2000 Winchester City Council election

2000 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 The 2000 Winchester Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/144.stm Winchester 2010-01-28 BBC News After the election, the composition of the council was: Liberal Democrat 36 Conservative 10 Independent 5 Labour 4 Election results: local councils The Times 4 2000-05-05 Campaign One third of the seats were being contested, with an extra seat being up for election in St Bartholomew ward after the sitting Conservative councillor, Flick Drummond, emigrated to the US and thus failed to attend any council meetings in the required 6-month period. http://archive.dailyecho.co.uk/2000/4/19/86062.html Gearing up for a good, clean fight 2010-01-28 2000-04-19 Southern Daily Echo The Liberal Democrats had a majority of 13 seats before the election and despite defending 9 seats were expected to remain in control of the council. 3 sitting councillors, all Liberal Democrats, stood down at the election, Miranda Bulloch, Phrynette Dickens and Alan Laidlaw. The Conservatives campaigned on a promise to reduce council tax by 5% over the next 4 years and attacked the Liberal Democrats over the closure of car parks in the city centre. However the Liberal Democrats alleged lies had been said about the car parks, and said the Conservatives would have to cut services if they were to reduce council tax. The Conservatives also complained about the Liberal Democrat controlled council publishing a newsletter during the campaign. http://archive.dailyecho.co.uk/2000/4/14/86140.html Propaganda under attack 2010-01-28 2000-04-14 Southern Daily Echo They claimed that it was propaganda for the Liberal Democrats and favoured sitting councillors, however the Liberal Democrats said that the Conservative leader on the council had approved the newsletter and that the Conservatives were avoiding the real issues. Election result The results saw the Liberal Democrats increase their control of the council, making 2 nets gains to have an overall majority of 17. http://www.winchester.gov.uk/elections.htm Local Elections Results - 4th May 2000 2010-01-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20000925130404/http://www.winchester.gov.uk/elections.htm 25 September 2000 Winchester City Council dead They gained seats in Compton and Shawford, St Bartholomew and Wonston wards, but lost one back to the Conservatives in New Alresford. Despite this the Conservatives said that they were pleased to have won more votes across the whole council than the Liberal Democrats, with many seats seeing very close results. http://archive.dailyecho.co.uk/2000/5/5/85766.html Little headway on the lond road back 2010-01-28 2000-05-05 Southern Daily Echo Meanwhile, one Labour candidate, Oliver de Peyer, only won 7 votes in Shedfield ward, the lowest by any major party candidate in elections for Winchester council and a repeat of his performance in Sparsholt in 1998. Overall turnout in the election was 39.97%, with the highest turnout being recorded in Droxford, Soberton & Hambledon ward at 57.68%. Winchester local election result 2000 http://www.winchester.gov.uk/Documents/Elections/WinchesterCityCouncilDistrictElectionsMay2000.pdf Winchester City Council District Elections - 4 May 2000 2010-01-28 Winchester City Council https://web.archive.org/web/20110614085745/http://www.winchester.gov.uk/Documents/Elections/WinchesterCityCouncilDistrictElectionsMay2000.pdf 14 June 2011 dead Liberal Democrats (UK) 11 3 1 +2 57.9 39.3 9,756 -5.1% Conservative Party (UK) 3 1 3 -2 15.8 42.5 10,554 +3.0% Independent (politician) 3 0 0 0 15.8 6.8 1,678 +2.9% Labour Party (UK) 2 0 0 0 10.5 11.4 2,818 -0.7% Ward results Badger Farm https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/5629333.local-council-elections-winchester/ Local council elections – Winchester 2010-01-28 2000-05-05 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geraldine McKay 410 58.2 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Welburn 237 33.7 Labour Party (UK) Shelagh Bird 57 8.1 173 24.5 704 36.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bishop's Waltham Independent (politician) Georgina Busher 1,013 63.5 +14.9 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Foster 469 29.4 +7.6 Labour Party (UK) Michael Chaplin 114 7.1 +2.7 544 34.1 +10.7 1,596 31.9 -6.8 Independent (politician) Boarhunt & Southwick Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Carter 263 61.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mike Roberts 133 30.9 Labour Party (UK) James Ross 34 7.9 130 30.3 430 45.