West Dunbartonshire Council election, 1999
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All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council 12 seats needed for a majority |
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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.
Election results
West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 1999[2] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | James McElhill | 1101 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | Denis Agnew | 936 | 45.9 | ||
Majority | 165 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,054 | 58.9 | |||
SNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Campbell†† | 878 | 51.1 | ||
SNP | John Keegan | 840 | 48.9 | ||
Majority | 38 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,738 | 49.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Collins†† | 938 | 56.0 | ||
SNP | Alan Gordon | 738 | 44.0 | ||
Majority | 200 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,691 | 54.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James McCallum | 914 | 51.6 | ||
SNP | William Mackechnie | 858 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 56 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,803 | 59.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.
††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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 West Dunbartonshire Council: Meeting 28 April 1999
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 West Dunbartonshire Council: Council Election Results 6 May 1999
- ↑ The Herald (Glasgow): Council call for leader to quit
- ↑ The Herald (Glasgow): Council leader deposed as rebel colleagues vote with the opposition