National Assembly for Wales election, 1999

National Assembly for Wales election, 1999

6 May 1999 → 2003

All 60 seats to the National Assembly for Wales 31 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Alun Michael Dafydd Wigley Party Labour Plaid Cymru Leader's seat Mid and West Wales Caernarfon Seats won 28 17 Popular vote 384,671 290,572 Percentage 37.6% 28.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Rod Richards Michael German Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat North Wales South Wales East Seats won 9 6 Popular vote 162,133 137,857 Percentage 15.8% 13.5%

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The first National Assembly for Wales elections were held on 6 May 1999. The overall turnout of voters was 46.3%. Although the Welsh Labour Party were the biggest party, they did not gain enough seats to form a majority government and instead entered into coalition with the Liberal Democrats. The election was marked by the historically high level of support for Plaid Cymru, who won their highest share of the vote in any Wales-wide election and, as of 2011, their highest number of seats in an Assembly election to date. The party won considerable support in traditionally safe Labour areas such as the South Wales Valleys, winning Rhondda and Islwyn and narrowly failing to win a number of other seats.

The breakdown of voting was as follows:

Results map of the 1999 National Assembly election (constituency results).

Constituency (first-past-the-post) results

• Overall turnout: 46%

Party		Votes	Seats	% share of vote
	Labour	384,671	27	37.6
	Plaid Cymru	290,572	9	28.4
	Conservative	162,133	1	15.8
	Liberal Democrat	137,857	3	13.5
	Independent	29,219	0	2.9
	Independent Labour	4,134	0	0.4
	Socialist Alliance	3,967	0	0.4
	Tourism and Farmers	2,726	0	0.3
	People's Representative	2,529	0	0.2
	Democratic Alliance	1,908	0	0.2
	Green	1,002	0	0.1
	New Millennium Bean	849	0	0.1
	Local Socialist	839	0	0.1
	Communist	609	0	0.1
	Celtic Alliance	210	0	<0.1
	Total	1,023,225	40

Regional-list (additional-member) results

Results map of the 1999 National Assembly election (regional list results).

Party		Votes	Seats	% share of vote
	Labour	361,657	1	35.4
	Plaid Cymru	312,048	8	30.5
	Conservative	168,206	8	16.5
	Liberal Democrat	128,008	3	12.5
	Green	25,858	0	2.5
	Socialist Labour	10,720	0	1.0
	Natural Law	3,861	0	0.4
	Socialist Alliance	3,590	0	0.4
	Independent	3,116	0	0.3
	People's Representative	2,074	0	0.2
	Communist	1,366	0	0.1
	Rhuddlan Debt	1,353	0	0.1
	Total	1,019,987	20

Party totals

Party		Seats	% share of seats
	Labour	28	46.6
	Plaid Cymru	17	28.3
	Conservative	9	15.0
	Liberal Democrat	6	10.0
	Total	60

Regional lists

Mid and West Wales

	Conservative Party	Green Party of England and Wales	Independent	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats	Natural Law Party	Plaid Cymru	Socialist Labour Party
1.	Nick Bourne	Dave Bradney	Suzanne Turner	Alun Michael	Roger Williams	Richard Johnson	Cynog Dafis	Richard Booth
2.	Glyn Davies	Sarah Scott-Cato		Delyth Evans	Juliana Hughes	Peter Warburton	Cynog Dafis	Miriam Bowen
3.	Owen John Williams	Sue Walker		Vaughan Gething	Graham Brown	Diere Sleeman	Delyth Richards	Martha Page-Harris
4.	Felix Aubel	Timothy Shaw		Sioned Mair Richards	David Lloyd	John Edwards	David Senior	George Tofarides
5.	David Edwards	Timothy Foster			Doiran Evans	Janet Ayliffe	David Petersen
6.	Helen Stoddart				Tim Dumper	Roger Ellis	Simon Thomas
7.	Henri Lloyd Davies				Nicholas Burree	Nanne Scott	Elenor Bonner-Evans
8.	Barrie Harding				Richard Tyler		Alun Lloyd-Jones
9.	Frank Morgan				Louise Williams
10.	Peter Stock				David Selby
11.	Nigel Bowie				Gwynant Davies
12.	Kenneth Cross				Deanna Leboff

North Wales

	Communist Party of Britain	Conservative Party	Green Party of England and Wales	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats	Natural Law Party	Plaid Cymru	Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign	United Socialist Party
1.	Glyn Davies	Rod Richards	Jim Killock	Tom Jones	Christine Humphreys	David Hughes	Janet Ryder	Colin Hughes	Maurice Jones
2.	Thomas Williams	Peter Rogers	Christopher Busby	Margaret Pritchard	Eleanor Burnham	Thomas Mullins	Siôn Brynach	David Neal	Janet Williams
3.	Greg Foster	David I Jones	Robin Welch	Eifion Wyn Williams	Phill Lloyd	Jean Leadbiter	Fflur Roberts		David Clarke
4.	Kenneth Davies	Karen Lumley	Klaus Armstrong-Braun	Nia Roberts	Robina Feeley	Gwyndaf Evans	Gwynfor Owen		Lyn Owen
5.		Neil Formstone	Angela Loveridge		Jeff Clarke	Susan Parry	Eilian Williams
6.		David R Jones	Alexandra Plows		Carol O' Toole		Ann Owen
7.		Bronwen Naish	Kathryn Turner		James Clarke		Hywel Williams
8.		Felicity Elphick	Gwilym Morus		Derek Burnham		Paul Rowlinson
9.		Robert Salisbury	Sarah Collick		David Shankland
10.		Janet Finch-Saunders			Thomas Rippeth
11.		Jacqueline Jones			John Jones
12.		Merfyn Thomas			Paul Brighton

South Wales Central

	Communist Party of Britain	Conservative Party	Green Party of England and Wales	Independent	Independent	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats	Natural Law Party	Plaid Cymru	Socialist Labour Party	United Socialist Party
1.	Robert Griffiths	Jonathan Morgan	Kevin Jakeway	Alun Mathias	Paul Phillips	Rhodri Morgan	Jenny Randerson	Helen Evans	Pauline Jarman	Liz Screen	Nimisha Trivedi
2.	Dominic Macaskill	David Melding	John Matthews			Sue Essex	Gianni Orsi	Brian Francis	Owen John Thomas	Steve Bell	Dave Bartlett
3.	Owen Griffiths	Stephen Jones	Vivien Turner			Ken Hopkins	Jacqui Gasson	Barbara Caves	Eluned Bush	Cerian Gotthardt	Rachel Eboral
4.	Wendy Morgan	Susan Inglefield	Chris Von Ruhland			Morgan Wendy	Alison Willott	Geoffrey Salt	Bleddyn Hancock	Mary Crofton	Terry James
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South Wales East

	Conservative Party	Green Party of England and Wales	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats	Natural Law Party	Plaid Cymru	Socialist Labour Party	United Socialist Party
1.	William Graham	Roger W. Coghill	Mrs. Angie Ash	Michael German	John Ashford	Jocelyn Davies	Darren C. Hickery	Ian Thomas
2.	Carole Hyde	Kevin Williams	Brian E. Smith	Mrs Veronica K. Watkins	Mrs. Sian Trenberth	Phil Williams	Mrs. Susan L. Deare	Tim Richards
3.	Mrs Carole M. Hyde	Steve Ainley	Mrs. Cherry R.P. Short	Alistair R. Cameron	Peter Herman	Mrs. Gillian M. Jones	Robert J. Morris	Richard Morse
4.	Mrs Mary Taylor	Elaine Ross	Miqdad Al-Nuaimi	Mrs. Jean E. Gray	Paul Lloyd	Lindsay Whittle	Peter Bowen
5.	Chris Stevens	Owen Clarke		Keith Rogers		Marc A. Hubbard
6.	Mrs. Kay P. Thomas		T. Richards	Mrs. Caroline .J. Bennett		Phil J. Bevan
7.	David N. Thomas			Elwyn Jones		Alun G. Cox
8.	Mark A. Major			Chris P. Lines		John Taylor
9.	David T. Fouweather			Russell M. Deacon
10.	Ian Oakley			Huw Price
11.	Miss Marrilyn J. Smart			Duncan Anstey
12.	Ralph Tuck			Melvyn W. Roffe

South Wales West

	Conservative Party	Green Party of England and Wales	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats	Natural Law Party	Plaid Cymru	People's Representative	United Socialist Party
1.	Alun Hugh Cairns	Graham E. Oubridge	Mrs. Mair Francis	Peter Black	Neil D. Phillips	Janet Davies	John R. Harris	Alec Thraves
2.	Chris B. Smart	Lee Turner	D. Hywel Francis	Rob O. Humphreys	Mrs. Diana Leighton	Dr David Rees Lloyd	Ioan M. Richard	Alan Thomson
3.	William Hughes	Mrs. Janet B. Evans	Robert Smith	Howard W. Evans	Robert A. Johnstone	Mrs. Sara E. Reid	Peter G. Harris	Robert Williams
4.	Paul H. Valerio	Simon K. Phillips	Mrs. Moira Singh	Keith Davies	Miss Andrea K. Jarman	Prof. I. Delme Bowen	David N. Trollope	Neil MacPherson
5.	Miss Jill F. Chambers			Mrs. Sheila Ramsay-Waye		Steven Cornelius	Mrs. Margaret L. Harris
6.	Rev. Aled D. Jones			David R. Davies		Dr. John G. Ball	Peter J. Northcott
7.	Mrs. Mary E. Davies			Mrs. Marilyn Harris		Ian R. Titherington
8.	Martyn Ford			Ronald L. McConville		Mrs. Yvonne M. Davies
9.	Wayne Morris			Mrs. Cheryl A. Green
10.	David A. Unwin			Mrs. Alison E. Jenner
11.	Matthew C. Voisey			Miss Norah Page
12.				Clayton L. Ritchie

See also

• National Assembly for Wales

External links

• Welsh National Assembly Elections 1999