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1999 Scottish Parliament election

October 19, 2023

The first election to the devolved Scottish Parliament, to fill 129 seats, took place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) Donald Dewar becoming First Minister.

1999 Scottish Parliament election
6 May 1999 (1999-05-06) 2003 →
All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament
65 seats were needed for a majority
TurnoutConstituency - 58.4%
Regional - 58.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Donald Dewar Alex Salmond David McLetchie
Party Labour SNP Conservative
Leader's seat Glasgow Anniesland Banff and Buchan Lothians
Seats won 56 35 18
Constituency vote 908,346 672,768 364,425
Percentage 38.8% 28.7% 15.6%
Regional vote 786,818 638,644 359,109
Percentage 33.6% 27.3% 15.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jim Wallace Robin Harper Tommy Sheridan
Party Liberal Democrats Scottish Green Scottish Socialist
Leader's seat Orkney Lothians Glasgow
Seats won 17 1 1
Constituency vote 333,179 – 23,654
Percentage 14.2% – 1.0%
Regional vote 290,760 84,023 46,635
Percentage 12.4% 3.6% 2.0%
The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours. Constituency names are listed at the bottom.
First Minister after election

Donald Dewar
Labour

The Scottish Parliament was created after a referendum on devolution took place on 11 September 1997 in which 74.3% of those who voted approved the idea. The Scotland Act (1998) was then passed by the UK Parliament which established the devolved Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive. The parliament was elected using Mixed-member proportional representation, combining 73 (First-past-the-post) constituencies[note 1] and proportional representation with the 73 constituencies being grouped together to make eight regions each electing seven additional members to make a total of 129. This meant that it would be unlikely for any party to gain a majority of seats in the new parliament and either minority or coalition Scottish Executives would have to be formed.

The first general election to the Scottish Parliament overall produced few surprises with the Labour Party still enjoying high popularity following their landslide victory in the 1997 UK general election as widely expected was the largest party winning 56 seats, mostly in their traditional Central Belt heartlands, which was nine seats short of an overall majority. Labour formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, who won 17 seats.[1]

The Scottish National Party (SNP) had done well in opinion polls running up to the election, gaining 40% in some approval ratings, but this level of support was not maintained. The SNP were the second largest party with 35 seats, which still represented their best performance since the October 1974 general election.[2] The Conservative Party, still recovering from their wipeout in the 1997 general election across Scotland, failed to win a single constituency seat but did manage to win 18 seats through the Additional Member System.

The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and the Greens picked up unexpected additional member seats.[3] Robin Harper became the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the history of the United Kingdom.[4][5] Dennis Canavan, who had failed to become an approved Labour candidate, won the Falkirk West constituency as an independent candidate.[6]

Following the election the new parliament met in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh for the first time on Wednesday 12 May 1999, although the actual devolution of powers from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament did not take place until midnight on Thursday 1 July 1999, almost two months later.[7][8]

For a full list of MSPs elected, see 1st Scottish Parliament. For lists of constituencies and regions, see Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions.

Results Edit

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56 17 35 18
Labour Lib Dems SNP Conservative
1999 Scottish Parliament election[9] →
 
Party Constituencies Regional additional members Total seats
Votes % ± Seats ± Votes % ± Seats ± Total ± %
Labour 908,346 38.8 new 53 new 786,818 33.6 new 3 new 56 new 43.4
SNP 672,768 28.7 new 7 new 638,644 27.3 new 28 new 35 new 27.1
Conservative 364,425 15.6 new 0 new 359,109 15.4 new 18 new 18 new 14.0
Liberal Democrats 333,179 14.2 new 12 new 290,760 12.4 new 5 new 17 new 13.2
Scottish Green – – – – – 84,023 3.6 new 1 new 1 new 0.8
Scottish Socialist 23,654 1.0 new 0 new 46,635 2.0 new 1 new 1 new 0.8
MSP for Falkirk West 18,511 0.8 new 1 new 27,712 1.2 new 0 new 1 new 0.8
Socialist Labour 5,268 0.2 new 0 new 55,153 2.4 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
ProLife Alliance – – – – – 9,784 0.4 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
Scottish Unionist – – – – – 7,011 0.3 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
Liberal – – – – – 5,534 0.2 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
Natural Law – – – – – 4,906 0.2 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
Socialist Workers 2757 0.1 new 0 new – – – – – 0 new 0.0
Highlands and Islands Alliance – – – – – 2,607 0.1 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
Civil Rights Movement – – – – – 806 0.0 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
Communist 190 0.0 new 0 new 521 0.0 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
Socialist (GB) – – – – – 697 0.0 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
Humanist – – – – – 447 0.0 new 0 new 0 new 0.0
Anti-drug 423 0.0 new 0 new – – – – – 0 new 0.0
Others 12,967 0.6 – 0 – 17,668 0.7 – 0 – 0 – 0.0
Valid votes 2,342,488 99.7 –   2,338,914 99.7 –  
Spoilt votes 7,839 0.3 –   7,268 0.3 –  
Total 2,350,327 100   73 – 2,346,182 100   56 – 129 – 100
Electorate/turnout 4,027,433 58.4 –   4,027,433 58.3 –  
Popular Vote (Constituency)
Labour
 
