The Scottish Government

ANALYSIS OF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITY ELECTIONS 1999

Number of Councillors returned unopposed

Number of Councillors returned in contested elections

Total number of Councillors

Electorate

Total number of ballot papers issued & not accounted for

Total number of postal ballot papers recieved

Total number of valid ballot papers included in count

Percentage of electorate that voted

SCOTLAND

61

1161

1222

3949195

2107472

46232

2294613

59.58

COUNCIL AREA

Aberdeen

0

43

43

169,183

86,777

2380

89157

52.70

Aberdeenshire

5

63

68

161,436

93,100

1863

94470

58.52

Angus

0

29

29

87,153

48,120

1164

49284

56.55

Argyll & Bute

4

32

36

63650

40034

1093

40734

64.00

Clackmannanshire

0

18

18

36,870

22,917

605

23515

63.78

Dumfries & Galloway

0

47

47

117,501

0

NOT KNOWN

73947

62.93

Dundee

0

29

29

113,552

59,021

2,112

61,133

53.84

East Ayrshire

0

32

32

93246

59,067

773

58,540

62.78

East Dunbartonshire

0

24

24

85394

57440

862

57248

67.04

East Lothian

0

23

23

71046

44051

1065

45116

63.50

East Renfrewshire

0

20

20

68095

45568

923

45364

66.62

Edinburgh

0

58

58

368332

225757

5874

224819

61.04

Eilean Siar

12

19

31

14431

27

329

9274

64.26

Falkirk

0

32

32

112129

0

1776

69033

61.57

Fife

0

78

78

276693

157738

3074

156972

56.73

Glasgow

0

79

79

484685

253171

2331

231514

47.77

Highland

22

58

80

122469

74551

1856

76407

62.39

Inverclyde

0

20

20

67010

38593

690

39283

58.62

Midlothian

0

18

18

61986

0

733

38441

62.02

Moray

0

26

26

65352

36261

917

36622

56.04

North Ayrshire

0

30

30

105946

61502

1057

62706

59.19

North Lanarkshire

0

70

70

268467

144017

2094

142980

53.26

Orkney

8

13

21

9737

5865

237

5802

59.59

Perth & Kinross

0

41

41

103523

64657

1811

66446

64.18

Renfrewshire

0

40

40

139095

80809

1300

82109

59.03

Scottish Borders

1

33

34

84516

50143

1315

51394

60.81

Shetland

9

13

22

16988

5897

239

6096

35.88

South Ayrshire

0

30

30

90273

59219

1557

58971

65.33

South Lanarkshire

0

67

67

235696

137806

2969

139564

59.21

Stirling

0

22

22

66,058

42,394

1321

43572

65.96

West Dunbartonshire

0

22

22

71448

43338

682

43892

61.43

West Lothian

0

32

32

117235

69632

1230

70208

59.89