2000 Milton Keynes Council election

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]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 22
• Liberal Democrat 20
• Conservative 8
• Independent 1 ^[2]

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]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	9	1	0	+1	50.0	34.5	11,994	+5.6%
	Conservative	5	4	0	+4	27.8	30.7	10,670	+1.3%
	Labour	4	1	4	-3	22.2	31.6	10,977	-5.2%
	Independent	0	0	2	-2	0	1.9	648	-1.5%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	489	+0.2%

Ward results

Bradwell ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Gerrella	1,281	53.8
	Labour	Graeme Lindsay	776	32.6
	Conservative	Dean Miah	324	13.6
Majority			505	21.2
Turnout			2,381
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Bradwell Abbey ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Hoyle	503	43.4
	Labour	David Lewis	497	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Williams	159	13.7
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,159
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Campbell Park ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Tallack	1,154	54.7	-6.8
	Labour	Martin Petchey	498	23.6	-3.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Fryer-Kelsey	386	18.3	+9.5
	Green	Clive Bailey	72	3.4	+3.4
Majority			656	31.1	-3.7
Turnout			2,110
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Denbigh ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Jacobs	1,021	38.5	+5.7
	Labour	Gladstone McKenzie	952	35.9	-16.1
	Independent	William Harnett	435	16.4	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Edis Bevan	243	9.2	-6.0
Majority			69	2.6
Turnout			2,651
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Eaton Manor ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Edwards	809	62.6
	Conservative	Dennis Thatcher	326	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa McPake	158	12.2
Majority			483	37.4
Turnout			1,293
	Labour hold		Swing

Linford North ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Benning	929	47.0	+1.5
	Conservative	David Tunney	633	32.1	+3.7
	Labour	John Mclinton	326	16.5	-6.2
	Green	Peter Edwards	87	4.4	+1.0
Majority			296	15.0	-2.1
Turnout			1,975
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Linford South ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Monk	1,117	54.8	+11.1
	Labour	Claudine Elliott	625	30.7	-6.3
	Conservative	Peter Davies	297	14.6	-0.6
Majority			492	24.1	+17.4
Turnout			2,039
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Loughton Park ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Dransfield	1,382	50.5	+6.7
	Labour	George Conchie	1,016	37.2	-7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Isabella Fraser	336	12.3	+1.1
Majority			366	13.3
Turnout			2,734
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Newport Pagnell North ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Henderson	1,079	67.1
	Conservative	Michael Horton	331	20.6
	Labour	Brian Todd	197	12.3
Majority			748	46.5
Turnout			1,607
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Newport Pagnell South ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Henderson	1,239	68.5
	Conservative	Amanda Box	336	18.6
	Labour	Dawn Hoyle	234	12.9
Majority			903	49.9
Turnout			1,809
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Olney ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Mabbutt	974	54.4
	Conservative	Ann Johnston	449	25.1
	Independent	Joan Jones	213	11.9
	Labour	Peter Hevey	156	8.7
Majority			525	29.3
Turnout			1,792
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stantonbury ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Miller	688	42.1	+12.2
	Labour	Henry Kilkenny	598	36.6	-16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Exon	283	17.3	+3.8
	Green	Carol Barac	66	4.0	+0.5
Majority			90	5.5
Turnout			1,635
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stony Stratford ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	1,331	51.4	+5.1
	Labour	Mary Stone	1,061	41.0	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Eastman	195	7.5	+0.5
Majority			270	10.4
Turnout			2,587
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walton Park (2) ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Pym	1,145
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Carruthers	1,073
	Conservative	Neil Cawley	490
	Conservative	Louise Cooper	458
	Labour	Sarah Gilmour-Sorensen	291
	Labour	Michael Duff	240
Turnout			3,697
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whaddon ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Campbell	755	47.0
	Conservative	Derrick Connor	683	42.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Drewett	168	10.5
Majority			72	4.5
Turnout			1,606
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Wolverton ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Saunders	981	53.6	-6.3
	Conservative	Ashraful Hoque	469	25.6	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Snell	197	10.8	+0.2
	Green	Alan Francis	184	10.0	+0.1
Majority			512	28.0	-12.4
Turnout			1,831
	Labour hold		Swing

Woughton ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Wilson	965	51.5	-11.5
	Conservative	William Kenyon	563	30.1	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Forsyth	264	14.1	-0.3
	Green	Claire Butler	80	4.3	+4.3
Majority			402	21.5	-18.9
Turnout			1,872
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online . 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 . p. 22.
5. 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 . p. 52.
7. "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.