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] 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 | 0.17 | 77 | -1.02 |
Ward results
Ward 1: Whitecrook[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| SNP | James McElhill | 1,101 | 54.1 |
| Labour | Denis Agnew | 936 | 45.9 |
Majority | 165 | 8.2 |
Turnout | 2,054 | 58.9 |
| SNP hold |
Ward 2: Dalmuir/Central[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Mary Campbell†† | 878 | 51.1 |
| SNP | John Keegan | 840 | 48.9 |
Majority | 38 | 2.2 |
Turnout | 1,738 | 49.2 |
| Labour hold |
Ward 3: Mountblow[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 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 |
Ward 4: Parkhall[2] 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 |
Ward 5: Linnvale/Drumry[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Andrew White | 1,210 | 61.7 |
| SNP | Alexander Scullion | 752 | 38.3 |
Majority | 458 | 23.4 |
Turnout | 1,976 | 60.5 |
| Labour hold |
Ward 6: Kilbowie[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Anthony Devine | 1,059 | 56.8 |
| SNP | Valerie Kean | 804 | 43.2 |
Majority | 255 | 13.6 |
Turnout | 1,879 | 60.9 |
| Labour hold |
Ward 7: Kilbowie West[2] 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 |
Ward 8: Faifley[2] 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 |
Ward 9: Hardgate[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 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 |
Ward 10: Duntocher[2] 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 |
Ward 11: Bowling/Milton/Old Kilpatrick[2] 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 |
Ward 12: Dumbarton East[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 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 |
Ward 13: Barloan/Overtoun[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 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 |
Ward 14: Dumbarton North[2] 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 |
Ward 15: Dumbarton Central[2] 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 |
Ward 16: Dumbarton West[2] 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 |
Ward 17: Renton/Alexandria South[2] 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 |
Ward 18: Alexandria North/Tullichewan[2] 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 |
Ward 19: Balloch[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| SNP | Ronald McColl | 1,048 | 51.7 |
| Labour | Martin Rooney | 980 | 48.3 |
Majority | 68 | 3.4 |
Turnout | 2,059 | 66.9 |
| SNP hold |
Ward 20: Haldane/Kilmaronock/Jamestown[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| SNP | Margaret McGregor | 1,151 | 59.9 |
| Labour | William Hemphill | 772 | 40.1 |
Majority | 379 | 19.8 |
Turnout | 1,971 | 57.7 |
| SNP hold |
Ward 21: Bonhill East[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | James Flynn | 1,090 | 61.5 |
| SNP | Elsie Mackechnie | 683 | 38.5 |
Majority | 407 | 23.0 |
Turnout | 1,786 | 57.0 |
| Labour hold |
Ward 22: Riverside[2] 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 |
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
- ^ a b c West Dunbartonshire Council: Meeting 28 April 1999
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w 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
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