1999 Scottish Parliament election

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All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament
65 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout| Constituency - 58.4%
Regional - 58.3%
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Leader  | Donald Dewar | Alex Salmond | David McLetchie
Party  | Labour | SNP | Conservative
Leader's seat  | Glasgow Anniesland | Banff and Buchan | Lothians
Seats won  | 56 | 35  | 18
Constituency vote  | 908,346 | 672,768  | 364,425
Percentage  | 38.8% | 28.7%  | 15.6%
Regional vote  | 786,818 | 638,644  | 359,109
Percentage  | 33.6% | 27.3%  | 15.4%

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party

Leader  | Jim Wallace | Robin Harper | Tommy Sheridan
Party  | Liberal Democrats | Scottish Green | Scottish Socialist
Leader's seat  | Orkney | Lothians | Glasgow
Seats won  | 17  | 1  | 1
Constituency vote  | 333,179  | –  | 23,654
Percentage  | 14.2%  | –  | 1.0%
Regional vote  | 290,760  | 84,023  | 46,635
Percentage  | 12.4%  | 3.6%  | 2.0%

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The map shows the election results in single-member constituencies. The additional member MSPs in the 8 regions are shown around the map.

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|  | First Minister after election

Donald Dewar
Labour

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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) constituencies[note 1] 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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] Robin Harper became the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the history of the United Kingdom.[4][5] Dennis Canavan, who had failed to become an approved Labour candidate, won the Falkirk West constituency as an independent candidate.[6]

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.[7][8]

For a full list of MSPs elected, see 1st Scottish Parliament. For lists of constituencies and regions, see Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions.

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1999 Scottish Parliament election[9] →

Party  | Constituencies  | Regional additional members | Total seats
Votes | % | ± | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ± | Seats | ± | Total | ± | %
| Labour | 908,346  | 38.8  | new | 53  | new | 786,818  | 33.6  | new | 3  | new | 56  | new | 43.4
| SNP | 672,768  | 28.7  | new | 7  | new | 638,644  | 27.3  | new | 28  | new | 35  | new | 27.1
| Conservative | 364,425  | 15.6  | new | 0  | new | 359,109  | 15.4  | new | 18  | new | 18  | new | 14.0
| Liberal Democrats | 333,179  | 14.2  | new | 12  | new | 290,760  | 12.4  | new | 5  | new | 17  | new | 13.2
| Scottish Green | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 84,023  | 3.6  | new | 1  | new | 1  | new | 0.8
| Scottish Socialist | 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 | 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 | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 7,011  | 0.3  | new | 0  | new | 0  | new | 0.0
| Liberal | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 5,534  | 0.2  | new | 0  | new | 0  | new | 0.0
| Natural Law | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 4,906  | 0.2  | new | 0  | new | 0  | new | 0.0
| Socialist Workers | 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 | 190  | 0.0  | new | 0  | new | 521  | 0.0  | new | 0  | new | 0  | new | 0.0
| Socialist (GB) | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 697  | 0.0  | new | 0  | new | 0  | new | 0.0
| Humanist | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 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
Valid votes | 2,342,488 | 99.7 | – |  | 2,338,914 | 99.7 | – |
Spoilt votes | 7,839 | 0.3 | – |  | 7,268 | 0.3 | – |
Total | 2,350,327 | 100 |  | 73 | – | 2,346,182 | 100 |  | 56 | – | 129 | – | 100
Electorate/turnout | 4,027,433 | 58.4 | – |  | 4,027,433 | 58.3 | – |

| Popular Vote (Constituency)

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Labour |

| 38.77%
SNP |

| 28.72%
Conservative |

| 15.56%
Liberal Democrats |

| 14.22%
Scottish Socialist |

| 1.01%
Other |

| 1.72%

| Popular Vote (Regional)

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Labour |

| 33.64%
SNP |

| 27.26%
Conservative |

| 15.35%
Liberal Democrats |

| 12.43%
Green |

| 3.59%
Socialist Labour |

| 2.37%
Scottish Socialist |

| 1.99%
Other |

| 3.37%

| Parliament seats

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Labour |

| 43.41%
SNP |

| 27.13%
Conservative |

| 13.95%
Liberal Democrats |

| 13.18%
Green |

| 0.78%
Scottish Socialist |

| 0.78%
Other |

| 0.78%

## Constituency and regional summary

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### Central Scotland

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland  Constituency  | Elected member  | Result

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| Airdrie and Shotts | Karen Whitefield | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Coatbridge and Chryston | Elaine Smith | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Cathie Craigie | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| East Kilbride | Andy Kerr | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Falkirk East | Cathy Peattie | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Falkirk West | Dennis Canavan | Independent win (new seat)
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | Michael McMahon | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Hamilton South | Tom McCabe | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Margaret Jamieson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Jack McConnell | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland  Party  | Elected candidates  | Seats  | +/−  | Votes  | %  | +/−%

