2000 Worcester City Council election

2000 UK local government election March 2025 December 2013 The 2000 Worcester City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/150.stm Worcester 2010-01-03 BBC News After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 16 Labour 15 Independent 4 Liberal Democrat 1 Background Before the election, Labour held 20 seats as against 11 for the Conservatives, 3 independents and 2 Liberal Democrats. Local Elections: Tories hope for a 20-year shock result: Worcester Birmingham Mail 13 2000-04-05 12 seats were up for election with Labour defending 7 as against 3 for the Conservatives. Election result The results saw the Labour Party lose their majority on the council, Chris Gray Tories win Solihull City socialists axed Knowles out as Labour crumbles Birmingham Post 1 2000-05-05 after losing 4 seats to the Conservatives and 1 to the independents. Tories jubilant as Labour feels backlash Birmingham Post 4 2000-05-05 They also failed to regain St John ward where Margaret Layland held the seat as an independent by 31 votes. She had been elected for Labour in 1996 before leaving the party in 1998. The results meant that the Conservatives became the largest party on the council for the first time since 1979. Chris Game Why there's still reason to be blue Were the Tories' election gains as sensational as they say? asksChris Game. Birmingham Post 39 2000-05-06 Worcester local election result 2000 Election results: local councils The Times London 4 2000-05-05 Conservative Party (UK) 8 +5 66.7 Labour Party (UK) 2 -5 16.7 Independent (politician) 2 +1 16.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 -1 0 References Category:2000 English local elections 2000 Category:2000s in Worcestershire