South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000

The 2000 South Tyneside Council Metropolitan Borough election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Labour maintained their control of the council with only one independent gain being made in the election.[3]

South Tyneside Local Election Result 2000[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 16 -1 80.0
  Liberal Democrat 2 0 10.0
  Others 2 +1 10.0

References

  1. "South Tyneside". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  2. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-05. p. 4.
  3. Carlin, Brendan (2000-05-06). "Labour reflects on bad night that could have been worse". The Northern Echo. p. 3.
  4. "Local council results". Financial Times. 2000-05-06. p. 6.
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