Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 1999?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local Elections 1999, with 3,690 of 10,171 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 1999?

The Local Elections 1999 was held on 6 May 1999.

Local Elections 1999

Name: Local Elections 1999 results
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Local Elections 1999 was held on 6 May 1999. 10,171 seats were filled across 9,685 wards and divisions in 485 councils, from 36,940 candidates. The Labour Party won 3,690, Conservative Party won 2,891 and Liberal Democrats won 2,088.

Date: 6 May 1999
Seats filled: 10,171
Candidates: 36,940
Councils: 485

Local Elections 1999: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	11,271	3,690	6,575,523	34.5%
Conservative Party	10,328	2,891	5,578,903	29.3%
Liberal Democrats	8,592	2,088	4,159,282	21.8%
Independent	3,384	1,041	1,253,099	6.6%
Scottish National Party	1,333	172	814,481	4.3%
PC	326	76	161,431	0.8%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	128	60	106,208	0.6%
RES	88	43	54,576	0.3%
RATE	74	31	41,417	0.2%
Green Party	696	20	138,099	0.7%
Ind Lab	135	12	48,741	0.3%
LIB	77	7	18,805	0.1%
Other	17	7	3,273	0.0%
DAW	14	5	5,992	0.0%
Socialist (London, 1889-1912)	39	3	12,049	0.1%
Ind Con	24	3	7,285	0.0%
Social Democratic Federation / Social Democratic Party (1884-1911)	3	3	3,016	0.0%
RC	8	3	2,601	0.0%
Residents	5	3	2,088	0.0%
SOC	130	2	26,535	0.1%
PPF	17	2	6,737	0.0%
MK	15	2	3,120	0.0%
PABAG	5	2	2,690	0.0%
SD	2	2	784	0.0%
Ind RES	6	1	2,085	0.0%
Ind LIB	3	1	952	0.0%
Ind SNP	1	1	743	0.0%
slp	68	0	8,673	0.0%
SOC LAB	24	0	3,343	0.0%
NAP	10	0	3,252	0.0%
COMM	8	0	2,391	0.0%
Ms Con	5	0	2,066	0.0%
Ms Lab	3	0	1,482	0.0%
BNP	10	0	1,133	0.0%
MRLP	16	0	984	0.0%
Ind LD	4	0	836	0.0%
Nlp	22	0	725	0.0%
Ms Ind	2	0	682	0.0%
Ms Res	1	0	656	0.0%
Idle Toad	5	0	613	0.0%

Local Elections 1999: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Aberdeen	43	43	Labour	22
Aberdeenshire	96	68	Liberal Democrats	32
Adur	13	15	Labour	8
Allerdale	31	56	Labour	36
Alnwick	16	29	Independent	13
Amber Valley	12	12	Labour	7
Amber Valley	3	3	Conservative	2
Angus	29	29	SNP	21
Argyll and Bute	36	36	Independent	20
Arun	27	55	Conservative	35
Ashfield	15	33	Labour	29
Ashford	45	9	Conservative	6
Aylesbury Vale	38	31	Liberal Democrats	20
Babergh	30	10	Liberal Democrats	4
Barnet	1	1	Labour	1
Barnsley	22	21	Labour	18
Barrow-in-Furness	13	23	Conservative	11
Basildon	14	2	Labour	1
Basingstoke and Deane	19	4	Liberal Democrats	3
Bassetlaw	11	4	Conservative	2
Bassetlaw	5	0	—	—
Bath & North East Somerset	37	46	Liberal Democrats	22
Bedford	11	5	Liberal Democrats	2
Bedford	6	0	—	—
Berwick-upon-Tweed	17	17	Liberal Democrats	13
Birmingham	39	39	Labour	25
Blaby	21	33	Conservative	20
Blackburn	10	9	Labour	9
Blackburn	11	11	Conservative	8
