21 July 1994 19 June 1997 36 34 137 61 Date 6 May 1999 | 19 June 1997 16 July 1988 34 24 61 20 | |
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.
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The elections saw Labour, now in their second year of government, suffer a setback as the opposition Conservatives gained ground.
Metropolitan boroughs
All 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
Whole council
‡ New ward boundaries
Whole council
‡ New ward boundaries
References
United Kingdom local elections, 1999 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA