# 2000 Milton Keynes Council election

The 2000 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Milton Keynes Council (a unitary authority) in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Labour 22
* Liberal Democrat 20
* Conservative 8
* Independent 1

## Campaign

The Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair came to Milton Keynes to launch his party's local election campaign. 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.
The election in Milton Keynes saw a relaxation of the rules for requesting a postal vote, allowing anyone who wanted to vote by post. As a results the number of postal vote requests increased from the normal 1,100 to 3,600.

## Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council, with Labour losing seats, including 3 to the Conservatives.
Milton Keynes Local Election Result 2000 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phillip Gerrella | 1,281 | 53.8 |
| | Labour | Graeme Lindsay | 776 | 32.6 |
| | Conservative | Dean Miah | 324 | 13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 505 | 21.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,381 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Bradwell Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Donald Hoyle | 503 | 43.4 |
| | Labour | David Lewis | 497 | 42.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Williams | 159 | 13.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,159 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Campbell Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 656 | 31.1 | −3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,110 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Denbigh :
| Party | 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 Democrats | Edis Bevan | 243 | 9.2 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | 2.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,651 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Eaton Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Reginald Edwards | 809 | 62.6 |
| | Conservative | Dennis Thatcher | 326 | 25.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vanessa McPake | 158 | 12.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 483 | 37.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,293 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Linford North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 296 | 15.0 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,975 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Linford South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 492 | 24.1 | +17.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,039 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Loughton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Dransfield | 1,382 | 50.5 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | George Conchie | 1,016 | 37.2 | −7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isabella Fraser | 336 | 12.3 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 366 | 13.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,734 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Newport Pagnell North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Euan Henderson | 1,079 | 67.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Horton | 331 | 20.6 |
| | Labour | Brian Todd | 197 | 12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 748 | 46.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,607 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Newport Pagnell South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Irene Henderson | 1,239 | 68.5 |
| | Conservative | Amanda Box | 336 | 18.6 |
| | Labour | Dawn Hoyle | 234 | 12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 903 | 49.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,809 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Olney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Mabbutt | 974 | 54.4 |
| | Conservative | Ann Johnston | 449 | 25.1 |
| | Independent | Joan Jones | 213 | 11.9 |
| | Labour | Peter Hevey | 156 | 8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 525 | 29.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,792 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Stantonbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roy Miller | 688 | 42.1 | +12.2 |
| | Labour | Henry Kilkenny | 598 | 36.6 | −16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Exon | 283 | 17.3 | +3.8 |
| | Green | Carol Barac | 66 | 4.0 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | 5.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,635 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Stony Stratford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Bartlett | 1,331 | 51.4 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Mary Stone | 1,061 | 41.0 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Eastman | 195 | 7.5 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 270 | 10.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,587 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Walton Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Pym | 1,145 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Carruthers | 1,073 |
| | Conservative | Neil Cawley | 490 |
| | Conservative | Louise Cooper | 458 |
| | Labour | Sarah Gilmour-Sorensen | 291 |
| | Labour | Michael Duff | 240 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,697 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Whaddon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Campbell | 755 | 47.0 |
| | Conservative | Derrick Connor | 683 | 42.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Drewett | 168 | 10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,606 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
Wolverton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hilary Saunders | 981 | 53.6 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Ashraful Hoque | 469 | 25.6 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Snell | 197 | 10.8 | +0.2 |
| | Green | Alan Francis | 184 | 10.0 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 512 | 28.0 | −12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,831 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Woughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Wilson | 965 | 51.5 | −11.5 |
| | Conservative | William Kenyon | 563 | 30.1 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Forsyth | 264 | 14.1 | −0.3 |
| | Green | Claire Butler | 80 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 402 | 21.5 | −18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,872 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |