| Election Name: | 2000 Harlow District Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1999 Harlow District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1999 |
| Next Election: | 2002 Harlow District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Seats For Election: | 14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2000 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 34 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 26 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,380 |
| Percentage1: | 36.2% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 8 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,342 |
| Percentage2: | 36.0% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 8 |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 8 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,619 |
| Percentage3: | 26.2% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
The 2000 Harlow District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats gained 4 seats from Labour, reducing Labour to only holding 5 seats at the election, although they retained a majority on the council.[3] Among the Labour councillors to be defeated was the chairman of the council John McCree in Brays Grove ward.[3] Overall turnout at the election was 30.86%,[4] up from 29.85% at the 1999 election.[5]