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1999 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election

The second election to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council following the re-organization of local government in Wales was held on 6 May 1999. It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. On the same day the first elections to the Welsh Assembly were held as well as elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales.

Labour lost thirteen seats and their majority on the council.

All council seats were up for election. These were the second elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of Mid Glamorgan County Council. The ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes
16	0	13	-13
0				781
4	4	0	+4
0				189
13	9	0	+9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Independent	828
	Labour	664
	Labour	392
	56.2	+14.7
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,483
	Independent	1,140
	Independent	989
	Labour	754
	Labour	679
	Labour	517
	47.6	+10.0
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Labour
	Independent gain from Labour

Pritchard had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1995.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	947
	Labour	878
	Independent	823
	Independent	822
	Independent	806
	Plaid Cymru	804
	Labour	769
	Labour	727
	Labour	712
	41.0	+4.6
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Labour

Labour won all four seats in 1995 when Phillips had been elected as a Labour councilor for the Park ward.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	743
	Labour	681
	Labour	635
	Labour	619
	Independent	548
	Labour	531
	35.8	+6.8
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,266
	Labour	896
	Labour	672
	72.0	+11.1
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Labour won all three seats in 1995 but one of the sitting members joined Plaid Cymru while another stood as an Independent candidate in the Gurnos ward.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	783
	Labour	731
	Labour	652
	Independent	596
	Plaid Cymru	592
	Plaid Cymru	484
	Liberal Democrats	408
	68.6	+28.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,117
	Labour	931
	Labour	851
	Labour	752
	50.3	+10.2
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,190
	Labour	1,024
	Labour	966
	Plaid Cymru	935
	Independent	852
	77.5	+30.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	1,421
	Plaid Cymru	1,183
	Plaid Cymru	1,101
	Plaid Cymru	983
	Labour	969
	Labour	931
	Labour	929
	Labour	841
	Independent	590
	56.7	+13.1
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour

Galsworthy had been elected as an Independent in 1995.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	889
	Labour	821
	Independent	819
	Labour	771
	Independent	664
	Plaid Cymru	595
	Independent	407
	Liberal Democrats	373
	Independent	301
	Green	189
	59.3	+20.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,050
	Independent	765
	Labour	318
	Labour	257
	Communist	171
	58.8	+3.0
	Independent hold
	Labour hold

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