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2000 Sheffield City Council election

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FieldValue
election_name2000 Sheffield City Council election
countryEngland
typeParliamentary
ongoingno
party_colouryes
previous_election1999 Sheffield City Council election
previous_year1999
next_election2002 Sheffield City Council election
next_year2002
seats_for_election30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
majority_seats44
election_date4 May 2000
party1Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats116
seat_change12
party2Labour Party (UK)
seats213
seat_change20
party3Conservative Party (UK)
seats31
seat_change30
map_imageSheffield UK local election 2000 map.png
map_size400px
map_captionMap showing the results of the 2000 Sheffield City Council elections.
titleMajority party
posttitleMajority party after election
before_electionLiberal Democrats
after_electionLiberal Democrats

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election. Previous to this election, two Liberal Democrats – Robert Watson and Trefor Morgan – became Independents. Similarly there were two Labour defections, long-time Labour councillor Dorothy Walton went to the Liberal Democrats and Michael Smith became an Independent.

The election saw the Liberal Democrats extend their majority through a couple of gains from Labour, with both parties recouping seats where aforementioned defections had taken place. Vote wise, the Liberal Democrat vote notably fell back from their previous elections' consistent increases, whereas the Conservatives managed their best vote share since 1992. Overall turnout was 25.8%.

Election result

|seats % = 53.3 |votes % = 45.0 |plus/minus = -5.6 |seats % = 43.3 |votes % = 37.3 |plus/minus = -0.6 |seats % = 3.3 |votes % = 14.1 |plus/minus = +4.9 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.2 |plus/minus = +1.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.1 |plus/minus = +0.6 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = ±0.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = ±0.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = -0.1

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew councilLiberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Independent Liberal Democrat}}; width: 3px;"Independent Labour}}; width: 3px;"Total8787Working majority
Liberal Democrats4648
Labour3737
Conservatives11
Independent Liberal Democrat21
Independent Labour10

Ward results

Angela Smith was a sitting councillor for Broomhill ward

Jan Wilson was a sitting councillor for Intake ward

Dorothy Walton was previously elected as a Labour councillor

The Liberal Democrats had gained the Park seat in a by-election Steve Barnard was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

References

References

  1. "Sheffield 2000 election results (via WayBackMachine)". sheffield.gov.uk.
  2. "Local elections: Sheffield, 4th May 2000".
  3. "Sheffield Council Candidates, 2000".
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