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The election saw a trial of all-postal voting in several wards, with these wards seeing turnout increase by up to 13%. [3] In 1999 turnout in these wards had been below 20% compared to an average across Swindon of 26%, while in 2000 3 of the 4 wards which had the trial saw turnout of over 30% compared to an average of 27.6% in the whole council. [3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 28 | -11 | 47.5 | ||||||
Conservative | 23 | +18 | 39.0 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | -2 | 13.6 | ||||||
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