1999_Scottish_local_elections

1999 Scottish local elections

1999 Scottish local elections

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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.

Quick Facts All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils, First party ...

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

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  • Voter turnout: 59.1%

Councils

More information Council, 1995 result ...

See also

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    "Council ward boundary changes". scotland.gov.uk. 21 January 1999. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Unitary Council Political Compositions". scottishpolitics.org. Archived from the original on 11 December 2004.
  3. [3]
    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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