2000 London Assembly election

The first elections for members of the London Assembly were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election.

2000 London Assembly election

4 May 2000 2004 →
25 London Assembly Seats 13 seats needed for majority
First party Second party   Leader Eric Ollerenshaw[1] Toby Harris[2] Party Conservative Labour Leader's seat Londonwide Brent and Harrow Seats won 9 9 FPTP Vote 526,422 501,296 Percentage 33.2% 31.6% List Vote 481,053 502,874 Percentage 29.0% 30.3%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Graham Tope[3] Darren Johnson Party Liberal Democrats Green Leader's seat Londonwide Londonwide Seats won 4 3 FPTP Vote 299,998 162,457 Percentage 18.9% 10.2% List Vote 245,555 183,910 Percentage 14.8% 11.1%
Vote plurality Margins of victory

The assembly elections used the additional member system, a form of mixed member proportional representation, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.

Results

London Assembly election, 2000

Parties		Additional member system										Total seats
		Constituency					Region
		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−	Total	+/−	%
	Labour	501,296	31.6		6		502,874	30.3		3		9		36.0
	Conservative	526,422	33.2		8		481,053	29.0		1		9		36.0
	Liberal Democrats	299,998	18.9		0		245,555	14.8		4		4		16.0
	Green	162,457	10.2		0		183,910	11.1		3		3		12.0
	CPA	-	-		-		55,192	3.3		0		0		-
	BNP	-	-		-		47,670	2.9		0		0		-
	UKIP	2,115	0.1		0		34,054	2.1		0		0		-
	London Socialist	46,530	2.9		0		27,073	1.6		0		0		-
	Independent - Peter Tatchell	-	-		-		22,862	1.4		0		0		-
	Campaign Against Tube Privatisation	-	-		-		17,401	1.0		0		0		-
	Socialist Labour	-	-		-		13,690	0.8		0		0		-
	Pro-Motorist Small Shop	-	-		-		13,248	0.8		0		0		-
	Natural Law	-	-		-		7,559	0.5		0		0		-
	Communist	-	-		-		7,489	0.5		0		0		-
	Independent	31,195	2.0		0		-	-		-		-		-
	Havering Residents Association	12,831	0.8		0		-	-		-		-		-
	Humanist	1,261	0.1		0		-	-		-		-	-	-
	Reform 2000	1,144	0.1		0		-	-		-		-		-
	Communist League	536	0.0		0		-	-		-		-		-
	Total	1,585,785			14		1,659,630			11		25

Constituency Vote Conservative   33.2% Labour   31.6% Liberal Democrats   18.9% Green   10.2% Others   6.1%

London wide Vote Labour   30.3% Conservative   29.0% Liberal Democrats   14.8% Green   11.1% Others   14.8%

Assembly seats Labour   36.0% Conservative   36.0% Liberal Democrats   16.0% Green   12.0%

