Elections to City of York Council were held on 6 May 1999. All 53 council seats in the city were up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

Election result

Ward results

Acomb ward

* Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1986-1996, and the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1979-1983

Beckfield ward

* Represented the Beckfield ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Bishophill ward

* Represented the Bishophill ward of York City Council, 1982-1996, and the Bishophill ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Bishophill ward of York City Council, 1987-1996, and the Bishophill ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Bootham ward

* Represented the Bootham ward of York City Council, 1973-1996, the Bootham division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1973-1996, and the Bootham ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Bootham ward of York City Council, 1982-1996, the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1989, and the Bootham ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Clifton ward

* Represented the Bootham ward of York City Council, 1979-1996, the Clifton division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1981-1996, and the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Clifton ward of York City Council, 1994-1996, and the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Clifton Without ward

The parish of Clifton Without

* Represented the Clifton Without ward of Ryedale District Council, 1991-1996, and the Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Copmanthorpe ward

The parishes of Acaster Malbis, Bishopthorpe, and Copmanthorpe

Dunnington and Kexby ward

The parishes of Dunnington and Kexby

* Represented the Dunnington ward of Selby District Council, 1979-1996, and the Dunnington and Kexby ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Fishergate ward

* Represented the Fishergate ward of York City Council, 1988-1996, and the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, and the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

‡ Represented the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1989-1993

Foxwood ward

* Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1973-1979, the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1979-1996, the Westfield division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1973-1985, the Foxwood division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996, and the Foxwood ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1990-1996, and the Foxwood ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

‡ Represented the Beckfield ward of York City Council, 1986-1996, and the Beckfield ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Fulford ward

The parish of Fulford

* Represented the Fulford ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Guildhall ward

* Represented the Guildhall division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996, and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1979-1984, the Guildhall ward of York City Council, 1988-1996, the Acomb division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1981-1989, and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

‡ Represented the Micklegate ward of York City Council, 1991-1996

Haxby ward

The parish of Haxby

* Represented the Haxby North East ward of Ryedale District Council, 1991-1996, the Haxby / Strensall division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, and the Haxby ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Haxby / Wigginton division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, and the Haxby ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Heslington ward

The parish of Heslington

* Represented the Heslington ward of Selby District Council, 1991-1996, and the Heslington ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Heworth ward

* Represented the Heworth division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1989-1993, and the Heworth ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Heworth ward of York City Council, 1980-1996, and the Heworth ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Heworth Without ward

The parish of Heworth Without

* Represented the Heworth Without ward of Ryedale District Council, 1973-1983, the Osbaldwick and Heworth ward of Ryedale District Council, 1983-1996, and the Heworth Without ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Holgate ward

* Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Holgate ward of York City Council, 1992-1996, and the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

‡ Represented the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1979-1988

Huntington and New Earswick ward

The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick

* Represented the Huntington North division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, and the Huntington and New Earswick ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Knavesmire ward

* Represented the Knavesmire ward of York City Council, 1984-1996, and the Knavesmire ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Knavesmire ward of York City Council, 1991-1996, and the Knavesmire ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Micklegate ward

* Represented the Micklegate ward of York City Council, 1973-1996, and the Micklegate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996

† Represented the Walmgate ward of York City Council, 1980-1988, and the Heworth ward of York City Council, 1990-1996, and the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Monk ward

* Represented the Monk ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Osbaldwick ward

The parish of Osbaldwick

* Represented the Osbaldwick / Heworth division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996

Rawcliffe and Skelton ward

The parishes of Rawcliffe and Skelton

* Represented the Rawcliffe division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1989-1996, and the Rawcliffe and Skelton ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Strensall ward

The parishes of Earswick, Holtby, Murton, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe

* Represented the Skelton ward of Ryedale District Council, 1991-1996, and the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 1996-1999

† Represented the Huntington North ward of Ryedale District Council, 1991-1996, and the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Upper Poppleton ward

The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, and Upper Poppleton

* Represented the Upper Poppleton ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Walmgate ward

* Represented the Walmgate ward of York City Council, 1973-1996, and the Walmgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Guildhall ward of York City Council, 1990-1996, and the Walmgate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996, and the Walmgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

‡ Represented the Haxby North East ward of Ryedale District Council, 1983-1996, and the Haxby ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Westfield ward

* Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1979-1996, the Westfield division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, and the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

† Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1994-1996

‡ Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1988-1996, and the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

Wheldrake ward

The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake

Wigginton ward

The parish of Wigginton

* Represented the Haxby and Wigginton ward of Ryedale District Council, 1979-1983, the Wigginton ward of Ryedale District Council, 1987-1996, and the Wigginton ward of City of York Council, 1995-1999

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