2000 Burnley Borough Council election

2000 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 Burnley Borough Council elections The 2000 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, 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/18.stm Burnley 2009-12-22 BBC News After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 24 Independent 12 Liberal Democrat 9 Conservative 3 Election results: local councils The Times 4 2000-05-05 Campaign The election saw 17 seats contested with 2 seats up for election in Gawthorpe ward after the resignation of a Labour councillor. http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/4/5/735406.html https://archive.today/20130420144601/http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/4/5/735406.html dead 2013-04-20 Survivor Enid sets example 2009-12-22 2000-04-05 Lancashire Evening Telegraph In total 42 candidates stood in the election, with Labour defending 14 of the 17 seats being contested. http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/5/4/731972.html https://archive.today/20130421094317/http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/5/4/731972.html dead 2013-04-21 Resign call in proxy votes storm 2009-12-22 2000-05-04 Lancashire Evening Telegraph When the candidates were announced there was controversy in Queensgate ward after the independent candidate, Pat Chadwick, claimed that an independent Conservative candidate had been put up to stand in the election by Labour. http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/4/5/735408.html https://archive.today/20130422072239/http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/4/5/735408.html dead 2013-04-22 Mayoress at centre of 'dirty tricks' election row 2009-12-22 2000-04-05 Lancashire Evening Telegraph She claimed Labour were attempting to split her vote in order to ensure victory for Labour, however Labour described the claims as nonsense. In Danehouse ward there was a tighter system for obtaining proxy votes than in the 1999 election but overall the number of absent votes were only 100 less than in 1999, while split fairly evenly between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/4/18/734006.html https://archive.today/20130420170905/http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/4/18/734006.html dead 2013-04-20 Proxy votes: new stress rule 2009-12-22 2000-04-18 Lancashire Evening Telegraph On election day itself Labour called for the resignation of a Liberal Democrat councillor in Danehouse ward, Arif Khan, after claiming his parents were registered for proxy votes despite living in Pakistan; however Khan denied doing anything wrong. Election results The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council for the first time since the early 1970s. http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/5/5/731827.html https://archive.today/20130420233256/http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2000/5/5/731827.html dead 2013-04-20 Labour singing the Blues 2009-12-22 2000-05-05 Lancashire Evening Telegraph Burnley local election result 2000 Labour Party (UK) 7 -7 41.2 Independent (politician) 7 +6 41.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 +1 11.8 Conservative Party (UK) 1 0 5.9 References Category:2000 English local elections 2000 Category:2000s in Lancashire