2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election explained

The 2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 6 May 2000 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1] Overall turnout in the election was 31.71%, down from 33.09% in the 1999 election.^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 25
• Conservative 23^{[3] [4]}

Election result

The results saw Labour gain control of the council with a majority of 2 over the Conservatives, which was a reversal of the trend of the 2000 local elections where Labour overall lost almost 600 councillors.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welwyn Hatfield . 2010-03-04 . BBC News Online.
2. Web site: District elections - 4 May 2000 - results . 2010-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040307040457/http://www.welhat.gov.uk/pdfs/election.pdf . 7 March 2004 . Welwyn Hatfield Council . dead . dmy-all .
3. News: Election results: local councils . . 4 . 2000-05-05 .
4. News: 2000-05-05. The Guardian. Election Special: Results. 6.
5. News: Saba . Salman . Labour loses 600 seats in Tory fightback . . 52 . 2000-05-05 .