1999 Scottish Borders Council election

6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)

All 34 seats to Scottish Borders Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Independent	Liberal Democrats	SNP
Seats won	14	14	4
Seat change	16	1	4
Percentage	31.6%	28.1%	18.1%
Swing	7.4%	4.0%	0.8%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	2	1
Percentage	16.9%	15.4%
Swing	2.1%	2.1%

Council Leader after election

Drew Tulley
Independent

Elections for the Scottish Borders Council took place on Thursday 6 May 1999, alongside the wider Scottish local elections.

No party held a majority, with the largest grouping - local Independents - winning 14 of the council's 34 seats.

Aggregate results

Scottish Borders Council election, 1999^[1]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	+/−
Independent	14	16	31.6	7.4
Liberal Democrats	14	1	28.1	4.0
SNP	4	4	18.1	0.8
Conservative	1	2	16.9	2.1
Labour	1	1	5.4	2.1

References

^ Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher (1999). Local Elections Handbook 1999 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 16.

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