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 Additional Member System, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.

London Assembly constituencies

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Contents 1 Constituency (First-Past-the-Post) results 2 Top up (Additional Member System) results 3 London Assembly Representation 4 Party Leaders in 2000 5 See also 6 External links

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

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%

Overall total votes: 5,089,300

London Assembly Representation

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

Party Leaders in 2000

• Labour - Tony Blair
• Conservative - William Hague
• Liberal Democrat - Charles Kennedy
• Green Party - Darren Johnson

See also

• London Assembly

External links

• BBC: Greater London Assembly Election, 2000