1999 Welsh local elections

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1999 Welsh local elections
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
  1995 6 May 1999 (1999-05-06) 2004  

All 1,270 seats to 22 Welsh councils
 First partySecond party
  Alun Michael official portrait.jpg Dafydd Wigley (cropped).jpg
Leader Alun Michael Dafydd Wigley
Party Labour Plaid Cymru
Leader since 20 February 1999 1991
Seats won563205
Seat changeDecrease2.svg163Increase2.svg92
Popular vote338,470179,212
Popular vote (%)34.4%18.2%
Swing (pp)Decrease2.svg9.2%Increase2.svg5.7%

 Third partyFourth party
  Richard Livsey (cropped).jpg William Hague MP (3156637603) (cropped).jpg
Leader Richard Livsey William Hague
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since1997 19 June 1997
Seats won9875
Seat changeIncrease2.svg19Increase2.svg33
Popular vote132,09199,565
Popular vote (%)13.4%10.1%
Swing (pp)Increase2.svg3.2%Increase2.svg2.0%

The 1999 Welsh local elections, were held on 6 May in 22 local authorities, as part of the wider 1999 UK local elections. Elections to the National Assembly for Wales took place on the same day as well.

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Wales-Wide Results

PartyVotes [1]  %+/-Councils+/-Seats+/-
Labour 338,47034.4%Decrease2.svg9.2%8Decrease2.svg6563Decrease2.svg163
Independent 187,34519.1%Decrease2.svg1.2%3Decrease2.svg1295Increase2.svg3
Plaid Cymru 179,21218.2%Increase2.svg5.7%3Increase2.svg2205Increase2.svg92
Liberal Democrats 132,09113.4%Increase2.svg3.2%0Steady2.svg98Increase2.svg19
Conservative 99,56510.1%Increase2.svg2.0%0Steady2.svg75Increase2.svg33
Green 8,3280.8%Decrease2.svg0.3%0Steady2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Other37,7883.8%Decrease2.svg0.2%0Steady2.svg33Increase2.svg13
No overall control n/an/an/a8Increase2.svg5n/an/a

Results by authority

In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Blaenau Gwent Labour Labour hold Details
Bridgend Labour Labour hold Details
Caerphilly Labour Plaid Cymru gain Details
Cardiff Labour Labour hold Details
Carmarthenshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Ceredigion Independent No overall control gain Details
Conwy No overall control No overall control hold Details
Denbighshire No overall control No overall control hold Details
Flintshire Labour Labour hold Details
Gwynedd Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru hold Details
Isle of Anglesey Independent Independent hold Details
Merthyr Tydfil Labour No overall control gain Details
Monmouthshire Labour No overall control gain Details
Neath Port Talbot Labour Labour hold Details
Newport Labour Labour hold Details
Pembrokeshire Independent Independent hold Details
Powys Independent Independent hold Details
Rhondda Cynon Taf Labour Plaid Cymru gain Details
Swansea Labour Labour hold Details
Torfaen Labour Labour hold Details
Vale of Glamorgan Labour No overall control gain Details
Wrexham Labour No overall control gain Details

References

  1. "Local Elections Handbook 1999" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2016.