2000 London Assembly election

Last updated January 30, 2025

The first elections for members of the London Assembly were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election.

Results

London Assembly election, 2000
	Additional member system										Total seats
	Constituency					Region					Total seats
	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Total	+/−	%
Labour	501,296	31.6		6		502,874	30.3		3		9		36.0
Conservative	526,422	33.2		8		481,053	29.0		1		9		36.0
Liberal Democrats	299,998	18.9		0		245,555	14.8		4		4		16.0
Green	162,457	10.2		0		183,910	11.1		3		3		12.0
CPA	-	-		-		55,192	3.3		0		0		-
BNP	-	-		-		47,670	2.9		0		0		-
UKIP	2,115	0.1		0		34,054	2.1		0		0		-
London Socialist	46,530	2.9		0		27,073	1.6		0		0		-
Independent - Peter Tatchell	-	-		-		22,862	1.4		0		0		-
Campaign Against Tube Privatisation	-	-		-		17,401	1.0		0		0		-
Socialist Labour	-	-		-		13,690	0.8		0		0		-
Pro-Motorist Small Shop	-	-		-		13,248	0.8		0		0		-
Natural Law	-	-		-		7,559	0.5		0		0		-
Communist	-	-		-		7,489	0.5		0		0		-
Independent	31,195	2.0		0		-	-		-		-		-
Havering Residents Association	12,831	0.8		0		-	-		-		-		-
Humanist	1,261	0.1		0		-	-		-		-	-	-
Reform 2000	1,144	0.1		0		-	-		-		-		-
Communist League	536	0.0		0		-	-		-		-		-
Total	1,585,785			14		1,659,630			11		25

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

Constituency	Conservative	Labour	Lib Dems	Green	LSA	Others
Constituency						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


Name	Candidates Elected to Assembly	Not 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 Privatization		Patrick 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

London Assembly Representation

Labour - 9
Conservative - 9
Liberal Democrat - 4
Green Party - 3

Party Leaders in 2000

Labour - Tony Blair
Conservative - William Hague
Liberal Democrat - Charles Kennedy
Green Party - Mike Woodin and Margaret Wright

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References

↑ "London Assembly Member Eric Ollerenshaw". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
↑ "London Assembly Member Toby Harris". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
↑ "London Assembly Member Graham Tope". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

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[1] "London Assembly Member Eric Ollerenshaw". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[2] "London Assembly Member Toby Harris". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[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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