2000 Manchester City Council election explained

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2004. The two Independent Labour candidates stood again as "Peace 2000 England's Republican". Overall turnout fell slightly to 20.5% and the Labour Party retained overall control of the council.^[1] ^[2]

Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

	Seats	+/-
	78	-2
	21	+2
Labour hold

Ward results

Woodhouse Park

Notes and References

Manchester Evening News, 5 May 2000.
Web site: Manchester 2000 council election results . manchester.gov.uk . 2012-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020626190032/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/local/2000.htm . 2002-06-26.