1999 United Kingdom local elections
Local elections took place in much of the United Kingdom on 6 May 1999. All Scottish and Welsh unitary authorities had all their seats elected. In England a third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs were elected along with elections in many of the unitary authorities and district councils. There were no local elections in Northern Ireland.
The elections saw Labour, now in their second year of government, suffer a setback as the opposition Conservatives gained ground. The councils up for election had last been contested in 1995, which saw Labour achieve record gains and the Conservatives lose over 2,000 seats.Summary of results
England
All 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.Unitary authorities
‡ New ward boundariesThird of council
District councils
Whole council
‡ New ward boundariesThird of council
Scotland
Wales
