1999 North Ayrshire Council election

North Ayrshire Council election March 2025 March 2025 1999 North Ayrshire Council election parliamentary no 1995 North Ayrshire Council election 1995 1999 05 06 y 2003 North Ayrshire Council election 2003 All 30 seats to North Ayrshire Council 16 106,388 58.5% Lab Scottish Labour Party 26 seats, 55.9% 25 1 29,211 46.9% 9.0 SNP Scottish National Party 1 seats, 24.8% 2 1 19,422 31.2% 6.4 Con Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 1 seats, 11.8% 2 1 11,360 18.2% 6.4 Council Leader Scottish Labour Party Council Leader after election Scottish Labour Party File:1999 North Ayrshire Council election.svg Results by ward Elections to North Ayrshire Council were held on 6 May 1999, alongside elections to the Scottish Parliament. on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the second election to the council following the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The election used the 30 wards created by the Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements in 1998. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting. Labour retained control of the council by taking 25 of the 30 seats – down by one from the previous election in 1995. The Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives both won two seats – both up by one – and one independent candidate was elected. Background Following the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, a unitary authority system of local government comprising 32 council areas was introduced the following year. The 1999 elections would be the second elections since their establishment.McConnell Alan Scottish Local Government https://books.google.com/books?id=9qd3JjRKOeAC&q=Local+Government+etc.+%28Scotland%29+Act+1994&pg=PA54 2004 Edinburgh University Press 978-0-7486-2005-0 At the previous election, Labour took control of the council by winning 26 seats and more than half the popular vote. The Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives both won one seat and one independent candidate was elected. One seat, Stevenston North, was left vacant as the election was postponed following the death of a candidate. The Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in North Ayrshire was completed by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 1998. As a result, a number of boundary changes came into effect.https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/NorthAyrshire.pdf Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements North Ayrshire Council Area Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland 3 April 2025 3 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250403070038/https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/NorthAyrshire.pdf dead The first elections to the re-convened Scottish Parliament were scheduled to take place on the same day.Aiton Andrew 6 May 2019 It was 20 years ago today…. https://spice-spotlight.scot/2019/05/06/it-was-20-years-ago-today/ 3 April 2025 SPICe Spotlight Results 1999 North Ayrshire Council election result Scottish Labour Party 25 1 2 1 83.3 46.9 29,211 9.0 Scottish National Party 2 1 0 1 6.7 31.2 19,422 6.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 2 1 0 1 6.7 18.2 11,360 6.4 Independent (politician) 1 0 0 3.3 1.9 1,203 1.5 Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 787 New Scottish Socialist Party 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 305 New 30 62,288 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1999-complete.pdf Local Elections Handbook 1999 Plymouth Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher 0-948858-25-7 1999 17 March 2025https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Council-Elections-1995.pdf The Scottish Council Elections 1995: Results and Statistics Newport on Tay Election Studies H. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1-869820-35-5 1995 15 March 2025 Ward results Irvine West main Irvine West Irvine West Scottish Labour Party David O'Neill 949 42.8 17.7 Scottish National Party Catherine McKenzie 790 35.7 3.8 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party David Belding 279 12.6 New Scottish Socialist Party Gwen Edwin 108 4.9 New Socialist Labour Party (UK) Robert Cochrane 89 4.0 New 159 7.1 13.9 2,215 57.0 14.5 3,907 Labour Party (UK) 10.7 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1999-complete.pdf Local Elections Handbook 1999 Plymouth Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher 0-948858-25-7 1999 17 March 2025https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Council-Elections-1995.pdf The Scottish Council Elections 1995: Results and Statistics Newport on Tay Election Studies H. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1-869820-35-5 1995 15 March 2025 West Kilbride main West Kilbride West Kilbride Independent (politician) Elizabeth McLardy 1,079 41.8 5.5 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Wilkinson 844 32.7 New Scottish Labour Party Andrew Naismith 352 13.7 New Scottish National Party Peter Falconer 301 11.6 New 235 9.1 5.5 2,576 69.3 11.9 3,726 Independent (politician) 5.5 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1999-complete.pdf Local Elections Handbook 1999 Plymouth Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher 0-948858-25-7 1999 17 March 2025https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Council-Elections-1995.pdf The Scottish Council Elections 1995: Results and Statistics Newport on Tay Election Studies H. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1-869820-35-5 1995 15 March 2025 Arran main Arran Arran Scottish Labour Party John Sillars 1,090 42.6 7.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Cameron Robertson 747 29.2 3.0 Scottish National Party James Lees 719 28.1 7.8 343 13.4 10.4 2,556 66.3 11.4 3,884 Scottish Labour Party 5.2 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1999-complete.pdf Local Elections Handbook 1999 Plymouth Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher 0-948858-25-7 1999 17 March 2025https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Council-Elections-1995.pdf The Scottish Council Elections 1995: Results and Statistics Newport on Tay Election Studies H. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1-869820-35-5 1995 15 March 2025 Aftermath The election saw a marked increase in turnout due to the Scottish Parliament elections being held on the same day.Denver David Bochel Hugh Scottish Affairs The Forgotten Elections: The Scottish Council Elections of 1999 30 Winter 2000 http://www.scottishaffairs.org/backiss/pdfs/sa30/SA30_Denver_and_Bochel.pdf 3 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20111003123646/http://www.scottishaffairs.org/backiss/pdfs/sa30/SA30_Denver_and_Bochel.pdf 3 October 2011 dead Despite a drop in vote share of nine percentage points, Labour retained control of the council with a net loss of just one seat. The party took 25 of the 30 seats and over 40 per cent of the popular vote. The SNP won just two seats – an increase of one from the previous election – despite taking almost a third of the popular vote. The Conservatives also saw an increase of one seat to hold two and one independent candidate was elected. 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