Constituency Candidates

Constituency	Conservative	Labour	Lib Dems	Green	LSA	Others
Barnet & Camden	Brian Coleman (41,583, 1st)	Helen Gordon (41,032, 2nd)	Jonathan Davies (22,295, 3rd)	Miranda Dunn (14,768, 4th)	Candy Udwin (3,488, 5th)	Magnus Nielsen (UKIP) (2,115, 6th) Diane Derksen (Maharishi) (1,081, 7th)
Bexley & Bromley	Bob Neill (64,879, 1st)	Charlie Mansell (30,320, 2nd)	Duncan Borrowman (29,710, 3rd)	Ian Jardin (11,124, 4th)	Jean Kysow (1,403, 5th)
Brent & Harrow	Bob Blackman (32,295, 2nd)	Toby Harris (36,675, 1st)	Chris Noyce (17,161, 3rd)	Simone Aspis (8,756, 4th)	Austin Burnett (2,546, 5th)
City & East	Syed Kamall (19,266, 2nd)	John Biggs (45,387, 1st)	Janet Ludlow (18,300, 3rd)	Peter Howell (11,939, 4th)	Kambiz Boomla (3,908, 5th)
Croydon & Sutton	Andrew Pelling (48,421, 1st)	Maggie Mansell (29,514, 3rd)	Anne Gallop (30,614, 2nd)	Peter Hickson (8,884, 4th)	Mark Steel (1,823, 5th)
Ealing & Hillingdon	Richard Barnes (44,850, 1st)	Gurcharan Singh (38,038, 2nd)	Mike Cox (22,177, 3rd)	Graham Lee (11,788, 4th)	Nick Grant (2,977, 5th)
Enfield & Haringey	Peter Forrest (31,207, 2nd)	Nicky Gavron (34,509, 1st)	Sean Hooker (14,319, 3rd)	Peter Budge (10,761, 5th)	Weyman Bennett (3,671, 6th)	Richard Course (Ind) (12,581, 4th)
Greenwich & Lewisham	Rhodri Harris (22,401, 2nd)	Len Duvall (40,386, 1st)	David Buxton (16,290, 3rd)	Terry Liddle (11,839, 4th)	Ian Page (3,981, 5th)
Havering & Redbridge	Roger Evans (40,919, 1st)	Chris Robbins (32,650, 2nd)	Geoffrey Seeff (14,028, 3rd)	Ashley Gunstock (6,803, 5th)	George Taylor (1,744, 6th)	Ian Wilkes (HRA) (12,831, 4th)
Lambeth & Southwark	Irene Kimm (19,238, 3rd)	Val Shawcross (37,985, 1st)	Peter Facey (22,492, 2nd)	Storm Poorun (13,242, 4th)	Theresa Bennett (6,231, 5th)	Tony Robinson (Humanist) (1,261, 6th) Jonathan Silberman (Comm. League) (536, 7th)
Merton & Wandsworth	Elizabeth Howlett (45,023, 1st)	Maggie Cosin (32,438, 2nd)	Siobhan Vitelli (12,496, 3rd)	Rajeev Thacker (8,491, 5th)	Sarbani Mazumdar (1,450, 7th)	Mark Thompson (Ind Lab) (11,918, 4th) Syed Manzoor (Ind) (1,465, 6th) Terence Sullivan (Ind) (1,049, 8th)
North East	Eric Ollerenshaw (20,975, 3rd)	Meg Hillier (42,459, 1st)	Paul Fox (24,856, 2nd)	Yen Chit Chong (18,382, 4th)	Cecelia Prosper (8,269, 5th)	Paul Shaer (Ind) (1,501, 6th) Erol Basarik (Reform 2000) (1,144, 7th)
South West	Tony Arbour (48,248, 1st)	Jagdish Sharma (31,065, 3rd)	Geoff Pope (41,189, 2nd)	Judy Maciejowska (13,426, 4th)	Danny Faith (2,319, 5th)
West Central	Angie Bray (47,117, 1st)	Kate Green (28,838, 2nd)	Jon Burden (14,071, 3rd)	Julia Stephenson (12,254, 4th)	Christine Blower (2,720, 5th)	Stephen Smith (Homeless) (1,600, 6th)
Source: London Elects

