1999 East Renfrewshire Council election

1999 Elections to East Renfrewshire Council were held on 6 May 1999, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament election. The council remained under no overall control.

1999 East Renfrewshire Council election
← 1995 6 May 1999 (1999-05-06) 2003 →

All 20 seats to East Renfrewshire Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 8 9
Seats won 9 8
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 14,449 14,715
Percentage 31.9% 32.4%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 2 0
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Steady0 Increase1
Popular vote 6,184 1,714
Percentage 13.6% 3.8%

Council Leader before election


No overall control

Elected Council Leader


No overall control

Aggregate results

edit
East Renfrewshire Council election, 1999[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 9 1 0  1 45.0 31.5 14,399  0.2
  Conservative 8 0 1  1 40.0 31.8 14,715  2.6
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 0  0 10.0 13.6 6,184  1.2
  Independent 1 1 0  1 5.0 3.8 1,714  3.0
  SNP 0 0 0  0 0.0 19.3 8,302  1.4

Ward results

edit
Aucenback
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour E. Phillips 1,238 71.2
SNP A. Felber 421 24.2
Conservative G. Campbell 79 4.5
Majority 817 47.0
Barrhead Central
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour O. Taylor 1,198 46.3
SNP D. Yates 463 24.7
Conservative Ms R. Gilbert 213 11.4
Majority 735 21.6
Barrhead East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ms. E. Cunningham 1,075 64.0
SNP Ms. I. Zivalijevic 445 36.5
Conservative A. Fordyce 159 9.5
Majority 630 37.5
Barrhead North
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour R. Garscadden 1,102 54.2
SNP Ms. S. MacLeod 483 23.7
Conservative W. McCort 450 22.1
Majority 619 30.5

References

edit
  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1999). Local elections handbook 1999 : the 1999 local election results (PDF). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. ISBN 978-0-948858-25-3.