 38.77%
SNP
 
 28.72%
Conservative
 
 15.56%
Liberal Democrats
 
 14.22%
Scottish Socialist
 
 1.01%
Other
 
 1.72%
Popular Vote (Regional)
Labour
 
 33.64%
SNP
 
 27.26%
Conservative
 
 15.35%
Liberal Democrats
 
 12.43%
Green
 
 3.59%
Socialist Labour
 
 2.37%
Scottish Socialist
 
 1.99%
Other
 
 3.37%
Parliament seats
Labour
 
 43.41%
SNP
 
 27.13%
Conservative
 
 13.95%
Liberal Democrats
 
 13.18%
Green
 
 0.78%
Scottish Socialist
 
 0.78%
Other
 
 0.78%

Constituency and regional summary Edit

Central Scotland Edit

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Central Scotland
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 N/A 129,822 39.28% N/A
SNP Alex Neil
Andrew Wilson
Michael Matheson
Gil Paterson
Linda Fabiani 		5 N/A 91,802 27.78% N/A
Conservative Lyndsay McIntosh 1 N/A 30,243 9.15% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 27,700 8.38% N/A
Liberal Democrats Donald Gorrie 1 N/A 20,505 6.20% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 10,956 3.32% N/A
Scottish Green 0 N/A 5,926 3.32% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 N/A 5,739 1.74% N/A
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) 0 N/A 2,888 0.87% N/A
ProLife Alliance 0 N/A 2,567 0.78% N/A
Scottish Families and Pensioners Party 0 N/A 1,373 0.42% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 1,373 0.42% N/A
Independent Progressive 0 N/A 248 0.08% N/A

Glasgow Edit

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 N/A 112,588 43.9% N/A
SNP Nicola Sturgeon
Dorothy-Grace Elder
Kenneth Gibson
Sandra White 		4 N/A 65,360 25.5% N/A
Conservative Bill Aitken 1 N/A 20,239 7.9% N/A
Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan 1 N/A 18,581 7.2% N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 1 N/A 18,473 7.2% N/A
Scottish Green 0 N/A 10,159 4.0% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 4,391 1.7% N/A
ProLife Alliance 0 N/A 2,357 0.9% N/A
Scottish Unionist 0 N/A 2,283 0.9% N/A
Communist 0 N/A 521 0.2% N/A
Humanist 0 N/A 447 0.2% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 419 0.2% N/A
Socialist (GB) 0 N/A 309 0.1% N/A
People's Choice 0 N/A 221 0.1% N/A

Highlands and Islands Edit

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Highlands and Islands
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
SNP Winnie Ewing
Duncan Hamilton 		2 N/A 55,593 27.73% N/A
Labour Peter Peacock
Maureen Macmillan
Rhoda Grant 		3 N/A 51,371 25.47% N/A
Liberal Democrats 0 N/A 43,226 21.43% N/A
Conservative Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon 		2 N/A 30,122 14.94% N/A
Scottish Green 0 N/A 7,560 3.75% N/A
I Noble (Independent) 0 N/A 3,522 1.75% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 2,808 1.39% N/A
Highlands and Islands 0 N/A 2,607 1.29% N/A
Scottish Socialist Party 0 N/A 1,770 0.88% N/A
Robbie the Pict (Independent) 0 N/A 1,151 0.57% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 712 0.35% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 536 0.27% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 354 0.18% N/A

