2000 Havant Borough Council election

The 2000 Havant Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 20
• Labour 11
• Liberal Democrats 8
• Independent 3 ^[2]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 26.5%. ^[3]

Havant local election result 2000 ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	4	0	+4	57.1	50.2	12,194
	Labour	3	2	1	+1	21.4	15.9	3,866
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	4	-3	14.3	29.3	7,130
	Independent	1	0	0	0	7.1	4.4	1,068
	Independent Labour	0	0	2	-2	0	0.2	57

Ward results

Barncroft ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hayward	348	48.0
	Labour	Mike Rogers	247	34.1
	Conservative	Lorraine Shepherd	112	15.4
	Independent Labour	Patricia Hoar	18	2.5
Majority			101	13.9
Turnout			725	18.3	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Battins ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Cousins	338	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Martin	279	32.3
	Conservative	Thelma Carpenter	218	25.2
	Independent Labour	Eric Barney	30	3.5
Majority			59	6.8
Turnout			865	15.9	-1.3
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Bedhampton ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Worley	1,053	48.0
	Conservative	Peter Bee	975	44.4
	Labour	Richard Brown	167	7.6
Majority			78	3.6
Turnout			2,195	36.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bondfields ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Hart	626	62.8
	Conservative	Mary Brown	222	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Coslett	149	14.9
Majority			404	40.5
Turnout			997	19.6	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowplain ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joan Rea	1,068	69.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Crawford	313	20.3
	Labour	Elizabeth Johnston	160	10.4
Majority			755	49.0
Turnout			1,541	21.9	-4.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Emsworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Colson	1,814	59.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bolt	1,041	34.0
	Labour	Phillip Rees	209	6.8
Majority			773	25.2
Turnout			3,064	39.0	-0.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hart Plain ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Shaw	639	46.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Purkis	586	42.8
	Labour	Bill Wheeler	143	10.5
Majority			53	3.9
Turnout			1,368	20.8	+0.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hayling East ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Quick	1,262	67.2
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Causer	400	21.3
	Labour	Ronald Russell	215	11.5
Majority			862	45.9
Turnout			1,877	26.2	-0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling West ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Bond	1,676	77.7
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Temple	284	13.2
	Labour	Ruth Conder	196	9.1
Majority			1,392	64.5
Turnout			2,156	31.1	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purbrook ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gwen Blackett	1,293	69.8
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Bazley	287	15.5
	Labour	Giles Harris	273	14.7
Majority			1,006	54.3
Turnout			1,853	25.8	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Faiths ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Fulcher	1,494	47.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis West	1,436	45.9
	Labour	Derek Smith	196	6.3
Majority			58	1.9
Turnout			3,126	40.2	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Stakes ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Blackett	722	45.8
	Labour	Margaret Beauvoisin	528	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Pylee	325	20.6
Majority			194	12.3
Turnout			1,575	19.6	-1.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Warren Park ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Petty	295	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Ennis	272	38.1
	Conservative	Angela Guest	138	19.3
	Independent Labour	George Hoar	9	1.3
Majority			23	3.2
Turnout			714	15.8	-6.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Waterloo ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Moss	1,629	72.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bazley	357	15.8
	Labour	Robert Perry	273	12.1
Majority			1,272	56.3
Turnout			2,259	28.4	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Hart Plain

Hart Plain By-Election 15 February 2001 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		500	50.8	+8.0
	Conservative		335	34.0	-12.7
	Labour		149	15.1	+4.7
Majority			165	16.8
Turnout			984	14.8	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Faiths

St Faith's By-Election 7 June 2001 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		2,274	44.4	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats		1,989	38.8	-7.1
	Labour		864	16.9	+10.6
Majority			285	5.6	+3.7
Turnout			5,127
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Havant". BBC News Online . Retrieved 14 June 2014.
2. "Elections 2000: Local council results". Financial Times . NewsBank. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
3. "May 2000 Election Results". Havant Borough Council. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 4 January 2001. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
4. "Election results: local councils - Elections". The Times . NewsBank. 5 May 2000. p. 4.
5. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2014.