1999 Welsh local elections

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| ← 1995 | 6 May 1999 (1999-05-06) | 2004 →

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All 1,270 seats to 22 Welsh councils
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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%

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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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%

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.

## Wales-Wide Results

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Party  | Votes[1] | %  | +/-  | Councils  | +/-  | Seats  | +/-

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| 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

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

Council  | Previous control  | Result  | Details

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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

## References

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1. ^ "Local Elections Handbook 1999" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

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