2000 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 37
• Liberal Democrats 13
• Independent 3 ^[2]

Election result

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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	2	2	0	76.5	55.7	13,345	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	2	-1	17.6	27.6	6,607	-0.3
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	5.9	3.3	784	-2.3
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	12.6	3,027	-6.4
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	213	+0.7

Ward results

Brampton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Downes	962	50.9	-0.9
	Conservative	William Sinclair	852	45.1	-0.7
	UKIP	Albert Bentley	40	2.1	+2.1
	Labour	Carol Hitchings	35	1.9	-0.5
Majority			110	5.8	-0.2
Turnout			1,889	54.1	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Earith ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Rogers	557	54.1	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce James	416	40.4	+3.9
	Labour	Graeme Watkins	57	5.5	-4.4
Majority			141	13.7	-3.5
Turnout			1,030	32.3	+3.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Godmanchester ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Godley	779	49.4	+7.5
	Conservative	Alan Goff	685	43.4	-2.3
	Labour	Graham Hitchings	114	7.2	-5.2
Majority			94	6.0
Turnout			1,578	35.4	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hemingford Abbots and Hilton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Bates	438	68.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Sefton	164	25.7
	Labour	Ruth Pugh	35	5.5
Majority			274	43.1
Turnout			637	50.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon North ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fell	1,229	66.8	+10.0
	Labour	Ann Beevor	611	33.2	-10.0
Majority			618	33.6	+20.0
Turnout			1,840	26.7	-2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon West ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Holley	882	55.4	+7.9
	Labour	Valerie Brooker	440	27.6	-10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wyatt	198	12.4	+0.6
	UKIP	Derek Norman	73	4.6	+1.7
Majority			442	27.7	+18.0
Turnout			1,593	23.5	-2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kimbolton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Mugglestone	581	81.6
	Labour	George Beevor	86	12.1
	UKIP	Stephen Poppitt	45	6.3
Majority			495	69.5
Turnout			712	43.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paxton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Clarke	885	66.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Grosvenor	387	29.3
	Labour	Janet Boston	51	3.9
Majority			498	37.6
Turnout			1,323	47.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ramsey ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norah Wagstaffe	765	51.5	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Powell	620	41.8	+29.8
	Labour	Keith Bennett	100	6.7	-5.5
Majority			145	9.8	-27.0
Turnout			1,485	25.5	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sawtry ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Garner	784	51.7	+3.6
	Conservative	David Bowens	620	40.9	+4.4
	Labour	Robert Fairhead	112	7.4	-1.5
Majority			164	10.8	-0.8
Turnout			1,516	33.5	+1.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Ives North ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Reynolds	1,080	62.4	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Bush	415	24.0	+4.6
	Labour	Michael Sneath	180	10.4	-5.9
	UKIP	Philip Pitt	55	3.2	+3.2
Majority			665	38.4	-6.5
Turnout			1,730	25.5	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Ives South ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Davies	1,173	59.0	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Souter	655	32.9	-11.4
	Labour	John Watson	160	8.0	+1.1
Majority			518	26.1	+21.5
Turnout			1,988	39.4	-5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Neots Eaton Ford ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Gregory	815	67.0	+19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Eaton	295	24.3	-19.9
	Labour	David Nicholls	106	8.7	+0.4
Majority			520	42.8	+39.5
Turnout			1,216	30.8	-1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Neots Eaton Socon ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Howe	817	55.5	-4.3
	Conservative	Michael Arnold	560	38.0	+6.3
	Labour	Patricia Nicholls	95	6.5	-2.0
Majority			257	17.5	-10.6
Turnout			1,472	27.1	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Neots Eynesbury ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	588	48.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Coates	418	34.3
	Labour	William O'Connor	214	17.5
Majority			170	13.9
Turnout			1,220	21.4	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warboys ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Newman	889	62.6	+27.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Wells	481	33.8	-27.1
	Labour	David Brown	51	3.6	-0.1
Majority			408	28.8
Turnout			1,421	35.0	-6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yaxley ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Madhabi Banerjee	746	56.3	-1.0
	Labour	Kevin Goddard	580	43.7	+1.0
Majority			166	12.5	-2.0
Turnout			1,326	27.0	-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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		270	49.4	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats		251	45.9	+13.9
	Labour		26	4.8	-7.5
Majority			19	3.5	-20.2
Turnout			547	38.2	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eynesbury

Eynesbury by-election 7 June 2001 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,265	41.5	-6.7
	Labour		917	30.1	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats		863	28.3	-6.0
Majority			348	11.4	-2.5
Turnout			3,045
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farcet

Farcet by-election 7 June 2001 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		376	48.3	-5.4
	Labour		309	39.7	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats		94	12.1	+8.6
Majority			67	8.6	-2.4
Turnout			779
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gransden

Gransden by-election 7 June 2001 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		819	61.9	-11.8
	Liberal Democrats		505	38.1	+19.6
Majority			314	23.7	-31.4
Turnout			1,324
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eaton Socon

Eaton Socon by-election 21 March 2002 ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		992	63.3	+7.8
	Conservative		576	36.7	-1.3
Majority			416	26.5	+9.0
Turnout			1,568	28.6	+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. "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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.