title: 2000 Portsmouth City Council election
text: # 2000 Portsmouth City Council election
  
  Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
  
  After the election, the composition of the council was:
  
  * Conservative 16
  * Labour 15
  * Liberal Democrat 8
  
  ## Election result
  
  Portsmouth Local Election Result 2000 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Conservative | 9 | +6 | 64.3 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 3 | -1 | 21.4 |
  | Labour | 2 | -5 | 14.3 |
  