2000 London Assembly election

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2000 London Assembly election
4 May 2000 2004  →
25 London Assembly Seats
13 seats needed for majority
 First partySecond party
 
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Leader Eric Ollerenshaw [1] Toby Harris [2]
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Londonwide Brent and Harrow
Seats won99
FPTP Vote526,422501,296
Percentage33.2%31.6%
List Vote481,053502,874
Percentage29.0%30.3%
 Third partyFourth party
 
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Leader Graham Tope [3] Darren Johnson
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader's seat Londonwide Londonwide
Seats won43
FPTP Vote299,998162,457
Percentage18.9%10.2%
List Vote245,555183,910
Percentage14.8%11.1%
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The first elections for members of the London Assembly were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election.

Contents

The assembly elections used the mixed member proportional representation, a form of additional member system, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.

Results

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London Assembly election, 2000
Parties Additional member system Total seats
ConstituencyRegion
Votes %+/−Seats+/−Votes %+/−Seats+/−Total+/− %
Labour 501,29631.66502,87430.33936.0
Conservative 526,42233.28481,05329.01936.0
Liberal Democrats 299,99818.90245,55514.84416.0
Green 162,45710.20183,91011.13312.0
CPA ---55,1923.300-
BNP ---47,6702.900-
UKIP 2,1150.1034,0542.100-
London Socialist 46,5302.9027,0731.600-
Independent - Peter Tatchell ---22,8621.400-
Campaign Against Tube Privatisation---17,4011.000-
Socialist Labour ---13,6900.800-
Pro-Motorist Small Shop---13,2480.800-
Natural Law ---7,5590.500-
Communist ---7,4890.500-
Independent 31,1952.00-----
Havering Residents Association 12,8310.80-----
Humanist 1,2610.10------
Reform 20001,1440.10-----
Communist League 5360.00-----
 Total1,585,78514 1,659,630 1125 
Constituency Vote
Conservative
 
33.2%
Labour
 
31.6%
Liberal Democrats
 
18.9%
Green
 
10.2%
Others
 
6.1%
London wide Vote
Labour
 
30.3%
Conservative
 
29.0%
Liberal Democrats
 
14.8%
Green
 
11.1%
Others
 
14.8%
Assembly seats
Labour
 
36.0%
Conservative
 
36.0%
Liberal Democrats
 
16.0%
Green
 
12.0%

Constituency Candidates

ConstituencyConservativeLabourLib DemsGreen LSA Others
Barnet & Camden Brian Coleman
(41,583, 1st)		Helen Gordon
(41,032, 2nd)		Jonathan Davies
(22,295, 3rd)		Miranda Dunn
(14,768, 4th)		Candy Udwin
(3,488, 5th)		Magnus Nielsen (UKIP) (2,115, 6th)
Diane Derksen (Maharishi)
(1,081, 7th)
Bexley & Bromley Bob Neill
(64,879, 1st)		Charlie Mansell
(30,320, 2nd)		Duncan Borrowman
(29,710, 3rd)		Ian Jardin
(11,124, 4th)		Jean Kysow
(1,403, 5th)
Brent & Harrow Bob Blackman
(32,295, 2nd)		 Toby Harris
(36,675, 1st)		Chris Noyce
(17,161, 3rd)		Simone Aspis
(8,756, 4th)		Austin Burnett
(2,546, 5th)
City & East Syed Kamall
(19,266, 2nd)		 John Biggs
(45,387, 1st)		Janet Ludlow
(18,300, 3rd)		Peter Howell
(11,939, 4th)		Kambiz Boomla
(3,908, 5th)
Croydon & Sutton Andrew Pelling
(48,421, 1st)		Maggie Mansell
(29,514, 3rd)		Anne Gallop
(30,614, 2nd)		Peter Hickson
(8,884, 4th)		 Mark Steel
(1,823, 5th)
Ealing & Hillingdon Richard Barnes
(44,850, 1st)		Gurcharan Singh
(38,038, 2nd)		Mike Cox
(22,177, 3rd)		Graham Lee
(11,788, 4th)		Nick Grant
(2,977, 5th)
Enfield & Haringey Peter Forrest
(31,207, 2nd)		 Nicky Gavron
(34,509, 1st)		Sean Hooker
(14,319, 3rd)		Peter Budge
(10,761, 5th)		Weyman Bennett
(3,671, 6th)		Richard Course (Ind)
(12,581, 4th)
Greenwich & Lewisham Rhodri Harris
(22,401, 2nd)		 Len Duvall
(40,386, 1st)		David Buxton
(16,290, 3rd)		Terry Liddle
(11,839, 4th)		Ian Page
(3,981, 5th)
Havering & Redbridge Roger Evans
(40,919, 1st)		Chris Robbins
(32,650, 2nd)		Geoffrey Seeff
(14,028, 3rd)		 Ashley Gunstock
(6,803, 5th)		George Taylor
(1,744, 6th)		Ian Wilkes (HRA)
(12,831, 4th)
Lambeth & Southwark Irene Kimm
(19,238, 3rd)		 Val Shawcross
(37,985, 1st)		Peter Facey
(22,492, 2nd)		Storm Poorun
(13,242, 4th)		Theresa Bennett
(6,231, 5th)		Tony Robinson (Humanist)
(1,261, 6th)
Jonathan Silberman (Comm. League)
(536, 7th)
Merton & Wandsworth Elizabeth Howlett
(45,023, 1st)		Maggie Cosin
(32,438, 2nd)		Siobhan Vitelli
(12,496, 3rd)		Rajeev Thacker
(8,491, 5th)		Sarbani Mazumdar
(1,450, 7th)		Mark Thompson (Ind Lab)
(11,918, 4th)
Syed Manzoor (Ind)
(1,465, 6th)
Terence Sullivan (Ind)
(1,049, 8th)
North East Eric Ollerenshaw
(20,975, 3rd)		 Meg Hillier
(42,459, 1st)		Paul Fox
(24,856, 2nd)		Yen Chit Chong
(18,382, 4th)		Cecelia Prosper
(8,269, 5th)		Paul Shaer (Ind)
(1,501, 6th)
Erol Basarik (Reform 2000)
(1,144, 7th)
South West Tony Arbour
(48,248, 1st)		Jagdish Sharma
(31,065, 3rd)		 Geoff Pope
(41,189, 2nd)		Judy Maciejowska
(13,426, 4th)		Danny Faith
(2,319, 5th)
West Central Angie Bray
(47,117, 1st)		 Kate Green
(28,838, 2nd)		Jon Burden
(14,071, 3rd)		Julia Stephenson
(12,254, 4th)		 Christine Blower
(2,720, 5th)		Stephen Smith (Homeless)
(1,600, 6th)
Source: London Elects


London-wide List Candidates

London Assembly Election 2000 — London-wide lists
NameCandidates Elected to AssemblyNot Elected
British National Party David John Hill, Peter Hart, Ken Fredrick Alfred Francis, Michael Patrick Davidson, Paul Charles Colin Ferguson, Frank Patrician Walsh
Campaign Against Tube PrivatizationPatrick William Sikorski, Oliver Edgley New, Catherine Effer, Robert Alan Law, Pamela Leah Slinger, Enoh Itejere, Brian Munro, Arwyn Huw Thomas, Lewis Peacock, Graham Michael Campbell, David Lyons
Christian Peoples Alliance Balram Gidoomal, David Bruno Campanale, Susan Jane May, Andrew Kenneth Farmer, Ellen Sheila Greco, Deepak Mahtani, Nigel John Graydon Poole, Mrs. Phillipa Jane Berry, Stuart Charles MacPherson, Timothy John Conisbee Ward, Peter Hartley Wolstenholme
Communist Party of Britain Nicholas B. Wright, Sandra Elizabeth Lusk, James Beavis, Monty Goldman, Salvador Urdiales Antelo, Anita E. Halpin, Anita Wright, Kevin Halpin, Richard Maybin
Conservative Party Eric Ollerenshaw Syed Kamall, Rhodri Harris, Roger Evans, Tony Arbour, Andrew Pelling, Irene Kimm, Elizabeth Howlett, Lurline Champagnie, Richard Barnes, Victoria Borwick, Bernard Arthur Ronald Gentry, Michael John Flynn, Patti Boulaye, Robert John Blackman, Peter James Forrest, Diane Patula Henry, Robert John Moreland, Henry Armstrong Allen Stokes, Piers Andrew Charles Wauchope, David Tyrie Williams, Cheryl Potter
Green Party of England and Wales Darren Johnson
Victor Anderson
Jennifer Jones 		Noel Lynch, Shane Barbor Collins, Hilary Jago, Ashley Gunstock, John Robert Street, Jayne Forbes, Simone Florence Aspis, Catherine Mukhopadhyay
Independent Peter Tatchell Peter Tatchell
Labour Party Trevor Phillips
Samantha Heath
David Lammy 		Jennette Arnold, Joseph Paul Docherty, Diana Johnson, Abdul Asad, Pamela Wharfe, Katherine Harriet Thorne, Navin Fakirchand Shah
Liberal Democrats Against the Tube Sell-Off Sally Hamwee
Graham Tope
Lynne Featherstone
Louise Bloom 		Michael Tuffrey, Geoffrey Pope, Meher Khan, Duncan Keith Borrowman, Christopher David Noyce, Monroe Palmer, Meral Hussein Ece
London Socialist Alliance Paul Foot, Gregory Simon Tucker, Janine Sandra Booth, Christine Blower, Theresa Cordelia Bennett, Anne Gerardine Murphy, Katherine Louise Ford, Tobias Abse, Jean Kysow, George Thomas Taylor, Mark Steel
Natural Law Party Richard Peter Johnson, Judith Muriel Thomas, Alexander Maurice Alers Hankey, Gerard Joseph Valente, Jean Livesley, Juliette Taylor-Elwes, Jonathan Robert Hinde, Michael Leslie Mears
PRO-MaSS (PRO-Motorist, Small Shop)Geoffrey Maurice Ben-Nathan, Brian Bartle, Russell Stephen Conway, Joseph Pronckus
Socialist Labour Party Arthur Scargill, Amanda May Rose, Harpal Brar, Margaret Mary Sharkey, Hardev Singh Dhillon, Nicola Jane Hoarau, Geoff Palmer, Novjot Brar, Robert John Siggins, Eloisa Joan Rule, John David Hayball
United Kingdom Independence Party Damian Hockney, Christopher Pratt, Anthony Christopher John Neree Van Der Elst, Anthony John Edward Scholefield, Gregory Slysz, John de Roeck, Robert Michael Bryant, Gerald Roberts, James Rosewall Feisenberger, Mark Daniel Lester, Penelope Stella Weald

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Party Leaders in 2000

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References

  1. ↑ "London Assembly Member Eric Ollerenshaw". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "London Assembly Member Toby Harris". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "London Assembly Member Graham Tope". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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