How many female councillors there have been in each year since 1999, expressed also as a percentage of the total number of councillors in t…

Two hundred and seventy-six femalecouncillors were elected in 1999, which constituted 22.6% of the total number ofcouncillors. Following the 2003 elections, these figure decreased to 266 and 21.8%respectively.
The gender breakdown of localauthority councillors after the 2003 election is shown as a percentage in the followingtable 1.
Table 1: Gender Profile ofScotland’s Councillors 2003
Council
| Total Councillors
| Percent Male
| Percent Female

Aberdeen
| 43
| 67
| 33

Aberdeenshire
| 68
| 74
| 26

Angus
| 29
| 76
| 24

Argyll and Bute
| 36
| 86
| 14

Clackmannanshire
| 18
| 89
| 11

Dumfries and Galloway
| 47
| 79
| 21

Dundee
| 29
| 76
| 24

East Ayrshire
| 32
| 81
| 19

East Dunbartonshire
| 24
| 67
| 33

East Lothian
| 23
| 83
| 17

East Renfrewshire
| 20
| 85
| 15

Edinburgh
| 58
| 81
| 19

Eilean Siar
| 31
| 90
| 10

Falkirk
| 32
| 84
| 16

Fife
| 78
| 73
| 27

Glasgow
| 79
| 71
| 29

Highland
| 80
| 74
| 26

Inverclyde
| 20
| 95
| 5

Midlothian
| 18
| 83
| 17

Moray
| 26
| 85
| 15

North Ayrshire
| 30
| 70
| 30

North Lanarkshire
| 70
|