Blaenau Gwent	14	35	Labour	28
Blaenau Gwent	3	7	Labour	6
Blyth Valley	20	32	Labour	22
Bolsover	24	7	Labour	5
Bolton	20	20	Labour	11
Boston	18	19	Conservative	7
Bournemouth	19	57	Conservative	26
Bradford	30	29	Labour	14
Braintree	34	50	Labour	30
Breckland	41	24	Conservative	18
Brentwood	13	3	Conservative	1
Bridgend	39	54	Labour	41
Bridgnorth	20	6	Conservative	2
Brighton & Hove	26	78	Labour	45
Bristol, City of	35	70	Labour	37
Broadland	16	2	Labour	2
Bromsgrove	19	18	Conservative	13
Broxbourne	13	17	Conservative	13
Broxtowe	14	29	Labour	17
Broxtowe	7	20	Labour	10
Buckinghamshire	31	57	Conservative	40
Burnley	16	17	Labour	9
Bury	17	16	Labour	12
Caerphilly	7	0	—	—
Caerphilly	26	34	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	23
Calderdale	18	18	Conservative	8
Cambridge	16	16	Labour	9
Cannock Chase	14	14	Labour	9
Canterbury	5	6	Conservative	5
Canterbury	21	45	Liberal Democrats	19
Caradon	30	41	Independent	21
Cardiff	29	75	Labour	51
Carlisle	10	13	Labour	8
Carlisle	13	24	Conservative	12
Carmarthenshire	58	9	Independent	4
Carmarthenshire County Council	4	0	—	—
Carrick	20	45	Liberal Democrats	27
Castle Morpeth	20	33	Independent	11
Castle Point	11	28	Labour	19
Castle Point	5	8	Labour	5
Ceredigion	36	44	Independent	22
Charnwood	29	51	Labour	22
Chelmsford	28	41	Liberal Democrats	23
Cheltenham	14	19	Conservative	11
Cherwell	18	18	Conservative	10
Chester	4	7	Labour	4
Chester-le-Street	17	11	Labour	11
Chesterfield	18	36	Labour	22
Chesterfield	5	6	Liberal Democrats	3
Chichester	34	50	Conservative	27
Chiltern	30	50	Conservative	29
Chorley	16	16	Labour	10
Christchurch	8	17	Conservative	11
Christchurch	3	0	—	—
City of Chester	31	53	Labour	18
Clackmannanshire	18	18	SNP	9
Colchester	7	0	—	—
Colchester	13	5	Liberal Democrats	4
Colchester Borough Council	4	0	—	—
Congleton	18	19	Liberal Democrats	14
Congleton	2	0	—	—
Congleton Borough Council	7	0	—	—
Conwy	38	59	Labour	18
Copeland	15	33	Labour	24
Copeland Borough Council	10	0	—	—
Corby	13	11	Labour	10
Cornwall	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Cotswold	33	9	Liberal Democrats	4
County Durham	22	46	Labour	31
Coventry	18	18	Labour	13
Craven	10	9	Conservative	6
Craven	4	0	—	—
Crawley	11	9	Labour	6
Crewe and Nantwich	27	30	Labour	19
Cumberland	9	15	Conservative	11
Cumbria	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Cynon Valley	1	0	—	—
Dacorum	27	26	Conservative	14
Darlington	25	52	Labour	35
Dartford	23	26	Labour	20
Dartford Borough Council	10	0	—	—
Daventry	24	20	Conservative	12
Daventry Borough Council	11	0	—	—
Denbighshire	30	47	Independent	18
Derby	15	9	Labour	7
Derbyshire	6	5	Conservative	2
Derbyshire Dales	28	32	Conservative	16
Derwentside	23	40	Labour	36
Doncaster	21	22	Labour	14
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	8	0	—	—
Dorset	1	1	Conservative	1
Dover	31	47	Labour	23