Lothians Edit

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Lothians
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 N/A 99,098 30.2% N/A
SNP Margo MacDonald
Kenny MacAskill
Fiona Hyslop 		3 N/A 85,085 25.7% N/A
Conservative David McLetchie
James Douglas-Hamilton 		2 N/A 52,067 15.7% N/A
Liberal Democrats David Steel 1 N/A 47,565 14.4% N/A
Scottish Green Robin Harper 1 N/A 22,848 6.9% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 10,895 3.3% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 N/A 5,237 1.6% N/A
Liberal 0 N/A 2,056 0.6% N/A
Witchery Tour Party 0 N/A 1,184 0.4% N/A
ProLife Alliance 0 N/A 898 0.3% N/A
Civil Rights Movement 0 N/A 806 0.2% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 564 0.2% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 557 0.2% N/A
Socialist (GB) 0 N/A 388 0.1% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 256 0.1% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 145 0.04% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 54 0.02% N/A

Mid Scotland and Fife Edit

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 N/A 101,964 33.3% N/A
SNP George Reid
Bruce Crawford
Tricia Marwick 		3 N/A 87,659 28.7% N/A
Conservative Keith Harding
Nick Johnston
Brian Monteith 		3 N/A 56,719 18.6% N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Raffan 1 N/A 38,896 12.7% N/A
Scottish Green 0 N/A 11,821 3.9% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 4,266 1.4% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 N/A 3,044 1.0% N/A
ProLife Alliance 0 N/A 735 0.2% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 558 0.2% N/A

North East Scotland Edit

1999 Scottish Parliament election: North East Scotland
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
SNP Brian Adam
Richard Lochhead
Shona Robison
Irene McGugan 		4 N/A 93,329 32.3% N/A
Labour 0 N/A 72,666 25.5% N/A
Conservative David Davidson
Ben Wallace
Alex Johnstone 		3 N/A 52,149 18.3% N/A
Liberal Democrats 0 N/A 49,843 17.5% N/A
Scottish Green 0 N/A 8,067 2.8% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 3,557 1.2% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 N/A 3,016 1.1% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 2,303 0.8% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 770 0.3% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 746 0.3% N/A

South of Scotland Edit

1999 Scottish Parliament election: South of Scotland
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 N/A 98,836 31.0% N/A
SNP Michael Russell
Adam Ingram
Christine Creech 		3 N/A 80,059 25.1% N/A
Conservative Phil Gallie
Alex Fergusson
Murray Tosh
David Mundell 		4 N/A 68,904 21.6% N/A
Liberal Democrats 0 N/A 38,157 12.0% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 13,887 4.4% N/A
Scottish Green 0 N/A 9,467 3.0% N/A
Liberal 0 N/A 3,478 1.1% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 N/A 3,304 1.0% N/A
UKIP 0 N/A 1,502 0.5% N/A
Natural Law 0 N/A 755 0.2% N/A

West of Scotland Edit

1999 Scottish Parliament election: West of Scotland
Party Elected candidates Seats +/− Votes % +/−%
Labour 0 N/A 119,663 38.5% N/A
SNP Colin Campbell
Kay Ullrich
Lloyd Quinan
Fiona McLeod 		4 N/A 80,417 25.9% N/A
Conservative Annabel Goldie
John Young 		2 N/A 48,666 15.7% N/A
Liberal Democrats Ross Finnie 1 N/A 34,095 11.0% N/A
Scottish Green 0 N/A 8,174 2.6% N/A
Scottish Socialist 0 N/A 5,944 1.9% N/A
Socialist Labour 0 N/A 4,472 1.4% N/A
ProLife Alliance 0 N/A 3,227 1.0% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 2,761 0.9% N/A
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) 0 N/A 1,840 0.6% N/A
Natural Law Party 0 N/A 589 0.2% N/A
Independent 0 N/A 565 0.2% N/A

Party representation Edit

  • Labour – 56 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)
  • SNP – 35 MSPs
  • Conservative – 18 MSPs
  • Liberal Democrats – 17 MSPs
  • Green – 1 MSP
  • SSP – 1 MSP
  • Others (Dennis Canavan, Falkirk West) – 1 MSP

Party leaders in 1999 Edit

Opinion polls Edit

Main article: Opinion polling for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ The same constituency boundaries were used as in the 1997 United Kingdom general election with the exception of Orkney and Shetland, which were made into separate constituencies.

References Edit

  1. ^ Seenan, Gerard; Macaskill, Ewen (14 May 1999). "Angry Lib Dems finally agree coalition deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. ^ "The long rise of the SNP". The Guardian. 6 May 1999. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ Aiton, Andrew (6 May 2019). "It was 20 years ago today…". SPICe Spotlight. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  4. ^ The Newsroom (3 May 2016). . The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021.
  5. ^ Mackie, Andy (18 March 2011). "Robin Harper looks back on twelve years in Parliament". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  6. ^ Election Maps UK [@electionmapsuk] (7 May 2018). "Falkirk West elected Independent Dennis Canavan (grey constituency) whilst the Scottish Socialist Party got a seaton the top-ups (pink square on the second map)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Scottish Parliament opening | The Queen's speech". BBC News. 1 July 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  8. ^ Auer, Christian (19 September 2019), "90. The Scottish Parliament Opening Ceremony, 1 July 1999", Scotland and the Scots, 1707-2007 : A Reader, Études anglophones, Strasbourg: Presses universitaires de Strasbourg, pp. 272–275, ISBN 979-10-344-0480-3, retrieved 6 March 2023
  9. ^ . www.parliament.scot. 10 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

External links Edit

  • SourceForge.net

Manifestos Edit

  • Scotland First, Scottish Conservatives
  • Caring for Scotland, Scottish Greens
  • Raising the Standard, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Scotland's Party, Scottish National Party

