1999 Welsh local elections

The 1999 Welsh local elections, were held on 6 May in 22 local authorities, as part of the wider 1999 UK local elections.

1999 Welsh local elections

6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)

All 1,270 seats to 22 Welsh councils

	First party	Second party

Leader	Alun Michael	Dafydd Wigley
Party	Labour	Plaid Cymru
Leader since	20 February 1999	1991
Seats won	563	205
Seat change	163	92
Popular vote	338,470	179,212
Popular vote (%)	34.4%	18.2%
Swing (pp)	9.2%	5.7%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Richard Livsey	William Hague
Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Leader since	1997	19 June 1997
Seats won	98	75
Seat change	19	33
Popular vote	132,091	99,565
Popular vote (%)	13.4%	10.1%
Swing (pp)	3.2%	2.0%

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