1999 Scottish Parliament election

none September 2017 September 2017 1999 Scottish Parliament election Scotland parliamentary no All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament 65 seats were needed for a majority 1999 05 06 y 1st Scottish Parliament 2003 Scottish Parliament election 2003 Constituency vote Percentage Regional vote Percentage Opinion polling for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election 4,027,433 Constituency - 58.4% Regional - 58.3% Donald Dewar First Minister.jpg 165 120 160 0 40 Donald Dewar Scottish Labour Glasgow Anniesland 19 September 1998 56Includes 9 MSPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative. 908,346 38.8% 786,818 33.6% Alex Salmond 1999 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Alex Salmond Scottish National Party Banff and Buchan 22 September 1990 35 672,768 28.7% 638,644 27.3% DavidMcLetchieMSP20110509 (3x4 cropped).JPG 120 120 160 0 0 David McLetchie Scottish Conservatives Lothians 6 September 1998 18 364,425 15.6% 359,109 15.4% Jim Wallace 1999.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jim Wallace Scottish Liberal Democrats Orkney 18 April 1992 17 333,179 14.2% 290,760 12.4% RobinHarper.jpg 140 120 160 0 10 Robin Harper Scottish Greens Lothians 1990 1 Did not contest Did not contest 84,023 3.6% TommySheridan2007 (cropped).jpg 170 120 160 0 20 Tommy Sheridan Scottish Socialist Party Glasgow 1998 1 23,654 1.0% 46,635 2.0% Scottish Parliament election, 1999.svg 450px The map shows the election results in single-member constituencies. The additional-member MSPs in the 8 regions are shown around the map. First Minister First Minister after election Donald Dewar Scottish Labour The first election to the devolved Scottish Parliament, to fill 129 seats, took place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) Donald Dewar becoming First Minister. The Scottish Parliament was created after a referendum on devolution took place on 11 September 1997 in which 74.3% of those who voted approved the idea. The Scotland Act (1998) was then passed by the UK Parliament which established the devolved Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive. The parliament was elected using mixed-member proportional representation, combining 73 (First-past-the-post) constituenciesThe same constituency boundaries were used as in the 1997 United Kingdom general election with the exception of Orkney and Shetland, which were made into separate constituencies. and proportional representation with the 73 constituencies being grouped together to make eight regions each electing seven additional members to make a total of 129. This meant that it would be unlikely for any party to gain a majority of seats in the new parliament and either minority or coalition Scottish Executives would have to be formed. The first general election to the Scottish Parliament overall produced few surprises with the Labour Party still enjoying high popularity following their landslide victory in the 1997 UK general election as widely expected was the largest party winning 56 seats, mostly in their traditional Central Belt heartlands, which was nine seats short of an overall majority. Labour formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, who won 17 seats.Seenan Gerard Macaskill Ewen 14 May 1999 Angry Lib Dems finally agree coalition deal en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/may/14/scotland.devolution1 6 March 2023 0261-3077 The Scottish National Party (SNP) had done well in opinion polls running up to the election, gaining 40% in some approval ratings, but this level of support was not maintained. The SNP were the second largest party with 35 seats, which still represented their best performance since the October 1974 general election.6 May 1999 The long rise of the SNP en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/may/06/scotlanddevolution.devolution1 6 March 2023 0261-3077 The Conservative Party, still recovering from their wipeout in the 1997 general election across Scotland, failed to win a single constituency seat but did win 18 seats through the additional-member system. The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and the Greens picked up unexpected additional-member seats.Aiton Andrew 6 May 2019 It was 20 years ago today…. https://spice-spotlight.scot/2019/05/06/it-was-20-years-ago-today/ 20 March 2023 SPICe Spotlight en-GB Robin Harper became the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the history of the United