title: 1999 Welsh local elections
text: # 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.
  
  ## Wales-Wide Results
  
  | Party | Votes | % | +/- | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | 338,470 | 34.4% | 9.2% | 8 | 6 | 563 | 163 |
  | Independent | 187,345 | 19.1% | 1.2% | 3 | 1 | 295 | 3 |
  | Plaid Cymru | 179,212 | 18.2% | 5.7% | 3 | 2 | 205 | 92 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 132,091 | 13.4% | 3.2% | 0 | | 98 | 19 |
  | Conservative | 99,565 | 10.1% | 2.0% | 0 | | 75 | 33 |
  | Green | 8,328 | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0 | | 1 | 1 |
  | Other | 37,788 | 3.8% | 0.2% | 0 | | 33 | 13 |
  | No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | 8 | 5 | n/a | n/a |
  
  ## Result
  
  In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.
  
  | Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Blaenau Gwent | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
  | Bridgend | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
  | Caerphilly | Labour | Plaid Cymru gain | Details |
  | Cardiff | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
  | Carmarthenshire | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
  | Ceredigion | Independent | No overall control gain | Details |
  | Conwy | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
  | Denbighshire | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
  | Flintshire | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
  | Gwynedd | Plaid Cymru | Plaid Cymru hold | Details |
  | Isle of Anglesey | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
  | Merthyr Tydfil | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
  | Monmouthshire | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
  | Neath Port Talbot | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
  | Newport | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
  | Pembrokeshire | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
  | Powys | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
  | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Labour | Plaid Cymru gain | Details |
  | Swansea | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
  | Torfaen | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
  | Vale of Glamorgan | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
  | Wrexham | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
  