2000 Swindon Borough Council election

The 2000 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the [1999 Swindon (borough)|Swindon Council election|last election in 1999] increasing the number of seats by 5. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

Election result

The election saw a trial of all-postal voting in several wards, with these wards seeing turnout increase by up to 13%. In 1999 turnout in these wards had been below 20% compared to an average across Swindon of 26%, while in 2000 3 of the 4 wards which had the trial saw turnout of over 30% compared to an average of 27.6% in the whole council.