1999 Falkirk Council election

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All 32 seats to Falkirk Council
17 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
Party	Labour	SNP	Independent
Last election	23 seats, 52.0%	8 seats, 36.6%	3 seats, 7.6%
Seats won	15	9	5
Seat change	Decrease 8	Increase 1	Increase 2
Popular vote	28,663	22,438	8,941
Percentage	41.8%	32.7%	13.0%
Swing	Decrease 10.2%	Decrease 3.9%	Increase 5.4%
	Fourth party	Fifth party
Party	Conservative	Independent Labour
Last election	2 seats, 3.6%	Did not contest
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	Steady	Increase 1
Popular vote	4,114	839
Percentage	6.0%	1.2%
Swing	Increase 2.4%	New

Elections to Falkirk Council took place on 6 May 1999, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other 31 unitary authorities. There were 32 wards - 4 less than in 1995.

1999 Falkirk Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	15	-	-	Decrease 8	46.9	41.8	28,663	Decrease 10.2
	SNP	9	-	-	Increase 1	28.1	32.7	22,438	Decrease 3.9
	Independent	5	-	-	Increase 2	15.6	13.0	8,941	Increase 5.4
	Conservative	2	-	-	Steady	6.3	6.0	4,114	Increase 2.4
	Independent Labour	1	-	-	Increase 1	3.1	1.2	839	New
	Liberal Democrats	0	-	-	Steady	0.0	3.6	2,467	Increase 3.5
	Socialist Labour	0	-	-	Steady	0.0	1.5	1,001	New
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	Steady	0.0	0.2	106	New

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