Dover Borough Council	24	0	—	—
Dudley	24	25	Labour	17
Dumfries and Galloway	53	53	Labour	16
Dundee	29	29	Labour	14
Durham	1	0	—	—
Durham	23	2	Labour	2
Easington	14	10	Labour	10
Easington	12	0	—	—
East Ayrshire	43	22	SNP	14
East Cambridgeshire	18	10	Independent	7
East Devon	8	0	—	—
East Devon	29	36	Conservative	25
East Dorset	23	14	Conservative	10
East Dunbartonshire	1	0	—	—
East Dunbartonshire	29	25	Liberal Democrats	11
East Hampshire	31	42	Conservative	22
East Hertfordshire	30	50	Conservative	31
East Lindsey	48	61	Independent	35
East Lothian	37	27	Labour	19
East Northamptonshire	20	36	Conservative	20
East Renfrewshire	23	22	Labour	10
East Riding Of Yorkshire	27	67	Conservative	27
East Staffordshire	25	44	Labour	26
East Suffolk	6	6	Labour	5
East Sussex	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Eastbourne	10	10	Conservative	5
Eastleigh	5	3	Conservative	1
Eastleigh	12	12	Liberal Democrats	8
Eden	31	38	Independent	30
Edinburgh	61	38	Labour	25
Ellesmere Port and Neston	19	43	Labour	37
Elmbridge	20	20	RES	7
Epping Forest	20	22	Liberal Democrats	7
Epsom And Ewell	13	39	RES	27
Erewash	25	52	Labour	29
Exeter	12	12	Labour	8
Falkirk	32	32	Labour	15
Fareham	14	14	Conservative	9
Fenland	25	40	Conservative	29
Fife	113	56	Labour	33
Flintshire	57	9	Labour	5
Flintshire County Council	8	0	—	—
Forest Heath	15	25	Conservative	21
Forest Of Dean	29	24	Labour	13
Fylde	18	32	Conservative	16
Fylde	9	14	Conservative	4
Gateshead	10	1	Labour	1
Gateshead	12	0	—	—
Gedling	28	44	Conservative	24
Glasgow	1	0	—	—
Glasgow	78	78	Labour	73
Glasgow City	35	0	—	—
Gloucester	4	0	—	—
Gloucester	6	4	Labour	4
Gosport	10	2	Liberal Democrats	1
Gravesham	20	39	Labour	29
Great Yarmouth	8	2	Labour	1
Great Yarmouth	8	0	—	—
Guildford	19	36	Liberal Democrats	19
Guildford	2	0	—	—
Guildford Borough Council	16	0	—	—
Gwynedd	69	83	PC	44
Halton	17	15	Labour	14
Hambleton	35	18	Conservative	14
Harborough	26	21	Liberal Democrats	13
Harlow	14	7	Labour	5
Harrogate	20	5	Liberal Democrats	4
Harrogate Borough Council	5	0	—	—
Hart	14	2	Conservative	1
Hartlepool	11	15	Labour	7
Hartlepool	6	5	Labour	3
Hastings	10	5	Labour	3
Havant	14	9	Conservative	4
Hertsmere	15	27	Conservative	11
High Peak	25	31	Labour	20
Highland	90	81	Independent	48
Hinckley And Bosworth	18	28	Liberal Democrats	14
Horsham	4	0	—	—
Horsham	24	37	Conservative	20
Huntingdonshire	18	2	Conservative	2
Huntingdonshire County Council	2	0	—	—
Hyndburn	10	4	Conservative	3
Hyndburn	6	0	—	—
Inverclyde	20	20	Labour	11
Ipswich	16	0	—	—
Isle of Anglesey	40	40	Independent	26
Kennet	31	8	Conservative	7
Kent	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Kerrier	22	44	Independent	16
Kettering	14	22	Conservative	13
Kettering	11	19	Labour	12
King's Lynn And West Norfolk	40	59	Conservative	26
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	20	3	Labour	3
