INKYFLASH: Lancaster Election Results

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                       LANCASTER LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS
                  (By courtesy of the citywatch e-mail list)          

 Issue No 292b                                            Friday 7th May 1999
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                                HIGHLIGHTS

 Council Leader Stan Henig was ousted in Castle by massive Green majority.
 Greens won five out of six seats in their two target wards.
 Labour lost over half their seats**, and lose control of the Council.
 Gains for Independents and Liberal Democrats **; Tories static.


        PARTY           	SEATS   CHANGE
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        Conservative    	9       0

        Greens          	5       +5

        Labour          	17      -17 **

        LibDem          	3 **    -1 **

        M/Bay Independ. 	18      +7

        Official Indpend.       3       +3

        Other Independ. 	2       +1

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        (total seats = 60)

 [** Provisional results at 2.00am with one ward (Scotforth East, inc
University) subject to a recount and still to declare.]

 [LATE NEWS Scotforth East returned all three LibDems, thus gaining
a further three seats from Labour.]

 The new Green Councillors are Jon Barry, Gina Dowding, and Sandra
Greaves (all in Castle ward), and Emily Heath and Tony Pickney (both in
Scotforth West).

 Detailed results for the four most central Lancaster Wards are as follows:

 Castle Ward (Castle, Quay, Regent St, Fairfield, Marsh areas)

 Jon BARRY               Green   1816
 Gina DOWDING            Green   1421
 Sandra GREAVES   	 Green   1255
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 Jerry SUTTON            Labour  856
 Pat RYE                 Labour  852
 Stanley HENIG           Labour  543
 Rebecca LIVESLEY        Lib Dem 378
 Ed PALMER               Tory    328


 Scotforth West (Greaves, Haverbreaks, Part of Bowerham, Scotforth W of A6)

 Emily HEATH             Green   805
 Sheila DENWOOD  	 Labour  706
 Tony PINKNEY            Green   696
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 John Fearnley           Labour  601
 Laura Sivell            Green   584
 Ian Hilton              Labour  560
 Val Outram              Con     464
 Derek Sykes             Con     446
 Jan Pacula              Con     416
 Alistair Hodge          Lib Dem 331


 Bulk Ward (Freehold, Newton, Ridge, Bath Mill areas)

 Ian BARKER              Labour  1101
 Abbott BRYNING          Labour  1018
 Jean YATES              Labour   951
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 Claire HANNAH           Green   520
 Dave CUMNER             Green   449
 Chris HART              Green   415
 Tom BARNEY              Lib Dem 302
 Paul BUCKLEY            Con     227


 John O'Gaunt Ward (Moorlands, Primrose, parts of Bowerham and Newlands)

 Eileen BLAMIRE          Labour  941
 Paddy KAVANAGH  	 Labour  914
 Joseph RAVETZ           Labour  767
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 Liz SCOTT               Lib Dem 496
 Doreen BIRD             Lib Dem 489
 Richard KIRK            Con     420
 Graham WHEELER  	 Green   385
 Ian SIMPSON             Off Ind 207
 
 
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