West Dunbartonshire Council election, 1999

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West Dunbartonshire Council election, 1999
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  1995 May 6, 1999 (1999-05-06) 2003  

All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
LeaderAndrew WhiteRonald McColl Jim Bollan
Party Labour SNP Independent
Leader's seatLinnvale/DrumryBalloch Renton/Alexandria South
Last election14 seats, 63.6%7 seats, 31.8%1 seat, 4.6%
Seats before 13 [1] 9 [1] 0 [1]
Seats won 14 7 1
Seat change - - -

Council Leader before election

Andrew White
Labour

Council Leader after election

Andrew White
Labour

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.

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government.

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Election results

West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 1999 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %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

Ward 1: Whitecrook [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SNP James McElhill 1101 54.1
Labour Denis Agnew 936 45.9
Majority 165 8.1
Turnout 2,054 58.9
SNP hold Swing
Ward 2: Dalmuir/Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mary Campbell†† 878 51.1
SNP John Keegan 840 48.9
Majority 38 2.2
Turnout 1,738 49.2
Labour hold Swing
Ward 3: Mountblow [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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 Swing
Ward 4: Parkhall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Syme†† 1,099 57.2
SNP Raymond Young 824 42.8
Majority 275 14.4
Turnout 1,944 62.8
Labour hold Swing
Ward 5: Linnvale/Drumry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew White 1,210 61.7
SNP Alexander Scullion 752 38.3
Majority 458 23.4
Turnout 1,976 60.5
Labour hold Swing
Ward 6: Kilbowie [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anthony Devine 1,059 56.8
SNP Valerie Kean 804 43.2
Majority 255 13.6
Turnout 1,879 60.9
Labour hold Swing
Ward 7: Kilbowie West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alistair Macdonald 1,287 70.8
SNP William Wilson 530 29.2
Majority 757 41.6
Turnout 1,824 60.8
Labour hold Swing
Ward 8: Faifley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mary Collins†† 938 56.0
SNP Alan Gordon 738 44.0
Majority 200 12.0
Turnout 1,691 54.4
Labour hold Swing
Ward 9: Hardgate [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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 Swing
Ward 10: Duntocher [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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 Swing
Ward 11: Bowling/Milton/Old Kilpatrick [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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 Swing
Ward 12: Dumbarton East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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 Swing
Ward 13: Barloan/Overtoun [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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 Swing
Ward 14: Dumbarton North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Geoffrey Calvert 1,075 59.5
SNP David Logan 731 40.5
Majority 344 19.0
Turnout 1,836 53.4
Labour hold Swing
Ward 15: Dumbarton Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour James McCallum 914 51.6
SNP William Mackechnie 858 48.4
Majority 56 3.2
Turnout 1,803 59.8
Labour hold Swing
Ward 16: Dumbarton West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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 Swing
Ward 17: Renton/Alexandria South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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 Swing
Ward 18: Alexandria North/Tullichewan [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SNP Craig McLaughlin 1,004 51.0
Labour David Ballantyne 963 49.0
Majority 41 2.0
Turnout 1,994 59.2
SNP hold Swing
Ward 19: Balloch [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SNP Ronald McColl 1,048 51.7
Labour Martin Rooney 980 48.3
Majority 68 3.4
Turnout 2,059 66.9
SNP hold Swing
Ward 20: Haldane/Kilmaronock/Jamestown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SNP Margaret McGregor 1,151 59.9
Labour William Hemphill 772 40.1
Majority 379 19.8
Turnout 1,971 57.7
SNP hold Swing
Ward 21: Bonhill East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour James Flynn 1,090 61.5
SNP Elsie Mackechnie 683 38.5
Majority 407 23.0
Turnout 1,786 57.0
Labour hold Swing
Ward 22: Riverside [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
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 Swing

Subsequent changes

†Jim Bollan, elected as an independent councillor, became a member of the newly formed Scottish Socialist Party in 2000.

Scottish Socialist Party political party, formed 1998

The Scottish Socialist Party is a left-wing political party campaigning for the establishment of an independent socialist Scotland.

††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]

The Scottish Labour Party is the devolved Scottish section of the UK Labour Party.

The Scottish National Party is a Scottish nationalist, social-democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence. It is the second-largest political party by membership in the United Kingdom, behind the Labour Party and ahead of the Conservative Party; it is the third-largest by overall representation in the House of Commons, behind the Conservative Party and the Labour Party; and it is the largest political party in Scotland, where it has the most seats in the Scottish Parliament and 35 out of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current Scottish National Party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has served as First Minister of Scotland since November 2014.

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