Kingdom.https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/short-history-scottish-parliament-elections-1999-2011-1477518 A short history of Scottish Parliament elections, 1999-2011 The Scotsman 3 May 2016 11 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210511141507/https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/short-history-scottish-parliament-elections-1999-2011-1477518Mackie Andy 18 March 2011 Robin Harper looks back on twelve years in Parliament https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2011/03/robin-harper-looks-back-on-twelve-years-in-parliament/ 6 March 2023 The Edinburgh Reporter en-US Dennis Canavan, who had failed to become an approved Labour candidate, won the Falkirk West constituency as an independent candidate.electionmapsuk 993370409805402112 Election Maps UK Falkirk West elected Independent Dennis Canavan (grey constituency) whilst the Scottish Socialist Party got a seaton the top-ups (pink square on the second map). Following the election the new parliament met in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh for the first time on Wednesday 12 May 1999, although the actual devolution of powers from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament did not take place until midnight on Thursday 1 July 1999, almost two months later.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/06/99/scottish_parliament_opening/382982.stm Scottish Parliament opening The Queen's speech 1 July 1999 BBC News 6 March 2023Auer Christian 90. The Scottish Parliament Opening Ceremony, 1 July 1999 2019-09-19 http://books.openedition.org/pus/10187 Scotland and the Scots, 1707-2007 : A Reader 272–275 2023-03-06 Études anglophones Strasbourg Presses universitaires de Strasbourg 979-10-344-0480-3 For a full list of MSPs elected, see 1st Scottish Parliament. For lists of constituencies and regions, see Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions. Results thumb|left|Election result with constituency names labeled|500px + ↓ 56 17 35 18 Scottish Labour Labour Scottish Liberal Democrats Lib Dems black SNP Scottish Conservatives Conservative 1999 Scottish Parliament electionhttps://www.parliament.scot/msps/25397.aspx Analysis of Results 10 July 2011 www.parliament.scot 16 April 2020 17 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200717042657/https://www.parliament.scot/msps/25397.aspx dead → |- | style="background-color:white" colspan=15 | center|360px |- ! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Party ! colspan=5 | Constituencies ! colspan=5 | Regional additional members ! colspan=5 | Total seats |- ! Votes !! % !! ± !! Seats !! ± !! Votes !! % !! ± !! Seats !! ± !! Total !! ± !! % |- Scottish Labour 908,346 38.8 new 53 new 786,818 33.6 new 3 new 56Includes 9 MSPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative. new 43.4 Scottish National Party 672,768 28.7 new 7 new 638,644 27.3 new 28 new 35 new 27.1 Scottish Conservatives 364,425 15.6 new 0 new 359,109 15.4 new 18 new 18 new 14.0 Scottish Liberal Democrats 333,179 14.2 new 12 new 290,760 12.4 new 5 new 17 new 13.2 Scottish Greens – – – – – 84,023 3.6 new 1 new 1 new 0.8 Scottish Socialist Party 23,654 1.0 new 0 new 46,635 2.0 new 1 new 1 new 0.8 MSP for Falkirk West 18,511 0.8 new 1 new 27,712 1.2 new 0 new 1 new 0.8 Socialist Labour Party (UK) 5,268 0.2 new 0 new 55,153 2.4 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 ProLife Alliance – – – – – 9,784 0.4 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 Scottish Unionist Party (1986) – – – – – 7,011 0.3 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) – – – – – 5,534 0.2 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 Natural Law Party – – – – – 4,906 0.2 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 Socialist Workers Party (UK) 2757 0.1 new 0 new – – – – – 0 new 0.0 Highlands and Islands Alliance – – – – – 2,607 0.1 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 Civil Rights Movement – – – – – 806 0.0 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 Communist Party of Britain 190 0.0 new 0 new 521 0.0 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 Socialist Party of Great Britain – – – – – 697 0.0 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 Humanist Party – – – – – 447 0.0 new 0 new 0 new 0.0 Anti-drug 423 0.0 new 0 new – – – – – 0 new 0.0 Others 12,967 0.6 – 0 – 17,668 0.7 – 0 – 0 – 0.0 |- |style="text-align:left"; colspan="2" | Valid votes || 2,342,488 || 99.7 || – || colspan="2"|   || 2,338,914 || 99.7 || – || colspan="5"|   |- |style="text-align:left"; colspan="2" | Spoilt votes || 7,839 || 0.3 || – || colspan="2"|   || 7,268 || 0.3 || – || colspan="5"|   |- !style="text-align:left"; colspan="2" | Total || 2,350,327 || 100 ||   || 73 || – || 2,346,182 || 100 ||   || 56 || – || 129 || – || 100 |- |style="text-align:left"; colspan="2" | Electorate/turnout || 4,027,433 || 58.4 || – || colspan="2"|   || 4,027,433 || 58.3 || – || colspan="5"|   |} Popular Vote (Constituency) #ddd 600px 410px Labour Scottish Labour 38.77 SNP Scottish National Party darkgray 28.72 Conservative Scottish Conservatives 15.56 Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats 14.22 Scottish Socialist Scottish Socialist Party 1.01 Other #777777 1.72 Popular Vote (Regional) #ddd 600px 410px Labour Scottish Labour 33.64 SNP Scottish National Party darkgray 27.26 Conservative Scottish Conservatives 15.35 Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats 12.43 Green Scottish Greens 3.59 Socialist Labour Socialist Labour Party (UK) 2.37 Scottish Socialist Scottish Socialist Party 1.99 Other #777777 3.37 Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px Labour Scottish Labour 43.41 SNP Scottish National Party darkgray 27.13 Conservative Scottish Conservatives 13.95 Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats 13.18 Green Scottish Greens 0.78 Scottish Socialist Scottish Socialist Party 0.78 Other #777777 0.78 Constituency and regional summary Central Scotland 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result Airdrie and Shotts Karen Whitefield Scottish Labour Coatbridge and Chryston Elaine Smith Scottish Labour Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Cathie Craigie Scottish Labour East Kilbride Andy Kerr Scottish Labour Falkirk East Cathy Peattie Scottish Labour Falkirk West Dennis Canavan Independent politician Independent Hamilton North and Bellshill Michael McMahon Scottish Labour Hamilton South Tom McCabe Scottish Labour Kilmarnock and Loudoun Margaret Jamieson Scottish Labour Motherwell and Wishaw Jack McConnell Scottish Labour 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−% |- Scottish Labour 129,822 39.28 N/A 0 N/A Scottish National Party 91,802 27.78 N/A 5 N/A Alex Neil Andrew Wilson Michael Matheson Gil Paterson Linda Fabiani Scottish Conservatives 30,243 9.15 N/A 1 N/A Lyndsay McIntosh Independent politician 27,700 8.38 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Liberal Democrats 20,505 6.20 N/A 1 N/A Donald Gorrie Socialist Labour Party (UK) 10,956 3.32 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Greens 5,926 3.32 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Socialist Party 5,739 1.74 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Unionist Party (modern) 2,888 0.87 N/A 0 N/A ProLife Alliance 2,567 0.78 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Families and Pensioners Party 1,373 0.42 N/A 0 N/A Natural Law Party 1,373 0.42 N/A 0 N/A Independent Progressive 248 0.08 N/A 0 N/A Glasgow 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result Glasgow Anniesland Donald Dewar Scottish Labour Glasgow Baillieston Margaret Curran Scottish Labour Glasgow Cathcart Mike Watson Scottish Labour Glasgow Govan Gordon Jackson Scottish Labour Glasgow Kelvin Pauline McNeill Scottish Labour Glasgow Maryhill Patricia Ferguson Scottish Labour Glasgow Pollok Johann Lamont Scottish Labour Glasgow Rutherglen Janis Hughes Scottish Labour Glasgow Shettleston Frank McAveety Scottish Labour Glasgow Springburn Paul Martin Scottish Labour 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−% |- Scottish Labour 112,588 43.9 N/A 0 N/A Scottish National Party 65,360 25.5 N/A 4 N/A Nicola Sturgeon Dorothy-Grace Elder Kenneth Gibson Sandra White Scottish Conservatives 20,239 7.9 N/A 1 N/A Bill Aitken Scottish Socialist Party 18,581 7.2 N/A 1 N/A Tommy Sheridan Scottish Liberal Democrats 18,473 7.2 N/A 1 N/A Robert Brown Scottish Greens 10,159 4.0 N/A 0 N/A Socialist Labour Party (UK) 4,391 1.7 N/A 0 N/A ProLife Alliance 2,357 0.9 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Unionist Party (1986) 2,283 0.9 N/A 0 N/A Communist Party of Britain 521 0.2 N/A 0 N/A Humanist Party (UK) 447 0.2 N/A 0 N/A Natural Law Party 419 0.2 N/A 0 N/A Socialist Party of Great Britain 309 0.1 N/A 0 N/A People's Choice 221 0.1 N/A 0 N/A Highlands and Islands 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Highlands and Islands |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result Argyll and Bute George Lyon Scottish Liberal Democrats Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Jamie Stone Scottish Liberal Democrats Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party Moray Margaret Ewing Scottish National Party Orkney Jim Wallace Scottish Liberal Democrats Ross, Skye and Inverness West John Farquhar Munro Scottish Liberal Democrats Shetland Tavish Scott Scottish Liberal Democrats Western Isles Alasdair Morrison Scottish Labour 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Highlands and Islands |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−% |- Scottish National Party 55,593 27.73 N/A 2 N/A Winnie Ewing Duncan Hamilton Scottish Labour 51,371 25.47 N/A 3 N/A Peter Peacock Maureen Macmillan Rhoda Grant Scottish Liberal Democrats 43,226 21.43 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Conservatives 30,122 14.94 N/A 2 N/A Jamie McGrigorMary Scanlon Scottish Greens 7,560 3.75 N/A 0 N/A I Noble (Independent) 3,522 1.75 N/A 0 N/A Socialist Labour Party (UK) 2,808 1.39 N/A 0 N/A Highlands and Islands Alliance 2,607 1.29 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Socialist Party 1,770 0.88 N/A 0 N/A Robbie the Pict (Independent) 1,151 0.57 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 712 0.35 N/A 0 N/A Natural Law Party 536 0.27 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 354 0.18 N/A 0 N/A Lothians 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result Edinburgh Central Sarah Boyack Scottish Labour Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Susan Deacon Scottish Labour Edinburgh North and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Scottish Labour Edinburgh Pentlands Iain Gray Scottish Labour Edinburgh South Angus Mackay Scottish Labour Edinburgh West Margaret Smith Scottish Liberal Democrats Linlithgow Mary Mulligan Scottish Labour Livingston Bristow Muldoon Scottish Labour Midlothian Rhona Brankin Scottish Labour 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−% |- Scottish Labour 99,098 30.2 N/A 0 N/A Scottish National Party 85,085 25.7 N/A 3 N/A Margo MacDonald Kenny MacAskill Fiona Hyslop Scottish Conservatives 52,067 15.7 N/A 2 N/A David McLetchie James Douglas-Hamilton Scottish Liberal Democrats 47,565 14.4 N/A 1 N/A David Steel Scottish Greens 22,848 6.9 N/A 1 N/A Robin Harper Socialist Labour Party (UK) 10,895 3.3 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Socialist Party 5,237 1.6 N/A 0 N/A Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 2,056 0.6 N/A 0 N/A Witchery Tour Party 1,184 0.4 N/A 0 N/A ProLife Alliance 898 0.3 N/A 0 N/A Civil Rights Movement 806 0.2 N/A 0 N/A Natural Law Party 564 0.2 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 557 0.2 N/A 0 N/A Socialist Party of Great Britain 388 0.1 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 256 0.1 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 145 0.04 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 54 0.02 N/A 0 N/A Mid Scotland and Fife 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result Dunfermline East Helen Eadie Scottish Labour Dunfermline West Scott Barrie Scottish Labour Fife Central Henry McLeish Scottish Labour Fife North East Iain Smith Scottish Liberal Democrats Kirkcaldy Marilyn Livingstone Scottish Labour North Tayside John Swinney Scottish National Party Ochil Richard Simpson Scottish Labour Perth Roseanna Cunningham Scottish National Party Stirling Sylvia Jackson Scottish Labour 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−% |- Scottish Labour 101,964 33.3 N/A 0 N/A Scottish National Party 87,659 28.7 N/A 3 N/A George Reid Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick Scottish Conservatives 56,719 18.6 N/A 3 N/A Keith Harding Nick Johnston Brian Monteith Scottish Liberal Democrats 38,896 12.7 N/A 1 N/A Keith Raffan Scottish Greens 11,821 3.9 N/A 0 N/A Socialist Labour Party (UK) 4,266 1.4 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Socialist Party 3,044 1.0 N/A 0 N/A ProLife Alliance 735 0.2 N/A 0 N/A Natural Law Party 558 0.2 N/A 0 N/A North East Scotland 1999 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result Aberdeen Central Lewis Macdonald Scottish Labour Aberdeen North Elaine Thomson Scottish Labour Aberdeen South Nicol Stephen Scottish Liberal Democrats Angus Andrew Welsh Scottish National Party Banff and Buchan Alex Salmond Scottish National Party Dundee East John McAllion Scottish Labour Dundee West Kate Maclean Scottish Labour Gordon Nora Radcliffe Scottish Liberal Democrats West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Mike Rumbles Scottish Liberal Democrats 1999 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−% |- Scottish National Party 93,329 32.3 N/A 4 N/A Brian Adam Richard LochheadShona RobisonIrene McGugan Scottish Labour 72,666 25.5 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Conservatives 52,149 18.3 N/A 3 N/A David DavidsonBen WallaceAlex Johnstone Scottish Liberal Democrats 49,843 17.5 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Greens 8,067 2.8 N/A 0 N/A Socialist Labour Party (UK) 3,557 1.2 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Socialist Party 3,016 1.1 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 2,303 0.8 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 770 0.3 N/A 0 N/A Natural Law Party 746 0.3 N/A 0 N/A South of Scotland 1999 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result Ayr Ian Welsh Scottish Labour Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Cathy Jamieson Scottish Labour Clydesdale Karen Turnbull Scottish Labour Cunninghame South Irene Oldfather Scottish Labour Dumfries Elaine Murray Scottish Labour East Lothian John Home Robertson Scottish Labour Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Alasdair Morgan Scottish National Party Roxburgh and Berwickshire Euan Robson Scottish Liberal Democrats Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Ian Jenkins Scottish Liberal Democrats 1999 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−% |- Scottish Labour 98,836 31.0 N/A 0 N/A Scottish National Party 80,059 25.1 N/A 3 N/A Michael Russell Adam Ingram Christine Creech Scottish Conservatives 68,904 21.6 N/A 4 N/A Phil GallieAlex Fergusson Murray Tosh David Mundell Scottish Liberal Democrats 38,157 12.0 N/A 0 N/A Socialist Labour Party (UK) 13,887 4.4 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Greens 9,467 3.0 N/A 0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 3,478 1.1 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Socialist Party 3,304 1.0 N/A 0 N/A UK Independence Party 1,502 0.5 N/A 0 N/A Natural Law Party 755 0.2 N/A 0 N/A West of Scotland 1999 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland |- ! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency ! style="width: 150px"|Elected member ! style="width: 300px"|Result Clydebank and Milngavie Des McNulty Scottish Labour Cunninghame North Allan Wilson Scottish Labour Dumbarton Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour Eastwood Kenneth Macintosh Scottish Labour Greenock and Inverclyde Duncan McNeil Scottish Labour Paisley North Wendy Alexander Scottish Labour Paisley South Hugh Henry Scottish Labour Strathkelvin and Bearsden Sam Galbraith Scottish Labour West Renfrewshire Patricia Godman Scottish Labour 1999 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland |- ! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party ! Elected candidates ! style="width: 40px"|Seats ! style="width: 40px"|+/− ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|+/−% |- Scottish Labour 119,663 38.5 N/A 0 N/A Scottish National Party 80,417 25.9 N/A 4 N/A Colin Campbell Kay Ullrich Lloyd Quinan Fiona McLeod Scottish Conservatives 48,666 15.7 N/A 2 N/A Annabel Goldie John Young Scottish Liberal Democrats 34,095 11.0 N/A 1 N/A Ross Finnie Scottish Greens 8,174 2.6 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Socialist Party 5,944 1.9 N/A 0 N/A Socialist Labour Party (UK) 4,472 1.4 N/A 0 N/A ProLife Alliance 3,227 1.0 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 2,761 0.9 N/A 0 N/A Scottish Unionist Party (modern) 1,840 0.6 N/A 0 N/A Natural Law Party 589 0.2 N/A 0 N/A Independent politician 565 0.2 N/A 0 N/A Party representation Labour – 56 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) SNP – 35 MSPs Conservative – 18 MSPs Liberal Democrats – 17 MSPs Green – 1 MSP SSP – 1 MSP Others (Dennis Canavan, Falkirk West) – 1 MSP Party leaders in 1999 Labour – Donald Dewar SNP – Alex Salmond Conservative – David McLetchie Liberal Democrat – Jim Wallace SSP – Tommy Sheridan Green – Robin Harper Opinion polls Opinion polling for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election See also Executive of the 1st Scottish Parliament Members elected to the 1st Scottish Parliament Notes References External links SourceForge.net Manifestos Scotland First, Scottish Conservatives Caring for Scotland, Scottish Greens Raising the Standard, Scottish Liberal Democrats Scotland's Party, Scottish National Party 1999 Scottish Parliament election Parliament election Category:1990s elections in Scotland Scottish Parliament election