St Albans City and District Council election, 2000

Map of the results of the 2000 St Albans City and District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2000.

The 2000 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 33.56%,^[3] down from 37.1% at the 1999 election.^[4]

St Albans local election result 2000^[3]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	1	3	-2	42.1	40.2	13,205	+5.7%
	Liberal Democrat	5	3	1	+2	26.3	32.7	10,715	-2.1%
	Labour	5	0	1	-1	26.3	23.9	7,838	-6.6%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	5.3	3.1	1,013	+2.9%
	Natural Law	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	37	+0.1%

Ward results

Ashley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Hill	714	48.3
	Liberal Democrat	Moira Seton	400	27.1
	Conservative	Peter White	363	24.6
Majority			314	21.3
Turnout			1,477	28.2	-16.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Batchwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew Rose	834	60.5
	Conservative	Margaret Brownlie	368	26.7
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Prowse	176	12.8
Majority			466	33.8
Turnout			1,378	27.7	-5.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Clarence^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	John Wright	790	47.3
	Labour	Dawn Pratley	478	28.6
	Conservative	James Vessey	403	24.1
Majority			312	18.7
Turnout			1,671	35.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cunningham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Harrison	813	43.0
	Labour	Andrew Gilson	693	36.7
	Conservative	Diana Hall	383	20.3
Majority			120	6.4
Turnout			1,889	39.4	-5.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Harpenden East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Peyton	974	45.6
	Conservative	Michael Clark	847	39.7
	Labour	David Crew	277	13.0
	Natural Law	Patricia Saunders	37	1.7
Majority			127	5.9
Turnout			2,135	40.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Harpenden North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Chambers	901	55.3
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Goodyear	565	34.7
	Labour	Richard Botterill	164	10.1
Majority			336	20.6
Turnout			1,630	31.0	-3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Martin Treasure	1,092	65.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Canfield	325	19.6
	Labour	Linda Spiri	239	14.4
Majority			767	46.3
Turnout			1,656	31.4	-4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Newman	1,155	67.1
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Spinks	323	18.8
	Labour	Richard Ough	244	14.2
Majority			832	48.3
Turnout			1,722	30.3	-3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Colney^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sean Flynn	816	59.0
	Conservative	Derek Caroline	358	25.9
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Prowse	208	15.1
Majority			458	33.1
Turnout			1,382	23.6	-2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Marshalswick North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Stroud	878	47.1
	Conservative	John Foster	706	37.9
	Labour	John Baughan	281	15.1
Majority			172	9.2
Turnout			1,865	37.1	-2.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marshalswick South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Bretherton	880	42.3
	Liberal Democrat	Joy Winder	858	41.3
	Labour	Janet Smith	341	16.4
Majority			22	1.1
Turnout			2,079	40.4	-1.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Park Street^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Jameson	749	43.5
	Liberal Democrat	James Finley	651	37.8
	Labour	Donald Williamson	323	18.7
Majority			98	5.7
Turnout			1,723	32.1	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redbourn (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Anthony Swendell	1,013
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher O'Donovan	824
	Conservative	Brian Chapman	796
	Conservative	Paul Finigan	576
	Labour	Vivienne Windle	201
	Labour	John Paton	141
Turnout			3,551	41.4	+0.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Sopwell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sinead Coyle	763	60.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brown	339	26.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Harris	162	12.8
Majority			424	33.5
Turnout			1,264	24.1	-4.8
	Labour hold		Swing

St Peters^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Helen Ives-Rose	673	43.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ilyas Khan	578	37.3
	Conservative	Sheila Sanders	299	19.3
Majority			95	6.1
Turnout			1,550	29.8	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St Stephen^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hazel Ward	1,009	56.2
	Liberal Democrat	Khalil Moghul	530	29.5
	Labour	Patricia Allen	255	14.2
Majority			479	26.7
Turnout			1,794	35.1	-3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verulam^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Clare Ellis	1,034	47.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Morris	924	42.2
	Labour	Jillian Butchart	231	10.6
Majority			110	5.0
Turnout			2,189	41.9	-3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheathampstead^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gillian Clark	947	51.1
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Edelston	736	39.7
	Labour	Michael Fletcher	170	9.2
Majority			211	11.4
Turnout			1,853	38.9	-5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Park Street

A by-election was held in Park Street ward on 12 October 2000 after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Barry Blackwall.^[6]^[7]

Park Street by-election 12 October 2000^[7]
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	1,039	57.3	+19.5
	Conservative	612	33.8	-9.7
	Labour	161	8.9	-9.8
Majority		427	23.6
Turnout		1,812	33.0	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Sopwell

Sopwell by-election 7 June 2001^[8]
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	1,695	55.6	-4.8
	Conservative	708	23.2	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat	544	17.9	+5.1
	Other	99	3.3	+3.3
Majority		987	32.4	-1.1
Turnout		3,046
	Labour hold	Swing

References

↑ "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
↑ "Local council results". Financial Times. 2000-05-06. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "District Council Election Results - 4 May 2000". St Albans City and District Council. Archived from the original on 1 October 2002. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
↑ "Only a quarter of the electorate turned out to vote in one ward as the first all-out council election for 25 years failed to capture the public's imagination.". Hertfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 29 May 1999. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-06. p. 10. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Councillor behind CPZ steps down". Hertfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 25 August 2000. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 "Local Authority Byelection Results October 2000". Local Authority Byelection Results. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results - June 2001". Local Authority Byelection Results. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

Council elections in Hertfordshire

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North Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016

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