2000 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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The 2000 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 2000 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1322076.555.713,345+8.3%
  Liberal Democrats 312-117.627.66,607-0.3%
  Independent 110+15.93.3784-2.3%
  Labour 0000012.63,027-6.4%
  UKIP 000000.9213+0.7%

Ward results

Brampton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Downes96250.9−0.9
Conservative William Sinclair85245.1−0.7
UKIP Albert Bentley402.1+2.1
Labour Carol Hitchings351.9−0.5
Majority 1105.8−0.2
Turnout 1,88954.1+3.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Earith [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Rogers55754.1+0.5
Liberal Democrats Joyce James41640.4+3.9
Labour Graeme Watkins575.5−4.4
Majority 14113.7−3.5
Turnout 1,03032.3+3.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Godmanchester [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Godley77949.4+7.5
Conservative Alan Goff68543.4−2.3
Labour Graham Hitchings1147.2−5.2
Majority 946.0
Turnout 1,57835.4+7.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Hemingford Abbots and Hilton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Bates43868.8
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Sefton16425.7
Labour Ruth Pugh355.5
Majority 27443.1
Turnout 63750.8
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Fell1,22966.8+10.0
Labour Ann Beevor61133.2−10.0
Majority 61833.6+20.0
Turnout 1,84026.7−2.9
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Holley88255.4+7.9
Labour Valerie Brooker44027.6−10.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Wyatt19812.4+0.6
UKIP Derek Norman734.6+1.7
Majority 44227.7+18.0
Turnout 1,59323.5−2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Kimbolton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Mugglestone58181.6
Labour George Beevor8612.1
UKIP Stephen Poppitt456.3
Majority 49569.5
Turnout 71243.4
Conservative hold Swing
Paxton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Clarke88566.9
Liberal Democrats John Grosvenor38729.3
Labour Janet Boston513.9
Majority 49837.6
Turnout 1,32347.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Ramsey [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norah Wagstaffe76551.5−4.8
Liberal Democrats Raymond Powell62041.8+29.8
Labour Keith Bennett1006.7−5.5
Majority 1459.8−27.0
Turnout 1,48525.5+4.7
Conservative hold Swing
Sawtry [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Garner78451.7+3.6
Conservative David Bowens62040.9+4.4
Labour Robert Fairhead1127.4−1.5
Majority 16410.8−0.8
Turnout 1,51633.5+1.0
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
St. Ives North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Reynolds1,08062.4−1.9
Liberal Democrats Angela Bush41524.0+4.6
Labour Michael Sneath18010.4−5.9
UKIP Philip Pitt553.2+3.2
Majority 66538.4−6.5
Turnout 1,73025.5+5.0
Conservative hold Swing
St. Ives South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Davies1,17359.0+10.1
Liberal Democrats John Souter65532.9−11.4
Labour John Watson1608.0+1.1
Majority 51826.1+21.5
Turnout 1,98839.4−5.1
Conservative hold Swing
St. Neots Eaton Ford [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Gregory81567.0+19.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Eaton29524.3−19.9
Labour David Nicholls1068.7+0.4
Majority 52042.8+39.5
Turnout 1,21630.8−1.6
Conservative hold Swing
St. Neots Eaton Socon [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Howe81755.5−4.3
Conservative Michael Arnold56038.0+6.3
Labour Patricia Nicholls956.5−2.0
Majority 25717.5−10.6
Turnout 1,47227.1−1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St. Neots Eynesbury [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Barnes58848.2
Liberal Democrats Sheila Coates41834.3
Labour William O'Connor21417.5
Majority 17013.9
Turnout 1,22021.4−1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Warboys [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Newman88962.6+27.2
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Wells48133.8−27.1
Labour David Brown513.6−0.1
Majority 40828.8
Turnout 1,42135.0−6.9
Conservative hold Swing
Yaxley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Madhabi Banerjee74656.3−1.0
Labour Kevin Goddard58043.7+1.0
Majority 16612.5−2.0
Turnout 1,32627.0−2.2
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Upwood and the Raveleys

Upwood and the Raveleys by-election 8 March 2001 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 27049.4−6.3
Liberal Democrats 25145.9+13.9
Labour 264.8−7.5
Majority 193.5−20.2
Turnout 54738.2+1.9
Conservative hold Swing

Eynesbury

Eynesbury by-election 7 June 2001 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,26541.5−6.7
Labour 91730.1+12.6
Liberal Democrats 86328.3−6.0
Majority 34811.4−2.5
Turnout 3,045
Conservative hold Swing

Farcet

Farcet by-election 7 June 2001 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 37648.3−5.4
Labour 30939.7−3.1
Liberal Democrats 9412.1+8.6
Majority 678.6−2.4
Turnout 779
Conservative hold Swing

Gransden

Gransden by-election 7 June 2001 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 81961.9−11.8
Liberal Democrats 50538.1+19.6
Majority 31423.7−31.4
Turnout 1,324
Conservative hold Swing

Eaton Socon

Eaton Socon by-election 21 March 2002 [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 99263.3+7.8
Conservative 57636.7−1.3
Majority 41626.5+9.0
Turnout 1,56828.6+1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online . Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Election results: local councils - Elections". The Times . NewsBank. 5 May 2000. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "Local council results". Financial Times . NewsBank. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Lib Dems drop bombshell on Blair's doorstep". London: guardian.co.uk. 22 March 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
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