1999 East Renfrewshire Council election

1999 Elections to East Renfrewshire Council were held on 6 May 1999, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament election. The council remained under no overall control.

1999 East Renfrewshire Council election

6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)
All 20 seats to East Renfrewshire Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 8 9 Seats won 9 8 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 14,449 14,715 Percentage 31.9% 32.4%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Last election 2 0 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 6,184 1,714 Percentage 13.6% 3.8%
Council Leader before election No overall control Elected Council Leader No overall control

Aggregate results

East Renfrewshire Council election, 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	1	0	1	45.0	31.5	14,399	0.2
	Conservative	8	0	1	1	40.0	31.8	14,715	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	10.0	13.6	6,184	1.2
	Independent	1	1	0	1	5.0	3.8	1,714	3.0
	SNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	19.3	8,302	1.4

Ward results

Aucenback

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Phillips	1,238	71.2
	SNP	A. Felber	421	24.2
	Conservative	G. Campbell	79	4.5
Majority			817	47.0

Barrhead Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	O. Taylor	1,198	46.3
	SNP	D. Yates	463	24.7
	Conservative	Ms R. Gilbert	213	11.4
Majority			735	21.6

Barrhead East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ms. E. Cunningham	1,075	64.0
	SNP	Ms. I. Zivalijevic	445	36.5
	Conservative	A. Fordyce	159	9.5
Majority			630	37.5

Barrhead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Garscadden	1,102	54.2
	SNP	Ms. S. MacLeod	483	23.7
	Conservative	W. McCort	450	22.1
Majority			619	30.5