The 2000 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 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. On the same day, a parliamentary by-election took place in the Romsey constituency in southern England; the Liberal Democrats won the seat from the Conservatives.
Results Below is a summary of the results of the 2000 local elections. Party Councils Councillors Gain Loss Change Total Gain Loss Change Total 117 –165710584–5741,119 171+163360814+5941,383 23-111127145-18729 00004541+4169 Others00001916+3101 1615+151————
England
Metropolitan boroughs
Whole council In 1 English Metropolitan borough council the whole council was up for election.
Council Previous control Result DetailsSefton ‡ holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries
Third of council In 35 English Metropolitan borough councils, one third of the council was up for election.
Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley holdDetailsBirmingham holdDetailsBolton holdDetailsBradford gainDetailsBury holdDetailsCalderdale gainDetailsCoventry holdDetailsDoncaster holdDetailsDudley holdDetailsGateshead holdDetailsKirklees holdDetailsKnowsley holdDetailsLeeds holdDetailsLiverpool holdDetailsManchester holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne holdDetailsNorth Tyneside holdDetailsOldham gainDetailsRochdale holdDetailsRotherham holdDetailsSalford holdDetailsSandwell holdDetailsSheffield holdDetailsSolihull gainDetailsSouth Tyneside holdDetailsSt Helens holdDetailsStockport gainDetailsSunderland holdDetailsTameside holdDetailsTrafford holdDetailsWakefield holdDetailsWalsall gainDetailsWigan holdDetailsWirral gainDetailsWolverhampton holdDetails
Unitary authorities
Whole council In 11 English Unitary authorities, the whole council was up for election.
Council Previous control Result DetailsBlackpool holdDetailsBracknell Forest holdDetailsHerefordshire gainDetailsMedway holdDetailsNottingham holdDetailsPlymouth gainDetailsSwindon ‡ gainDetailsTelford and Wrekin holdDetailsTorbay gainDetailsWest Berkshire holdDetailsWindsor and Maidenhead gainDetails ‡ New ward boundaries
Third of council In 16 English Unitary authorities, one third of the council was up for election.
Council Previous control Result DetailsBlackburn with Darwen holdDetailsDerby holdDetailsHalton holdDetailsHartlepool gainDetailsKingston upon Hull holdDetailsMilton Keynes holdDetailsPeterborough holdDetailsPortsmouth gainDetailsReading holdDetailsSlough holdDetailsSouthampton gainDetailsSouthend-on-Sea gainDetailsStoke-on-Trent holdDetailsThurrock holdDetailsWarrington holdDetailsWokingham gainDetails
District councils
Whole council In 9 English district authorities, the whole council was up for election.
Council Previous control Result DetailsAmber Valley ‡ gainDetailsElmbridge ‡ holdDetailsExeter ‡ holdDetailsMalvern Hills gainDetailsMole Valley ‡ holdDetailsReigate and Banstead ‡ gainDetailsRunnymede ‡ holdDetailsTandridge ‡ gainDetailsWoking ‡ holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries
Third of council In 80 English district authorities, one third of the council was up for election.
Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness holdDetailsBasildon gainDetailsBasingstoke and Deane holdDetailsBassetlaw holdDetailsBedford holdDetailsBrentwood holdDetailsBroadland holdDetailsBroxbourne holdDetailsBurnley gainDetailsCambridge gainDetailsCannock Chase holdDetailsCarlisle holdDetailsCheltenham holdDetailsCherwell gainDetailsChester holdDetailsChorley gainDetailsColchester holdDetailsCongleton holdDetailsCraven holdDetailsCrawley holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich holdDetailsDaventry holdDetailsEastbourne gainDetailsEastleigh holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston holdDetailsEpping Forest holdDetailsFareham holdDetailsGloucester holdDetailsGosport holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth gainDetailsHarlow holdDetailsHarrogate holdDetailsHart holdDetailsHastings holdDetailsHavant holdDetailsHertsmere holdDetailsHuntingdonshire holdDetailsHyndburn gainDetailsIpswich holdDetailsLincoln holdDetailsMacclesfield holdDetailsMaidstone holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire holdDetailsNorwich holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth holdDetailsOxford gainDetailsPendle holdDetailsPenwith holdDetailsPreston holdDetailsPurbeck holdDetailsRedditch holdDetailsRochford holdDetailsRossendale gainDetailsRugby holdDetailsRushmoor gainDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire holdDetailsSouth Lakeland holdDetailsSt Albans holdDetailsStevenage holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon gainDetailsStroud holdDetailsSwale holdDetailsTamworth holdDetailsThree Rivers holdDetailsTunbridge Wells holdDetailsWatford gainDetailsWaveney holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield gainDetailsWest Lancashire holdDetailsWest Lindsey holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire gainDetailsWeymouth and Portland holdDetailsWinchester holdDetailsWorcester gainDetailsWorthing holdDetailsWyre Forest holdDetails
Mayoral elections
Local Authority Previous Mayor Mayor-elect DetailsLondon New Post Ken Livingstone (Independent)Details
References
The local elections and elections for a London mayor and assembly: 4 May 2000. House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/53.