London-wide List Candidates

London Assembly Election 2000 — London-wide lists
	Name	Candidates Elected to Assembly	Not Elected
	British National Party		David John Hill, Peter Hart, Ken Fredrick Alfred Francis, Michael Patrick Davidson, Paul Charles Colin Ferguson, Frank Patrician Walsh
	Campaign Against Tube Privatization		Patrick William Sikorski, Oliver Edgley New, Catherine Effer, Robert Alan Law, Pamela Leah Slinger, Enoh Itejere, Brian Munro, Arwyn Huw Thomas, Lewis Peacock, Graham Michael Campbell, David Lyons
	Christian Peoples Alliance		Balram Gidoomal, David Bruno Campanale, Susan Jane May, Andrew Kenneth Farmer, Ellen Sheila Greco, Deepak Mahtani, Nigel John Graydon Poole, Mrs. Phillipa Jane Berry, Stuart Charles MacPherson, Timothy John Conisbee Ward, Peter Hartley Wolstenholme
	Communist Party of Britain		Nicholas B. Wright, Sandra Elizabeth Lusk, James Beavis, Monty Goldman, Salvador Urdiales Antelo, Anita E. Halpin, Anita Wright, Kevin Halpin, Richard Maybin
	Conservative Party	Eric Ollerenshaw	Syed Kamall, Rhodri Harris, Roger Evans, Tony Arbour, Andrew Pelling, Irene Kimm, Elizabeth Howlett, Lurline Champagnie, Richard Barnes, Victoria Borwick, Bernard Arthur Ronald Gentry, Michael John Flynn, Patti Boulaye, Robert John Blackman, Peter James Forrest, Diane Patula Henry, Robert John Moreland, Henry Armstrong Allen Stokes, Piers Andrew Charles Wauchope, David Tyrie Williams, Cheryl Potter
	Green Party of England and Wales	Darren Johnson Victor Anderson Jennifer Jones	Noel Lynch, Shane Barbor Collins, Hilary Jago, Ashley Gunstock, John Robert Street, Jayne Forbes, Simone Florence Aspis, Catherine Mukhopadhyay
	Independent Peter Tatchell		Peter Tatchell
	Labour Party	Trevor Phillips Samantha Heath David Lammy	Jennette Arnold, Joseph Paul Docherty, Diana Johnson, Abdul Asad, Pamela Wharfe, Katherine Harriet Thorne, Navin Fakirchand Shah
	Liberal Democrats Against the Tube Sell-Off	Sally Hamwee Graham Tope Lynne Featherstone Louise Bloom	Michael Tuffrey, Geoffrey Pope, Meher Khan, Duncan Keith Borrowman, Christopher David Noyce, Monroe Palmer, Meral Hussein Ece
	London Socialist Alliance		Paul Foot, Gregory Simon Tucker, Janine Sandra Booth, Christine Blower, Theresa Cordelia Bennett, Anne Gerardine Murphy, Katherine Louise Ford, Tobias Abse, Jean Kysow, George Thomas Taylor, Mark Steel
	Natural Law Party		Richard Peter Johnson, Judith Muriel Thomas, Alexander Maurice Alers Hankey, Gerard Joseph Valente, Jean Livesley, Juliette Taylor-Elwes, Jonathan Robert Hinde, Michael Leslie Mears
	PRO-MaSS (PRO-Motorist, Small Shop)		Geoffrey Maurice Ben-Nathan, Brian Bartle, Russell Stephen Conway, Joseph Pronckus
	Socialist Labour Party		Arthur Scargill, Amanda May Rose, Harpal Brar, Margaret Mary Sharkey, Hardev Singh Dhillon, Nicola Jane Hoarau, Geoff Palmer, Novjot Brar, Robert John Siggins, Eloisa Joan Rule, John David Hayball
	United Kingdom Independence Party		Damian Hockney, Christopher Pratt, Anthony Christopher John Neree Van Der Elst, Anthony John Edward Scholefield, Gregory Slysz, John de Roeck, Robert Michael Bryant, Gerald Roberts, James Rosewall Feisenberger, Mark Daniel Lester, Penelope Stella Weald

London Assembly Representation

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

Party Leaders in 2000

• Labour - Tony Blair
• Conservative - William Hague
• Liberal Democrat - Charles Kennedy
• Green Party - Mike Woodin and Margaret Wright

See also

• London Assembly

References

1. "London Assembly Member Eric Ollerenshaw". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "London Assembly Member Toby Harris". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "London Assembly Member Graham Tope". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

External links

• BBC: Greater London Assembly Election, 2000
• MayorWatch London Elections Guide