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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.
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:
| Parties | Votes | Votes % | Wards | Wards % | Net Gain/Loss | |
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| Labour | 829,921 | 36.6 | 550 | 45.0 | ||
| SNP | 655,299 | 28.7 | 204 | 16.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 289,236 | 12.7 | 156 | 12.8 | ||
| Conservative | 308,170 | 13.5 | 108 | 8.8 | ||
| Independent | 172,297 | 7.5 | 191 | 16.0 | ||
| Other | 30,342 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.7 | ||
| Total | 2,285,345 | n/a | 1222 | n/a | n/a | |
