Local Elections 2000
Local Elections 2000 was held on 4 May 2000. 2,291 seats were filled across 2,927 wards and divisions in 227 councils, from 10,502 candidates. Conservative Party won 914, The Labour Party won 755 and Liberal Democrats won 488.
- Date
- 4 May 2000
- Seats filled
- 2,291
- Candidates
- 10,502
- Councils
- 227
| Party | Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 3,406 | 914 | 2,374,798 | 38.6% |
| The Labour Party | 3,177 | 755 | 1,916,565 | 31.2% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,722 | 488 | 1,497,967 | 24.4% |
| Independent | 375 | 72 | 136,820 | 2.2% |
| RES | 65 | 21 | 51,111 | 0.8% |
| IKHHC | 15 | 10 | 11,130 | 0.2% |
| LIB | 66 | 8 | 20,089 | 0.3% |
| Green Party | 319 | 6 | 57,308 | 0.9% |
| Residents | 6 | 6 | 5,745 | 0.1% |
| JFK | 5 | 2 | 6,425 | 0.1% |
| RATE | 4 | 2 | 4,013 | 0.1% |
| Other | 9 | 2 | 2,422 | 0.0% |
| Ind Lab | 45 | 1 | 15,353 | 0.2% |
| UK Ind | 38 | 1 | 4,780 | 0.1% |
| Soc Alt | 23 | 1 | 4,560 | 0.1% |
| Progressive Party (London, 1889-1945) | 1 | 1 | 812 | 0.0% |
| Care P | 6 | 1 | 699 | 0.0% |
| SOC LAB | 38 | 0 | 6,507 | 0.1% |
| Ind Con | 14 | 0 | 3,100 | 0.1% |
| Dem Lab | 15 | 0 | 2,563 | 0.0% |
| BNP | 14 | 0 | 2,402 | 0.0% |
| PP | 9 | 0 | 2,093 | 0.0% |
| JFK/LD | 1 | 0 | 1,916 | 0.0% |
| Prog | 4 | 0 | 1,778 | 0.0% |
| Lia | 10 | 0 | 1,522 | 0.0% |
| Left All | 8 | 0 | 1,406 | 0.0% |
| Nlp | 26 | 0 | 1,278 | 0.0% |
| Jfb | 1 | 0 | 1,240 | 0.0% |
| P Con | 1 | 0 | 907 | 0.0% |
| Keith Lab | 1 | 0 | 874 | 0.0% |
| Kevin Lab | 1 | 0 | 824 | 0.0% |
| RRLP | 16 | 0 | 785 | 0.0% |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 5 | 0 | 752 | 0.0% |
| EIE | 6 | 0 | 712 | 0.0% |
| SOC | 4 | 0 | 650 | 0.0% |
| soc all | 6 | 0 | 631 | 0.0% |
| G Lab | 1 | 0 | 610 | 0.0% |
| E Dem | 3 | 0 | 601 | 0.0% |
| MRLP | 5 | 0 | 549 | 0.0% |
| LCA | 6 | 0 | 375 | 0.0% |
| Council | Wards / divisions | Seats filled | Largest party | Its seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | 13 | 6 | Conservative | 3 |
| Amber Valley | 19 | 36 | Conservative | 25 |
| Amber Valley | 6 | 9 | Conservative | 7 |
| Ashfield | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Babergh | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Barnsley | 22 | 22 | Labour | 14 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 12 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Basildon | 14 | 15 | Conservative | 8 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 19 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Bassetlaw | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Bassetlaw | 12 | 6 | Labour | 3 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Bedford | 9 | 8 | Conservative | 4 |
| Bedford | 9 | 8 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Birmingham | 39 | 39 | Labour | 16 |
| Blaby | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 21 | 21 | Labour | 9 |
| Blackpool | 22 | 44 | Labour | 24 |
| Bolton | 20 | 19 | Labour | 9 |
| Bournemouth | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Bracknell Forest | 19 | 39 | Conservative | 29 |
| Bradford | 30 | 30 | Conservative | 15 |
| Brentwood | 13 | 13 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Broadland | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 13 |
| Broxbourne | 13 | 12 | Conservative | 12 |
| Burnley | 16 | 17 | Independent | 7 |
| Bury | 17 | 18 | Labour | 9 |
| Calderdale | 18 | 19 | Conservative | 11 |
| Cambridge | 16 | 18 | Liberal Democrats | 11 |
| Cannock Chase | 14 | 16 | Labour | 8 |
| Carlisle | 7 | 5 | Conservative | 4 |
| Carlisle | 10 | 8 | Labour | 3 |
| Cheltenham | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 7 |
| Cherwell | 19 | 18 | Conservative | 15 |
| Chester | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Chorley | 15 | 16 | Conservative | 7 |
| City of Chester | 20 | 19 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Colchester | 14 | 5 | Conservative | 2 |
| Colchester | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Colchester Borough Council | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Congleton | 4 | 5 | Conservative | 4 |
| Congleton | 12 | 12 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Copeland Borough Council | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Coventry | 18 | 18 | Labour | 8 |
| Craven | 12 | 11 | Conservative | 5 |
| Crawley | 11 | 8 | Labour | 6 |
| Crewe and Nantwich | 19 | 18 | Labour | 9 |
| Croydon | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Cumberland | 5 | 6 | Conservative | 4 |
| Daventry | 12 | 3 | Conservative | 2 |
| Daventry Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Derby | 15 | 11 | Labour | 6 |
| Derbyshire | 5 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Doncaster | 21 | 21 | Labour | 16 |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Dudley | 24 | 24 | Conservative | 12 |