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The first election to the devolved Scottish Parliament to fill 129 seats took place on 6 May 1999 Following the election the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament MSP Donald Dewar becoming First Minister 1999 Scottish Parliament election6 May 1999 1999 05 06 2003 elected members All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament 65 seats were needed for a majorityTurnoutConstituency 58 4 Regional 58 3 First party Second party Third party Leader Donald Dewar Alex Salmond David McLetchieParty Labour SNP ConservativeLeader s seat Glasgow Anniesland Banff and Buchan LothiansSeats won 56 35 18Constituency vote 908 346 672 768 364 425Percentage 38 8 28 7 15 6 Regional vote 786 818 638 644 359 109Percentage 33 6 27 3 15 4 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Jim Wallace Robin Harper Tommy SheridanParty Liberal Democrats Scottish Green Scottish SocialistLeader s seat Orkney Lothians GlasgowSeats won 17 1 1Constituency vote 333 179 23 654Percentage 14 2 1 0 Regional vote 290 760 84 023 46 635Percentage 12 4 3 6 2 0 The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours Constituency names are listed at the bottom First Minister after election Donald DewarLabourThe Scottish Parliament was created after a referendum on devolution took place on 11 September 1997 in which 74 3 of those who voted approved the idea The Scotland Act 1998 was then passed by the UK Parliament which established the devolved Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive The parliament was elected using Mixed member proportional representation combining 73 First past the post constituencies note 1 and proportional representation with the 73 constituencies being grouped together to make eight regions each electing seven additional members to make a total of 129 This meant that it would be unlikely for any party to gain a majority of seats in the new parliament and either minority or coalition Scottish Executives would have to be formed The first general election to the Scottish Parliament overall produced few surprises with the Labour Party still enjoying high popularity following their landslide victory in the 1997 UK general election as widely expected was the largest party winning 56 seats mostly in their traditional Central Belt heartlands which was nine seats short of an overall majority Labour formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats who won 17 seats 1 The Scottish National Party SNP had done well in opinion polls running up to the election gaining 40 in some approval ratings but this level of support was not maintained The SNP were the second largest party with 35 seats which still represented their best performance since the October 1974 general election 2 The Conservative Party still recovering from their wipeout in the 1997 general election across Scotland failed to win a single constituency seat but did manage to win 18 seats through the Additional Member System The Scottish Socialist Party SSP and the Greens picked up unexpected additional member seats 3 Robin Harper became the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the history of the United Kingdom 4 5 Dennis Canavan who had failed to become an approved Labour candidate won the Falkirk West constituency as an independent candidate 6 Following the election the new parliament met in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh for the first time on Wednesday 12 May 1999 although the actual devolution of powers from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament did not take place until midnight on Thursday 1 July 1999 almost two months later 7 8 For a full list of MSPs elected see 1st Scottish Parliament For lists of constituencies and regions see Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions Contents 1 Results 2 Constituency and regional summary 2 1 Central Scotland 2 2 Glasgow 2 3 Highlands and Islands 2 4 Lothians 2 5 Mid Scotland and Fife 2 6 North East Scotland 2 7 South of Scotland 2 8 West of Scotland 2 9 Party representation 3 Party leaders in 1999 4 Opinion polls 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links 8 1 ManifestosResults Edit 56 17 35 18Labour Lib Dems SNP Conservative1999 Scottish Parliament election 9 nbsp Party Constituencies Regional additional members Total seatsVotes Seats Votes Seats Total Labour 908 346 38 8 new 53 new 786 818 33 6 new 3 new 56 new 43 4SNP 672 768 28 7 new 7 new 638 644 27 3 new 28 new 35 new 27 1Conservative 364 425 15 6 new 0 new 359 109 15 4 new 18 new 18 new 14 0Liberal Democrats 333 179 14 2 new 12 new 290 760 12 4 new 5 new 17 new 13 2Scottish Green 84 023 3 6 new 1 new 1 new 0 8Scottish Socialist 23 654 1 0 new 0 new 46 635 2 0 new 1 new 1 new 0 8MSP for Falkirk West 18 511 0 8 new 1 new 27 712 1 2 new 0 new 1 new 0 8Socialist Labour 5 268 0 2 new 0 new 55 153 2 4 new 0 new 0 new 0 0ProLife Alliance 9 784 0 4 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Scottish Unionist 7 011 0 3 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Liberal 5 534 0 2 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Natural Law 4 906 0 2 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Socialist Workers 2757 0 1 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Highlands and Islands Alliance 2 607 0 1 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Civil Rights Movement 806 0 0 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Communist 190 0 0 new 0 new 521 0 0 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Socialist GB 697 0 0 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Humanist 447 0 0 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Anti drug 423 0 0 new 0 new 0 new 0 0Others 12 967 0 6 0 17 668 0 7 0 0 0 0Valid votes 2 342 488 99 7 2 338 914 99 7 Spoilt votes 7 839 0 3 7 268 0 3 Total 2 350 327 100 73 2 346 182 100 56 129 100Electorate turnout 4 027 433 58 4 4 027 433 58 3 Popular Vote Constituency Labour 38 77 SNP 28 72 Conservative 15 56 Liberal Democrats 14 22 Scottish Socialist 1 01 Other 1 72 Popular Vote Regional Labour 33 64 SNP 27 26 Conservative 15 35 Liberal Democrats 12 43 Green 3 59 Socialist Labour 2 37 Scottish Socialist 1 99 Other 3 37 Parliament seatsLabour 43 41 SNP 27 13 Conservative 13 95 Liberal Democrats 13 18 Green 0 78 Scottish Socialist 0 78 Other 0 78 Constituency and regional summary EditCentral Scotland Edit 1999 Scottish Parliament election Central Scotland Constituency Elected member ResultAirdrie and Shotts Karen Whitefield Scottish Labour win new seat Coatbridge and Chryston Elaine Smith Scottish Labour win new seat Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Cathie Craigie Scottish Labour win new seat East Kilbride Andy Kerr Scottish Labour win new seat Falkirk East Cathy Peattie Scottish Labour win new seat Falkirk West Dennis Canavan Independent win new seat Hamilton North and Bellshill Michael McMahon Scottish Labour win new seat Hamilton South Tom McCabe Scottish Labour win new seat Kilmarnock and Loudoun Margaret Jamieson Scottish Labour win new seat Motherwell and Wishaw Jack McConnell Scottish Labour win new seat 1999 Scottish Parliament election Central Scotland Party Elected candidates Seats Votes Labour 0 N A 129 822 39 28 N ASNP Alex Neil Andrew Wilson Michael Matheson Gil Paterson Linda Fabiani 5 N A 91 802 27 78 N AConservative Lyndsay McIntosh 1 N A 30 243 9 15 N AIndependent 0 N A 27 700 8 38 N ALiberal Democrats Donald Gorrie 1 N A 20 505 6 20 N ASocialist Labour 0 N A 10 956 3 32 N AScottish Green 0 N A 5 926 3 32 N AScottish Socialist 0 N A 5 739 1 74 N AScottish Unionist Party modern 0 N A 2 888 0 87 N AProLife Alliance 0 N A 2 567 0 78 N AScottish Families and Pensioners Party 0 N A 1 373 0 42 N ANatural Law 0 N A 1 373 0 42 N AIndependent Progressive 0 N A 248 0 08 N AGlasgow Edit 1999 Scottish Parliament election Glasgow Constituency Elected member ResultGlasgow Anniesland Donald Dewar Scottish Labour win new seat Glasgow Baillieston Margaret Curran Scottish Labour win new seat Glasgow Cathcart Mike Watson Scottish Labour win new seat Glasgow Govan Gordon Jackson Scottish Labour win new seat Glasgow Kelvin Pauline McNeill Scottish Labour win new seat Glasgow Maryhill Patricia Ferguson Scottish Labour win new seat Glasgow Pollok Johann Lamont Scottish Labour win new seat Glasgow Rutherglen Janis Hughes Scottish Labour win new seat Glasgow Shettleston Frank McAveety Scottish Labour win new seat Glasgow Springburn Paul Martin Scottish Labour win new seat 1999 Scottish Parliament election Glasgow Party Elected candidates Seats Votes Labour 0 N A 112 588 43 9 N ASNP Nicola Sturgeon Dorothy Grace Elder Kenneth Gibson Sandra White 4 N A 65 360 25 5 N AConservative Bill Aitken 1 N A 20 239 7 9 N AScottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan 1 N A 18 581 7 2 N ALiberal Democrats Robert Brown 1 N A 18 473 7 2 N AScottish Green 0 N A 10 159 4 0 N ASocialist Labour 0 N A 4 391 1 7 N AProLife Alliance 0 N A 2 357 0 9 N AScottish Unionist 0 N A 2 283 0 9 N ACommunist 0 N A 521 0 2 N AHumanist 0 N A 447 0 2 N ANatural Law 0 N A 419 0 2 N ASocialist GB 0 N A 309 0 1 N APeople s Choice 0 N A 221 0 1 N AHighlands and Islands Edit 1999 Scottish Parliament election Highlands and Islands Constituency Elected member ResultArgyll and Bute George Lyon Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross Jamie Stone Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat Inverness East Nairn and Lochaber Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party win new seat Moray Margaret Ewing Scottish National Party win new seat Orkney Jim Wallace Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat Ross Skye and Inverness West John Farquhar Munro Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat Shetland Tavish Scott Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat Western Isles Alasdair Morrison Scottish Labour win new seat 1999 Scottish Parliament election Highlands and Islands Party Elected candidates Seats Votes SNP Winnie Ewing Duncan Hamilton 2 N A 55 593 27 73 N ALabour Peter Peacock Maureen Macmillan Rhoda Grant 3 N A 51 371 25 47 N ALiberal Democrats 0 N A 43 226 21 43 N AConservative Jamie McGrigorMary Scanlon 2 N A 30 122 14 94 N AScottish Green 0 N A 7 560 3 75 N AI Noble Independent 0 N A 3 522 1 75 N ASocialist Labour 0 N A 2 808 1 39 N AHighlands and Islands 0 N A 2 607 1 29 N AScottish Socialist Party 0 N A 1 770 0 88 N ARobbie the Pict Independent 0 N A 1 151 0 57 N AIndependent 0 N A 712 0 35 N ANatural Law 0 N A 536 0 27 N AIndependent 0 N A 354 0 18 N ALothians Edit 1999 Scottish Parliament election Lothians Constituency Elected member ResultEdinburgh Central Sarah Boyack Scottish Labour win new seat Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Susan Deacon Scottish Labour win new seat Edinburgh North and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Scottish Labour win new seat Edinburgh Pentlands Iain Gray Scottish Labour win new seat Edinburgh South Angus Mackay Scottish Labour win new seat Edinburgh West Margaret Smith Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat Linlithgow Mary Mulligan Scottish Labour win new seat Livingston Bristow Muldoon Scottish Labour win new seat Midlothian Rhona Brankin Scottish Labour win new seat 1999 Scottish Parliament election Lothians Party Elected candidates Seats Votes Labour 0 N A 99 098 30 2 N ASNP Margo MacDonald Kenny MacAskill Fiona Hyslop 3 N A 85 085 25 7 N AConservative David McLetchie James Douglas Hamilton 2 N A 52 067 15 7 N ALiberal Democrats David Steel 1 N A 47 565 14 4 N AScottish Green Robin Harper 1 N A 22 848 6 9 N ASocialist Labour 0 N A 10 895 3 3 N AScottish Socialist 0 N A 5 237 1 6 N ALiberal 0 N A 2 056 0 6 N AWitchery Tour Party 0 N A 1 184 0 4 N AProLife Alliance 0 N A 898 0 3 N ACivil Rights Movement 0 N A 806 0 2 N ANatural Law 0 N A 564 0 2 N AIndependent 0 N A 557 0 2 N ASocialist GB 0 N A 388 0 1 N AIndependent 0 N A 256 0 1 N AIndependent 0 N A 145 0 04 N AIndependent 0 N A 54 0 02 N AMid Scotland and Fife Edit 1999 Scottish Parliament election Mid Scotland and Fife Constituency Elected member ResultDunfermline East Helen Eadie Scottish Labour win new seat Dunfermline West Scott Barrie Scottish Labour win new seat Fife Central Henry McLeish Scottish Labour win new seat Fife North East Iain Smith Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat Kirkcaldy Marilyn Livingstone Scottish Labour win new seat North Tayside John Swinney Scottish National Party win new seat Ochil Richard Simpson Scottish Labour win new seat Perth Roseanna Cunningham Scottish National Party win new seat Stirling Sylvia Jackson Scottish Labour win new seat 1999 Scottish Parliament election Mid Scotland and Fife Party Elected candidates Seats Votes Labour 0 N A 101 964 33 3 N ASNP George Reid Bruce Crawford Tricia Marwick 3 N A 87 659 28 7 N AConservative Keith Harding Nick Johnston Brian Monteith 3 N A 56 719 18 6 N ALiberal Democrats Keith Raffan 1 N A 38 896 12 7 N AScottish Green 0 N A 11 821 3 9 N ASocialist Labour 0 N A 4 266 1 4 N AScottish Socialist 0 N A 3 044 1 0 N AProLife Alliance 0 N A 735 0 2 N ANatural Law 0 N A 558 0 2 N ANorth East Scotland Edit 1999 Scottish Parliament election North East Scotland Constituency Elected member ResultAberdeen Central Lewis Macdonald Scottish Labour win new seat Aberdeen North Elaine Thomson Scottish Labour win new seat Aberdeen South Nicol Stephen Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat Angus Andrew Welsh Scottish National Party win new seat Banff and Buchan Alex Salmond Scottish National Party win new seat Dundee East John McAllion Scottish Labour win new seat Dundee West Kate Maclean Scottish Labour win new seat Gordon Nora Radcliffe Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Mike Rumbles Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat 1999 Scottish Parliament election North East Scotland Party Elected candidates Seats Votes SNP Brian Adam Richard LochheadShona RobisonIrene McGugan 4 N A 93 329 32 3 N ALabour 0 N A 72 666 25 5 N AConservative David DavidsonBen WallaceAlex Johnstone 3 N A 52 149 18 3 N ALiberal Democrats 0 N A 49 843 17 5 N AScottish Green 0 N A 8 067 2 8 N ASocialist Labour 0 N A 3 557 1 2 N AScottish Socialist 0 N A 3 016 1 1 N AIndependent 0 N A 2 303 0 8 N AIndependent 0 N A 770 0 3 N ANatural Law 0 N A 746 0 3 N ASouth of Scotland Edit 1999 Scottish Parliament election South of Scotland Constituency Elected member ResultAyr Ian Welsh Scottish