1999 South Ayrshire Council election

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1999 South Ayrshire Council election
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All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election21 seats, 56.0%4 seats, 28.3%
Seats won1713
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 9
Popular vote24,26320,907
Percentage41.1%35.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg 14.9%Increase2.svg 7.1%
South Ayrshire Council election 1999.svg
Results by ward

The 1999 South Ayrshire Council election was held on 6 May 1999, alongside elections to the Scottish Parliament. Elections were held for all 30 seats.

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Result

1999 South Ayrshire Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 17--Decrease2.svg 457.041.124,263Decrease2.svg 14.9
  Conservative 13--Increase2.svg 943.035.420,907Increase2.svg 7.1
  SNP 0--Steady2.svg0.023.313,732Increase2.svg 11.3
  Independent 0--Steady2.svg0.00.2118Decrease2.svg 3.3

Note: there were 5 more seats at this election than in 1995

Source: [1]

Ward results

Troon

Troon North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alistair Kerr96944.86
Labour William Cormie66630.83
SNP David Townsend52524.31
Majority 30314.03
Troon West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon McKenzie98049.15
SNP Steven Brown51525.83
Conservative Yvonne McIntosh49925.03
Majority 46523.32
Troon East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William McIntosh91242.22
Labour David Christie73834.17
SNP Agnes McFarlane51023.61
Majority 1748.06
Troon South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Convery1,47668.30
Labour Norman Clark37317.26
SNP Helen Duff31214.44
Majority 1,10351.04

Prestwick and Monkton

Prestwick St Ninian's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Toner92847.86
Labour George Watson61331.61
SNP Peter McElroy39820.53
Majority 31516.25
Prestwick St Cuthbert's and Monkton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Hunter90241.15
Labour Gerald Crawley78835.95
SNP Isabella Wallace50222.90
Majority 1145.20
Prestwick St Nicholas'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rita Miller98350.08
SNP Alexander Hamilton53027.00
Conservative Arthur Dey45022.92
Majority 45323.08
Prestwick Kingcase
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Patterson90642.38
Labour Esther Clark85039.76
SNP Stanley Fisher38217.87
Majority 562.62
Prestwick Toll
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Baillie1,05152.31
SNP Hugh Reid48624.19
Conservative Elizabeth McGowan47223.49
Majority 37528.12

Ayr

Ayr Newton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Stewart93045.79
SNP Marie Taylor56827.97
Conservative David Yorke53326.24
Majority 36217.82
Ayr Lochside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Campbell1,01560.71
SNP John Wallace50129.96
Conservative John Rennie1569.33
Majority 51430.74
Ayr Whitletts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Cairns1,10965.97
SNP Thomas Slider48728.97
Conservative Lorna Reid855.06
Majority 66337.00
Ayr Craigie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brenda Campbell1,03657.05
SNP Robert Colinson44224.34
Conservative Ruth Gow33818.61
Majority 59432.71
Ayr Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Campbell72845.19
Conservative Charles Dunlop38523.90
SNP Andrew MacLeod38023.59
Independent Ron Berretti1187.32
Majority 34321.29
Ayr Fort
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gibson T MacDonald1,13364.48
Labour Patricia McLellan36431.84
SNP Jane Patrick26014.80
Majority 76933.77
Ayr Old Belmont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winifred Sloan1,14555.64
Labour Dennis McLellan59328.81
SNP Fiona Gibb32015.55
Majority 55226.82
Ayr Forehill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sadie Bowie96349.11
SNP Albany McKay57729.42
Conservative Garry Clark42121.47
Majority 38619.68
Ayr Masonhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Kilpatrick97544.93
Labour Joseph Bulik69131.84
SNP David Forbes50423.23
Majority 28413.09
Ayr Belmont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Agnes Davies1,10857.74
SNP John Hall57730.07
Conservative Ian Waller23412.19
Majority 53127.67
Ayr Doonfoot and Seafield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cherry Young1,56568.67
Labour Catherine Murray41318.12
SNP Martha Wheelan30113.21
Majority 1,15250.55
Ayr Rozelle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Reid1,28057.66
Labour James Craig52923.83
SNP Shanks Kerr41118.51
Majority 75133.83

Kyle

Dundonald and Loans
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William McNally80440.06
Labour Alexander Skilling70535.13
SNP Maureen McElroy32624.81
Majority 994.93
Tarbolton Symington Craigie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cree98145.73
Conservative James Forrest72133.61
SNP John Allan44320.65
Majority 26012.12
Annbank Mossblown St Quivox
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Duncan1,05755.96
SNP Alister Poole54128.64
Conservative Gillian Ford29115.40
Majority 51627.32
Coylton and Minishant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lorraine McNicol86747.12
Conservative Anthony Lewis58731.90
SNP Donald Stewart38620.98
Majority 28015.22

Carrick

North Carrick and Maybole West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Murray75038.11
Conservative Jean Wilson71436.28
SNP Roger Hollins50425.61
Majority 361.83
North Carrick and Maybole East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Hill88548.92
SNP Alexander MacKenzie49227.20
Conservative Anna Hayes43223.88
Majority 39321.72
South Carrick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Torrance106449.33
Conservative Charity Scott75735.10
SNP Marion Low33615.58
Majority 30714.23
Girvan Ailsa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fitzsimmons65136.17
Labour Margaret Milroy65036.11
SNP Kathryn Baldwin49927.72
Majority 10.06
Girvan Glendoune
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Foulkes78351.72
SNP Malcolm Kelly54536.00
Conservative Allison Wild18612.29
Majority 23815.72

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Council Elections 1999" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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