| Eastbourne | 10 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Eastleigh | 8 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Eastleigh | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Eastleigh Borough Council | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | 15 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Elmbridge | 22 | 29 | RES | 12 |
| Epping Forest | 20 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Exeter | 18 | 20 | Labour | 9 |
| Fareham | 14 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Gateshead | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| Gateshead | 10 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Gloucester | 9 | 5 | Labour | 5 |
| Gloucester | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Gloucestershire | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Gosport | 10 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Great Yarmouth | 8 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Great Yarmouth | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Greenwich | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Halton | 20 | 12 | Labour | 8 |
| Hampshire | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Harlow | 14 | 11 | Labour | 5 |
| Harrogate | 19 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| Harrogate Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Hart | 12 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Hartlepool | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Hartlepool | 11 | 3 | Conservative | 1 |
| Hartlepool Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Hastings | 11 | 6 | Labour | 3 |
| Havant | 14 | 4 | Independent | 1 |
| Herefordshire | 44 | 29 | Independent | 10 |
| Hertfordshire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Hertsmere | 13 | 4 | Conservative | 4 |
| Huntingdonshire | 17 | 5 | Conservative | 4 |
| Huntingdonshire County Council | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Hyndburn | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 8 |
| Hyndburn | 7 | 8 | Conservative | 5 |
| Ipswich | 16 | 18 | Labour | 9 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Kingston Upon Hull | 20 | 5 | Labour | 3 |
| Kingston Upon Hull, City of | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Kirklees | 24 | 9 | Labour | 3 |
| Knowsley | 22 | 6 | Labour | 6 |
| Lancashire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Leeds | 33 | 13 | Labour | 7 |
| Lincoln | 11 | 11 | Labour | 7 |
| Liverpool | 33 | 20 | Liberal Democrats | 15 |
| Macclesfield | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 8 |
| Macclesfield | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| Maidstone | 19 | 22 | Conservative | 9 |
| Malvern Hills | 25 | 30 | Conservative | 15 |
| Manchester | 33 | 8 | Labour | 7 |
| Medway | 40 | 87 | Conservative | 39 |
| Milton Keynes | 18 | 19 | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| Mole Valley | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 6 |
| Mole Valley | 18 | 34 | Conservative | 13 |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 26 | 13 | Labour | 8 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 18 | 18 | Labour | 7 |
| North Hertfordshire | 16 | 17 | Conservative | 11 |
| North Kesteven | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| North Tyneside | 13 | 9 | Labour | 4 |
| North Tyneside | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Norwich | 16 | 16 | Liberal Democrats | 10 |
| Nottingham | 27 | 55 | Labour | 40 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 15 | 15 | Labour | 10 |
| Oldham | 20 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Oxford | 17 | 18 | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| Pendle | 10 | 11 | Labour | 5 |
| Pendle | 7 | 7 | Labour | 6 |
| Penwith | 11 | 5 | Independent | 2 |
| Peterborough | 19 | 20 | Conservative | 9 |
| Plymouth | 23 | 60 | Conservative | 38 |
| Portsmouth | 13 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Preston | 19 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Purbeck | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 7 |
| Reading | 15 | 0 | — | — |
| Redditch | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| Reigate & Banstead | 19 | 30 | Conservative | 20 |
| Rochdale | 21 | 10 | Labour | 7 |
| Rochford | 13 | 5 | Conservative | 2 |
| Rossendale | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 11 |
| Rotherham | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| Rotherham | 10 | 5 | Labour | 3 |
| Rugby | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Rugby | 11 | 6 | Conservative | 3 |
| Rugby Borough Council | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Runnymede | 14 | 21 | Conservative | 15 |
