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
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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
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!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
, ,
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, , 30,342
, , 1.0
, , 9
, , 0.7
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!colspan=2, Total
! 2,285,345
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!1222
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* Voter turnout: 59.1%
Councils
See also
Wayback MachineDetail 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.
More details about 1999 elections.
BBC News , Elections , Locals 99 , , State of the Parties
Notes and references
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May 1999 events in the United Kingdom