West Dunbartonshire Council election, 1999

Main article: Scottish local elections, 1999

May 6, 1999 (1999-05-06)

All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council 12 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Andrew White	Ronald McColl	Jim Bollan
Party	Labour	SNP	Independent
Leader's seat	Linnvale/Drumry	Balloch	Renton/Alexandria South
Last election	14 seats, 63.6%	7 seats, 31.8%	1 seat, 4.6%
Seats before	13^[1]	9^[1]	0^[1]
Seats won	14	7	1
Seat change	-	-	-

Council Leader before election

Andrew White
Labour

Council Leader after election

Andrew White
Labour

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	0.17	77	-1.02

Ward results

Ward 1: Whitecrook^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	James McElhill	1101	54.1
	Labour	Denis Agnew	936	45.9
Majority			165	8.1
Turnout			2,054	58.9
	SNP hold		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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]

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