1999 East Renfrewshire Council election

1999 East Renfrewshire Council election

6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)
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 1 1 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 0 1 Popular vote 6,184 1,714 Percentage 13.6% 3.8%
Council Leader before election No overall control Elected Council Leader No overall control

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.

Aggregate results

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

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

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.