2000 Milton Keynes Council election

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The 2000 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Milton Keynes Council (a unitary authority) in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

The Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair came to Milton Keynes to launch his party's local election campaign. [3] Labour were defending control of Milton Keynes council, but before the election were relying on the casting vote of the mayor to keep control, after 2 Labour councillors left the party to become independents. [4]

The election in Milton Keynes saw a relaxation of the rules for requesting a postal vote, allowing anyone who wanted to vote by post. [5] As a results the number of postal vote requests increased from the normal 1,100 to 3,600. [5]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council, with Labour losing seats, including 3 to the Conservatives. [6]

Milton Keynes Local Election Result 2000 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 910+150.034.511,994+5.6%
  Conservative 540+427.830.710,670+1.3%
  Labour 414-322.231.610,977-5.2%
  Independent 002-201.9648-1.5%
  Green 000001.4489+0.2%

Ward results

Bradwell [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Phillip Gerrella1,28153.8
Labour Graeme Lindsay77632.6
Conservative Dean Miah32413.6
Majority50521.2
Turnout 2,381
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Bradwell Abbey [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Hoyle50343.4
Labour David Lewis49742.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Williams15913.7
Majority60.5
Turnout 1,159
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Campbell Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Tallack1,15454.7−6.8
Labour Martin Petchey49823.6−3.1
Conservative Malcolm Fryer-Kelsey38618.3+9.5
Green Clive Bailey723.4+3.4
Majority65631.1−3.7
Turnout 2,110
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Denbigh [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Jacobs1,02138.5+5.7
Labour Gladstone McKenzie95235.9−16.1
Independent William Harnett43516.4+16.4
Liberal Democrats Edis Bevan2439.2−6.0
Majority692.6
Turnout 2,651
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Eaton Manor [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Edwards80962.6
Conservative Dennis Thatcher32625.2
Liberal Democrats Vanessa McPake15812.2
Majority48337.4
Turnout 1,293
Labour hold Swing
Linford North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Benning92947.0+1.5
Conservative David Tunney63332.1+3.7
Labour John Mclinton32616.5−6.2
Green Peter Edwards874.4+1.0
Majority29615.0−2.1
Turnout 1,975
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Linford South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Monk1,11754.8+11.1
Labour Claudine Elliott62530.7−6.3
Conservative Peter Davies29714.6−0.6
Majority49224.1+17.4
Turnout 2,039
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Loughton Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Dransfield1,38250.5+6.7
Labour George Conchie1,01637.2−7.8
Liberal Democrats Isabella Fraser33612.3+1.1
Majority36613.3
Turnout 2,734
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Newport Pagnell North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Euan Henderson1,07967.1
Conservative Michael Horton33120.6
Labour Brian Todd19712.3
Majority74846.5
Turnout 1,607
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Newport Pagnell South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Irene Henderson1,23968.5
Conservative Amanda Box33618.6
Labour Dawn Hoyle23412.9
Majority90349.9
Turnout 1,809
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Olney [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Mabbutt97454.4
Conservative Ann Johnston44925.1
Independent Joan Jones21311.9
Labour Peter Hevey1568.7
Majority52529.3
Turnout 1,792
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stantonbury [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Miller68842.1+12.2
Labour Henry Kilkenny59836.6−16.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Exon28317.3+3.8
Green Carol Barac664.0+0.5
Majority905.5
Turnout 1,635
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Stony Stratford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Bartlett1,33151.4+5.1
Labour Mary Stone1,06141.0−5.8
Liberal Democrats Derek Eastman1957.5+0.5
Majority27010.4
Turnout 2,587
Conservative hold Swing
Walton Park (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Pym1,145
Liberal Democrats Clive Carruthers1,073
Conservative Neil Cawley490
Conservative Louise Cooper458
Labour Sarah Gilmour-Sorensen291
Labour Michael Duff240
Turnout 3,697
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Whaddon [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Campbell75547.0
Conservative Derrick Connor68342.5
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Drewett16810.5
Majority724.5
Turnout 1,606
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Wolverton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Saunders98153.6−6.3
Conservative Ashraful Hoque46925.6+6.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Snell19710.8+0.2
Green Alan Francis18410.0+0.1
Majority51228.0−12.4
Turnout 1,831
Labour hold Swing
Woughton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Wilson96551.5−11.5
Conservative William Kenyon56330.1+7.5
Liberal Democrats James Forsyth26414.1−0.3
Green Claire Butler804.3+4.3
Majority40221.5−18.9
Turnout 1,872
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Milton Keynes". BBC News. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
  3. ↑ "Blair goes on offensive in run-up to elections". Financial Times. 14 April 2000. p. 4.
  4. ↑ Salman, Saba (25 April 2000). "Local voters set to kick Blair over mayoral 'fix'". Evening Standard. London. p. 22.
  5. 1 2 Wainwright, Martin (15 May 2000). "Comment & Analysis: Analysis: Making it easy: Experiments to improve the turnout in local elections have had an impact, although some voters still want to use a polling station". The Guardian. p. 17.
  6. ↑ Salman, Saba (5 May 2000). "Labour loses 600 seats in Tory fightback". Evening Standard. London. p. 52.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Local Election Results May 4, 2000". Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original on 18 June 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.
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