London Assembly election, 2000
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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.
Overall turnout: 32.6%
Overall total votes: 5,089,300
London Assembly
The London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget. The assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered at City Hall on the south...
were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election
London mayoral election, 2000
The first election to the office of Mayor of London took place on 4 May 2000.-Results:¹Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates...
.
The assembly elections used the Mixed member proportional representation
Mixed member proportional representation
Mixed-member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is a voting system originally used to elect representatives to the German Bundestag, and nowadays adopted by numerous legislatures around the world...
, a form of Additional member system
Additional Member System
The Additional Member System is the term used in the United Kingdom for the mixed member proportional representation voting system used in Scotland, Wales and the London Assembly....
, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.
| London Assembly constituencies | |
 |
Constituency (First-Past-the-Post) results
| Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526,422 | 8 | N/A | 33.2 | ||
| 501,296 | 6 | N/A | 31.6 | ||
| 299,998 | 0 | N/A | 18.9 | ||
| 162,457 | 0 | N/A | 10.2 | ||
| 46,530 | 0 | N/A | 2.9 | ||
| 31,195 | 0 | N/A | 1.9 | ||
| 12,831 | 0 | N/A | 0.8 | ||
| 2,115 | 0 | N/A | 0.1 | ||
| 1,261 | 0 | N/A | 0.1 | ||
| Reform 2000 | 1,144 | 0 | N/A | 0.1 | |
| 536 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 |
Top up (Additional Member System) results
| Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502,874 | 3 | N/A | 30.3 | ||
| 481,053 | 1 | N/A | 29.0 | ||
| 245,555 | 4 | N/A | 14.8 | ||
| 183,910 | 3 | N/A | 11.1 | ||
| 55,192 | 0 | N/A | 3.3 | ||
| 47,670 | 0 | N/A | 2.8 | ||
| 34,054 | 0 | N/A | 2.0 | ||
| 27,073 | 0 | N/A | 1.6 | ||
| 22,862 | 0 | N/A | 1.4 | ||
| Campaign Against Tube Privatisation | 17,401 | 0 | N/A | 1.0 | |
| 13,690 | 0 | N/A | 0.8 | ||
| Pro-Motorist Small Shop | 13,248 | 0 | N/A | 0.8 | |
| 7,559 | 0 | N/A | 0.5 | ||
| 7,489 | 0 | N/A | 0.4 |
Overall turnout: 32.6%
Overall total votes: 5,089,300
London Assembly Representation
- Labour - 9
- Conservative - 9
- Liberal Democrat - 4
- Green Party - 3
Party Leaders in 2000
- Labour - Tony BlairTony BlairAnthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
- Conservative - William HagueWilliam HagueWilliam Jefferson Hague is the British Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. He served as Leader of the Conservative Party from June 1997 to September 2001...
- Liberal Democrat - Charles KennedyCharles KennedyCharles Peter Kennedy is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who led the Liberal Democrats from 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006 and is currently a Member of Parliament for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency....
- Green Party - Darren JohnsonDarren JohnsonDarren Paul Johnson is an English politician and prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales...