Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000

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In 2000 local authority elections in the United Kingdom were held on 4 May.

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The Labour Party retained control of Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council, although Labour polled a lower percentage of votes (40.21%) than the Conservative Party (44.61%) in this election.

Wolverhampton City and Metropolitan borough in England

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 249,470. The demonym for people from the city is 'Wulfrunian'.

The composition of the council prior to the election was:

The composition of the council following the election was:

Election results

Bilston East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Louise Miles 845 51.62
Conservative Brenda Wilson 557 34.03
Liberal Democrat Michael Birch 231 14.11
Majority 288 17.59
Turnout 1,637 20.29
Bilston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gillian Fellows 1133 46.92
Labour Mark Stringer 1089 45.09
Liberal Democrat Frances Heap 189 7.83
Majority 44 1.82
Turnout 2,415 22.77
Blakenhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Robert Jones 2072 70.86
Conservative John Corns 668 22.85
Liberal Democrat June Hemsley 172 5.88
Majority 1404 48.02
Turnout 2,924 33.11
Bushbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susan Bem 1161 43.21
Independent Philip Turley 794 29.55
Labour Sher Dulai 583 21.70
Liberal Democrat Joan Stocking 148 5.51
Majority 367 13.66
Turnout 2,687 30.73
East Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patricia Byrne 1162 60.52
Conservative Alwyn Murray 561 29.22
Liberal Democrat Ann Whitehouse 192 10.00
Majority 601 31.30
Turnout 1,920 24.30
Ettingshall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew Johnson 1033 59.64
Conservative Robert Green 464 26.79
Liberal Democrat Eileen Birch 228 13.16
Majority 569 32.86
Turnout 1,732 20.77
Fallings Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sandra Terry 1115 46.34
Labour Michael Ewing 1064 44.22
Liberal Democrat Susan Butler 139 5.77
Liberal David Hallmark 86 3.57
Majority 51 2.12
Turnout 2,406 29.43
Graiseley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Elias Mattu 1816 50.81
Conservative David Jack 1460 40.86
Liberal Democrat Mary Millar 288 8.06
Majority 356 9.97
Turnout 3,574 39.23
Heath Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Leslie Turner 767 43.02
Liberal Colin Hallmark 529 29.67
Conservative Rina Nayer 382 21.42
Liberal Democrat Ian Jenkins 102 5.72
Majority 238 13.35
Turnout 1,783 22.52
Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Sweet 1064 68.07
Conservative Leon Tanski 493 31.54
Majority 571 36.53
Turnout 1,563 18.01
Merry Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christine Mills 2033 64.66
Labour Kevin Stelfox 762 24.24
Liberal Democrat William Beard 346 11.00
Majority 1271 40.43
Turnout 3,144 32.63
Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Lucas 1211 45.98
Labour Paul Allen 1127 42.79
Liberal Democrat John Steatham 285 5.51
Majority 84 3.19
Turnout 2,634 27.65
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lucinda Turner 1885 50.60
Labour Philip Page 1338 35.92
Liberal Democrat Brian Lewis 274 7.36
Green David Hawkins 220 5.91
Majority 547 14.69
Turnout 3,725 36.04
Penn
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Hart 2345 60.47
Labour Barry Thomas 1168 30.12
Liberal Democrat Jessica Pringle 261 6.73
Green Rachel Shanks 101 2.60
Majority 1177 30.35
Turnout 3,878 38.67
St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Surjan Duhra 1506 57.88
Liberal Democrat Paul Hodson 596 22.91
Conservative Christopher Kelly 492 18.91
Majority 910 34.97
Turnout 2,602 26.53
Spring Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Richard Whitehouse 2038 63.14
Labour Graham Childs 841 26.05
Conservative Christopher Haynes 348 10.78
Majority 1197 37.08
Turnout 3,228 32.27
Tettenhall Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Barry Findlay 2029 69.53
Labour David Allcock 534 18.30
Liberal Democrat Roger Gray 351 12.03
Majority 1495 51.23
Turnout 2,918 31.64
Tettenhall Wightwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Wynne 2544 75.47
Labour Caroline Siarkiewicz 563 16.70
Liberal Democrat Philip Bennett 263 7.80
Majority 1981 58.77
Turnout 3,371 37.02
Wednesfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Matthew Holdcroft 1272 49.92
Labour Michael Stafford Good 1031 40.46
Liberal Democrat Carole Jenkins 242 9.50
Majority 241 9.46
Turnout 2,548 28.39
Wednesfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Simon Jevon 1587 60.41
Labour Susan Hall 1032 39.28
Majority 555 21.13
Turnout 2,267 30.00
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