1999 Scottish local elections
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Colours denote the winning party with outright control |
Local elections were held in Scotland 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
Parties | Votes | Votes % | Wards | Wards % | Net Gain/Loss | |
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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 | ||
Other | 30,342 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.7 | ||
Total | 2,285,345 | n/a | 1222 | n/a | n/a |
- Voter turnout: 59.1%
Councils
See also
- Wayback Machine Detail report into the elections
- Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland. Review of the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements which took place between 1996 and 1998.
- LGC Elections Centre More details about 1999 elections.
- BBC News | Elections | Locals 99 | | State of the Parties
Notes and references
- ^ "Council ward boundary changes". scotland.gov.uk. 21 January 1999. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Unitary Council Political Compositions". scottishpolitics.org. Archived from the original on 11 December 2004.
- ^ 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 3 October 2011, retrieved 14 July 2011
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