Adur District Council election, 2000

Last updated March 06, 2019

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 36.5%.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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Results

Adur Local Election Result 2000
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	10	6	0	+6	66.7	40.8	7,733
Liberal Democrat	2	0	4	-4	13.3	22.9	4,343
Shoreham Beach Residents Association	2	0	0	0	13.3	7.8	1,487
Labour	1	0	2	-2	6.7	28.4	5,388

Ward results

Buckingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frances Fletcher	861	63.2
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Miller	314	23.0
	Labour	Stephen Mear	188	13.8
Majority			547	40.2
Turnout			1,363	34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Churchill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Antony Strudwick	476	37.6
	Labour	Ann Bridges	424	33.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Allen	365	28.9
Majority			52	4.1
Turnout			1,265	33.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Cokeham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barry Mear	510	50.7
	Liberal Democrat	Tracey Clarke	256	25.4
	Conservative	Andrew McGregor	241	23.9
Majority			254	25.3
Turnout			1,007	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Eastbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Funnell	540	43.2
	Labour	Teana Ashley	530	42.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Biggs	182	14.5
Majority			10	0.9
Turnout			1,252	35.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hillside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Dunn	585	44.1
	Labour	Jeanette White	460	34.6
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Abbott	283	21.3
Majority			125	9.5
Turnout			1,328	39.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Runnalls	535	48.8
	Conservative	Felicity Deen	426	38.9
	Labour	Ronald Horne	135	12.3
Majority			109	9.9
Turnout			1,096	33.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marine (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Shoreham Beach Residents Association	Elizabeth McKinney	799
	Shoreham Beach Residents Association	Maurice Pitchford	688
	Conservative	Kay Haffenden	579
	Labour	Alan Mair	47
	Labour	Christopher Pescott	39
Turnout			2,152	43.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Mash Barn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Wood	318	39.2
	Labour	Martin Horner	269	33.2
	Conservative	Paul Curtis	224	27.6
Majority			49	6.0
Turnout			811	28.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Peverel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Phillips	500	41.5
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Hammond	358	29.7
	Labour	Timothy Saddler	348	28.8
Majority			142	11.8
Turnout			1,206	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Nicolas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Coomber	668	44.1
	Labour	Eileen Jones	538	35.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Steadman	310	20.4
Majority			130	8.6
Turnout			1,516	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Graysmark	580	44.8
	Labour	Nigel Sweet	548	42.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christian Dunford	167	12.9
Majority			32	2.5
Turnout			1,295	40.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Southwick Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Ashley	633
	Conservative	Julie Searle	571
	Liberal Democrat	Martin King	521
	Liberal Democrat	John Hilditch	473
	Labour	Graham Bucknall	464
	Labour	Francis Partridge	385
Turnout			3,047	42.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Widewater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Gray	849	52.6
	Labour	James Largue	503	31.2
	Liberal Democrat	Shriley Rance	261	16.2
Majority			346	21.4
Turnout			1,613	36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

BBC report of 2000 Adur election result

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Adur District Council election, 2000

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