1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election

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1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election
  1995 6 May 1999 2003  

All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderAndrew WhiteRonald McColl Jim Bollan
Party Labour SNP Independent
Leader's seatLinnvale/DrumryBallochRenton/Alexandria South
Last election14 seats, 50.4%7 seats, 42.7%1 seat, 2.4%
Seats before1390
Seats won1471
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote22,63319,705971
Percentage52.2%45.4%2.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.8%Increase2.svg 2.7%Decrease2.svg 0.2%

Council Leader before election

Andrew White
Labour

Council Leader after election

Andrew White
Labour

The 1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election was 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.

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Results

1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election result [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1422Steady2.svg63.652.222,633Increase2.svg 1.8
  SNP 722Steady2.svg31.845.419,705Increase2.svg 2.7
  Independent 111Steady2.svg4.52.2971Decrease2.svg 0.2
  Conservative 000Steady2.svg0.00.277Decrease2.svg 1.0

Ward results

Ward 1: Whitecrook [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP James McElhill 1,101 54.1
Labour Denis Agnew93645.9
Majority1658.2
Turnout 2,05458.9
SNP hold
Ward 2: Dalmuir/Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mary Campbell†† 878 51.1
SNP John Keegan84048.9
Majority382.2
Turnout 1,73849.2
Labour hold
Ward 3: Mountblow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Daniel McCafferty†† 1,228 53.5
SNP William G. Hendrie1,06845.5
Majority1607.0
Turnout 2,31759.9
Labour hold
Ward 4: Parkhall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Syme†† 1,099 57.2
SNP Raymond Young82442.8
Majority27514.4
Turnout 1,94462.8
Labour hold
Ward 5: Linnvale/Drumry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Andrew White 1,210 61.7
SNP Alexander Scullion75238.3
Majority45823.4
Turnout 1,97660.5
Labour hold
Ward 6: Kilbowie [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Anthony Devine 1,059 56.8
SNP Valerie Kean80443.2
Majority25513.6
Turnout 1,87960.9
Labour hold
Ward 7: Kilbowie West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alistair Macdonald 1,287 70.8
SNP William Wilson53029.2
Majority75741.6
Turnout 1,82460.8
Labour hold
Ward 8: Faifley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mary Collins†† 938 56.0
SNP Alan Gordon73844.0
Majority20012.0
Turnout 1,69154.4
Labour hold
Ward 9: Hardgate [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP John McDonald 934 51.3
Labour Patricia Rice88748.7
Majority472.6
Turnout 1,84863.2
SNP gain from Labour
Ward 10: Duntocher [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Duncan McDonald 1,463 66.9
SNP William S. Ramsay72333.1
Majority74033.8
Turnout 2,20961.8
Labour hold
Ward 11: Bowling/Milton/Old Kilpatrick [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP John McCutcheon 1,585 58.9
Labour Adam H. Hay1,10641.1
Majority47917.8
Turnout 2,72166.3
SNP gain from Independent
Ward 12: Dumbarton East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Linda McColl 1,025 52.1
SNP John McNeil73937.5
Independent Samuel McCallum20510.4
Majority28614.6
Turnout 1,99169.4
Labour gain from SNP
Ward 13: Barloan/Overtoun [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Iain Robertson 1,210 52.0
Labour John Duffy1,11648.0
Majority944.0
Turnout 2,36565.3
SNP hold
Ward 14: Dumbarton North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Geoffrey Calvert 1,075 59.5
SNP David Logan73140.5
Majority34419.0
Turnout 1,83653.4
Labour hold
Ward 15: Dumbarton Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James McCallum 914 51.6
SNP William Mackechnie85848.4
Majority563.2
Turnout 1,80359.8
Labour hold
Ward 16: Dumbarton West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Trainer 1,034 52.7
SNP David Logan85043.3
Conservative Brian Vosper774.0
Majority1849.4
Turnout 1,96758.1
Labour hold
Ward 17: Renton/Alexandria South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Jim Bollan766 39.1
Labour James Boyle61331.3
SNP Derek Wilson58129.6
Majority1538.8
Turnout 1,98164.7
Independent gain from Labour
Ward 18: Alexandria North/Tullichewan [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Craig McLaughlin 1,004 51.0
Labour David Ballantyne96349.0
Majority412.0
Turnout 1,99459.2
SNP hold
Ward 19: Balloch [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Ronald McColl 1,048 51.7
Labour Martin Rooney98048.3
Majority683.4
Turnout 2,05966.9
SNP hold
Ward 20: Haldane/Kilmaronock/Jamestown [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Margaret McGregor 1,151 59.9
Labour William Hemphill77240.1
Majority37919.8
Turnout 1,97157.7
SNP hold
Ward 21: Bonhill East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James Flynn 1,090 61.5
SNP Elsie Mackechnie68338.5
Majority40723.0
Turnout 1,78657.0
Labour hold
Ward 22: Riverside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Connie O'Sullivan 960 50.2
SNP James Chirrey95149.8
Majority90.4
Turnout 1,94261.4
Labour gain from SNP

Aftermath

Independent councillor Jim Bollan 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. [2] 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. [3]

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