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1999 Inverclyde Council Election
Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 6 May 1999, the same day as other Scottish Local Government elections and the first Scottish Parliament Election. Results Ward results References {{United Kingdom local elections, 1999 1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ... 1999 Scottish local elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inverclyde
Inverclyde (, , , "mouth of the Clyde") is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the historic county of Renfrewshire, which currently exists as a registration county and lieutenancy area. Inverclyde is located in the west central Lowlands. It borders the North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire council areas, and is otherwise surrounded by the Firth of Clyde. Inverclyde was formerly one of nineteen districts within Strathclyde Region, from 1975 until 1996. Prior to 1975, Inverclyde was governed as part of the local government county of Renfrewshire, comprising the burghs of Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock, and the former fifth district of the county. Its landward area is bordered by the Kelly, North and South Routen burns to the southwest (separating Wemyss Bay and Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire), part of the River Gryfe and the Finlaystone Burn to the south-east. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Scottish Local Elections
Local elections were held in Scotland on 6 May 1999, the same day as First Scottish Parliament elections. It was the second election for all 32 Scottish councils and the first after a major review into all wards. Boundary changes A Major review of all boundaries took place before the 1999 elections as part of the third comprehensive review by the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland which resulted in an overall reduction of wards to 1222 instead of 1245 and many wards were restructured. NOT a full list: * Aberdeen Lost 7 seats * Aberdeenshire Gained : * Argyll & Bute Gained * Dumfries & Galloway Lost * Falkirk Lost 4 seats: * Fife lost 12 seats. * Glasgow lost 4 seats. Results , - !colspan=2, Parties !Votes !Votes % !Wards !Wards % !NetGain/Loss , - , , , 829,921 , , 36.6 , , 550 , , 45.0 , , , - , , , 655,299 , , 28.7 , , 204 , , 16.7 , , , - , , , 289,236 , , 12.7 , , 156 , , 12.8 , , , - , , , 308,170 , , 13.5 , , 108 , , 8.8 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Scottish Parliament Election
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. 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) constituenciesThe 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. and proportional representation with the 73 constituencies being grouped together to make eight region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen McCabe
Stephen McCabe is a Labour Party councillor and leader of Inverclyde Council. A graduate of the University of Strathclyde where he studied economics, he has been a councillor since 1999, retaining his seat as the sole representative for 'Ward 6' in 2003. When larger, multi-member wards were created for the 2007 election, he stood successfully in Inverclyde East (covering Kilmacolm and eastern parts of Port Glasgow) and was re-elected there in 2012, 2017 and 2022. He was leader of the local authority between May 2007 and February 2011, when he stepped down for family reasons, but was soon re-elected to the position in August of the same year, following the death of local MP David Cairns which in turn led to McCabe's successor Iain McKenzie Iain McKenzie (born 4 April 1959) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who was formerly the Member of Parliament for Inverclyde. He was elected at the June 2011 by-election, and stood unsuccessfully for re-election in the 2015 ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inverclyde Council Elections
Inverclyde Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007. Council elections As a district council As a unitary authority By-elections 2007-2012 2022-2027 References {{Inverclyde elections Inverclyde Council elections, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
