The 1999 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 1999.

[1][2] All Scottish and Welsh unitary authorities had all their seats elected.

The elections saw Labour, now in their second year of government, suffer a setback as the opposition Conservatives gained ground.

The councils up for election had last been contested in 1995, which saw Labour achieve record gains and the Conservatives lose over 2,000 seats.

All 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.