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1999 Welsh local elections

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1999 Welsh local elections

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All 1,270 seats to 22 Welsh councils
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tony Blair Dafydd Wigley
Party Labour Plaid Cymru
Leader since 21 July 1994 1991
Seats won 563 205
Seat change Decrease163 Increase92
Popular vote 338,470 179,212
Popular vote (%) 34.4% 18.2%
Swing (pp) Decrease9.2% Increase5.7%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Richard Livsey William Hague
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 1997 19 June 1997
Seats won 98 75
Seat change Increase19 Increase33
Popular vote 132,091 99,565
Popular vote (%) 13.4% 10.1%
Swing (pp) Increase3.2% Increase2.0%

The 1999 Welsh local elections, were held on 6 May in 22 local authorities, as part of the wider 1999 UK local elections.

Wales-Wide Results

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Party Votes[1] % +/- Councils +/- Seats +/-
Labour 338,470 34.4% Decrease9.2% 8 Decrease6 563 Decrease163
Independent 187,345 19.1% Decrease1.2% 3 Decrease1 295 Increase3
Plaid Cymru 179,212 18.2% Increase5.7% 3 Increase2 205 Increase92
Liberal Democrats 132,091 13.4% Increase3.2% 0 Steady 98 Increase19
Conservative 99,565 10.1% Increase2.0% 0 Steady 75 Increase33
Green 8,328 0.8% Decrease0.3% 0 Steady 1 Increase1
Other 37,788 3.8% Decrease0.2% 0 Steady 33 Increase13
No overall control n/a n/a n/a 8 Increase5 n/a n/a

Result

In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.

Council Previous control Result Details
Blaenau Gwent

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Labour

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Labour hold Details
Bridgend

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Labour

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Labour hold Details
Caerphilly

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Labour

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Plaid Cymru gain Details
Cardiff

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Labour

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Labour hold Details
Carmarthenshire

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No overall control

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No overall control hold Details
Ceredigion

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Independent

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No overall control gain Details
Conwy

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No overall control

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No overall control hold Details
Denbighshire

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No overall control

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No overall control hold Details
Flintshire

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Labour

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Labour hold Details
Gwynedd

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Plaid Cymru

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Plaid Cymru hold Details
Isle of Anglesey

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Independent

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Independent hold Details
Merthyr Tydfil

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Labour

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No overall control gain Details
Monmouthshire

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Labour

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No overall control gain Details
Neath Port Talbot

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Labour

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Labour hold Details
Newport

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Labour

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Labour hold Details
Pembrokeshire

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Independent

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Independent hold Details
Powys

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Independent

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Independent hold Details
Rhondda Cynon Taf

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Labour

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Plaid Cymru gain Details
Swansea

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Labour

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Labour hold Details
Torfaen

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Labour

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Labour hold Details
Vale of Glamorgan

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Labour

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No overall control gain Details
Wrexham

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Labour

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No overall control gain Details

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Local Elections Handbook 1999" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

External links