London Assembly election, 2000

London Assembly election, 2000
4 May 2000
25 London Assembly Seats
13 seats needed for majority

  First party Second party
 
Leader Tony Blair William Hague
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won 9 9
FPTP Vote 501,296 526,422
Percentage 31.6% 33.2%
List Vote 502,874 481,053
Percentage 30.3% 29.0%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Charles Kennedy Mike Woodin
& Margaret Wright
Party Liberal Democrat Green
Seats won 4 3
FPTP Vote 299,998 162,457
Percentage 18.9% 10.2%
List Vote 245,555 183,910
Percentage 14.8% 11.1%
The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours.

The first elections for members of the London Assembly were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election.

The assembly elections used the Mixed member proportional representation, a form of Additional member system, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.

Results

 London Assembly election, 2000
Parties Additional member system Total seats
Constituency Region
Votes % +/− Seats +/− Votes % +/− Seats +/− Total +/− %
Labour 501,296 31.6 6 502,874 30.3 3 9 36.0
Conservative 526,422 33.2 8 481,053 29.0 1 9 36.0
Liberal Democrat 299,998 18.9 0 245,555 14.8 4 4 16.0
Green 162,457 10.2 0 183,910 11.1 3 3 12.0
Christian Peoples - - - 55,192 3.3 0 0 -
BNP - - - 47,670 2.9 0 0 -
UKIP 2,115 0.1 0 34,054 2.1 0 0 -
London Socialist 46,530 2.9 0 27,073 1.6 0 0 -
Independent - Peter Tatchell - - - 22,862 1.4 0 0 -
Campaign Against Tube Privatisation - - - 17,401 1.0 0 0 -
Socialist Labour - - - 13,690 0.8 0 0 -
Pro-Motorist Small Shop - - - 13,248 0.8 0 0 -
Natural Law - - - 7,559 0.5 0 0 -
Communist - - - 7,489 0.5 0 0 -
Independent 31,195 2.0 0 - - - - -
Havering Residents Association 12,831 0.8 0 - - - - -
Humanist 1,261 0.1 0 - - - - - -
Reform 2000 1,144 0.1 0 - - - - -
Communist League 536 0.0 0 - - - - -
 Total1,585,78514 1,659,630 1125 
Constituency Vote
Conservative
 
 33.2%
Labour
 
 31.6%
Liberal Democrats
 
 18.9%
Green
 
 10.2%
Others
 
 6.1%
Regional Vote
Labour
 
 30.3%
Conservative
 
 29.0%
Liberal Democrats
 
 14.8%
Green
 
 11.1%
Others
 
 14.8%
Assembly seats
Labour
 
 36.0%
Conservative
 
 36.0%
Liberal Democrats
 
 16.0%
Green
 
 12.0%

London-wide List Candidates

London Assembly Election 2000 — London-wide lists
NameCandidates Elected to AssemblyNot Elected
British National PartyDavid John Hill, Peter Hart, Ken Fredrick Alfred Francis, Michael Patrick Davidson, Paul Charles Colin Ferguson, Frank Patrician Walsh
Campaign Against Tube PrivatizationPatrick William Sikorski, Oliver Edgley New, Catherine Effer, Robert Alan Law, Pamela Leah Slinger, Enoh Itejere, Brian Munro, Arwyn Huw Thomas, Lewis Peacock, Graham Michael Campbell, David Lyons
Christian Peoples AllianceBalram Gidoomal, David Bruno Campanale, Susan Jane May, Andrew Kenneth Farmer, Ellen Sheila Greco, Deepak Mahtani, Nigel John Graydon Poole, Mrs. Phillipa Jane Berry, Stuart Charles MacPherson, Timothy John Conisbee Ward, Peter Hartley Wolstenholme
Communist Party of BritainNicholas B. Wright, Sandra Elizabeth Lusk, James Beavis, Monty Goldman, Salvador Urdiales Antelo, Anita E. Halpin, Anita Wright, Kevin Halpin, Richard Maybin
Conservative PartyEric OllerenshawSyed Kamall, Rhodri Harris, Roger Evans, Tony Arbour, Andrew Pelling, Irene Kimm, Elizabeth Howlett, Lurline Champagnie, Richard Barnes, Victoria Borwick, Bernard Arthur Ronald Gentry, Michael John Flynn, Patti Boulaye, Robert John Blackman, Peter James Forrest, Diane Patula Henry, Robert John Moreland, Henry Armstrong Allen Stokes, Piers Andrew Charles Wauchope, David Tyrie Williams, Cheryl Potter
Green Party of England and WalesDarren Johnson
Victor Anderson
Jennifer Jones		Noel Lynch, Shane Barbor Collins, Hilary Jago, Ashley Gunstock, John Robert Street, Jayne Forbes, Simone Florence Aspis, Catherine Mukhopadhyay
Independent Peter TatchellPeter Tatchell
Labour PartyTrevor Phillips
Samantha Heath
David Lammy		Jennette Arnold, Joseph Paul Docherty, Diana Johnson, Abdul Asad, Pamela Wharfe, Katherine Harriet Thorne, Navin Fakirchand Shah
Liberal Democrats Against the Tube Sell-OffSally Hamwee
Graham Tope
Lynne Featherstone
Louise Bloom		Michael Tuffrey, Geoffrey Pope, Meher Khan, Duncan Keith Borrowman, Christopher David Noyce, Monroe Palmer, Meral Hussein Ece
London Socialist AlliancePaul Foot, Gregory Simon Tucker, Janine Sandra Booth, Christine Blower, Theresa Cordelia Bennett, Anne Gerardine Murphy, Katherine Louise Ford, Tobias Abse, Jean Kysow, George Thomas Taylor, Mark Steel
Natural Law PartyRichard Peter Johnson, Judith Muriel Thomas, Alexander Maurice Alers Hankey, Gerard Joseph Valente, Jean Livesley, Juliette Taylor-Elwes, Jonathan Robert Hinde, Michael Leslie Mears
PRO-MaSS (PRO-Motorist, Small Shop)Geoffrey Maurice Ben-Nathan, Brian Bartle, Russell Stephen Conway, Joseph Pronckus
Socialist Labour PartyArthur Scargill, Amanda May Rose, Harpal Brar, Margaret Mary Sharkey, Hardev Singh Dhillon, Nicola Jane Hoarau, Geoff Palmer, Novjot Brar, Robert John Siggins, Eloisa Joan Rule, John David Hayball
United Kingdom Independence PartyDamian Hockney, Christopher Pratt, Anthony Christopher John Neree Van Der Elst, Anthony John Edward Scholefield, Gregory Slysz, John de Roeck, Robert Michael Bryant, Gerald Roberts, James Rosewall Feisenberger, Mark Daniel Lester, Penelope Stella Weald

London Assembly Representation

  • Labour - 9
  • Conservative - 9
  • Liberal Democrat - 4
  • Green Party - 3

Party Leaders in 2000

See also

References

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