2000 United Kingdom local elections

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2000 United Kingdom local elections

← 1999 4 May 2000 2001 →
All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 27 out of 46 unitary authorities, 89 out of 238 English districts, 1 directly elected mayor and 1 regional assembly
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 21 July 1994 19 June 1997 9 August 1999 Percentage 30% 32% 26% Swing 6% 2% 2% Councils 57 33 11 Councils +/- 16 16 1 Councillors 1,119 1,383 729 Councillors +/- 574 594 18
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

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.

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

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

‡ New ward boundaries

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

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

‡ New ward boundaries

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

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

‡ New ward boundaries

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

• The local elections and elections for a London mayor and assembly: 4 May 2000. House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/53.