See main article: 1999 Scottish local elections.
| Election Name: | 1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Next Election: | 2003 West Dunbartonshire Council election |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
| Seats For Election: | All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council |
| Majority Seats: | 12 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Last Election1: | 14 seats, 63.6% |
| Seats Before1: | 13[1] |
| Seats1: | 14 |
| Seat Change1: | 0 |
| Party2: | Scottish National Party |
| Last Election2: | 7 seats, 31.8% |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Party3: | Independent (politician) |
| Leaders Seat3: | Renton/Alexandria South |
| Last Election3: | 1 seat, 4.6% |
| Seats Before3: | 0 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 0 |
| Council Leader | |
| Before Election: | Andrew White |
| Before Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
| After Election: | Andrew White |
| After Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Map Size: | 300px |
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.
†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.[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]