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| Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 129,822  | 39.28%  | N/A
| SNP | Alex Neil
Andrew Wilson
Michael Matheson
Gil Paterson
Linda Fabiani | 5  | N/A  | 91,802  | 27.78%  | N/A
| Conservative | Lyndsay McIntosh | 1  | N/A  | 30,243  | 9.15%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 27,700  | 8.38%  | N/A
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Gorrie | 1  | N/A  | 20,505  | 6.20%  | N/A
| Socialist Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 10,956  | 3.32%  | N/A
| Scottish Green |  | 0  | N/A  | 5,926  | 3.32%  | N/A
| Scottish Socialist |  | 0  | N/A  | 5,739  | 1.74%  | N/A
| Scottish Unionist Party (modern) |  | 0  | N/A  | 2,888  | 0.87%  | N/A
| ProLife Alliance |  | 0  | N/A  | 2,567  | 0.78%  | N/A
| Scottish Families and Pensioners Party  |  | 0  | N/A  | 1,373  | 0.42%  | N/A
| Natural Law |  | 0  | N/A  | 1,373  | 0.42%  | N/A
| Independent Progressive  |  | 0  | N/A  | 248  | 0.08%  | N/A

### Glasgow

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow  Constituency  | Elected member  | Result

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| Glasgow Anniesland | Donald Dewar | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Glasgow Baillieston | Margaret Curran | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Glasgow Cathcart | Mike Watson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Glasgow Govan | Gordon Jackson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Glasgow Kelvin | Pauline McNeill | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Glasgow Maryhill | Patricia Ferguson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Glasgow Pollok | Johann Lamont | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Glasgow Rutherglen | Janis Hughes | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Glasgow Shettleston | Frank McAveety | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Glasgow Springburn | Paul Martin | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow  Party  | Elected candidates  | Seats  | +/−  | Votes  | %  | +/−%

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| Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 112,588  | 43.9%  | N/A
| SNP | Nicola Sturgeon
Dorothy-Grace Elder
Kenneth Gibson
Sandra White | 4  | N/A  | 65,360  | 25.5%  | N/A
| Conservative | Bill Aitken | 1  | N/A  | 20,239  | 7.9%  | N/A
| Scottish Socialist | Tommy Sheridan | 1  | N/A  | 18,581  | 7.2%  | N/A
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Brown | 1  | N/A  | 18,473  | 7.2%  | N/A
| Scottish Green |  | 0  | N/A  | 10,159  | 4.0%  | N/A
| Socialist Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 4,391  | 1.7%  | N/A
| ProLife Alliance |  | 0  | N/A  | 2,357  | 0.9%  | N/A
| Scottish Unionist |  | 0  | N/A  | 2,283  | 0.9%  | N/A
| Communist |  | 0  | N/A  | 521  | 0.2%  | N/A
| Humanist |  | 0  | N/A  | 447  | 0.2%  | N/A
| Natural Law |  | 0  | N/A  | 419  | 0.2%  | N/A
| Socialist (GB) |  | 0  | N/A  | 309  | 0.1%  | N/A
| People's Choice  |  | 0  | N/A  | 221  | 0.1%  | N/A

### Highlands and Islands

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Highlands and Islands  Constituency  | Elected member  | Result

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| Argyll and Bute | George Lyon | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Jamie Stone | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party win (new seat)
| Moray | Margaret Ewing | Scottish National Party win (new seat)
| Orkney | Jim Wallace | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Ross, Skye and Inverness West | John Farquhar Munro | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Shetland | Tavish Scott | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Western Isles | Alasdair Morrison | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Highlands and Islands  Party  | Elected candidates  | Seats  | +/−  | Votes  | %  | +/−%

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| SNP | Winnie Ewing
Duncan Hamilton | 2  | N/A  | 55,593  | 27.73%  | N/A
| Labour | Peter Peacock
Maureen Macmillan
Rhoda Grant | 3  | N/A  | 51,371  | 25.47%  | N/A
| Liberal Democrats |  | 0  | N/A  | 43,226  | 21.43%  | N/A
| Conservative | Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon | 2  | N/A  | 30,122  | 14.94%  | N/A
| Scottish Green |  | 0  | N/A  | 7,560  | 3.75%  | N/A
| I Noble (Independent)  |  | 0  | N/A  | 3,522  | 1.75%  | N/A
| Socialist Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 2,808  | 1.39%  | N/A
| Highlands and Islands |  | 0  | N/A  | 2,607  | 1.29%  | N/A
| Scottish Socialist Party  |  | 0  | N/A  | 1,770  | 0.88%  | N/A
| Robbie the Pict (Independent)  |  | 0  | N/A  | 1,151  | 0.57%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 712  | 0.35%  | N/A
| Natural Law |  | 0  | N/A  | 536  | 0.27%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 354  | 0.18%  | N/A

### Lothians

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians  Constituency  | Elected member  | Result

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| Edinburgh Central | Sarah Boyack | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Susan Deacon | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Edinburgh North and Leith | Malcolm Chisholm | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Iain Gray | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Edinburgh South | Angus Mackay | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Edinburgh West | Margaret Smith | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Linlithgow | Mary Mulligan | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Livingston | Bristow Muldoon | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Midlothian | Rhona Brankin | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians  Party  | Elected candidates  | Seats  | +/−  | Votes  | %  | +/−%

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| Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 99,098  | 30.2%  | N/A
| SNP | Margo MacDonald
Kenny MacAskill
Fiona Hyslop | 3  | N/A  | 85,085  | 25.7%  | N/A
| Conservative | David McLetchie
James Douglas-Hamilton | 2  | N/A  | 52,067  | 15.7%  | N/A
| Liberal Democrats | David Steel | 1  | N/A  | 47,565  | 14.4%  | N/A
| Scottish Green | Robin Harper | 1  | N/A  | 22,848  | 6.9%  | N/A
| Socialist Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 10,895  | 3.3%  | N/A
| Scottish Socialist |  | 0  | N/A  | 5,237  | 1.6%  | N/A
| Liberal |  | 0  | N/A  | 2,056  | 0.6%  | N/A
| Witchery Tour Party  |  | 0  | N/A  | 1,184  | 0.4%  | N/A
| ProLife Alliance |  | 0  | N/A  | 898  | 0.3%  | N/A
| Civil Rights Movement  |  | 0  | N/A  | 806  | 0.2%  | N/A
| Natural Law |  | 0  | N/A  | 564  | 0.2%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 557  | 0.2%  | N/A
| Socialist (GB) |  | 0  | N/A  | 388  | 0.1%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 256  | 0.1%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 145  | 0.04%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 54  | 0.02%  | N/A

### Mid Scotland and Fife

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife  Constituency  | Elected member  | Result

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| Dunfermline East | Helen Eadie | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Dunfermline West | Scott Barrie | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Fife Central | Henry McLeish | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Fife North East | Iain Smith | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Kirkcaldy | Marilyn Livingstone | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| North Tayside | John Swinney | Scottish National Party win (new seat)
| Ochil | Richard Simpson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Perth | Roseanna Cunningham | Scottish National Party win (new seat)
| Stirling | Sylvia Jackson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife  Party  | Elected candidates  | Seats  | +/−  | Votes  | %  | +/−%

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| Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 101,964  | 33.3%  | N/A
| SNP | George Reid
Bruce Crawford
Tricia Marwick | 3  | N/A  | 87,659  | 28.7%  | N/A
| Conservative | Keith Harding
Nick Johnston
Brian Monteith | 3  | N/A  | 56,719  | 18.6%  | N/A
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Raffan | 1  | N/A  | 38,896  | 12.7%  | N/A
| Scottish Green |  | 0  | N/A  | 11,821  | 3.9%  | N/A
| Socialist Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 4,266  | 1.4%  | N/A
| Scottish Socialist |  | 0  | N/A  | 3,044  | 1.0%  | N/A
| ProLife Alliance |  | 0  | N/A  | 735  | 0.2%  | N/A
| Natural Law |  | 0  | N/A  | 558  | 0.2%  | N/A

### North East Scotland

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland  Constituency  | Elected member  | Result

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| Aberdeen Central | Lewis Macdonald | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Aberdeen North | Elaine Thomson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Aberdeen South | Nicol Stephen | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Angus | Andrew Welsh | Scottish National Party win (new seat)
| Banff and Buchan | Alex Salmond | Scottish National Party win (new seat)
| Dundee East | John McAllion | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Dundee West | Kate Maclean | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Gordon | Nora Radcliffe | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Mike Rumbles | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
1999 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland  Party  | Elected candidates  | Seats  | +/−  | Votes  | %  | +/−%

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| SNP | Brian Adam
Richard Lochhead
Shona Robison
Irene McGugan | 4  | N/A  | 93,329  | 32.3%  | N/A
| Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 72,666  | 25.5%  | N/A
| Conservative | David Davidson
Ben Wallace
Alex Johnstone | 3  | N/A  | 52,149  | 18.3%  | N/A
| Liberal Democrats |  | 0  | N/A  | 49,843  | 17.5%  | N/A
| Scottish Green |  | 0  | N/A  | 8,067  | 2.8%  | N/A
| Socialist Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 3,557  | 1.2%  | N/A
| Scottish Socialist |  | 0  | N/A  | 3,016  | 1.1%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 2,303  | 0.8%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 770  | 0.3%  | N/A
| Natural Law |  | 0  | N/A  | 746  | 0.3%  | N/A

