1999 Welsh local elections
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6 May 1999
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Local elections in Wales were held on 6 May 1999 to elect members to the twenty-two local authorities. They were held alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. The previous elections were held in 1995. The inaugural election to the National Assembly for Wales took place on the same day as well.
Wales-Wide Results
[edit]| Party | Votes[1] | % | +/- | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 338,470 | 34.4% |  9.2% |
8 | 6 |
563 | 163 | |
| Independent | 187,345 | 19.1% | 1.2% |
3 | 1 |
295 |  3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 179,212 | 18.2% | 5.7% |
3 | 2 |
205 | 92 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 132,091 | 13.4% | 3.2% |
0 |  |
98 | 19 | |
| Conservative | 99,565 | 10.1% | 2.0% |
0 | |
75 | 33 | |
| Green | 8,328 | 0.8% | 0.3% |
0 | |
1 | 1 | |
| Other | 37,788 | 3.8% | 0.2% |
0 | |
33 | 13 | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | 8 | 5 |
n/a | n/a | |
Results by authority
[edit]In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Local Elections Handbook 1999" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
