1999 Scottish local elections

1999 Scottish local elections
All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils
	Colours denote the winning party with outright control

The Scottish local elections, 1999 were held on 6 May 1999, the same day as First Scottish Parliament elections. It was the second election for all 32 Scottish councils and the first after a major review into all wards.

Boundary changes

A Major review of all boundaries took place before the 1999 elections as part of the third comprehensive review by the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland ^[1] which resulted in an overall reduction of wards to 1222 instead of 1245 and many wards were restructured.^[2]

NOT a full list:

Aberdeen Lost 7 seats
Aberdeenshire Gained :
Argyll & Bute Gained
Dumfries & Galloway Lost
Falkirk Lost 4 seats:
Fife lost 12 seats.
Glasgow lost 4 seats.

Results

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

e • d **Summary of the 1999 Scottish council election results^[3]**
Parties		Votes	Votes %	Wards	Wards %	Net Gain/Loss
Labour	829,921	36.6	550	45.0
SNP	655,299	28.7	204	16.7
Liberal Democrats	289,236	12.7	156	12.8
Conservative	308,170	13.5	108	8.8
Independent	172,297	7.5	191	16.0
style="width: 10px" bgcolor=Template:Other/meta/color\|	Other	30,342	1.0	9	0.7
Total		2,285,345	n/a	1222	n/a	n/a

Voter turnout: 59.1%

Councils

Council	1995 result		Control before election (if different)	1999 result
Aberdeen City style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	Details
Aberdeenshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Angus style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP
Argyll and Bute style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Clackmannanshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
Dumfries and Galloway style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
Dundee City style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
East Ayrshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
East Dunbartonshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	NOC style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
East Lothian style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
East Renfrewshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
City of Edinburgh style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
Falkirk style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
Fife style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	Details
Glasgow City style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
Highland style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent	Details
Inverclyde style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	Details
Midlothian style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
Moray style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
Na h-Eileanan Siar style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
North Ayrshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
North Lanarkshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	Details
Orkney style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Perth and Kinross style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	NOC style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
Renfrewshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	NOC style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
Scottish Borders style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
Shetland style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
South Ayrshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
South Lanarkshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	Details
Stirling style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	NOC style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control (Lab minority)
West Dunbartonshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour
West Lothian style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour

Notes and references

^ http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/1999/01/9e4343f1-64d7-48fa-9458-a44f88521669
^ http://www.scottishpolitics.org/local/councilcomp99.html
^ Denver, David; Bochel, Hugh (Winter 2000), "The Forgotten Elections: The Scottish Council Elections of 1999", Scottish Affairs (PDF), vol. 30, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-03, retrieved 2011-07-14

[1] ttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/1999/01/9e4343f1-64d7-48fa-9458-a44f88521669

[2] ttp://www.scottishpolitics.org/local/councilcomp99.html

[3] Denver, David; Bochel, Hugh (Winter 2000), "The Forgotten Elections: The Scottish Council Elections of 1999", Scottish Affairs (PDF), vol. 30, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-03, retrieved 2011-07-14

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