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1999 Scottish local elections

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Field	Value
election_name	1999 Scottish local elections
country	Scotland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1995 Scottish local elections
previous_year	1995
next_election	2003 Scottish local elections
next_year	2003
seats_for_election	All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils
election_date
image1
leader1	Donald Dewar
party1	Scottish Labour
popular_vote1	829,921
percentage1	36.6%
seats1	550
seat_change1	63
swing1	7.0%
image2
leader2	Alex Salmond
party2	Scottish National Party
popular_vote2	655,299
percentage2	28.7%
seats2	204
seat_change2	23
swing2	2.6%
image4
leader4	David McLetchie
party4	Scottish Conservatives
popular_vote4	308,170
seats4	108
seat_change4	26
percentage4	13.5%
swing4	2.0%
image5
leader5	Jim Wallace
party5	Scottish Liberal Democrats
popular_vote5	289,236
seats5	156
seat_change5	35
percentage5	12.7%
swing5	2.9%
map_image	Scottish council areas 1999.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Colours denote the winning party with outright control

||leader5 = Jim Wallace

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 which resulted in an overall reduction of wards to 1222 instead of 1245 and many wards were restructured.

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

|- !colspan=2|Parties !Votes !Votes % !Wards !Wards % !Net Gain/Loss |- | ||829,921 ||36.6 ||550 ||45.0

| ||655,299 ||28.7 ||204 ||16.7

| ||289,236 ||12.7 ||156 ||12.8

| ||308,170 ||13.5 ||108 ||8.8

| ||172,297 ||7.5 ||191 ||16.0







-
!colspan=2
! 2,285,345
!n/a
!1222
!n/a
!n/a
}

Voter turnout: 59.1%

Councils

Council	[1995 result](1995-scottish-local-elections)	Control before election
(if different)	1999 result	Details	Aberdeen City	Aberdeenshire	Angus	Argyll and Bute	Clackmannanshire	Dumfries and Galloway	Dundee City	East Ayrshire	East Dunbartonshire	East Lothian	East Renfrewshire	City of Edinburgh	Falkirk	Fife	Glasgow City	Highland	Inverclyde	Midlothian	Moray	Na h-Eileanan Siar	North Ayrshire	North Lanarkshire	Orkney	Perth and Kinross	Renfrewshire	Scottish Borders	Shetland	South Ayrshire	South Lanarkshire	Stirling	West Dunbartonshire	West Lothian
			[Details](1999-aberdeen-city-council-election)
			[Details](1999-aberdeenshire-council-election)
			[Details](1999-angus-council-election)
			[Details](1999-argyll-and-bute-council-election)
			[Details](1999-dundee-city-council-election)
			[Details](1999-east-ayrshire-council-election)
	NOC
			[Details](1999-east-lothian-council-election)
			[Details](1999-east-renfrewshire-council-election)
			[Details](1999-city-of-edinburgh-council-election)
			[Details](1999-falkirk-council-election)
			[Details](1999-fife-council-election)
			[Details](1999-glasgow-city-council-election)
			[Details](1999-highland-council-election)
			[Details](1999-inverclyde-council-election)
			[Details](1999-midlothian-council-election)
			[Details](1999-moray-council-election)
			[Details](1999-north-lanarkshire-council-election)
			[Details](1999-orkney-islands-council-election)
	NOC
	NOC
			[Details](1999-scottish-borders-council-election)
			[Details](1999-shetland-islands-council-election)
			[Details](1999-south-ayrshire-council-election)
			[Details](1999-south-lanarkshire-council-election)
	NOC	(Lab minority)
			[Details](1999-west-dunbartonshire-council-election)
			[Details](1999-west-lothian-council-election)

References

(21 January 1999). "Council ward boundary changes".
"Unitary Council Political Compositions".
Denver, David. (Winter 2000). "Scottish Affairs".

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