United Kingdom local elections, 2000

United Kingdom local elections, 2000

4 May 2000

Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Leader since 21 July 1994 19 June 1997 9 August 1999 Percentage 30 32% 26 Councils 57 8 11 Councils +/- 16 1 1 Councillors 1,112 1,085 733 Councillors +/- 568 256 21

Local elections took place in some parts of England on 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.

Summary of results

Below is a summary of the results of the 2000 local elections.^[1]

Metropolitan boroughs

Whole council

In 1 English Metropolitan borough council the whole council was up for election.

One third of council

In 35 English Metropolitan borough councils, one third of the council was up for election.

Unitary authorities

Whole council

In 11 English Unitary authorities, the whole council was up for election.

One third of council

In 16 English Unitary authorities, one third of the council was up for election.

District councils

Whole council

In 9 English district authorities, the whole council was up for election.

One third of council

In 80 English district authorities, one third of the council was up for election.

References

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