| Election Name: | 2000 Sheffield City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1999 Sheffield City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1999 |
| Next Election: | 2002 Sheffield City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Seats For Election: | 30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 44 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2000 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats1: | 16 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Liberal Democrats |
| After Election: | Liberal Democrats |
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, two Liberal Democrats – Robert Watson and Trefor Morgan – became Independents. Similarly there were two Labour defections, long-time Labour councillor Dorothy Walton went to the Liberal Democrats and Michael Smith became an Independent.
The election saw the Liberal Democrats extend their majority through a couple of gains from Labour, with both parties recouping seats where aforementioned defections had taken place. Vote wise, the Liberal Democrat vote notably fell back from their previous elections' consistent increases, whereas the Conservatives managed their best vote share since 1992. Overall turnout was 25.8%.[1]
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 46 | 48 | |||
| Labour | 37 | 37 | |||
| Conservatives | 1 | 1 | |||
| Independent Liberal Democrat | 2 | 1 | |||
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 87 | 87 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
Angela Smith was a sitting councillor for Broomhill ward
Jan Wilson was a sitting councillor for Intake ward
Dorothy Walton was previously elected as a Labour councillor
The Liberal Democrats had gained the Park seat in a by-electionSteve Barnard was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward