Woking Borough Council election, 2000

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Map of the results of the 2000 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independent in grey. Woking UK local election 2000 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2000 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independent in grey.

The 2000 Woking Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by one. [1] The council stayed under no overall control, [2] and overall turnout in the election was 34.32%. [3]

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.

Surrey County of England

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Election result

Woking Local Election Result 2000 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 16+344.436.818,876
  Conservative 14+138.945.023,092
  Labour 5-213.915.88,008
  Independent 1-12.82.51,306

Ward results

Brookwood [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mark Pritchard39062.9
Liberal Democrat Deryck Fowler18830.3
Labour Linda Kendall426.8
Majority20232.6
Turnout 620
Byfleet (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Elsie Stranks1,011
Liberal Democrat Alfred Stranks992
Liberal Democrat Joan Mackintosh959
Conservative James Brady743
Conservative Daniel Todd736
Conservative Geoffrey Marlow717
Labour Raymond Holroyde201
Labour Brian Cozens165
Labour Michael Roberts161
Turnout 5,685
Goldsworth East (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Rosie Sharpley897
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Smith805
Liberal Democrat Bryan Cross803
Conservative Antony Mitchell587
Conservative Hilary Addison584
Conservative Simon Bellord556
Labour Richard Ford379
Labour Vincenzo Conigliaro378
Labour David Percey355
Turnout 5,344
Goldsworth West (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ian Eastwood523
Liberal Democrat Diana Landon484
Conservative Valerian Hopkins334
Conservative Sharon Lawrence324
Labour James Lewis107
Labour Celia Wand81
Turnout 1,853
Hermitage and Knaphill South (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Fiona Williams727
Liberal Democrat Ken Howard718
Conservative Clive Howse506
Conservative Tariq Assi482
Labour Graeme Carman180
Labour Matthew Pollard180
Turnout 2,793
Horsell East and Woodham (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Gammon859
Conservative Gordon Brown833
Liberal Democrat Ann-Marie Barker399
Liberal Democrat John Doran361
Labour Michael Long96
Labour David Mitchell64
Turnout 2,642
Horsell West (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tony Branagan1,060
Conservative Jim Armitage1,058
Liberal Democrat Richard Sanderson1,016
Conservative Noreen Golding1,013
Liberal Democrat Anthony Kremer943
Liberal Democrat Gareth Davies937
Labour Audrey Worgan160
Labour Geraldine Clayton139
Labour Colin Bright135
Turnout 6,461
Kingfield and Westfield (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Pattison651
Labour John Martin560
Conservative Norma Gruselle394
Conservative Pauline Brown373
Liberal Democrat Ronald Strutt185
Liberal Democrat Louise Morales180
Turnout 2,343
Knaphill (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Michael Smith1,004
Liberal Democrat Neville Hinks762
Liberal Democrat Tony Hayes-Allen602
Conservative Christopher Jarvis547
Conservative Robin Harper534
Conservative Sidney Ball524
Liberal Democrat Perveen Baluch-Jenkins348
Labour George Dyball118
Labour Michael Eden116
Labour Janis Peppitt111
Turnout 4,666
Maybury and Sheerwater (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammad Raja946
Labour Elizabeth Evans807
Labour Barry Pope788
Conservative Michael Gammon350
Conservative Christopher Vardy297
Conservative Michael Hopgood296
Liberal Democrat David Farrow247
Liberal Democrat Kevin Scott216
Liberal Democrat Ian Pitwell208
Turnout 4,155
Mayford and Sutton Green [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative James Palmer61575.5
Liberal Democrat Sinclair Webster14918.3
Labour Susan Stocker516.3
Majority46657.2
Turnout 815
Mount Hermon East (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Valerie Tinney739
Conservative David Bittleston735
Liberal Democrat Peter Hough270
Liberal Democrat Enid McCrum268
Labour Michael Kelly107
Labour Ruth Callis102
Turnout 2,221
Mount Hermon West (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ian Johnson672
Liberal Democrat Hugh Shirley637
Conservative Beryl Marlow482
Conservative Allen Taylor477
Labour Catherine Green80
Labour Mark Townsend68
Turnout 2,416
Old Woking [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Rosemary Johnson30352.9
Labour Christopher Martin16729.1
Conservative Sandra Palmer10318.0
Majority13623.8
Turnout 573
Pyrford (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Fidler1,114
Conservative Peter Ankers1,111
Liberal Democrat Andrew Grimshaw558
Liberal Democrat Valerie Sargent479
Labour Richard Cowley74
Labour Suzanne Pope71
Turnout 3,407
St Johns and Hook Heath (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Graham Cundy947
Conservative John Kingsbury871
Liberal Democrat Robert Leach257
Liberal Democrat Marian Elsden255
Labour John Bramall77
Labour Celia Dyball68
Turnout 2,475
West Byfleet (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mehala Gosling910
Conservative Michael Popham891
Independent Richard Wilson302
Liberal Democrat Ian Oxford266
Liberal Democrat Hasnain Bilgrami251
Labour Michael Bryne132
Labour Michael Barr91
Turnout 2,843

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-05. p. 4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Woking Borough Council Election Results - 4 May 2000". Woking Borough Council. 2000-05-05. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Nomination Analysis - Borough Election on Thursday 4 May, 2000". Woking Borough Council. 2000-04-27. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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