2000_Gateshead_Council_election

2000 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

2000 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

2000 UK local government election

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

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References

  1. [1]
    "Gateshead". BBC Online. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  2. [2]
    Unwin, Bruce (29 April 2000). "Marking her card at sweet seventeen". The Northern Echo. p. 8.
  3. [3]
    "Apathy may prove to be Blair's biggest enemy: Cathy Newman and Alan Pike outline government experiments to boost poll turnouts". Financial Times. 5 May 2000. p. 6.
  4. [4]
    "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.
Preceded by
1999 Gateshead Council election		 Gateshead local elections Succeeded by
2002 Gateshead Council election
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