2000 St Albans City and District Council election

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 Democrats 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 −6.8
Liberal Democrats Moira Seton 400 27.1 +1.2
Conservative Peter White 363 24.6 +7.9
Majority 314 21.2
Turnout 1,477 28.2 −16.5
Labour hold Swing
Batchwood[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Rose 834 60.5 −0.4
Conservative Margaret Brownlie 368 26.7 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Carol Prowse 176 12.8 −4.6
Majority 466 33.9
Turnout 1,378 27.7 −5.1
Labour hold Swing
Clarence[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Wright 790 47.3 −2.1
Labour Dawn Pratley 478 28.6 −1.8
Conservative James Vessey 403 24.1 +7.4
Majority 312 18.7
Turnout 1,671 35.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cunningham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Harrison 813 43.0 +3.4
Labour Andrew Gilson 693 36.7 −4.3
Conservative Diana Hall 383 20.3 +3.8
Majority 120 6.3
Turnout 1,889 39.4 −5.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Harpenden East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Peyton 974 45.6 +7.0
Conservative Michael Clark 847 39.7 +1.0
Labour David Crew 277 13.0 −9.8
Natural Law Patricia Saunders 37 1.7 N/A
Majority 127 5.9
Turnout 2,135 40.1 +2.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Harpenden North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Chambers 901 55.3 +12.0
Liberal Democrats Valerie Goodyear 565 34.7 −3.9
Labour Richard Botterill 164 10.1 −2.7
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 +9.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Canfield 325 19.6 −3.6
Labour Linda Spiri 239 14.4 −4.1
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 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Spinks 323 18.8 −2.3
Labour Richard Ough 244 14.2 −2.1
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 −7.0
Conservative Derek Caroline 358 25.9 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Prowse 208 15.1 +4.9
Majority 458 33.1
Turnout 1,382 23.6 −2.8
Labour hold Swing
Marshalswick North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Stroud 878 47.1 +7.0
Conservative John Foster 706 37.9 +3.0
Labour John Baughan 281 15.1 −4.8
Majority 172 9.2
Turnout 1,865 37.1 −2.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Marshalswick South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Bretherton 880 42.3 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Joy Winder 858 41.3 +2.1
Labour Janet Smith 341 16.4 −4.6
Majority 22 1.0
Turnout 2,079 40.4 −1.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Park Street[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Jameson 749 43.5 +5.8
Liberal Democrats James Finley 651 37.8 +1.4
Labour Donald Williamson 323 18.7 −4.9
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 52.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher O'Donovan 824 42.9 +7.7
Conservative Brian Chapman 796 41.5 ±0.0
Conservative Paul Finigan 576 30.0 −6.3
Labour Vivienne Windle 201 10.5 −5.4
Labour John Paton 141 7.3 −5.9
Turnout 1,919 41.4 +0.0
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Sopwell[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sinead Coyle 763 60.4 −5.9
Conservative Geoffrey Brown 339 26.8 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Harris 162 12.8 +0.3
Majority 424 33.6
Turnout 1,264 24.1 −4.8
Labour hold Swing
St Peters[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Ives-Rose 673 43.4 −8.0
Liberal Democrats Ilyas Khan 578 37.3 +6.6
Conservative Sheila Sanders 299 19.3 +4.4
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 +14.0
Liberal Democrats Khalil Moghul 530 29.5 −8.3
Labour Patricia Allen 255 14.2 −1.8
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 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Morris 924 42.2 +5.4
Labour Jillian Butchart 231 10.6 −7.4
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 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Edelston 736 39.7 +5.4
Labour Michael Fletcher 170 9.2 −3.4
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 Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing

Sopwell

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

References

  1. ^ "St Albans". BBC News. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "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.
  4. ^ "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. 29 May 1999 – via NewsBank.
  5. ^ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Councillor behind CPZ steps down". Hertfordshire County Publications. 25 August 2000 – via NewsBank.
  7. ^ a b "Local Authority Byelection Results October 2000". Local Authority Byelection Results. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results - June 2001". Local Authority Byelection Results. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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