2000 United Kingdom local elections

none November 2022 September 2012 December 2020 December 2020 2000 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1999 United Kingdom local elections 1999 2001 United Kingdom local elections 2001 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 27 out of 46 unitary authorities,89 out of 238 English districts, 1 directly elected mayor and 1 regional assembly 4 May 2000 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Tony Blair 2000.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) 30% 6% 57 16 1,119 574 William Hague MP (3156637603) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 William Hague 19 June 1997 Conservative Party (UK) 32% 2% 33 16 1,383 594 Charles Kennedy MP (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Charles Kennedy 9 August 1999 Liberal Democrats (UK) 26% 2% 11 1 729 18 United Kingdom local elections, 2000.svg 300px Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. The 2000 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 4 May 2000. A third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs were elected along with elections in many of the unitary authorities and district councils. There were no elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. On the same day, a parliamentary by-election took place in the Romsey constituency in southern England; the Liberal Democrats won the seat from the Conservatives. Results Below is a summary of the results of the 2000 local elections. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/london/default.stm Lond & local elections 2000 2010-12-21 BBC News Party Councils Councillors Gain Loss Change Total Gain Loss Change Total Labour Party (UK)117 –165710584–5741,119 Conservative Party (UK)171+163360814+5941,383 Liberal Democrats (UK)23-111127145-18729 Independent politician00004541+4169 Others00001916+3101 No overall control1615+151———— England Metropolitan boroughs Whole council In 1 English Metropolitan borough council the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsSefton ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council In 35 English Metropolitan borough councils, one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees No overall control No overall control holdDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsRochdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSheffield Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsSolihull No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Unitary authorities Whole council In 11 English Unitary authorities, the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBlackpool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBracknell Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHerefordshire Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsMedway No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNottingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPlymouth Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSwindon ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsTelford and Wrekin Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTorbay No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Berkshire Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWindsor and Maidenhead Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council In 16 English Unitary authorities, one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBlackburn with Darwen Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDerby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsKingston upon Hull Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMilton Keynes No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPortsmouth Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsReading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthampton Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSouthend-on-Sea No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWarrington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails District councils Whole council In 9 English district authorities, the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAmber Valley ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsElmbridge ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsExeter ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMalvern Hills No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsMole Valley ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsReigate and Banstead ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsRunnymede ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWoking ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council In 80 English district authorities, one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBasildon Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBasingstoke and Deane No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBedford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBrentwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCambridge No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCarlisle Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCherwell No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsChester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChorley Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsColchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCongleton Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCraven Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsEastleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEpping Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGloucester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGosport No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsHart No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHastings Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHavant No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsPendle No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPenwith No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPreston No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPurbeck Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRossendale Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRushmoor No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSt Albans No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsStroud No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSwale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTamworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWaveney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Lancashire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWorcester Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWorthing Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetails Mayoral elections Local Authority Previous Mayor Mayor-elect DetailsLondon NoneNew Post Independent (politician)Ken Livingstone (Independent)Details References The local elections and elections for a London mayor and assembly: 4 May 2000. House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/53. Category:2000 elections in the United Kingdom Category:May 2000 in the United Kingdom Category:Premiership of Tony Blair