# 1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election

The 1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on the 6 May 1999 and were the second to the unitary authority, which was created, along with 28 other local authorities, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.

## Results

1999 West Dunbartonshire Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 14 | 2 | 2 | 63.6 | 52.2 | 22,633 | 1.8 |
| SNP | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31.8 | 45.4 | 19,705 | 2.7 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 971 | 0.2 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 77 | 1.0 |

## Ward results

Ward 1: Whitecrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | James McElhill | 1,101 | 54.1 |
| | Labour | Denis Agnew | 936 | 45.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 165 | 8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,054 | 58.9 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
Ward 2: Dalmuir/Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mary Campbell†† | 878 | 51.1 |
| | SNP | John Keegan | 840 | 48.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 | 2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,738 | 49.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 3: Mountblow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Daniel McCafferty†† | 1,228 | 53.5 |
| | SNP | William G. Hendrie | 1,068 | 45.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 160 | 7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,317 | 59.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 4: Parkhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Syme†† | 1,099 | 57.2 |
| | SNP | Raymond Young | 824 | 42.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | 14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,944 | 62.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 5: Linnvale/Drumry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andrew White | 1,210 | 61.7 |
| | SNP | Alexander Scullion | 752 | 38.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 458 | 23.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,976 | 60.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 6: Kilbowie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anthony Devine | 1,059 | 56.8 |
| | SNP | Valerie Kean | 804 | 43.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,879 | 60.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 7: Kilbowie West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alistair Macdonald | 1,287 | 70.8 |
| | SNP | William Wilson | 530 | 29.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 757 | 41.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,824 | 60.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 8: Faifley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mary Collins†† | 938 | 56.0 |
| | SNP | Alan Gordon | 738 | 44.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 200 | 12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,691 | 54.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 9: Hardgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | John McDonald | 934 | 51.3 |
| | Labour | Patricia Rice | 887 | 48.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,848 | 63.2 |
| | SNP gain from Labour | SNP gain from Labour | SNP gain from Labour | SNP gain from Labour |
Ward 10: Duntocher :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Duncan McDonald | 1,463 | 66.9 |
| | SNP | William S. Ramsay | 723 | 33.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 740 | 33.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,209 | 61.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 11: Bowling/Milton/Old Kilpatrick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | John McCutcheon | 1,585 | 58.9 |
| | Labour | Adam H. Hay | 1,106 | 41.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 17.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,721 | 66.3 |
| | SNP gain from Independent | SNP gain from Independent | SNP gain from Independent | SNP gain from Independent |
Ward 12: Dumbarton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda McColl | 1,025 | 52.1 |
| | SNP | John McNeil | 739 | 37.5 |
| | Independent | Samuel McCallum | 205 | 10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 286 | 14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,991 | 69.4 |
| | Labour gain from SNP | Labour gain from SNP | Labour gain from SNP | Labour gain from SNP |
Ward 13: Barloan/Overtoun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Iain Robertson | 1,210 | 52.0 |
| | Labour | John Duffy | 1,116 | 48.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,365 | 65.3 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
Ward 14: Dumbarton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Calvert | 1,075 | 59.5 |
| | SNP | David Logan | 731 | 40.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 344 | 19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,836 | 53.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 15: Dumbarton Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James McCallum | 914 | 51.6 |
| | SNP | William Mackechnie | 858 | 48.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 | 3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,803 | 59.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 16: Dumbarton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Trainer | 1,034 | 52.7 |
| | SNP | David Logan | 850 | 43.3 |
| | Conservative | Brian Vosper | 77 | 4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184 | 9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,967 | 58.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 17: Renton/Alexandria South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Jim Bollan† | 766 | 39.1 |
| | Labour | James Boyle | 613 | 31.3 |
| | SNP | Derek Wilson | 581 | 29.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | 8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,981 | 64.7 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour |
Ward 18: Alexandria North/Tullichewan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Craig McLaughlin | 1,004 | 51.0 |
| | Labour | David Ballantyne | 963 | 49.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,994 | 59.2 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
Ward 19: Balloch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Ronald McColl | 1,048 | 51.7 |
| | Labour | Martin Rooney | 980 | 48.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,059 | 66.9 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
Ward 20: Haldane/Kilmaronock/Jamestown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Margaret McGregor | 1,151 | 59.9 |
| | Labour | William Hemphill | 772 | 40.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 379 | 19.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,971 | 57.7 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
Ward 21: Bonhill East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Flynn | 1,090 | 61.5 |
| | SNP | Elsie Mackechnie | 683 | 38.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 407 | 23.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,786 | 57.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Ward 22: Riverside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Connie O'Sullivan | 960 | 50.2 |
| | SNP | James Chirrey | 951 | 49.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,942 | 61.4 |
| | Labour gain from SNP | Labour gain from SNP | Labour gain from SNP | Labour gain from SNP |

## Aftermath

Independent councillor Jim Bollan became a member of the newly formed Scottish Socialist Party in 2000.
In May 2001, after the wrongful dismissal of the council's Chief Executive, 4 Labour councillors, Councillors Campbell, McCafferty, Syme and Collins, rebelled against the party's administration to vote for a no confidence motion in the Council leader, Andrew White. The vote passed 12-10, but Councillor White refused to resign. The 4 councillors later left the Labour party to become independents and formed a new administration in August of that year with support from the SNP and SSP councillors. The new Council leader was Daniel McCafferty, one of the rebels.