Election Name: | 1999 West Lothian Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1995 West Lothian Council election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Next Election: | 2003 West Lothian Council election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Seats For Election: | All 32 seats to West Lothian Council |
Majority Seats: | 17 |
Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Swing1: | 1.8% |
Popular Vote1: | 31,498 |
Percentage1: | 45.1% |
Party2: | Scottish National Party |
Popular Vote2: | 29,052 |
Percentage2: | 41.6% |
Swing2: | 3.0% |
Seats1: | 20 |
Seats2: | 11 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Party3: | Scottish Conservatives |
Swing3: | 4.4% |
Percentage3: | 8.6% |
Popular Vote3: | 6,040 |
Elections to the West Lothian Council were held on 6 May 1999, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The number of seats on the council grew from 27 in 1995 to 32. Each ward elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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