1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election
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The 1999 elections to West Dunbartonshire Council were held on the 6 May 1999 and were the second to the unitary authority, which was created, along with 28 other local authorities, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.
Election results[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 63.6 | 52.16 | 22,633 | +1.75 | |
SNP | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 31.8 | 45.42 | 19,705 | +2.73 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2.24 | 971 | -0.14 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 77 | -1.02 |
Ward results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | James McElhill | 1,101 | 54.1 | |
Labour | Denis Agnew | 936 | 45.9 | |
Majority | 165 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,054 | 58.9 | ||
SNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Campbell†† | 878 | 51.1 | |
SNP | John Keegan | 840 | 48.9 | |
Majority | 38 | 2.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,738 | 49.2 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel McCafferty†† | 1,228 | 53.5 | |
SNP | William G. Hendrie | 1,068 | 45.5 | |
Majority | 160 | 7.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,317 | 59.9 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Syme†† | 1,099 | 57.2 | |
SNP | Raymond Young | 824 | 42.8 | |
Majority | 275 | 14.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,944 | 62.8 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew White | 1,210 | 61.7 | |
SNP | Alexander Scullion | 752 | 38.3 | |
Majority | 458 | 23.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,976 | 60.5 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Devine | 1,059 | 56.8 | |
SNP | Valerie Kean | 804 | 43.2 | |
Majority | 255 | 13.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,879 | 60.9 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 1,287 | 70.8 | |
SNP | William Wilson | 530 | 29.2 | |
Majority | 757 | 41.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,824 | 60.8 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Collins†† | 938 | 56.0 | |
SNP | Alan Gordon | 738 | 44.0 | |
Majority | 200 | 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,691 | 54.4 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | John McDonald | 934 | 51.3 | |
Labour | Patricia Rice | 887 | 48.7 | |
Majority | 47 | 2.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,848 | 63.2 | ||
SNP gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Duncan McDonald | 1,463 | 66.9 | |
SNP | William S. Ramsay | 723 | 33.1 | |
Majority | 740 | 33.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,209 | 61.8 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | John McCutcheon | 1,585 | 58.9 | |
Labour | Adam H. Hay | 1,106 | 41.1 | |
Majority | 479 | 17.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,721 | 66.3 | ||
SNP gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda McColl | 1,025 | 52.1 | |
SNP | John McNeil | 739 | 37.5 | |
Independent | Samuel McCallum | 205 | 10.4 | |
Majority | 286 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,991 | 69.4 | ||
Labour gain from SNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Iain Robertson | 1,210 | 52.0 | |
Labour | John Duffy | 1,116 | 48.0 | |
Majority | 94 | 4.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,365 | 65.3 | ||
SNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Calvert | 1,075 | 59.5 | |
SNP | David Logan | 731 | 40.5 | |
Majority | 344 | 19.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,836 | 53.4 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James McCallum | 914 | 51.6 | |
SNP | William Mackechnie | 858 | 48.4 | |
Majority | 56 | 3.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,803 | 59.8 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Trainer | 1,034 | 52.7 | |
SNP | David Logan | 850 | 43.3 | |
Conservative | Brian Vosper | 77 | 4.0 | |
Majority | 184 | 9.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,967 | 58.1 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jim Bollan† | 766 | 39.1 | |
Labour | James Boyle | 613 | 31.3 | |
SNP | Derek Wilson | 581 | 29.6 | |
Majority | 153 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,981 | 64.7 | ||
Independent gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Craig McLaughlin | 1,004 | 51.0 | |
Labour | David Ballantyne | 963 | 49.0 | |
Majority | 41 | 2.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,994 | 59.2 | ||
SNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Ronald McColl | 1,048 | 51.7 | |
Labour | Martin Rooney | 980 | 48.3 | |
Majority | 68 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,059 | 66.9 | ||
SNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Margaret McGregor | 1,151 | 59.9 | |
Labour | William Hemphill | 772 | 40.1 | |
Majority | 379 | 19.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,971 | 57.7 | ||
SNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Flynn | 1,090 | 61.5 | |
SNP | Elsie Mackechnie | 683 | 38.5 | |
Majority | 407 | 23.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,786 | 57.0 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Connie O'Sullivan | 960 | 50.2 | |
SNP | James Chirrey | 951 | 49.8 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,942 | 61.4 | ||
Labour gain from SNP |
Subsequent changes[]
†Jim Bollan, elected as an independent councillor, became a member of the newly formed Scottish Socialist Party in 2000.
††In May 2001, after the wrongful dismissal of the council's Chief Executive, 4 Labour councillors, Councillors Campbell, McCafferty, Syme and Collins, rebelled against the party's administration to vote for a no confidence motion in the Council leader, Andrew White. The vote passed 12-10, but Councillor White refused to resign.[3] The 4 councillors later left the Labour party to become independents and formed a new administration in August of that year with support from the SNP and SSP councillors. The new Council leader was Daniel McCafferty, one of the rebels.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c West Dunbartonshire Council: Meeting 28 April 1999
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w West Dunbartonshire Council: Council Election Results 6 May 1999
- ^ The Herald (Glasgow): Council call for leader to quit
- ^ The Herald (Glasgow): Council leader deposed as rebel colleagues vote with the opposition
External links[]
- 1999 Scottish local elections
- West Dunbartonshire Council elections
- 20th century in West Dunbartonshire