2000 Oxford City Council election

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Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council seats were up for election. The Labour Party lost its majority on the council to no overall control. [1] The number of Councillors for each party after the election were Labour 21, Liberal Democrat 21, Green 8 and Conservative 1. Overall turnout was 31.1%

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Election result

Oxford Local Election Result 2000
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 940+450.030.89,930+2.6%
  Labour 506-627.830.49,785-5.9%
  Green 310+116.718.66,000+1.4%
  Conservative 110+15.619.56,301+2.4%
  Independent 000000.4120-0.6%
  Liberal 000000.398+0.0%

Ward results

Blackbird Leys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Stannard59461.4-11.9
Conservative Laura Postlethwaite17918.5+9.1
Green Patricia Dickson9710.0+1.1
Liberal Democrats Alexander Macfie9710.0+1.6
Majority41542.9-21.0
Turnout 96712.3-1.3
Labour hold Swing
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Paul Ingram48830.5-7.0
Liberal Democrats Antony Brett45628.5+1.4
Labour Edward Turner40925.6+9.4
Conservative Andrea Cummins24515.3-3.9
Majority322.0-8.4
Turnout 1,59825.5+7.1
Green hold Swing
Cherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Connett92344.1+6.6
Conservative Simon Mort75736.2+2.2
Labour Patricia Brown27213.0-6.6
Green Stella Hudson1416.7-2.1
Majority1667.9+4.4
Turnout 2,09341.0+2.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Tarver79045.5+4.9
Green Gail Hemming68039.2-9.2
Conservative William Coulstock1518.7+2.9
Liberal Democrats Pieter-Paul Barker1156.6+1.4
Majority1106.3-1.5
Turnout 1,73629.7-1.7
Labour hold Swing
Headington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fairweather-Tall83244.4
Labour Leslie Town58231.1
Conservative William Clare37219.9
Green Andrew Taylor864.6
Turnout 1,87229.4+0.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Iffley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Penwarden93344.5+32.8
Labour Bryan Keen61429.3-22.3
Conservative James French35316.8-7.3
Green Nuala Young1959.3-3.4
Majority31915.2-12.3
Turnout 2,09537.4+12.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Littlemore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gillian Sanders49342.3-20.2
Conservative John Young39033.4+16.5
Liberal Democrats Vicky Potter17114.7+4.4
Green Daniel O'Brien1129.6-0.6
Majority1038.9-36.7
Turnout 1,16622.8+2.3
Labour hold Swing
Marston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Burgess76046.9+19.1
Labour Sam Timms51631.9-15.3
Green Katherine Wedell18311.3-1.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howarth1619.9-2.4
Majority24415.0-4.4
Turnout 1,62033.8+5.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Fooks825
Liberal Democrats Stephen Brown677
Green Donald O'Neal374
Labour Cherry Mosteshar320
Green Donald Smith316
Conservative Elizabeth Prypr285
Conservative Robert Porter280
Labour Stuart Skyte263
Independent John Rose120
Turnout 3,46031.1-1.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Old Marston & Risinghurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Whittaker69940.9-9.9
Labour Kenji Tiwari54431.9+4.0
Conservative Duncan Hatfield39022.8+5.2
Green Pritam Singh754.4+0.7
Majority1559.0-13.9
Turnout 1,70834.8-1.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Quarry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Allison92949.1+6.2
Labour Andrew Brown49626.2-11.8
Conservative Philip Hodgson35818.9+4.4
Green Tracy Dighton-Brown1085.7+1.1
Majority43322.9+18.0
Turnout 1,89131.5-3.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
St. Clement's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jacob Sanders89747.9+4.3
Labour Mohammad Abbasi61733.0+2.5
Conservative Thomas Garner21111.3+3.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Stone1467.8+1.8
Majority28014.9+1.8
Turnout 1,87124.6-0.3
Green hold Swing
South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Deborah Glass1,20246.2+5.8
Labour John Tanner96137.0-5.9
Conservative Prudence Dailey29911.5+1.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Hinnells1375.3-1.4
Majority2419.2+6.7
Turnout 2,59942.1+4.1
Green gain from Labour Swing
Temple Cowley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Hoyle86551.0-0.5
Labour Francine Baker50329.6-5.7
Conservative Georgina Shomroni19311.4+2.9
Green Lilia Patterson1368.0+3.3
Majority36221.4+5.2
Turnout 1,69730.1-3.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susanna Pressel1,01145.7+5.0
Liberal Democrats Valerie Harris83237.6+7.8
Green Carole Guberman1878.5-11.7
Conservative Steven Doody1838.3-1.0
Majority1798.1-2.8
Turnout 2,21338.7+3.2
Labour hold Swing
Wolvercote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Goddard1,00143.4-2.2
Green Michael Buck55624.1+12.5
Conservative Jason Tomes54223.5-5.6
Labour Wendy Piatt2079.0-4.7
Majority44519.3+2.8
Turnout 2,30639.7-1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wood Farm
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Johnson59344.2-11.2
Conservative Christopher Connolly35326.3+11.2
Green David Dalton16712.4+2.0
Liberal Democrats Bernard Gowers1319.8-2.6
Liberal Roger Jenking987.3+0.6
Majority24017.9-22.4
Turnout 1,34224.5+2.1
Labour hold Swing

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