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2000 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2000 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Milton Keynes Council (a unitary authority) in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
The Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair came to Milton Keynes to launch his party's local election campaign.[3] Labour were defending control of Milton Keynes council, but before the election were relying on the casting vote of the mayor to keep control, after 2 Labour councillors left the party to become independents.[4]
The election in Milton Keynes saw a relaxation of the rules for requesting a postal vote, allowing anyone who wanted to vote by post.[5] As a results the number of postal vote requests increased from the normal 1,100 to 3,600.[5]
The results saw no party win a majority on the council, with Labour losing seats, including 3 to the Conservatives.[6]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 50.0 | 34.5 | 11,994 | +5.6% | |
Conservative | 5 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 27.8 | 30.7 | 10,670 | +1.3% | |
Labour | 4 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 22.2 | 31.6 | 10,977 | -5.2% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1.9 | 648 | -1.5% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 489 | +0.2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Gerrella | 1,281 | 53.8 | ||
Labour | Graeme Lindsay | 776 | 32.6 | ||
Conservative | Dean Miah | 324 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 505 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,381 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Hoyle | 503 | 43.4 | ||
Labour | David Lewis | 497 | 42.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Williams | 159 | 13.7 | ||
Majority | 6 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,159 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roger Tallack | 1,154 | 54.7 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Martin Petchey | 498 | 23.6 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Fryer-Kelsey | 386 | 18.3 | +9.5 | |
Green | Clive Bailey | 72 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 656 | 31.1 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,110 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Jacobs | 1,021 | 38.5 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Gladstone McKenzie | 952 | 35.9 | −16.1 | |
Independent | William Harnett | 435 | 16.4 | +16.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edis Bevan | 243 | 9.2 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 69 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,651 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Edwards | 809 | 62.6 | ||
Conservative | Dennis Thatcher | 326 | 25.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vanessa McPake | 158 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 483 | 37.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,293 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Benning | 929 | 47.0 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | David Tunney | 633 | 32.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | John Mclinton | 326 | 16.5 | −6.2 | |
Green | Peter Edwards | 87 | 4.4 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 296 | 15.0 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,975 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Monk | 1,117 | 54.8 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Claudine Elliott | 625 | 30.7 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Peter Davies | 297 | 14.6 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 492 | 24.1 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,039 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Dransfield | 1,382 | 50.5 | +6.7 | |
Labour | George Conchie | 1,016 | 37.2 | −7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Isabella Fraser | 336 | 12.3 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 366 | 13.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,734 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Euan Henderson | 1,079 | 67.1 | ||
Conservative | Michael Horton | 331 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | Brian Todd | 197 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | 748 | 46.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,607 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Irene Henderson | 1,239 | 68.5 | ||
Conservative | Amanda Box | 336 | 18.6 | ||
Labour | Dawn Hoyle | 234 | 12.9 | ||
Majority | 903 | 49.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,809 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Graham Mabbutt | 974 | 54.4 | ||
Conservative | Ann Johnston | 449 | 25.1 | ||
Independent | Joan Jones | 213 | 11.9 | ||
Labour | Peter Hevey | 156 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 525 | 29.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,792 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Miller | 688 | 42.1 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Henry Kilkenny | 598 | 36.6 | −16.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Exon | 283 | 17.3 | +3.8 | |
Green | Carol Barac | 66 | 4.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 90 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,635 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bartlett | 1,331 | 51.4 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Mary Stone | 1,061 | 41.0 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Eastman | 195 | 7.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 270 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,587 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Pym | 1,145 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Clive Carruthers | 1,073 | |||
Conservative | Neil Cawley | 490 | |||
Conservative | Louise Cooper | 458 | |||
Labour | Sarah Gilmour-Sorensen | 291 | |||
Labour | Michael Duff | 240 | |||
Turnout | 3,697 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Campbell | 755 | 47.0 | ||
Conservative | Derrick Connor | 683 | 42.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Drewett | 168 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | 72 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,606 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hilary Saunders | 981 | 53.6 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Ashraful Hoque | 469 | 25.6 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Snell | 197 | 10.8 | +0.2 | |
Green | Alan Francis | 184 | 10.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 512 | 28.0 | −12.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,831 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Wilson | 965 | 51.5 | −11.5 | |
Conservative | William Kenyon | 563 | 30.1 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Forsyth | 264 | 14.1 | −0.3 | |
Green | Claire Butler | 80 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 402 | 21.5 | −18.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,872 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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