West Oxfordshire District Council election, 2000

The 2000 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 26
• Liberal Democrats 13
• Independent 8
• Labour 2 ^[2]

Election result

The Conservatives gained a majority on the council for the first time in 11 years with 26 councillors, after taking 47% of the vote and 11 of the 17 seats contested. ^{[3] [4]} The Conservative gains included taking seats from Labour in Chipping Norton and Witney West, as well as Minster Lovell from an independent, while the Conservative group leader Barry Norton was easily re-elected in North Leigh. ^{[3] [5]}

The Conservative gains came mostly at the expense of the Labour party, who with 20% of the vote lost five seats to be left with only two councillors. ^{[3] [4]} Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats remained with 13 councillors after taking 21% of the vote. ^{[3] [4]}

West Oxfordshire local election result 2000 ^{[2] [6]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11			+7	64.7	46.9	7,577	+8.5%
	Liberal Democrat	3			0	17.6	20.9	3,381	-6.7%
	Independent	3			-2	17.6	11.6	1,875	-3.9%
	Labour	0			-5	0	20.1	3,254	+2.3%
	Green	0			0	0	0.4	69	-0.3%

Ward results

Carterton North ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Keith Stone	819	72.0	+17.6
	Labour	John Rowe	318	28.0	-2.9
Majority			501	44.1	+20.6
Turnout			1,137	24.0	+3.0

Carterton South ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Harry Watts	505	56.6	-16.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Madden	327	36.7	+9.7
	Labour	William Tumbridge	60	6.7	+6.7
Majority			178	20.0	-26.0
Turnout			892	29.2	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlbury ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Glena Chadwick	528	42.9	-17.3
	Independent	Robert Potter	294	23.9	+23.9
	Conservative	Jacqueline Windsor-Lewis	209	17.0	-0.6
	Labour	Alison Bettle	200	16.2	-5.9
Majority			234	19.0	-19.1
Turnout			1,231	52.3	+2.6

Chipping Norton ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Howes	850	54.8	+54.8
	Labour	Georgina Burrows	546	35.2	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Brown	156	10.1	+5.0
Majority			304	19.6
Turnout			1,552	34.1	+3.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Eynsham ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Stevens	603	55.1	-16.4
	Conservative	Peter Green	272	24.9	+3.9
	Labour	Michael Shelton	150	13.7	+13.7
	Green	Mark Stevenson	69	6.3	-1.2
Majority			331	30.3	-20.3
Turnout			1,094	29.7	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Freeland and Hanborough ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Epps	667	49.1	+5.7
	Conservative	David Dawes	597	43.9	+0.9
	Labour	Gwilym Mason	95	7.0	-6.6
Majority			70	5.2	+4.8
Turnout			1,359	41.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kingham ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Maria Drinkwater	429	80.8
	Labour	Matthew Deans	61	11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm West	41	7.7
Majority			368	69.3
Turnout			531	41.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton-under-Wychwood ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jeffrey Haine	474	66.3
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Baker	175	24.5
	Labour	Frances Ashworth	66	9.2
Majority			299	41.8
Turnout			715	44.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minster Lovell ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Warwick Robinson	276	48.4
	Independent	Francis Smith	238	41.8
	Labour	Sheila Cuss	56	9.8
Majority			38	6.7
Turnout			570	42.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

North Leigh ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barry Norton	536	73.3
	Labour	Helen Bridge	130	17.8
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Williams	65	8.9
Majority			406	55.5
Turnout			731	47.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rollright ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Walker	319	75.1
	Labour	Melanie Deans	106	24.9
Majority			213	50.1
Turnout			425	37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanton Harcourt ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	John Faulkner	411	75.4
	Labour	Andrew Ross	134	24.6
Majority			277	50.8
Turnout			545	41.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Tackley and Wootton ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Charles Cottrell-Dormer	340	51.8
	Conservative	Lynda Collingwood	132	20.1
	Labour	Michael Enright	109	16.6
	Liberal Democrat	Phyllis Epps	76	11.6
Majority			208	31.7
Turnout			657	47.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Witney East ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Martin Chapman	556	44.3	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Serena Martin	446	35.6	-22.7
	Labour	Ross Beadle	252	20.1	+20.1
Majority			110	8.8
Turnout			1,254	32.2	+0.2

Witney South ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lesley Semaine	817	56.7	+8.4
	Labour	Richard Kelsall	430	29.8	-7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Olive Minett	194	13.5	-1.1
Majority			387	26.9	+15.7
Turnout			1,441	27.3	+2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Witney West ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Creery	518	51.7	+7.9
	Labour	Paul Langley	381	38.0	-8.4
	Liberal Democrat	June Taylor	103	10.3	+0.5
Majority			137	13.7
Turnout			1,002	32.4	+1.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Woodstock ^{[3] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Ann Cooper	592	58.0	+58.0
	Conservative	Sandra Rasch	268	26.3	+4.5
	Labour	Duncan Enright	160	15.7	-12.9
Majority			324	31.8
Turnout			1,020	41.7	-8.0
	Independent hold		Swing

References

1. "West Oxfordshire". BBC News Online . Retrieved 5 August 2015. 
2. "Election results: local councils". The Times . NewsBank. 5 May 2000. p. 4. 
3. "Elections 2000: West Oxfordshire". Oxfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 5 May 2000. 
4. "Election 2000: Buoyant Tories urge MP to quit". Oxfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 6 May 2000. 
5. "Elections 2000: Highs and lows". Oxfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 5 May 2000. 
6. "West Oxfordshire District Council Election Results 1998 - 2010" (PDF). West Oxfordshire District Council. Retrieved 5 August 2015.