Seat change
Popular vote 52,040 24,607 26,871
Percentage 48.4% 22.9% 25.0%
Swing 2.9% 0.4% 1.7%
Control before election


Labour

Control after election


Labour

The 1999 Luton Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Luton Borough Council in Bedfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1999 Luton Borough Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 48 36 0 0 75.0 48.4 52,040 –2.9
  Liberal Democrats 47 9 0 0 18.8 22.9 24,607 –0.4
  Conservative 48 3 0 0 6.3 25.0 26,871 +1.7
  Independent 15 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 3,207 N/A
  Green 7 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 768 ±0.0

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Biscot

Biscot (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Ali 1,768 49.6 +1.1
Labour N. White* 1,734 48.6 +2.8
Labour M. Hussain 1,592 44.7 +1.6
Liberal Democrats A. Ahmed 908 25.5 –11.8
Independent S. Rahman 897 25.2 N/A
Conservative M. Riaz 650 18.2 –6.3
Conservative M. Zia 471 13.2 –3.3
Conservative G. Mohiuddin 460 12.9 –0.4
Liberal Democrats C. Mead 344 9.7 +0.4
Independent M. Bashir 175 4.9 N/A
Independent M. Ayub 174 4.9 N/A
Green E. Rushby 122 3.4 N/A
Turnout ~3,565 39.9 +1.4
Registered electors 8,934
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bramingham

Bramingham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Devenish* 1,073 44.4 +1.0
Labour D. Worlding* 1,033 42.7 +2.0
Labour M. Akhtar* 945 39.1 +0.7
Conservative G. Campbell 909 37.6 +1.2
Conservative A. Bradley 891 36.8 +1.6
Conservative A. Healey 890 36.8 +1.7
Liberal Democrats P. Chapman 293 12.1 –5.3
Liberal Democrats M. Lincoln 276 11.4 –4.1
Liberal Democrats S. Rutstein 209 8.6 –5.8
Independent R. Dean 206 8.5 N/A
Independent I. Brodie 99 4.1 N/A
Turnout ~2,419 24.7 –3.5
Registered electors 9,792
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Challney

Challney (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Davis 1,259 54.9 +0.4
Labour W. Akbar* 1,167 50.9 –2.4
Labour M. Edwards 1,156 50.4 –1.9
Conservative G. Dillingham 646 28.2 +0.6
Conservative S. Khan 591 25.8 –1.6
Conservative B. Hafeez 564 24.6 –0.9
Liberal Democrats D. Chapman 333 14.5 +2.2
Liberal Democrats D. De-Groot 242 10.6 –1.2
Liberal Democrats A. Gaughan 226 9.9 +0.4
Turnout ~2,294 28.1 –4.0
Registered electors 8,163
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crawley

Crawley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats D. Franks* 1,391 61.6 +9.8
Liberal Democrats L. Patterson* 1,322 58.5 +8.2
Liberal Democrats J. Felmingham* 1,314 58.2 +8.3
Labour J. Adams 633 28.0 –8.7
Labour R. Bath 536 23.7 –12.9
Labour M. Goni 503 22.3 –13.8
Conservative M. Thomas 232 10.3 +2.1
Conservative N. Feerick 228 10.1 +2.5
Conservative G. Victor 208 9.2 +1.7
Green S. Cain 83 3.7 N/A
Turnout ~2,259 28.4 –12.1
Registered electors 7,954
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Dallow

Dallow (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Z. Ahmed* 2,172 68.9 –9.1
Labour M. Ashraf* 2,116 67.1 –9.3
Labour D. Taylor* 1,693 53.7 –21.1
Liberal Democrats M. Choudhury 799 25.3 +13.5
Conservative N. Imtiaz 646 20.5 +7.6
Conservative M. Khan 463 14.7 +2.9
Liberal Democrats M. Knape 462 14.6 +6.5
Independent M. Sulaiman 434 13.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats R. Knape 420 13.3 +5.3
Conservative A. Karim 259 8.2 –2.8
Turnout ~3,155 34.0 +2.0
Registered electors 7,357
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Farley

