Elections to the

Highland Council The Highland Council (' ), the political body covering the Highland local authority created in 1995, comprises 21 wards, each electing three or four councillors by the single transferable vote system, which creates a form of proportional represe ...

were held on 6 May 1999; the same day as elections to the

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and to the 31 other

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in Scotland. 80 councillors were elected from 80 wards using the

plurality system Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per ...

(a.k.a. 'First Past the Post').

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councillors retained their status as the majority group, with councillors also being elected representing the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and

Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from ...

Overall result

Caithness

Sutherland

Ross & Cromarty

Skye & Lochalsh

Inverness

Nairn

Badenoch & Strathspey

Lochaber

References

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1999 Scottish local elections