| Rushcliffe | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Rushmoor | 15 | 14 | Conservative | 7 |
| Salford | 3 | 4 | Labour | 3 |
| Salford | 18 | 17 | Labour | 13 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Sandwell | 24 | 24 | Labour | 17 |
| Scarborough | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Sefton | 22 | 66 | Liberal Democrats | 25 |
| Sheffield | 29 | 30 | Liberal Democrats | 16 |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | 16 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Slough | 14 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Solihull | 5 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Solihull | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 9 |
| South Bedfordshire | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 12 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 9 |
| South Gloucestershire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| South Lakeland | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 7 |
| South Ribble | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| South Tyneside | 20 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Southampton | 15 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Southend-On-Sea | 13 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| St Albans | 19 | 22 | Labour | 8 |
| St Albans Borough Council | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| St Edmundsbury | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| St. Albans | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| St. Helens | 18 | 4 | Labour | 2 |
| Stevenage | 8 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Stevenage | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Stockport | 9 | 9 | Labour | 4 |
| Stockport | 12 | 13 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Stoke On Trent | 20 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Stratford on Avon Borough Council | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Stratford-On-Avon | 9 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Stroud | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 14 |
| Suffolk Coastal | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Sunderland | 25 | 5 | Labour | 4 |
| Swale | 16 | 3 | Conservative | 1 |
| Swindon | 24 | 45 | Conservative | 21 |
| Tameside | 19 | 20 | Labour | 16 |
| Tamworth | 9 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| Tamworth | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tamworth Borough Council | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tandridge | 20 | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| Telford & Wrekin | 34 | 25 | Labour | 15 |
| Three Rivers | 16 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Thurrock | 7 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Thurrock | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Tonbridge And Malling | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Torbay | 12 | 9 | Conservative | 6 |
| Trafford | 21 | 21 | Conservative | 10 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Tunbridge Wells | 9 | 3 | Conservative | 2 |
| Wakefield | 21 | 21 | Labour | 16 |
| Walsall | 21 | 20 | Conservative | 11 |
| Warrington | 23 | 6 | Labour | 4 |
| Watford | 7 | 7 | Labour | 4 |
| Watford Borough Council | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Waveney | 8 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Waveney | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 12 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| West Berkshire | 31 | 43 | Liberal Democrats | 25 |
| West Devon | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| West Lancashire | 18 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| West Lindsey | 13 | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| West Oxfordshire | 17 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| West Sussex | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Westminster | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 4 |
| Wigan | 24 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Winchester | 6 | 2 | Independent | 1 |
| Winchester | 18 | 16 | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 22 | 39 | Liberal Democrats | 18 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 15 | 0 | — | — |
| Wirral | 22 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Woking | 17 | 25 | Conservative | 13 |
| Wokingham | 18 | 19 | Liberal Democrats | 11 |
| Wolverhampton | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 11 |
| Worcester | 12 | 13 | Conservative | 8 |
| Worthing | 12 | 14 | Conservative | 8 |
| Wyre Forest | 11 | 11 | IKHHC | 8 |
| Wyre Forest | 5 | 3 | IKHHC | 2 |
| YEOVIL | 1 | 2 | Labour | 2 |