2000 United Kingdom local elections

2000 United Kingdom local elections
4 May 2000
All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 27 out of 46 unitary authorities,
89 out of 238 English districts, 1 directly elected mayor and 1 regional assembly
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 19 June 1997 9 August 1999
Percentage 30% 32% 26%
Swing 6% 2% 2%
Councils 57 33 11
Councils +/- 16 16 1
Councillors 1,119 1,383 729
Councillors +/- 574 594 18
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

The 2000 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 4 May 2000. A third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs were elected along with elections in many of the unitary authorities and district councils. There were no elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. On the same day, a parliamentary by-election took place in the Romsey constituency in southern England; the Liberal Democrats won the seat from the Conservatives.

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