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1999 Highland Council election

1999 Scottish local government election


1999 Scottish local government election

FieldValue
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1995 Highland Council election
previous_year1995
election_date
next_election2003 Highland Council election
next_year2003
seats_for_electionAll 80 seats to Highland Council
majority_seats41
<!-- Independent -->image1[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party1Independent (politician)
last_election149 seats, 61.2%
seats149
seat_change1
popular_vote143,810
percentage157.4%
swing13.8%
<!-- Lib Dems -->image2[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party2Scottish Liberal Democrats
last_election27 seats, 7.7%
seats212
seat_change25
popular_vote28,108
percentage210.6%
swing23.9%
<!-- Labour -->image3[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party3Scottish Labour Party
last_election37 seats, 12.2%
seats310
seat_change33
popular_vote311,756
percentage315.4%
swing34.4%
<!-- SNP -->image4[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party4Scottish National Party
last_election49 seats, 17.4%
seats48
seat_change41
popular_vote49,456
percentage412.4%
swing45.0%
<!-- Ind. Liberal -->image5[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party5Independent Liberal
last_election5Did not contest
seats51
seat_change51
popular_vote5695
percentage50.9%
swing5New
<!-- Conservative -->image6[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
map_imageHighland Council election, 1999.svg
map_captionMap showing results by ward
<!-- bottom -->titleCouncil Convener
before_electionPeter Peacock
before_partyIndependent (politician)
posttitleCouncil Convener after election
after_electionDavid Green
after_partyIndependent (politician)

The 1999 Highland Council election was held on 6 May 1999; the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the 31 other councils in Scotland. 80 councillors were elected from 80 wards using the plurality system (a.k.a. 'First Past the Post'). Independent councillors retained their status as the majority group, with councillors also being elected representing the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and Scottish National Party.

Results

|seats % = 61.3 |votes % = 57.4 |plus/minus = 3.8 |seats % = 15.0 |votes % = 10.6 |plus/minus = 3.9 |seats % = 12.5 |votes % = 15.4 |plus/minus = 4.4 |seats % = 10.0 |votes % = 12.4 |plus/minus = 5.0 |seats % = 1.3 |votes % = 0.9 |plus/minus = New |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 3.3 |plus/minus = 2.4 Note: there were 8 more seats at this election than at the previous election on 6 April 1995.

Source:

Ward results

References

References

  1. "Scottish Council Elections 1995".
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