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 % !NetGain/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
| style="width: 10px" bgcolor=| | style="text-align: left;" scope="row" | Other ||30,342 ||1.0 ||9 ||0.7
!colspan=2|Total ! 2,285,345 !n/a !1,222 !n/a !n/a
Voter turnout: 59.1%
Councils
Council 1995 result Control before election(if different) 1999 result Details Aberdeen City Details Aberdeenshire Details Angus DetailsArgyll and Bute Details Clackmannanshire Details Dumfries and Galloway Details Dundee City Details East Ayrshire Details East Dunbartonshire NOC Details East Lothian Details East Renfrewshire Details City of Edinburgh Details Falkirk Details Fife Details Glasgow City DetailsHighland Details Inverclyde Details Midlothian DetailsMoray DetailsNa h-Eileanan Siar Details North Ayrshire Details North Lanarkshire DetailsOrkney Details Perth and Kinross NOC Details Renfrewshire NOC Details Scottish Borders DetailsShetland Details South Ayrshire Details South Lanarkshire Details Stirling NOC (Lab minority)Details West Dunbartonshire Details West Lothian Details
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
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