Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000

Elections to Gateshead Council in Tyne and Wear, England were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

As part of an experiment to try to raise turnout, Bensham and Whickham North wards saw postal voting allowed for all voters.^[2] Turnout in Bensham ward rose from 20% in 1999 to 46% in this election, while Whickham North saw a turnout of 61%.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Gateshead Local Election Result 2000^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14			-2	63.6
	Liberal Democrat	7			+2	31.8
	Liberal	1			0	4.5

References

↑ "Gateshead". BBC Online. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
↑ Unwin, Bruce (2000-04-29). "Marking her card at sweet seventeen". The Northern Echo. p. 8. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Apathy may prove to be Blair's biggest enemy: Cathy Newman and Alan Pike outline government experiments to boost poll turnouts". Financial Times. 2000-05-05. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-06. p. 10. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Official report on the electoral pilot at Gateshead elections published

Preceded by Gateshead Council election, 1999	Gateshead local elections	Succeeded by Gateshead Council election, 2002

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