Election Name: | 2000 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1999 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1999 |
Next Election: | 2002 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Seats For Election: | 15 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 20 |
Election Date: | 4 May 2000 |
Turnout: | 28.1% |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 33 |
Seats1: | 13 |
Seats After1: | 33 |
Percentage1: | 49.7% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 3 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seats After2: | 3 |
Percentage2: | 28.8% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 3 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 3 |
Percentage3: | 20.4% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
After Election: | Labour |
Elections to Stevenage Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election; the seats of the candidates who finished third in each ward in the all-out election of 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.
After the election, the composition of the council was:[1]