Scottish local elections, 1999

Scottish local elections, 1999

6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)

All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils   First party Second party   Leader Donald Dewar Alex Salmond Party Labour SNP Last election 444,918 Seats won 550 204 Seat change 63 23 Popular vote 829,921 655,299 Percentage 36.6 28.7 Swing   Third party Fourth party   Leader David McLetchie Jim Wallace Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 82 121 Seats won 108 156 Seat change 26 35 Popular vote 308,170 289,236 Percentage 13.5.1 12.7 Swing

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

The Scottish local elections, 1999 were held on 6 May 1999, the same day as first 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:
• Fifelost 12 seats.
• Glasgow lost 4 seats.

Results

Summary of the 1999 Scottish council election results^[3]

• Voter turnout: 59.1%

Councils

See also

• http://www.scottishaffairs.org/backiss/pdfs/sa30/SA30_Denver_and_Bochel.pdf Detail report into the elections
• http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reports/eareports3rd.asp Review of the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements which took place between 1996 and 1998.
• http://www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/elections/elections/1999data.htm More details about 1999 elections.
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/index.stm

Notes and references

Elections and referendums in Scotland Parliamentary elections Pre-1707 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 Local elections 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1977 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 Referendums 1979 1997 2014 Local referendums Scottish licensing referendums, 1920 Strathclyde (water) 1994 Edinburgh (congestion charge) 2005 See also: Elections in Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom Politics of Scotland

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