Labour win new seat Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley Cathy Jamieson Scottish Labour win new seat Clydesdale Karen Turnbull Scottish Labour win new seat Cunninghame South Irene Oldfather Scottish Labour win new seat Dumfries Elaine Murray Scottish Labour win new seat East Lothian John Home Robertson Scottish Labour win new seat Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Alasdair Morgan Scottish National Party win new seat Roxburgh and Berwickshire Euan Robson Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale Ian Jenkins Scottish Liberal Democrats win new seat 1999 Scottish Parliament election South of Scotland Party Elected candidates Seats Votes Labour 0 N A 98 836 31 0 N ASNP Michael Russell Adam Ingram Christine Creech 3 N A 80 059 25 1 N AConservative Phil GallieAlex Fergusson Murray Tosh David Mundell 4 N A 68 904 21 6 N ALiberal Democrats 0 N A 38 157 12 0 N ASocialist Labour 0 N A 13 887 4 4 N AScottish Green 0 N A 9 467 3 0 N ALiberal 0 N A 3 478 1 1 N AScottish Socialist 0 N A 3 304 1 0 N AUKIP 0 N A 1 502 0 5 N ANatural Law 0 N A 755 0 2 N AWest of Scotland Edit 1999 Scottish Parliament election West of Scotland Constituency Elected member ResultClydebank and Milngavie Des McNulty Scottish Labour win new seat Cunninghame North Allan Wilson Scottish Labour win new seat Dumbarton Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour win new seat Eastwood Kenneth Macintosh Scottish Labour win new seat Greenock and Inverclyde Duncan McNeil Scottish Labour win new seat Paisley North Wendy Alexander Scottish Labour win new seat Paisley South Hugh Henry Scottish Labour win new seat Strathkelvin and Bearsden Sam Galbraith Scottish Labour win new seat West Renfrewshire Patricia Godman Scottish Labour win new seat 1999 Scottish Parliament election West of Scotland Party Elected candidates Seats Votes Labour 0 N A 119 663 38 5 N ASNP Colin Campbell Kay Ullrich Lloyd Quinan Fiona McLeod 4 N A 80 417 25 9 N AConservative Annabel Goldie John Young 2 N A 48 666 15 7 N ALiberal Democrats Ross Finnie 1 N A 34 095 11 0 N AScottish Green 0 N A 8 174 2 6 N AScottish Socialist 0 N A 5 944 1 9 N ASocialist Labour 0 N A 4 472 1 4 N AProLife Alliance 0 N A 3 227 1 0 N AIndependent 0 N A 2 761 0 9 N AScottish Unionist Party modern 0 N A 1 840 0 6 N ANatural Law Party 0 N A 589 0 2 N AIndependent 0 N A 565 0 2 N AParty representation Edit Labour 56 Members of the Scottish Parliament MSPs SNP 35 MSPs Conservative 18 MSPs Liberal Democrats 17 MSPs Green 1 MSP SSP 1 MSP Others Dennis Canavan Falkirk West 1 MSPParty leaders in 1999 EditLabour Donald Dewar SNP Alex Salmond Conservative David McLetchie Liberal Democrat Jim Wallace SSP Tommy Sheridan Green Robin HarperOpinion polls EditMain article Opinion polling for the 1999 Scottish Parliament electionSee also EditExecutive of the 1st Scottish Parliament Members elected to the 1st Scottish ParliamentNotes Edit The same constituency boundaries were used as in the 1997 United Kingdom general election with the exception of Orkney and Shetland which were made into separate constituencies References Edit Seenan Gerard Macaskill Ewen 14 May 1999 Angry Lib Dems finally agree coalition deal The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 6 March 2023 The long rise of the SNP The Guardian 6 May 1999 ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 6 March 2023 Aiton Andrew 6 May 2019 It was 20 years ago today SPICe Spotlight Retrieved 20 March 2023 The Newsroom 3 May 2016 A short history of Scottish Parliament elections 1999 2011 The Scotsman Archived from the original on 11 May 2021 Mackie Andy 18 March 2011 Robin Harper looks back on twelve years in Parliament The Edinburgh Reporter Retrieved 6 March 2023 Election Maps UK electionmapsuk 7 May 2018 Falkirk West elected Independent Dennis Canavan grey constituency whilst the Scottish Socialist Party got a seaton the top ups pink square on the second map Tweet via Twitter Scottish Parliament opening The Queen s speech BBC News 1 July 1999 Retrieved 6 March 2023 Auer Christian 19 September 2019 90 The Scottish Parliament Opening Ceremony 1 July 1999 Scotland and the Scots 1707 2007 A Reader Etudes anglophones Strasbourg Presses universitaires de Strasbourg pp 272 275 ISBN 979 10 344 0480 3 retrieved 6 March 2023 Analysis of Results www parliament scot 10 July 2011 Archived from the original on 17 July 2020 Retrieved 16 April 2020 External links EditSourceForge netManifestos Edit Scotland First Scottish Conservatives Caring for Scotland Scottish Greens Raising the Standard Scottish Liberal Democrats Scotland s Party Scottish National Party Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1999 Scottish Parliament election amp oldid 1147733941, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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