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1999 South Lanarkshire Council election
South Lanarkshire Council election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on 6 May 1999, alongside elections to the Scottish Parliament. This was the second election following the local government reforms in 1994 and the first following the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements which resulted in six fewer seats from the previous election.[1]
The council remained under Labour control following the election - they won seven fewer seats and collected 7% less of the overall vote share than in 1995, but with less seats available their percentage loss was only 3%, and the number of votes they collected increased substantially due to the higher voter turnout, which went up from 107,833 (46.4% turnout) in 1995 to 139,564 (59.2% turnout), an increase of 29%; this was at least partly attributable to the interest in the new Scottish Parliament - the 1995 election had not been held in conjunction with votes for any other body.
The SNP and Conservative vote numbers also each nearly doubled, but with far less dramatic gains in terms of their vote share and seats. In those circumstances, the Liberal Democrats polling almost the same numbers as four years earlier could be seen as the most disappointing outcome for a major party in South Lanarkshire, in contrast to their positive overall results across Scotland on the night.[2]
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Lanark North
Lanark South
Lesmahagow
Blackwood
Clyde Valley
Biggar/Symington and Black Mount
Duneaton/Carmichael
Source:[2]
Carstairs/Carnwath
Source:[2]
Douglas
Carluke/Whitehill
Carluke/Crawforddyke
Forth
In 1995, there was no election in Forth following the death of one of the candidates and a by-election was held to fill the vacancy. The percentage change with the by-election has not been included.
Law/Carluke
Long Calderwood
Calderglen
Blacklaw
Morrishall
Maxwellton
East Mains
West Mains
Duncanrig
Westwoodhill
Headhouse
Heatheryknowe
Source:[2]
Greenhills
Whitehills
Source:[2]
Hairmyres/Crosshouse
Source:[2]
Mossneuk/Kittoch
Source:[2]
Stewartfield
Lindsay
Avondale North
Avondale South
Blantyre West
Coatshill/Low Blantyre
Burnbank/Blantyre
Source:[2]
High Blantyre
Hamilton Centre North
Whitehill
Bothwell South
Uddingston South/Bothwell
Uddingston
Uddingston North was renamed as Uddingston following the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements. There were minor changes to the boundaries.[1]
Hillhouse
Udston
Wellhall/Earnock
Earnock
Woodhead/Meikle Earnock
Laighstonehall/Woodhead was renamed as Woodhead/Meikle Earnock following the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements. There were small changes to the boundaries.[1]
Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair
Low Waters
Silvertonhill
Cadzow
Dalserf
Larkhall East
Larkhall West
Larkhall South
Stonehouse
Rutherglen West
Stonelaw
Bankhead
Spittal/Blairbeth
Burgh
Cairns
Hallside
Cambuslang Central
Cathkin/Springhall
Fernhill
Kirkhill/Whitlawburn
Eastfield
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