### South of Scotland

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland  Constituency  | Elected member  | Result

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| Ayr | Ian Welsh | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Cathy Jamieson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Clydesdale | Karen Turnbull | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Cunninghame South | Irene Oldfather | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Dumfries | Elaine Murray | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| East Lothian | John Home Robertson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Alasdair Morgan | Scottish National Party win (new seat)
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | Euan Robson | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | Ian Jenkins | Scottish Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
1999 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland  Party  | Elected candidates  | Seats  | +/−  | Votes  | %  | +/−%

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| Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 98,836  | 31.0%  | N/A
| SNP | Michael Russell
Adam Ingram
Christine Creech | 3  | N/A  | 80,059  | 25.1%  | N/A
| Conservative | Phil Gallie
Alex Fergusson
Murray Tosh
David Mundell | 4  | N/A  | 68,904  | 21.6%  | N/A
| Liberal Democrats |  | 0  | N/A  | 38,157  | 12.0%  | N/A
| Socialist Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 13,887  | 4.4%  | N/A
| Scottish Green |  | 0  | N/A  | 9,467  | 3.0%  | N/A
| Liberal |  | 0  | N/A  | 3,478  | 1.1%  | N/A
| Scottish Socialist |  | 0  | N/A  | 3,304  | 1.0%  | N/A
| UKIP |  | 0  | N/A  | 1,502  | 0.5%  | N/A
| Natural Law |  | 0  | N/A  | 755  | 0.2%  | N/A

### West of Scotland

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1999 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland  Constituency  | Elected member  | Result

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| Clydebank and Milngavie | Des McNulty | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Cunninghame North | Allan Wilson | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Dumbarton | Jackie Baillie | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Eastwood | Kenneth Macintosh | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Greenock and Inverclyde | Duncan McNeil | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Paisley North | Wendy Alexander | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Paisley South | Hugh Henry | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Sam Galbraith | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
| West Renfrewshire | Patricia Godman | Scottish Labour win (new seat)
1999 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland  Party  | Elected candidates  | Seats  | +/−  | Votes  | %  | +/−%

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| Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 119,663  | 38.5%  | N/A
| SNP | Colin Campbell
Kay Ullrich
Lloyd Quinan
Fiona McLeod | 4  | N/A  | 80,417  | 25.9%  | N/A
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie
John Young | 2  | N/A  | 48,666  | 15.7%  | N/A
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Finnie | 1  | N/A  | 34,095  | 11.0%  | N/A
| Scottish Green |  | 0  | N/A  | 8,174  | 2.6%  | N/A
| Scottish Socialist |  | 0  | N/A  | 5,944  | 1.9%  | N/A
| Socialist Labour |  | 0  | N/A  | 4,472  | 1.4%  | N/A
| ProLife Alliance |  | 0  | N/A  | 3,227  | 1.0%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 2,761  | 0.9%  | N/A
| Scottish Unionist Party (modern) |  | 0  | N/A  | 1,840  | 0.6%  | N/A
| Natural Law Party  |  | 0  | N/A  | 589  | 0.2%  | N/A
| Independent |  | 0  | N/A  | 565  | 0.2%  | N/A

### Party representation

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* 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

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* Labour – Donald Dewar
* SNP – Alex Salmond
* Conservative – David McLetchie
* Liberal Democrat – Jim Wallace
* SSP – Tommy Sheridan
* Green – Robin Harper

## Opinion polls

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Main article: Opinion polling for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election

## See also

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* Executive of the 1st Scottish Parliament
* Members elected to the 1st Scottish Parliament

## Notes

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1. ^ The 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.

## References

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1. ^ Seenan, Gerard; Macaskill, Ewen (14 May 1999). "Angry Lib Dems finally agree coalition deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
2. ^ "The long rise of the SNP". The Guardian. 6 May 1999. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
3. ^ Aiton, Andrew (6 May 2019). "It was 20 years ago today…". SPICe Spotlight. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
4. ^ "A short history of Scottish Parliament elections, 1999-2011". The Scotsman. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021.
5. ^ Mackie, Andy (18 March 2011). "Robin Harper looks back on twelve years in Parliament". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
6. ^ Election Maps UK [@electionmapsuk] (7 May 2018). "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)" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
7. ^ "Scottish Parliament opening | The Queen's speech". BBC News. 1 July 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
8. ^ Auer, Christian (19 September 2019), "90. The Scottish Parliament Opening Ceremony, 1 July 1999", Scotland and the Scots, 1707-2007 : A Reader, Études anglophones, Strasbourg: Presses universitaires de Strasbourg, pp. 272–275, ISBN 979-10-344-0480-3, retrieved 6 March 2023
9. ^ "Analysis of Results". www.parliament.scot. 10 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

## External links

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