1999 Angus Council election

Elections to Angus Council were held on 6 May 1999, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.

Map showing results by ward.

Election results

Angus Local Election Result 1999^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	21	1				46.53	22,742	5.6
	Labour	1	1				18.28	8,934	3.2
	Conservative	2		1	1		17.95	8,773	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	2	1		1		8.89	4,346	1.7
	Brechin Independent Group	2	2	0	2		5.01	2,451	5.0
	Independent	1					3.23	1,577	4.5
	Scottish Socialist	0				0.0	0.11	52	0.1

Ward results

Kirriemuir West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	I. Mackintosh	973	47.6
	SNP	K. A. Gowans	786	38.5
	Labour	D. F. Begg	284	13.9
Majority			187
Turnout			2043	64.5
	Conservative hold

Kirriemuir East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J. Henderson	834	47.1
	Conservative	Ms. S. M. Bradford	681	38.5
	Labour	Ms. C. B. Short	256	14.5
Majority			153
Turnout			1762	56.4
	SNP hold

Brechin West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Brechin Independent Group	Ms. R. J. Leslie-Melville	1,023	52.2
	SNP	G. P. Allan	672	34.3
	Labour	Ms. C. McIlroy	263	13.4
Majority			351
Turnout			1945	59.7
	Independent gain from SNP

Brechin North Esk^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Brechin Independent Group	R. J. Myles	933	51.8
	SNP	S. N. Mowatt	585	32.5
	Labour	D. K. Todd	283	15.7
Majority			348
Turnout			1782	56.4
	Independent gain from SNP

Westfield and Dean^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	F. E. Duncan	867	46.5
	Conservative	A. J. Rymer	717	38.4
	Labour	J. A. C. Caution	281	15.1
Majority			150
Turnout			1851	59.1
	SNP hold

Forfar West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Ms. G. H. Middleton	995	61.8
	Conservative	C. J. R. Dickens	616	38.2
Majority			379
Turnout			1588	54.5
	SNP hold

Forfar Central^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	S. Leslie	757	46.7
	Conservative	A. A. A. Cochrane-Dyet	544	33.6
	Labour	Ms. R. H. Lowe	319	19.7
Majority			213
Turnout				55.1
	SNP hold

Forfar East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W. Middleton	927	65.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. H. C. Fleming	492	34.7
Majority			435
Turnout			1397	49.8
	SNP hold

Brechin South Esk^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Ms. J. M. Mowatt	535	41.4
	Brechin Independent Group	R. J. G. Malcolm	495	38.3
	Labour	R. K. Gittins	263	20.3
Majority			40
Turnout			1282	47.9
	SNP hold

Montrose Ferryden^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W. A. West	656	42.7
	Conservative	M. S. Salmond	469	30.5
	Labour	J. Sinclair	284	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ms R. Stevens	129	8.4
Majority			187
Turnout			1534	50.1
	SNP hold

Montrose Central^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W. G. Crowe	499	33.1
	Labour	R. Gilbert	367	24.3
	Conservative	J. A. Sutcliffe	253	16.8
	Independent	F. G. Stephen	226	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. J. Stevens	163	10.8
Majority			132
Turnout			1504	51.0
	SNP hold

Montrose West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Norrie	1,108	64.9
	SNP	J. Dorward	433	25.4
	Labour	M. D. Holehouse	167	9.8
Majority			675
Turnout			1697	54.5
	Independent hold

Montrose Hillside^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Ms. K. M. Ritchie	742	46.1
	Labour	F. Wood	422	26.2
	Conservative	P. Davies	305	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	C. T. Ironside	141	8.8
Majority			320
Turnout			1606	55.0
	SNP hold

Forfar South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W. R. Roberton	684	49.8
	Conservative	Ms. N. J. Rymer	307	22.4
	Labour	Ms. A. Dixon	262	19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. L. M. Casebow	120	8.7
Majority			377
Turnout			1427	55.8
	SNP hold

Letham and Friockheim^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Lumgair	765	41.4
	SNP	Ms. H. M. W. Angus	638	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. A. M. A. Simpson	226	12.2
	Labour	I. Davidson	219	11.9
Majority			127
Turnout			1840	60.1
	Conservative gain from SNP

Sidlaw West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	F. Ellis	1,018	51.0
	Conservative	T. I. N. Young	641	32.1
	Labour	R. S. Bannerman	337	16.9
Majority			377
Turnout			1984	64.3
	SNP gain from Conservative

Sidlaw East & Ashludie^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Ms. C. C. C. Ellis	1,102	58.4
	Conservative	K. M. U. Nicoll	515	27.3
	Labour	Ms. F. Madden	270	14.3
Majority			587
Turnout			1880	59.5
	SNP hold

Monifieth West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H. S. McGlynn	1,529	78.6
	Labour	P. Grimes	417	21.4
Majority			1112
Turnout			1911	61.6

Monifieth Central^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	R. J. Murray	1,150	61.0
	Conservative	S. D. Ramsay	473	25.1
	Labour	P. E. Rae	263	13.9
Majority			677
Turnout			1880	65.1
	SNP hold

Carnoustie West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J. C. Gibb	1,197	73.2
	Labour	A. J. Stuart	438	26.8
Majority			759
Turnout			1590	52.7
	SNP hold

Carnoustie Central^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. A. Murphy	893	50.7
	SNP	Ms. H. Oswald	868	49.3
Majority			25
Turnout			1703	58.6
	Labour gain from SNP

Carnoustie East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	D. Selfridge	1,104	57.9
	Conservative	A. J. Dobie	491	25.7
	Labour	Ms. G. Pallis	313	16.4
Majority			613
Turnout			1903	65.2
	SNP hold

Arbirlot & Hospitalfield^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Nield	625	36.7
	SNP	A. W. Shand	453	26.6
	Conservative	S. Tucker	378	22.2
	Labour	Ms. J. Bruce	246	14.5
Majority			172
Turnout			1701	58.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from SNP

Keptie^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R. B. Spiers	751	43.4
	SNP	R. F. Swan	478	27.6
	Labour	Ms. C. Savage	257	14.9
	Independent	A. McKinnon	243	14.1
Majority			273
Turnout			1718	58.3
	Liberal Democrats hold

Arbroath North^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A. J. Gray	574	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. M. M. McKelvie	411	25.5
	Conservative	R. A. G. Stuart	316	19.6
	Labour	E. Gerrard	311	19.3
Majority			163
Turnout			1608	55.3
	SNP hold

Brothock^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	I. J. Angus	702	47.6
	Labour	Ms. J. Warren	392	26.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. G. Paterson	328	22.3
	Scottish Socialist	Ms. M. M. Braid	52	3.5
Majority			310
Turnout			1462	51.9
	SNP hold

Hayshead & Lunan^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	B. M. C. Milne	690	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. J. E. Paterson	464	28.8
	Labour	D. W. Savage	455	28.3
Majority			226
Turnout			1594	54.3
	SNP hold

Harbour^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A. King	528	37.2
	Labour	R. G. Thoms	341	24.0
	Conservative	N. P. Spiers	328	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	H. O. Will	223	15.7
Majority			187
Turnout			1413	47.0
	SNP hold

Cliffburn^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Ms S. M. Welsh	739	55.0
	Labour	Ms. D. Milne	331	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. A. S. Vann	273	20.3
Majority			408
Turnout			1329	48.0
	SNP hold