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Encyclopedia > London Assembly election, 2000

The first elections for members of the London Assembly were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election. The London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The first election to the office of Mayor of London took place on May 4, 2000. ...


The assembly elections used the Additional Member System, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats. The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system in which some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ...

London Assembly constituencies
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Constituency (First-Past-the-Post) results

Party Votes Seats Loss/Gain Share of Vote (%)
Labour 6 N/A
Conservative 8 N/A
Liberal Democrats 0 N/A
Green Party 0 N/A
London Socialist Alliance 0 N/A
UK Independence Party 0 N/A
Others* 0 N/A

The Labour Party has been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom since the early 20th century (see British politics). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales is the principal Green party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The London Socialist Alliance (LSA) was an alliance of far-left socialist groups and individuals in London. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ...

Top up (Additional Member System) results

Party Votes Seats Loss/Gain Share of Vote (%)
Labour 502,874 3 N/A 30.3
Conservative 481,053 1 N/A 29.0
Liberal Democrats 245,555 4 N/A 14.8
Green Party 183,910 3 N/A 11.1
Christian Peoples Alliance 55,192 0 N/A 3.3
BNP 47,670 0 N/A 2.8
UK Independence Party 34,054 0 N/A 2.0
London Socialist Alliance 27,073 0 N/A 1.6
Peter Tatchell (Independent) 22,862 0 N/A 1.4
Campaign Against Tube Privatisation 17,401 0 N/A 1.0
Socialist Labour Party 13,690 0 N/A 0.8
Pro-Motorist Small Shop 13,248 0 N/A 0.8
Natural Law Party 7,559 0 N/A 0.5
Communist Party of Britain 7,489 0 N/A 0.4

Overall turnout: 32.6% The Labour Party has been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom since the early 20th century (see British politics). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales is the principal Green party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... This article reads like an advertisement. ... BNP may be: British National Party, a British political party of the far-right. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The London Socialist Alliance (LSA) was an alliance of far-left socialist groups and individuals in London. ... Peter Gary Tatchell (born 25 January, 1952) is a sometimes controversial human rights activist based in Britain. ... The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a small left-wing political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Natural Law Party is a trans-national political party with national branches in over 80 countries. ... The Communist Party of Britain is a small socialist party operating in the United Kingdom, although it chooses not to be active in Northern Ireland where the Communist Party of Ireland works. ...


Overall total votes: 5,089,300


London Assembly Representation

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

Party Leaders in 2000

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. ... William Hague The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and currently Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... Rt. ... Darren Johnson For the New York politician, see Darren Johnson (New York). ...

See also

The London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. ...

External links

  • BBC: Greater London Assembly Election, 2000

  Results from FactBites:
 
London Assembly: Information from Answers.com (402 words)
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 side of the River Thames close to Tower Bridge.
Both One London members were elected on the United Kingdom Independence Party list but defected in February 2005 to the newly-formed Veritas party; from September 2005 they formed their own party.
London Socialist Alliance: Information from Answers.com (173 words)
The London Socialist Alliance (LSA) was an alliance of far-left socialist groups and individuals in London.
It stood candidates in the for the Greater London Assembly Election in 2000, but supported Ken Livingstone in the mayoral elections held at the same time.
At the assembly elections it polled about 27,000 votes from a total of 2,400,000, and got 1.6% of the vote.
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