Kirklees	24	6	Labour	3
Knowsley	22	5	Labour	5
Lambeth	1	1	Labour	1
Lancaster	29	60	Independent	23
Leeds	34	9	Labour	6
Leicester	31	56	Labour	30
Lewes	25	49	Liberal Democrats	29
Lichfield	20	44	Conservative	22
Lichfield	9	17	Conservative	8
Lincoln	12	35	Labour	33
Liverpool	33	17	Liberal Democrats	12
Luton	16	45	Labour	33
Luton Borough Council	15	0	—	—
Macclesfield	15	22	Conservative	20
Macclesfield	23	37	Conservative	16
Maidstone	18	19	Liberal Democrats	7
Maldon	20	30	Conservative	17
Malvern Hills	2	2	Conservative	1
Manchester	33	10	Labour	10
Mansfield	16	33	Labour	29
Mansfield District Council	9	10	Labour	10
Melton	17	24	Labour	11
Mendip	35	46	Conservative	18
Merthyr Tydfil	11	13	Labour	5
Mid Bedfordshire	12	0	—	—
Mid Bedfordshire	18	27	Conservative	17
Mid Devon	28	40	Independent	18
Mid Suffolk	35	42	Conservative	17
Mid Sussex	28	49	Conservative	24
Mid Sussex	2	5	Conservative	5
Middlesbrough	2	0	—	—
Middlesbrough	24	47	Labour	37
Midlothian	18	18	Labour	17
Midlothian District Council	12	0	—	—
Milton Keynes	17	3	Liberal Democrats	2
Mole Valley	2	2	Conservative	2
Mole Valley	12	12	Conservative	6
Monmouthshire	38	46	Labour	22
Moray	4	1	Independent	1
Moray	23	18	Independent	9
Moray District Council	5	0	—	—
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	31	31	Independent	22
Neath Port Talbot	42	28	Labour	14
New Forest	33	58	Conservative	30
Newark And Sherwood	30	54	Labour	26
Newcastle Upon Tyne	26	4	Labour	3
Newcastle-under-Lyme	19	3	Liberal Democrats	2
Newport	20	47	Labour	40
Norfolk	2	2	Conservative	1
North Ayrshire	31	4	Labour	4
North Cornwall	27	19	Independent	14
North Devon	7	0	—	—
North Devon	23	21	Liberal Democrats	10
North Dorset	20	13	Liberal Democrats	5
North Dorset	8	0	—	—
North East Derbyshire	26	17	Conservative	8
North East Fife	7	7	Liberal Democrats	7
North East Lincolnshire	14	27	Labour	15
North Hertfordshire	27	21	Conservative	11
North Kesteven	31	10	Conservative	4
North Lanarkshire	80	27	Labour	18
North Lincolnshire	16	34	Labour	21
North Norfolk	21	25	Conservative	9
North Norfolk	15	0	—	—
North Shropshire	18	0	—	—
North Shropshire	8	5	Labour	4
North Somerset	34	54	Conservative	30
North Somerset	4	0	—	—
North Tyneside	11	7	Labour	6
North Tyneside	9	0	—	—
North Warwickshire	19	5	Labour	4
North West Leicestershire	15	19	Labour	14
North West Leicestershire	8	0	—	—
North Wiltshire	42	32	Liberal Democrats	15
North Yorkshire	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Northampton	23	24	Labour	11
Norwich	16	0	—	—
Nuneaton and Bedworth	15	3	Labour	3
Oadby And Wigston	10	26	Liberal Democrats	22
Oldham	20	3	Labour	2
Orkney Islands	21	1	Independent	1
Oswestry	15	6	Independent	3
Oswestry Borough Council	3	0	—	—
Oxford	17	7	Labour	3
Pembrokeshire	62	9	Independent	7
Pendle	13	5	Labour	3
Pendle	4	0	—	—
Penwith	12	2	Independent	2
