- Milton Keynes Council election, 2000
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The 2000 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council 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]
Contents
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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat gain from Labour Swing Bradwell Abbey[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Donald Hoyle 503 43.4 Labour David Lewis 497 42.9 Liberal Democrat Christopher Williams 159 13.7 Majority 6 0.5 Turnout 1,159 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Campbell Park[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat Vanessa McPake 158 12.2 Majority 483 37.4 Turnout 1,293 Labour hold Swing Linford North[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing Linford South[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat Isabella Fraser 336 12.3 +1.1 Majority 366 13.4 Turnout 2,734 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Newport Pagnell North[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing Newport Pagnell South[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing Olney[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing Stantonbury[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Roy Miller 688 42.1 +12.2 Labour Henry Kilkenny 598 36.6 -16.5 Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat Elizabeth Pym 1,145 Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing Liberal Democrat hold Swing Whaddon[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Elizabeth Campbell 755 47.0 Conservative Derrick Connor 683 42.5 Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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
- ^ "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/72.stm. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ "Local council results". Financial Times: p. 6. 6 May 2000.
- ^ "Blair goes on offensive in run-up to elections". Financial Times: p. 4. 14 April 2000.
- ^ Salman, Saba (25 April 2000). "Local voters set to kick Blair over mayoral 'fix'". Evening Standard: p. 22.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Salman, Saba (5 May 2000). "Labour loses 600 seats in Tory fightback". Evening Standard: p. 52.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Local Election Results May 4, 2000". Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original on 20020618172635. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20020618172635/http://mkweb.co.uk/politics/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=684. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ "Election results: local councils". The Times: p. 10. 6 May 2000.
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