1999 Welsh local elections

The 1999 Welsh local elections, were held on 6 May in 22 local authorities, as part of the wider 1999 UK local elections. Elections to the National Assembly for Wales took place on the same day as well.

1999 Welsh local elections

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All 1,270 seats to 22 Welsh councils
First party Second party   Leader Alun Michael Dafydd Wigley Party Labour Plaid Cymru Leader since 20 February 1999 1991 Seats won 563 205 Seat change 163 92 Popular vote 338,470 179,212 Popular vote (%) 34.4% 18.2% Swing (pp) 9.2% 5.7%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Richard Livsey William Hague Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 1997 19 June 1997 Seats won 98 75 Seat change 19 33 Popular vote 132,091 99,565 Popular vote (%) 13.4% 10.1% Swing (pp) 3.2% 2.0%

Wales-Wide Results

Party		Votes[1]	%	+/-	Councils	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Labour	338,470	34.4%	9.2%	8	6	563	163
	Independent	187,345	19.1%	1.2%	3	1	295	3
	Plaid Cymru	179,212	18.2%	5.7%	3	2	205	92
	Liberal Democrats	132,091	13.4%	3.2%	0		98	19
	Conservative	99,565	10.1%	2.0%	0		75	33
	Green	8,328	0.8%	0.3%	0		1	1
	Other	37,788	3.8%	0.2%	0		33	13
	No overall control	n/a	n/a	n/a	8	5	n/a	n/a

Results by authority

In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Blaenau Gwent		Labour		Labour hold	Details
Bridgend		Labour		Labour hold	Details
Caerphilly		Labour		Plaid Cymru gain	Details
Cardiff		Labour		Labour hold	Details
Carmarthenshire		No overall control		No overall control hold	Details
Ceredigion		Independent		No overall control gain	Details
Conwy		No overall control		No overall control hold	Details
Denbighshire		No overall control		No overall control hold	Details
Flintshire		Labour		Labour hold	Details
Gwynedd		Plaid Cymru		Plaid Cymru hold	Details
Isle of Anglesey		Independent		Independent hold	Details
Merthyr Tydfil		Labour		No overall control gain	Details
Monmouthshire		Labour		No overall control gain	Details
Neath Port Talbot		Labour		Labour hold	Details
Newport		Labour		Labour hold	Details
Pembrokeshire		Independent		Independent hold	Details
Powys		Independent		Independent hold	Details
Rhondda Cynon Taf		Labour		Plaid Cymru gain	Details
Swansea		Labour		Labour hold	Details
Torfaen		Labour		Labour hold	Details
Vale of Glamorgan		Labour		No overall control gain	Details
Wrexham		Labour		No overall control gain	Details