The 2000 Stroud Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, 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
- Conservative 23
- Labour 18
- Liberal Democrat 6
- Green 4
- Independent 4[2]
Background
[edit]Before the election the council was run by an alliance between the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.[3]
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 14 | +6 | 70.0 | 45.7 | 11,904 | ||||
Labour | 3 | -6 | 15.0 | 26.5 | 6,897 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | +1 | 10.0 | 20.2 | 5,250 | ||||
Green | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 1,268 | ||||
Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1.9 | 499 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 136 | ||||
Natural Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 66 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Moseley | 436 | 56.2 | ||
Labour | David Shaw | 259 | 33.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Murray | 81 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 177 | 22.8 | |||
Turnout | 776 | 37.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Read | 507 | 38.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Deborah Sutherland | 506 | 38.9 | ||
Conservative | Ralph Kenber | 289 | 22.2 | ||
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,302 | 29.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Andrewartha | 526 | 33.1 | ||
Conservative | Philip Briscoe | 467 | 29.4 | ||
Labour | Miranda Clifton | 452 | 28.5 | ||
Independent | David Winsor | 142 | 8.9 | ||
Majority | 59 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,587 | 40.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Fellows | 854 | 53.8 | ||
Labour | David Taylor | 305 | 19.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Christie | 291 | 18.3 | ||
UKIP | Adrian Blake | 136 | 8.6 | ||
Majority | 549 | 34.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,586 | 35.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil Allen | 605 | 41.1 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Wheeler | 537 | 36.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Thomas | 330 | 22.4 | ||
Majority | 68 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,472 | 33.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Littleton | 532 | 56.1 | ||
Labour | David Purchase | 341 | 36.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Howe | 75 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | 191 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 948 | 33.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Studdert-Kennedy | 471 | 35.1 | ||
Labour | Lesley Illiams | 411 | 30.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Cheyne | 255 | 19.0 | ||
Green | Sheila MacFadyen | 204 | 15.2 | ||
Majority | 60 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,341 | 44.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dorcas Binns | 1,101 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Glanfield | 1,079 | |||
Labour | Martin Alder | 348 | |||
Labour | David Griffiths | 334 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Edmunds | 318 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fisk | 235 | |||
Natural Law | Henry Brighouse | 28 | |||
Turnout | 3,443 | 41.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Kay | 710 | 44.7 | ||
Conservative | Mohammad Akhtar | 620 | 39.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Douglas-Mann | 257 | 16.2 | ||
Majority | 90 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,587 | 33.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stephenson-Oliver | 960 | 55.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Terence Parker | 625 | 36.0 | ||
Labour | John Rhodes | 113 | 6.5 | ||
Natural Law | Sally Brighouse | 38 | 2.2 | ||
Majority | 335 | 19.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,736 | 50.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Tomlins | 453 | 70.5 | ||
Labour | Francoise Jones | 106 | 16.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Milner Woodhead | 84 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | 347 | 54.0 | |||
Turnout | 643 | 38.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Charley | 278 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | Anthony Shoritt | 139 | 27.1 | ||
Conservative | John Ferris | 96 | 18.7 | ||
Majority | 139 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 513 | 44.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Nicholas | 605 | 45.8 | ||
Labour | Ian Owen | 327 | 24.8 | ||
Green | Carol Kambites | 264 | 20.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Walker-Smith | 125 | 9.5 | ||
Majority | 278 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,321 | 32.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mattie Ross | 807 | 53.6 | ||
Conservative | Kamran Hameed | 476 | 31.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Melvyn Preston | 224 | 14.9 | ||
Majority | 331 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,507 | 28.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Gwendoline Belcher | 578 | 41.3 | ||
Conservative | Martin Hemming | 545 | 38.9 | ||
Labour | Henrietta Nichols | 192 | 13.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Fenn | 86 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 33 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,401 | 35.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jeffreys | 428 | 32.3 | ||
Independent | Morgan Anthony | 357 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | Ronald Nichols | 235 | 17.7 | ||
Green | Kevin Cranston | 222 | 16.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Darren Jones | 84 | 6.3 | ||
Majority | 71 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,326 | 29.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Beard | 372 | 53.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Ardron | 270 | 39.1 | ||
Labour | Trevor Baker | 49 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | 102 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 691 | 51.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Steel | 369 | 53.1 | ||
Labour | Robert Hall | 284 | 40.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Brown | 42 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 85 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 695 | 48.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sidney Gowers | 1,146 | 53.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barrie Pierce | 558 | 26.0 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Keen | 441 | 20.6 | ||
Majority | 588 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,145 | 37.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Stroud". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
- ^ Game, Chris (4 May 2000). "Comment: Counting on a good turnout at the polls Chris Game nominates the seats to watch as the Midlands holds itslocal elections". Birmingham Post. p. 13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "District Election Results 2000". Stroud District Council. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.