2000 Southampton City Council election

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The 2000 Southampton Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council for the first time in 13 years after both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats made gains. [3] The Conservatives gained the seats of Harefield, Shirley and St Lukes from Labour, with the winner in St Lukes, Stephen Day, becoming the youngest councillor at the age of 22. [4] Among the defeated Labour councillors was the former leader of the council, Richard Bates, in Shirley, while the then leader of the council June Bridle only held her seat in Sholing by 59 votes. [4] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats gained in Coxford and Woolston, the latter by 33 votes over Labour. [4] The overall turnout in the election was 25%, with the lowest being 17.2% in Bargate ward. [4]

Southampton local election result 2000 [2] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 620+240.030.813,154+1.6%
  Labour 505-533.331.613,521-8.6%
  Conservative 430+326.731.913,632+8.3%
  Independent 000003.01,276-1.0%
  Green 000002.41,037+0.5%
  UKIP 000000.290+0.2%
 Independent People's Party000000.136+0.1%

Ward results

Bargate [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Arnold1,10952.2+4.3
Conservative Michael Ball47722.4+5.9
Independent Siobhan Ryan26712.6−1.4
Liberal Democrats Roger Blades23711.1+0.8
Independent People's PartyHugo Lamb-Hickman361.7+1.7
Majority 63229.7−1.7
Turnout 2,12617.2−1.8
Labour hold Swing
Bassett [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Abraham2,22845.0−7.7
Liberal Democrats Terence Holden-Brown1,57831.9+15.5
Labour Phillip Galvin88817.9−13.0
Green Adam Boardman1683.4+3.4
UKIP Kim Rose901.8+1.8
Majority 65013.1−8.6
Turnout 4,95242.0+18.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bitterne [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Kelly1,02643.1−10.7
Conservative Matthew Dean1,00742.3+11.2
Liberal Democrats Norman Kingswell34814.6−0.5
Majority 190.8−21.9
Turnout 2,38126.2−0.9
Labour hold Swing
Bitterne Park [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sharon Mintoff1,39845.2−5.3
Independent Peter Baillie83326.9−1.1
Conservative Christopher Murphy45114.6+6.6
Labour Derek Parsons41013.3−0.2
Majority 56518.3−4.2
Turnout 3,09226.9−4.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Coxford [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Mitchell1,64055.6+9.7
Labour Ceren Davis87829.8−14.4
Conservative Eva Jeffery42914.6+4.7
Majority 76225.9+24.1
Turnout 2,94725.6−3.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Freemantle [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Barnes-Andrews1,04642.5−9.1
Conservative Jeremy Moulton83433.9+6.5
Liberal Democrats Tom Lawrence32913.4−0.1
Green John Spottiswoode25410.3+2.8
Majority 2128.6−15.6
Turnout 2,46319.9−4.2
Labour hold Swing
Harefield [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Royston Smith1,63057.5+14.2
Labour Ian Blackburn84129.7−13.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Naish2769.7−1.0
Green Andrew Shaw883.1+0.6
Majority 78927.8
Turnout 2,83528.5−2.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Millbrook [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Wakeford1,54161.7+7.6
Labour Eileen Sharp53621.5−10.4
Conservative Terry Withington41916.8+2.8
Majority 1,00540.3+18.1
Turnout 2,49625.4−1.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Peartree [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerry Drake1,50654.4+7.8
Conservative Brian Lankford71825.9+16.1
Labour John Truscott54519.7−14.7
Majority 78828.5+16.3
Turnout 2,76926.1−5.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Portswood [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Calvin Horner1,33345.4−10.4
Conservative Edward Daunt62221.2+7.1
Labour Jayne Laysan61721.0−2.5
Green Ben Synnock1906.5−0.1
Independent Anthony Summers1766.0+6.0
Majority 71124.2−8.2
Turnout 2,93827.0−1.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Redbridge [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine McEwing1,02750.0−13.7
Conservative Julian Isaacson61830.1+11.2
Liberal Democrats Edward Blake40819.9+2.5
Majority 40919.9−24.9
Turnout 2,05323.2+1.4
Labour hold Swing
Shirley [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paulette Holt1,43443.4+5.8
Labour Richard Bates1,23237.3−7.0
Liberal Democrats Barbara Cummins48214.6+1.1
Green Peter Davis1554.7+0.2
Majority 2026.1
Turnout 3,30333.8+1.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sholing [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour June Bridle1,19342.5−15.5
Conservative Philip Lankford1,13440.4+11.8
Liberal Democrats Maureen Kirkwood48117.1+3.7
Majority 592.1−27.3
Turnout 2,80823.8−2.5
Labour hold Swing
St. Lukes [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Day1,14141.8+8.8
Labour Parvin Damani1,00836.9+7.2
Liberal Democrats Nigel Impey39914.6−5.2
Green David Cromwell [7] 1826.7−1.2
Majority 1334.9+1.6
Turnout 2,73024.0−0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Woolston [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Simpson1,19842.0+4.2
Labour Carol Cunio1,16540.8−7.6
Conservative Marlene Unwin49017.2+3.4
Majority 331.2
Turnout 2,85324.9+0.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Southampton". BBC News Online . Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Election results: local councils". The Times . 6 May 2000. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Gidley glory". Southern Daily Echo . 5 May 2000. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Labour loses city majority". Southern Daily Echo . 5 May 2000. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Election: City Council Elections May 2000 – 4th May 2000". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Local council elections – Southampton". Southampton Daily Echo. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  7. ↑ David Cromwell Why Are We the Good Guys? Alresford, Hants: Zero Books, 2012, p.29
Preceded by
1999 Southampton Council election 		Southampton local elections Succeeded by
2002 Southampton Council election
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