Perth and Kinross	63	47	Conservative	18
Peterborough	19	3	Conservative	2
Poole	13	39	Liberal Democrats	19
Poole Borough Council	13	0	—	—
Portsmouth	13	2	Labour	1
Powys	75	8	Independent	5
Preston	19	22	Labour	11
Purbeck	14	24	Conservative	13
Reading	15	15	Labour	12
Redcar & Cleveland	22	42	Labour	24
Redditch	10	10	Labour	6
Reigate & Banstead	17	17	Conservative	9
Renfrewshire	50	19	Labour	10
Restormel	18	44	Liberal Democrats	17
Rhondda Cynon Taf	49	20	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	11
Ribble Valley	21	33	Liberal Democrats	18
Ribble Valley	6	6	Conservative	6
Richmondshire	26	34	Independent	17
Rochdale	21	11	Labour	8
Rochford	13	13	Conservative	6
Rossendale	12	12	Conservative	6
Rother	26	42	Conservative	25
Rother	1	3	Conservative	3
Rotherham	11	11	Labour	10
Rotherham	11	10	Labour	9
Rugby	4	4	Conservative	2
Rugby	12	13	Labour	8
Runnymede	14	14	Conservative	9
Rushcliffe	6	9	Conservative	8
Rushcliffe	23	43	Conservative	21
Rushmoor	15	19	Conservative	11
Rutland	16	20	Independent	8
Ryedale	18	24	Conservative	12
Salford	3	3	Labour	3
Salford	18	17	Labour	15
Salisbury	36	59	Conservative	27
Sandwell	24	27	Labour	22
Scarborough	22	48	Conservative	17
Scottish Borders	34	34	Independent	14
Sedgefield	23	49	Labour	43
Sedgemoor	25	50	Conservative	31
Sefton	23	23	Labour	9
Selby	30	42	Labour	20
Sevenoaks	13	0	—	—
Sevenoaks	20	30	Conservative	18
Sheffield	29	29	Liberal Democrats	18
Shepway	25	47	Conservative	26
Shetland	22	22	Independent	13
Shetland Islands	21	0	—	—
Shetland Islands	1	0	—	—
Shrewsbury and Atcham	16	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Slough	13	14	Labour	9
Solihull	5	4	Labour	2
Solihull	13	14	Conservative	9
South Ayrshire	43	24	Labour	17
South Bedfordshire	18	3	Independent	1
South Buckinghamshire	19	0	—	—
South Bucks	19	40	Conservative	26
South Cambridgeshire	20	2	Conservative	1
South Derbyshire	10	0	—	—
South Derbyshire	8	8	Labour	7
South Gloucestershire	35	70	Liberal Democrats	37
South Hams	30	17	Conservative	10
South Holland	23	8	Conservative	3
South Kesteven	34	28	Conservative	15
South Lakeland	47	5	Liberal Democrats	2
South Lanarkshire	82	32	Labour	24
South Norfolk	20	21	Liberal Democrats	12
South Norfolk	22	0	—	—
South Northamptonshire	31	17	Conservative	8
South Oxfordshire	32	34	Conservative	13
South Ribble	23	46	Labour	21
South Shropshire	28	18	Liberal Democrats	9
South Somerset	39	30	Liberal Democrats	23
South Staffordshire	26	33	Conservative	25
South Tyneside	20	20	Labour	17
Southampton	15	15	Labour	8
Southend-On-Sea	13	1	Conservative	1
Southwark	1	1	Labour	1
Spelthorne	13	37	Conservative	24
Spelthorne	2	0	—	—
St Albans	20	58	Conservative	21
St Albans Borough Council	20	0	—	—
St Edmundsbury	33	14	Labour	7
St. Helens	19	18	Labour	12
St.Edmundsbury	9	0	—	—
Stafford	30	58	Labour	26
Staffordshire	1	1	Labour	1
Staffordshire Moorlands	28	56	Labour	15
Stevenage	4	12	Labour	12
Stevenage	8	27	Labour	21
Stirling	22	22	Labour	11
Stirling	2	1	Labour	1
Stockport	12	12	Liberal Democrats	7
Stockport	9	9	Labour	4
Stockton-on-Tees	30	55	Labour	38
Stoke On Trent	20	5	Labour	5
Stratford-On-Avon	19	4	Conservative	2
Stroud	19	23	Conservative	11
Suffolk Coastal	17	0	—	—
Suffolk Coastal	26	26	Conservative	16
Sunderland	25	29	Labour	24
Surrey	1	1	Conservative	1
Surrey Heath	7	15	Conservative	11
Surrey Heath	9	18	Conservative	8
Swale	19	19	Liberal Democrats	9
Swansea	36	50	Labour	32
Swindon	19	20	Labour	16
Taff-Ely	2	0	—	—
Tameside	19	19	Labour	16
Tamworth	9	9	Labour	7
Tamworth	1	1	Labour	1
Tandridge	14	14	Conservative	6
Taunton Deane	27	54	Liberal Democrats	23
Teesdale	19	31	Independent	20
Teignbridge	33	58	Independent	21
Tendring	34	63	Labour	24
Test Valley	23	44	Conservative	28
Tewkesbury	27	36	Conservative	13
Thanet	27	53	Labour	34
Three Rivers	21	48	Liberal Democrats	26
Thurrock	12	10	Labour	9
Thurrock	6	7	Labour	7
Tonbridge and Malling	4	8	Conservative	4
Tonbridge And Malling	23	48	Conservative	23
Torfaen	7	0	—	—
Torfaen	18	9	Labour	8
Torridge	27	35	Independent	20
Trafford	22	22	Labour	12
Tunbridge Wells	7	5	Conservative	2
Tunbridge Wells	11	11	Conservative	5
Tynedale	31	52	Conservative	22
Uttlesford	31	42	Liberal Democrats	18
Vale of Glamorgan	6	0	—	—
Vale of Glamorgan	16	37	Conservative	19
Vale Of White Horse	31	38	Liberal Democrats	25
Vale Royal	28	57	Labour	33
Wakefield	21	21	Labour	20
Walsall	21	21	Labour	11
Wansbeck	16	45	Labour	25
Warrington	20	20	Labour	16
Warwick	21	45	Labour	16
Watford	12	36	Labour	19
Waveney	12	9	Labour	7
Waveney	5	1	Labour	1
Waverley	29	46	Conservative	24
Wealden	34	42	Conservative	22
Wear Valley	21	22	Labour	18
Wellingborough	16	27	Labour	20
Welwyn Hatfield	4	0	—	—
Welwyn Hatfield	13	35	Labour	21
West Devon	21	15	Independent	6
West Dorset	38	23	Liberal Democrats	10
West Dunbartonshire	22	22	Labour	14
West Lancashire	19	2	Labour	2
West Lindsey	25	18	Liberal Democrats	9
West Lothian	32	31	Labour	20
West Oxfordshire	16	0	—	—
West Somerset	18	31	Conservative	15
West Sussex	1	1	Conservative	1
West Wiltshire	28	43	Liberal Democrats	27
Western Isles	31	30	Independent	22
Weymouth and Portland	13	14	Labour	5
Wigan	24	24	Labour	23
Winchester	14	13	Liberal Democrats	7
Winchester	7	3	Conservative	1
Wirral	22	22	Labour	13
Woking	12	15	Conservative	9
Wokingham	20	21	Liberal Democrats	11
Wolverhampton	20	20	Labour	12
Worcester	12	13	Labour	6
Worcestershire	1	1	Conservative	1
Worthing	12	14	Conservative	8
Wrexham	17	0	—	—
Wrexham	30	9	Labour	6
Wrexham Borough Council	9	0	—	—
Wychavon	36	49	Conservative	30
Wycombe	21	4	Conservative	3
Wycombe	11	0	—	—
Wyre	27	32	Conservative	17
Wyre Forest	10	10	Independent	5
Wyre Forest	6	4	Independent	2
York	29	53	Labour	27