Farley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. McCowan* 1,334 72.0 –0.6
Labour J. Boyle* 1,316 71.0 +0.8
Labour W. McKenzie 1,310 70.7 +1.1
Conservative W. Hooper 276 14.9 +1.4
Conservative K. Drew 271 14.6 +1.7
Conservative P. Platt 254 13.7 +1.3
Liberal Democrats M. Howes 138 7.4 –1.2
Liberal Democrats A. Skepelhorn 131 7.1 –1.0
Liberal Democrats J. Varnals 117 6.3 –1.0
Independent C. Lawman 65 3.5 N/A
Turnout ~1,853 26.7 –3.6
Registered electors 6,940
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

High Town

High Town (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Z. Moran* 1,081 57.3 +2.4
Labour H. Magill* 1,052 55.7 +2.4
Labour L. Singh 915 48.5 +3.4
Conservative K. Connolly 492 26.1 +1.1
Conservative S. Garfield 459 24.3 –0.4
Conservative S. Victor 454 24.1 +0.8
Liberal Democrats J. Bonner 243 12.9 +0.8
Liberal Democrats C. Cason 211 11.2 –0.3
Liberal Democrats M. Lincoln 193 10.2 –0.6
Green L. Bliss 161 8.5 –0.4
Turnout ~1,888 25.1 –7.3
Registered electors 7,520
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Icknield

Icknield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative V. Dunington* 1,459 55.5 +5.2
Conservative D. Johnston* 1,401 53.3 +6.0
Conservative A. Flint 1,392 53.0 +6.3
Labour M. Grant 893 34.0 –4.9
Labour P. Gowers 856 32.6 –5.3
Labour A. Roden 793 30.2 –7.6
Liberal Democrats A. Farrow 296 11.3 +0.6
Liberal Democrats D. Hinckley 287 10.9 +1.1
Liberal Democrats T. Keens 264 10.0 +0.4
Turnout ~2,629 27.7 –8.4
Registered electors 9,490
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Leagrave

Leagrave (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Patten* 1,011 54.9 –2.6
Labour D. Stewart* 990 53.8 ±0.0
Labour S. Roden* 983 53.4 +0.5
Conservative J. Titmuss 578 31.4 +5.1
Conservative P. O'Neill 558 30.3 +5.0
Conservative J. Heredia 534 29.0 +5.2
Liberal Democrats J. Doyle 207 11.2 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Y. Edmunds 185 10.1 +1.4
Liberal Democrats J. Bannan 166 9.0 +0.5
Turnout ~1,841 23.6 –4.8
Registered electors 7,799
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lewsey

Lewsey (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Hand* 1,166 73.7 +3.9
Labour T. Shaw* 1,141 72.1 +3.0
Labour H. Simmons 1,046 66.1 +1.9
Conservative M. Hall 361 22.8 +7.3
Conservative T. Halls 352 22.2 +7.1
Conservative R. Quinn 343 21.7 +6.7
Liberal Democrats M. Robinson 210 13.3 +4.0
Liberal Democrats H. Soni 150 9.5 +0.7
Liberal Democrats R. Soni 118 7.5 –1.3
Green L. Da Rold 99 6.3 N/A
Turnout ~1,583 18.1 –8.8
Registered electors 8,745
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Limbury

Limbury (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. McCarthy 1,156 54.2 –0.8
Labour N. Bullock* 1,144 53.7 +0.7
Labour R. Harris* 1,143 53.6 +2.2
Conservative A. Bradley 554 26.0 +4.6
Conservative P. Glenister 531 24.9 +4.5
Conservative S. Lister 491 23.0 +15.8
Independent C. Brown 275 12.9 –4.7
Independent V. King 157 7.4 –5.4
Independent L. Mitchell 155 7.3 –4.9
Liberal Democrats J. Harding 152 7.1 –0.6
Liberal Democrats P. Elmes 149 7.0 +0.3
Liberal Democrats L. McColm 144 6.8 +0.2
Green J. Blake 65 3.0 N/A
Turnout ~2,131 30.0 –3.2
Registered electors 7,104
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Putteridge

