2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

2000 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 The 2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 6 May 2000 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/137.stm Welwyn Hatfield 2010-03-04 BBC News Overall turnout in the election was 31.71%, down from 33.09% in the 1999 election. http://www.welhat.gov.uk/pdfs/election.pdf District elections - 4 May 2000 - results 2010-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20040307040457/http://www.welhat.gov.uk/pdfs/election.pdf 7 March 2004 Welwyn Hatfield Council dead After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 25 Conservative 23 Election results: local councils The Times 4 2000-05-05 2000-05-05 The Guardian Election Special: Results 6 Election result The results saw Labour gain control of the council with a majority of 2 over the Conservatives, which was a reversal of the trend of the 2000 local elections where Labour overall lost almost 600 councillors. Saba Salman Labour loses 600 seats in Tory fightback Evening Standard London 52 2000-05-05 Welwyn Hatfield local election result 2000 Labour Party (UK) 9 +1 56.3 39.0 8,444 Conservative Party (UK) 7 -1 43.8 45.8 9,926 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 13.0 2,816 National Liberal Party 0 0 0 1.4 298 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0.9 187 Ward results Brookmans Park & Little Heath Conservative Party (UK) Storey 1,160 75.6 Labour Party (UK) Marcus 207 13.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Catherine Edwards 168 10.9 953 62.1 1,535 33.9 +1.0 Haldens Labour Party (UK) Hallahan 729 57.1 Conservative Party (UK) Davidson 389 30.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Corbishley 159 12.5 340 26.6 1,277 27.9 -1.4 Handside Conservative Party (UK) Stanbury 912 48.8 Labour Party (UK) Clark 414 22.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lotz 355 19.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Biggs 187 10.0 498 26.6 1,868 37.0 -1.5 Hatfield Central Labour Party (UK) Susana Tinsley 560 44.8 Conservative Party (UK) Ventimglia 368 29.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Archer 322 25.8 192 15.4 1,250 29.0 -4.0 Hatfield East Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Sarson 833 49.3 Labour Party (UK) Melvyn Jones 690 40.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Chapman 166 9.8 143 8.4 1,689 38.6 -0.2 Hatfield North Labour Party (UK) Sheila Jones 527 47.1 Conservative Party (UK) Morgan 433 38.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Fisher 160 14.3 94 8.4 1,120 26.4 -2.5 Hatfield South Labour Party (UK) McDonald 456 59.7 Conservative Party (UK) Smith 223 29.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Griffiths 85 11.1 233 30.5 764 27.6 +0.1 Hatfield West Labour Party (UK) Wilder 693 47.0 Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Sarson 608 41.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pryke 174 11.8 85 5.8 1,475 32.6 +0.4 Hollybush Labour Party (UK) Susan Jones 730 63.3 Conservative Party (UK) Peffer 290 25.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cashmore 133 11.5 440 38.1 1,153 27.2 -1.3 Howlands Labour Party (UK) Biddle 759 56.4 Conservative Party (UK) Storer 435 32.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Edwards 151 11.2 324 24.1 1,345 29.6 -3.9 Northaw Conservative Party (UK) Dean 810 59.5 National Liberal Party Cheetham 298 21.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Blumsom 135 9.9 Labour Party (UK) Parry 119 8.7 512 37.6 1,362 32.5 +2.4 Panshanger Conservative Party (UK) Trigg 805 53.4 Labour Party (UK) Chesterman 536 35.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lee 166 11.0 269 17.8 1,507 31.4 -0.8 Peartree Labour Party (UK) Andrew Tinsley 523 59.8 Conservative Party (UK) Perkins 241 27.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Benakis 111 12.7 282 32.3 875 19.1 -2.2 Sherrards Labour Party (UK) Hurst 977 45.4 Conservative Party (UK) Scarff 960 44.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cooke 213 9.9 17 0.7 2,150 47.6 -0.1 Welham Green Conservative Party (UK) Pieri 575 63.3 Labour Party (UK) Croft 232 25.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bain 102 11.2 343 37.8 909 32.3 -3.4 Welwyn South Conservative Party (UK) Pile 884 63.5 Labour Party (UK) Henderson 292 21.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Burnham 216 15.5 592 42.5 1,392 32.7 -2.4 References 2000 Category:2000 English local elections Category:2000s in Hertfordshire