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Compton & Shawford Liberal Democrats (UK) Charlotte Bailey 338 50.9 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Campbell-White 311 46.8 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Barrett 15 2.3 27 4.1 664 55.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Denmead Conservative Party (UK) Donald Stewart 1,167 69.5 +2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Slade 450 26.8 +0.1 Labour Party (UK) Timothy Curran 61 3.6 -3.0 717 42.7 +2.7 1,678 36.0 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Droxford, Soberton & Hambledon Conservative Party (UK) Diana Empson 918 64.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Scriven 465 32.5 Labour Party (UK) Denis May 48 3.4 453 31.7 1,431 57.7 Conservative Party (UK) Littleton Liberal Democrats (UK) George Fothergill 806 59.1 +4.1 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Lipscomb 516 37.8 -2.9 Labour Party (UK) Tessa Valentine 42 3.1 -1.2 290 21.3 +7.0 1,364 50.9 +0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) New Alresford Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Jeffs 876 44.4 -2.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Cook 772 39.1 +4.9 Labour Party (UK) Robin Atkins 324 16.4 -2.4 104 5.3 -7.4 1,972 47.2 -6.3 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Owslebury & Colden Common Liberal Democrats (UK) Cecily Sutton 652 49.2 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Facey 589 44.4 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Smith 85 6.4 63 4.8 1,326 37.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shedfield Independent (politician) Paul Hoare 325 56.5 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Huxstep 181 31.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Longcroft 62 10.8 Labour Party (UK) Oliver De Peyer 7 1.2 144 25.0 575 47.8 Independent (politician) St Barnabas Liberal Democrats (UK) John Higgins 770 51.1 -8.0 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Whatley 576 38.2 +8.8 Labour Party (UK) Simon Woolfenden 161 10.7 -0.8 194 12.9 -16.8 1,507 38.0 -0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) St Bartholomew Liberal Democrats (UK) James Maynard 840 46.7 -5.8 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Jones 769 42.8 +5.4 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Wyeth 188 10.5 +0.4 71 3.9 -11.2 1,797 42.1 -0.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St John and All Saints Labour Party (UK) Chris Pines 616 42.7 -0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Signe-Maria Higgins 458 31.7 -4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Sally Goodman 370 25.6 +4.8 158 11.0 +3.6 1,444 30.9 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) St Luke Labour Party (UK) Patrick Davies 595 38.7 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Trussler 504 32.7 -2.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Norris 440 28.6 +0.5 91 6.0 +4.2 1,539 34.1 +4.7 Labour Party (UK) St Michael Liberal Democrats (UK) John Beveridge 865 48.4 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Osborne 806 45.1 -2.3 Labour Party (UK) Antony De Peyer 115 6.4 -3.0 59 3.3 -0.9 1,786 45.6 +2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) St Paul Liberal Democrats (UK) Raymond Love 864 47.6 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Pitman 823 45.3 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) Adrian Field 129 7.1 -2.3 41 2.3 -3.7 1,816 41.4 +0.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) The Worthys Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Hutton 657 49.5 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Jeffs 571 43.0 Labour Party (UK) Elaine Fullaway 99 7.5 86 6.5 1,327 37.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Waltham Chase Independent (politician) Andrew Archard 340 50.9 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Bates 185 27.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philippa Currie 84 12.6 Labour Party (UK) David Jones 59 8.8 155 23.2 668 36.6 Independent (politician) Wonston Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Bayley 560 47.4 -5.8 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Pocock 553 46.8 +8.5 Labour Party (UK) Alan Drury 69 5.8 -2.8 7 0.6 -14.3 1,182 39.0 +1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References 1999 Winchester Council election Winchester local elections 2002 Winchester Council election 2000 Category:2000 English local elections 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