1999 North Devon District Council election
# 1999 North Devon District Council election

The 1999 North Devon District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of North Devon District Council in Devon, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 37.77%.

North Devon Local Election Result 1999 :

| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Liberal Democrats | 26 | -5 | 59.1 | 47.7 | 17,833 |
| Independent | 13 | +3 | 29.5 | 22.6 | 8,447 |
| Conservative | 5 | +4 | 11.4 | 23.9 | 8,928 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 2,165 |
| Others | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

2 independent and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were unopposed.

## Ward results

Barnstaple (St. Mary's) (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Faye Webber | 527 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Burn | 432 | |
| | Conservative | Susan McCrum | 200 | |
| | Labour | Heather Hannant | 100 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,259 | 31.1 |

Bishop's Nympton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Eric Ley | 679 | 74.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Dale | 231 | 25.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 448 | 49.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 910 | 60.7 |

Bishop's Tawton & Atherington :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Walter White | unopposed | | |

Bratton Fleming :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Prowse | 451 | 52.7 |
| | Conservative | David Lilley | 381 | 44.5 |
| | Labour | Lino Menezes Da Cunha Rebelo | 24 | 2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 856 | 58.6 |

Braunton East (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derrick Spear | 673 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Spear | 604 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Day | 290 | |
| | Labour | Charles Piper | 260 | |
| | Labour | Colin Kingston | 193 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,020 | 36.5 |

Braunton West (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marguerite Shapland | 648 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Desmond Paul | 623 | |
| | Conservative | Caroline Chugg | 615 | |
| | Conservative | Jasmine Chesters | 531 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,417 | 42.3 |

Chittlehampton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Albert Cook | 514 | 81.6 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Yabsley | 116 | 18.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 398 | 63.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 630 | 43.6 |

Chumleigh :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Terence Pincombe | 407 | 43.2 |
| | Independent | Stephen Mercer | 287 | 30.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Preece | 248 | 26.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 120 | 12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 942 | 57.6 |

Combe Martin (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yvette Gubb | 914 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Spencer | 611 | |
| | Conservative | Graeme Coombs | 586 | |
| | Labour | Helen Hoyles | 130 | |
| | Labour | Alan Smith | 103 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,344 | 49.7 |

Fremington (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Roy Morrish | 1,122 | |
| | Conservative | Rodney Cann | 944 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol McCormack-Hole | 915 | |
| | Leading Environmentalist | Joanne Bell | 871 | |
| | Conservative | Rosaleen Day | 787 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Jones | 662 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Ellerton | 660 | |
| | Labour | Michael Watson | 475 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,436 | 35.5 |

Georgeham :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Purcell | unopposed | | |

Heanton Punchardon :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Jewell | 354 | 74.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael Friend | 121 | 25.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 233 | 49.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 475 | 31.4 |

Ilfracombe Central (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Richard Campbell | 359 | |
| | Independent | Ivan Frances | 232 | |
| | Independent | William Hedges | 230 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Vidler | 211 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Holloway | 176 | |
| | Labour | David Williams | 150 | |
| | Labour | Antony Cooper | 135 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,493 | 29.0 |

Ilfracombe East (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Albert Furber | 285 | |
| | Conservative | Carol Slinn | 274 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Edmunds | 273 | |
| | Independent | Michael Dymond | 225 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Williams | 192 | |
| | Hotelier (Retired) | Gwendoline Cross | 179 | |
| | Independent | William Dixon | 94 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Smiles | 78 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Smiles | 49 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,649 | 39.2 |

Ilfracombe West (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Fowler | 415 | |
| | Independent | David Spear | 401 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Perry | 313 | |
| | Conservative | Franklin Pearson | 244 | |
| | Labour | Brian Cotton | 218 | |
| | Labour | Keith Thompson | 185 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,776 | 31.2 |

Instow :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Lynn Brown | 335 | 51.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Reginald Cane | 310 | 48.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 645 | 47.6 |

Landkey :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Butt | 502 | 75.6 |
| | Conservative | Mark Slater | 162 | 24.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 340 | 51.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 664 | 30.1 |

Longbridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Wilsher | 211 | 60.1 |
| | Conservative | Henry Harrison | 140 | 39.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 351 | 28.0 |

Lynton & Lynmouth :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Edward Nightingale | unopposed | | |

Marwood :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harold Hopkins | 350 | 53.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrea Harper-Davis | 310 | 47.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40 | 6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 660 | 47.6 |

Mortehoe :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Wilkinson | 454 | 87.5 |
| | Labour | Eugene Clarke | 65 | 12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 389 | 75.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 519 | 29.9 |

Newport (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Macbeth | 506 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Piercy | 484 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Parkhouse | 305 | |
| | Conservative | Ross Cowan | 258 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,553 | 26.5 |

North Molton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Herbert Geen | 319 | 50.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Nelson | 314 | 49.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 633 | 56.1 |

Pilton (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Greenslade | 698 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mair Manuel | 594 | |
| | Conservative | Fredrick Bastable | 277 | |
| | Conservative | David Hartnoll | 213 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,782 | 28.5 |

South Molon (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | John Moore | 959 | |
| | Independent | Susan Sewell | 823 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Wilson | 314 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Petchey | 279 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vernon Wood | 228 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,603 | 42.0 |

Swimbridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Rennles | 337 | 50.7 |
| | Conservative | John Singh | 328 | 49.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | 1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 665 | 42.4 |

Tawstock :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Pamela Holland | 599 | 68.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Ford | 282 | 32.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 317 | 36.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 881 | 49.3 |

Trinity (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Ovey | 412 | 43.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Monk | 362 | 37.7 |
| | Conservative | Simon Harvey | 185 | 19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 959 | 18.0 |

Witheridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Timothy Bonner | 489 | 54.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thelma Avery | 416 | 46.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | 8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 905 | 58.5 |

Yeo (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Deverell | 483 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Payne | 478 | |
| | Independent | Alfred Dibble | 269 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Dyer | 116 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,346 | 32.5 |
