2000 Plymouth City Council election explained

Election Name:2000 Plymouth City Council election[1]
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1997 Plymouth City Council election
Previous Year:1997
Next Election:2003 Plymouth City Council election
Next Year:2003
Seats For Election:All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council
Majority Seats:31
Election Date:4 May 2000
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:13 seats, 32.8%
Seats1:38
Seat Change1:26
Popular Vote1:29,644
Percentage1:48.1%
Swing1:15.3%
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:47 seats, 47.2%
Seats2:22
Seat Change2:26
Popular Vote2:22,115
Percentage2:32.8%
Swing2:14.4%
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:Conservative

The 2000 Plymouth City Council election was held on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as the other local elections. The entire council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.[2]

Overall results

|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 60| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 61,643| style="text-align: right;" |

Ward results

St Peter (3 seats)

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Trelawny (3 seats)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rallings . Colin . Thrasher . Michael . Local Elections Handbook 2000 . Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK . The Elections Centre . 9.
  2. Web site: Local Elections 2000. BBC News.