2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

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The 2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 6 May 2000 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [1] Overall turnout in the election was 31.71%, down from 33.09% in the 1999 election. [2]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

The results saw Labour gain control of the council with a majority of 2 over the Conservatives, which was a reversal of the trend of the 2000 local elections where Labour overall lost almost 600 councillors. [5]

Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2000 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 9+156.339.08,444
  Conservative 7-143.845.89,926
  Liberal Democrats 00013.02,816
  National Liberal Party 0001.4298
  UKIP 0000.9187

Ward results

Brookmans Park & Little Heath [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Storey1,16075.6
Labour Marcus20713.5
Liberal Democrats Catherine Edwards16810.9
Majority95362.1
Turnout 1,53533.9+1.0
Haldens [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hallahan72957.1
Conservative Davidson38930.5
Liberal Democrats Corbishley15912.5
Majority34026.6
Turnout 1,27727.9-1.4
Handside [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanbury91248.8
Labour Clark41422.2
Liberal Democrats Lotz35519.0
UKIP Biggs18710.0
Majority49826.6
Turnout 1,86837.0-1.5
Hatfield Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susana Tinsley56044.8
Conservative Ventimglia36829.4
Liberal Democrats Archer32225.8
Majority19215.4
Turnout 1,25029.0-4.0
Hatfield East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Sarson83349.3
Labour Melvyn Jones69040.9
Liberal Democrats Chapman1669.8
Majority1438.4
Turnout 1,68938.6-0.2
Hatfield North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Jones52747.1
Conservative Morgan43338.7
Liberal Democrats Fisher16014.3
Majority948.4
Turnout 1,12026.4-2.5
Hatfield South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour McDonald45659.7
Conservative Smith22329.2
Liberal Democrats Griffiths8511.1
Majority23330.5
Turnout 76427.6+0.1
Hatfield West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilder69347.0
Conservative Victoria Sarson60841.2
Liberal Democrats Pryke17411.8
Majority855.8
Turnout 1,47532.6+0.4
Hollybush [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Jones73063.3
Conservative Peffer29025.2
Liberal Democrats Cashmore13311.5
Majority44038.1
Turnout 1,15327.2-1.3
Howlands [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Biddle75956.4
Conservative Storer43532.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Edwards15111.2
Majority32424.1
Turnout 1,34529.6-3.9
Northaw [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dean81059.5
National Liberal Party Cheetham29821.9
Liberal Democrats Blumsom1359.9
Labour Parry1198.7
Majority51237.6
Turnout 1,36232.5+2.4
Panshanger [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trigg80553.4
Labour Chesterman53635.6
Liberal Democrats Lee16611.0
Majority26917.8
Turnout 1,50731.4-0.8
Peartree [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Tinsley52359.8
Conservative Perkins24127.5
Liberal Democrats Benakis11112.7
Majority28232.3
Turnout 87519.1-2.2
Sherrards [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hurst97745.4
Conservative Scarff96044.7
Liberal Democrats Cooke2139.9
Majority170.7
Turnout 2,15047.6-0.1
Welham Green [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pieri57563.3
Labour Croft23225.5
Liberal Democrats Bain10211.2
Majority34337.8
Turnout 90932.3-3.4
Welwyn South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pile88463.5
Labour Henderson29221.0
Liberal Democrats Burnham21615.5
Majority59242.5
Turnout 1,39232.7-2.4

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References

  1. ↑ "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News Online . Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "District elections - 4 May 2000 - results" (PDF). Welwyn Hatfield Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Election results: local councils". The Times . 5 May 2000. p. 4.
  4. ↑ "Election Special: Results". The Guardian . 5 May 2000. p. 6.
  5. ↑ Salman, Saba (5 May 2000). "Labour loses 600 seats in Tory fightback". Evening Standard. p. 52.
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