Putteridge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats R. Davies* 1,937 60.2 –1.0
Liberal Democrats R. Greenham* 1,849 57.5 –1.0
Liberal Democrats H. Siederer 1,733 53.9 –3.1
Labour J. Warburton 654 20.3 +1.8
Labour A. Thompson 636 19.8 +2.3
Conservative J. Ashby 634 19.7 ±0.0
Conservative M. Bradley 613 19.1 –0.5
Conservative J. Pemberton 613 19.1 +0.5
Labour D. Shokar 537 16.7 +0.2
Turnout ~3,215 28.6 –8.3
Registered electors 11,243
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Saints

Saints (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Saleem* 1,352 45.6 –5.1
Labour L. Hambleton 1,317 44.4 –5.3
Labour M. Yasin 1,191 40.1 –9.2
Conservative M. Riaz 1,190 40.1 +5.9
Conservative S. Bradley 807 27.2 –0.5
Conservative A. Johnson 798 26.9 +0.1
Liberal Democrats D. Malins 241 8.1 –2.7
Liberal Democrats B. Murray 239 8.1 –1.9
Liberal Democrats E. Hird 210 7.1 –2.6
Independent A. Hussain 125 4.2 N/A
Independent S. Ali 125 4.2 N/A
Independent M. Ashraf* 106 3.6 N/A
Independent P. Mills 91 3.1 N/A
Turnout ~2,968 36.5 –0.9
Registered electors 8,131
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

South

South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Flegmann* 949 53.9 –1.1
Labour T. Hoyle* 922 52.4 –0.5
Labour T. Jenkins 886 50.4 –0.2
Conservative J. McKenna 501 28.5 +2.7
Conservative S. Benjamin 498 28.3 +5.1
Conservative M. Tantardini 455 25.9 N/A
Green M. Scheimann 167 9.5 +1.8
Liberal Democrats W. Cole 143 8.1 –0.6
Liberal Democrats J. Mead 136 7.7 –0.8
Independent J. Duncan 123 7.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats M. Varnals 114 6.5 –0.7
Turnout ~1,760 19.3 –5.7
Registered electors 9,117
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stopsley

Stopsley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats J. Davies* 1,359 57.1 –6.4
Liberal Democrats M. Dolling* 1,285 54.0 –3.3
Liberal Democrats J. Wates* 1,240 52.1 –3.2
Labour J. Davis 674 28.3 +2.9
Labour R. Berry 600 25.2 +3.6
Labour T. Utting 537 22.6 +2.2
Conservative J. Halls 355 14.9 +1.7
Conservative D. Collins 355 14.9 +3.3
Conservative J. Denis-Smith 353 14.8 +3.6
Green J. Fearnley 71 3.0 N/A
Turnout ~2,378 33.6 –5.7
Registered electors 7,078
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sundon Park

Sundon Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Knight* 1,086 46.0 –24.5
Labour D. Cole 1,017 43.1 –23.0
Labour A. Banerji 974 41.3 –24.8
Liberal Democrats D. Sawtell 760 32.2 +22.7
Liberal Democrats D. Larkham* 736 31.2 +23.3
Liberal Democrats A. Strange 725 30.7 +23.5
Conservative S. Harrison 286 12.1 –5.1
Conservative J. O'Neill 279 11.8 –4.2
Conservative J. Titmuss 266 11.3 –4.7
Turnout ~2,360 32.3 +4.7
Registered electors 7,308
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

References

  1. ^ "Luton Borough Council Election Results 1973-1995" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
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