2000 Tandridge District Council election

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The 2000 Tandridge District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. The whole council was up for election, rather than the normal election by thirds, following boundary changes since the last election in 1999. There remained 42 seats on the council: six three-member wards, ten two-member wards and four one-member wards. [1] [2] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [3]

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Background

Before the election an alliance between the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party ran the council, with the Conservatives needing to make four gains to win a majority. [4]

Election results

The Conservatives gained a majority with the leader of the Labour group, Dick Moran, among those to be defeated at the election. [5]

Tandridge local election result 2000 [6] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 29+1169.0
  Liberal Democrats 10-723.8
  Labour 3-47.1

Ward results

Bletchingley and Nutfield (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marian Myland1,14662.5
Conservative Tony Elias1,120
Conservative Sally Herrtage1,088
Liberal Democrats Brian Martin53429.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Fowler483
Liberal Democrats Nielsen N.457
Labour Maxine Mathews1548.4
Majority 61233.4
Turnout 40.7
Burstow, Horne and Outwood (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Jones91758.1
Conservative Diana Brown902
Conservative Peter Brown898
Liberal Democrats Iain Pavely66241.9
Liberal Democrats John Brock616
Liberal Democrats Johnston K.597
Majority 25516.2
Turnout 36.9
Chaldon [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Chaplin43669.0
Liberal Democrats Ann Lardeur19631.0
Majority 24038.0
Turnout 63245.2
Dormansland and Felcourt (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June Maylam71849.9
Conservative John Sampson693
Liberal Democrats Win Weston64344.7
Liberal Democrats Rob O'Brien491
Labour Jeffers E.785.4
Majority 755.2
Turnout 47.4
Felbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ken Rimmington44065.3
Liberal Democrats Harry Marsh23434.7
Majority 20630.6
Turnout 67443.8
Godstone (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Goad1,09352.5
Conservative Chris Hoskins909
Conservative Linda Samuels886
Liberal Democrats Elvie Humphreys84340.5
Liberal Democrats Colin White789
Liberal Democrats Milner H.704
Labour Wilbraham D.1467.0
Majority 25012.0
Turnout 43.4
Harestone (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Servant86556.8
Conservative Stewart Sinclair-Smith760
Liberal Democrats Anne Hare60539.7
Liberal Democrats Sakina Bradbury505
Labour John Ellis533.5
Labour Vane C.49
Majority 26017.1
Turnout 50.4
Limpsfield (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Hall81370.4
Conservative Eric Morgan804
Liberal Democrats Martin Caxton29125.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilson279
Labour Hunter S.514.4
Majority 52245.2
Turnout 41.4
Lingfield and Crowhurst (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Dalrymple89060.0
Liberal Democrats Julie Hearn814
Conservative Michael Sydney59440.0
Conservative Nicholas Weston517
Majority 29620.0
Turnout 48.5
Oxted North and Tandridge (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Keymer1,11048.7
Conservative David Weightman1,096
Conservative Tony Cherrett991
Liberal Democrats Belinda Ford55424.3
Liberal Democrats Stuart Paterson506
Independent Josh Cosnett46020.2
Liberal Democrats John Curtin442
Labour Katherine Saunders1576.9
Majority 55624.4
Turnout 44.4
Oxted South (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Harling1,04640.5
Labour Robin Harling1,016
Conservative Barry Compton1,01039.1
Conservative Martin Fisher997
Conservative Elizabeth Parker987
Labour Marion West903
Liberal Democrats Ceri Lewis32212.5
UKIP Anthony Stone2037.9
Majority 361.4
Turnout 54.6
Portley (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Turner64252.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Botten610
Conservative Randall H.48239.6
Conservative Hooper C.441
Labour Allonby R.947.7
Majority 16013.1
Turnout 39.2
Queens Park (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hodge72449.2
Conservative Geoff Barnes706
Liberal Democrats John Orrick64844.0
Liberal Democrats David Gosling554
Labour Victoria Kennedy1016.9
Labour Dixon P.96
Majority 765.2
Turnout 52.4
Tatsfield and Titsey [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christina Fry48670.1
Liberal Democrats John Allbutt18927.3
Labour Ed Lucas182.6
Majority 29742.8
Turnout 69347.6
Valley (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Longhurst43636.6
Liberal Democrats Jill Caudle40233.8
Liberal Democrats Pennington D.369
Labour Shiela Batham364
Conservative Philip Mortimore35229.6
Conservative Jackie Servant347
Majority 342.8
Turnout 42.1
Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Pursehouse75843.3
Liberal Democrats Ashley Burridge749
Liberal Democrats Ian Kilpatrick714
Conservative Darren Giles70340.1
Conservative Goscomb J.653
Conservative Margaret Frankcom646
Labour Garwood J.1478.4
UKIP Martin Haley1448.2
Majority 553.2
Turnout 42.8
Warlingham West (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Allen78667.6
Conservative Glynis Whittle750
Liberal Democrats Ray James31226.9
Liberal Democrats Barry Newsome298
Labour Robert Jacques645.5
Majority 47440.7
Turnout 43.3
Westway (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Altria44746.8
Conservative Ros Langham440
Labour Robin Clements32734.2
Labour Dick Moran320
Liberal Democrats Jean Pidgeon18119.0
Liberal Democrats Bob Tomlin138
Majority 12012.6
Turnout 41.3
Whyteleafe (2 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Simpson52658.0
Liberal Democrats Carl Pavey510
Conservative Morriss J.38142.0
Conservative Lavery-Downes M.341
Majority 14516.0
Turnout 34.7
Woldingham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Butcher64482.2
Liberal Democrats Powell E.12015.3
Labour Provins L.192.4
Majority 52466.9
Turnout 78349.5

References

  1. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Tandridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tandridge". BBC News. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Council results". The Independent. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
  4. ↑ Salman, Saba (25 April 2000). "Local voters set to kick Blair over mayoral 'fix'". Evening Standard. London. p. 22.
  5. ↑ Salman, Saba (5 May 2000). "Labour loses 600 seats in Tory fightback". Evening Standard. London. p. 52.
  6. ↑ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Tandridge District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre . Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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