The2000 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members ofSandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in theWest Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and theLabour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Before the election Labour ran the council with 58councillors compared to 9Liberal Democrats, 3Conservatives and 1independent, with 1 Labour seat being vacant.[3] The vacant seat was inOldbury ward, after the former councillor, Mohammed Niwaz, was convicted of fraud the previous December.[4] Among those who were defending seats in the election was the leader of the council, Tarsem King, inWest Bromwich Centralward.[5]
Both the Liberal Democrat and Conservative parties were hoping to make gains after some recent school closures, as well as dissatisfaction with the national Labour government.[4] The Liberal Democrats were hoping to gainHateley Heath, after having won a seat there in aby-election the previous November, and Oldbury.[4] Meanwhile, the Conservatives aimed to takeWednesbury South and were defending Charlemont after the councillor defected to them from the Liberal Democrats.[4] Labour defended their record, pointing to the lowestcouncil tax rise in the region, and hoped to improve on recent lowturnouts.[4]
The results saw the Labour Party stay in control of the council, but they did lose some seats.[6] The Conservatives gained the seats of Old Warley andPrinces End from Labour, while the Liberal Democrats took Hateley Heath from Labour.[6] Alan Burkitt also held off the Liberal Democrats in Charlemont for the Conservatives.[6]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 17 | -4 | 70.8 | 46.3 | 22,964 | -8.6 | |||
| Conservative | 4 | +3 | 16.7 | 34.5 | 17,119 | +9.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | +1 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 6,489 | -2.6 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 2,076 | +1.7 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 781 | +0.2 | |||
| National Front | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 150 | +0.2 | |||
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 68 | -0.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ann Jaron | 1,698 | 60.6 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Ewart Johnson | 764 | 27.3 | −2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Prior | 339 | 12.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 934 | 33.3 | +3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,801 | 31.1 | −0.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glenn Harris | 854 | 43.8 | −22.0 | |
| Independent | Mary Docker | 514 | 26.3 | +26.3 | |
| Conservative | June Park | 441 | 22.6 | −0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Walter Bowdler | 143 | 7.3 | −4.1 | |
| Majority | 340 | 17.4 | −2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,952 | 21.3 | +1.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Malcolm Bridges | 1,044 | 53.4 | −8.2 | |
| Conservative | Roger Hickman | 911 | 46.6 | +18.0 | |
| Majority | 133 | 6.8 | −26.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,955 | 20.6 | −3.2 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Burkitt | 1,263 | 49.0 | +21.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Wilson | 795 | 30.8 | −10.4 | |
| Labour | David Hallam | 522 | 20.2 | −11.5 | |
| Majority | 468 | 18.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,580 | 28.2 | +0.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Margaret James | 986 | 53.5 | −13.3 | |
| Conservative | Leonard Law | 672 | 36.5 | +13.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Wilson | 184 | 10.0 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 314 | 17.0 | −27.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,842 | 20.0 | −2.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Melia | 698 | 50.9 | −17.9 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Smith | 519 | 37.9 | +6.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Simms | 154 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
| Majority | 179 | 13.1 | −24.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,371 | 16.4 | −1.9 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Wainwright | 1,077 | 40.7 | −9.0 | |
| Conservative | Robert Lawrence | 994 | 37.5 | +14.4 | |
| Labour | Roy Melia | 521 | 19.7 | −7.5 | |
| Independent Liberal Democrat | Christian Burkitt | 56 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 83 | 3.1 | −19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,648 | 26.8 | −1.4 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maureen Whitehouse | 750 | 48.8 | −11.0 | |
| Conservative | Philip Mansell | 510 | 33.2 | +13.1 | |
| National Front | James Barry | 150 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Burkitt | 128 | 8.3 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 240 | 15.6 | −24.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,538 | 16.0 | −0.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Edwards | 1,063 | 61.7 | −14.2 | |
| Conservative | Rosemarie Campbell | 497 | 28.9 | +13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne Yardley | 162 | 9.4 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 566 | 32.9 | −27.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,722 | 28.6 | +6.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Handy | 762 | 48.0 | +17.6 | |
| Labour | Joyce Edis | 548 | 34.6 | −19.6 | |
| Conservative | Raymond Nock | 276 | 17.4 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 214 | 13.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,586 | 17.4 | −0.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauline Hinton | 1,127 | 47.1 | −13.4 | |
| Conservative | Roland Hill | 962 | 40.2 | +12.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Garrett | 302 | 12.6 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 165 | 6.9 | −25.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,391 | 24.6 | −0.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martyn Smith | 1,324 | 52.6 | −0.8 | |
| Labour | Thomas Slater | 599 | 23.8 | −6.9 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Ward | 593 | 23.6 | +7.7 | |
| Majority | 725 | 28.8 | +6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,516 | 27.1 | −1.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Karen Bissell | 1,579 | 61.3 | +18.1 | |
| Labour | Kathleen Burns | 995 | 38.7 | −8.0 | |
| Majority | 584 | 22.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,574 | 29.5 | −0.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Geoffrey Taylor | 1,108 | 60.1 | −9.3 | |
| Conservative | Bhajan Shokar | 461 | 25.0 | +10.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Diane Gorton | 276 | 15.0 | −1.3 | |
| Majority | 647 | 35.1 | −18.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,845 | 22.5 | −10.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | June Newell | 555 | 46.7 | +26.1 | |
| Labour | Brian Southall | 533 | 44.8 | −4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Roberts | 101 | 8.5 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 22 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,189 | 12.2 | +0.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Thomas | 1,110 | 55.6 | −11.1 | |
| Conservative | John Raybould | 563 | 28.2 | +14.5 | |
| Independent | Fred Hadley | 323 | 16.2 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 547 | 27.4 | −25.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,996 | 20.8 | +0.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frederick Smith | 1,181 | 66.6 | −4.8 | |
| Conservative | Beryl Hickman | 591 | 33.4 | +14.7 | |
| Majority | 590 | 33.3 | −19.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,772 | 20.8 | −3.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roger Horton | 846 | 70.2 | −3.1 | |
| Conservative | Jeanette Hill | 359 | 29.8 | +9.7 | |
| Majority | 487 | 40.4 | −12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,205 | 22.4 | −3.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jagwant Gill | 1,246 | 44.8 | −7.1 | |
| Independent Labour | Balkar Sandhu | 1,183 | 42.6 | +10.0 | |
| Conservative | William Shipman | 350 | 12.6 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 63 | 2.3 | −17.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,779 | 34.5 | +4.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ahmadul Haque | 1,455 | 44.2 | −0.1 | |
| Conservative | Alison Jones | 880 | 26.7 | −1.6 | |
| BNP | Stephen Edwards | 781 | 23.7 | +6.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Underhill | 108 | 3.3 | −2.0 | |
| Socialist Alternative | Ian Barton | 68 | 2.1 | −2.8 | |
| Majority | 575 | 17.5 | +1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,292 | 27.3 | +2.4 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Parish | 767 | 46.8 | −10.4 | |
| Conservative | Steven Hockley | 642 | 39.2 | +14.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Bradley | 230 | 14.0 | −3.6 | |
| Majority | 125 | 7.6 | −24.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,639 | 17.4 | −0.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nellie Collett | 1,212 | 62.2 | +2.2 | |
| Labour | Elaine Giles | 737 | 37.8 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 475 | 24.4 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,949 | 20.7 | −5.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Evans | 1,101 | 52.4 | −3.9 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Dixon | 882 | 42.0 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Wilkinson | 119 | 5.7 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 219 | 10.4 | −9.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,102 | 22.6 | +0.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tarsem King | 1,475 | 61.4 | −4.1 | |
| Conservative | Anne Hughes | 643 | 26.8 | +5.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Samantha Ford | 285 | 11.9 | −1.0 | |
| Majority | 832 | 34.6 | −9.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,403 | 28.6 | +0.3 | ||