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1999 Scottish local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election was 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.
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 14 | 2 | 2 | 63.6 | 52.2 | 22,633 | 1.8 | ||
SNP | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31.8 | 45.4 | 19,705 | 2.7 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 971 | 0.2 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 77 | 1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Independent councillor Jim Bollan 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.[2] 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.[3]
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