2000 Harrogate Borough Council election

2000 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 The 2000 Harrogate Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/51.stm Harrogate 2011-01-13 BBC News After the election, the composition of the council was: Liberal Democrat 40 Conservative 18 Labour 1 Local council results Financial Times 6 2000-05-06 Campaign 19 of the 59 seats were contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending 14, the Conservatives 4 and Labour 1 seat. Stuart Makintosh Lib Dems pin hopes on strengthening their grip The Northern Echo 6 2000-05-05 Close contests were expected in Killinghall and the 2 wards in Ripon, with the Liberal Democrats hoping to make gains despite criticism over the handling of the redevelopment of the area around a bus station. Election result The results saw the Liberal Democrats remain in control of the council, despite the Conservative party gaining seats. Stuart Mackintosh Lib Dems hold on to power in Harrogate The Northern Echo 1 2000-05-05 The Liberal Democrats finished the election with 40 seats, with the seats held by the party including the two in Ripon, which were narrowly won over the Conservatives. The Conservatives finished with 18 seats, while Labour was reduced to only one seat after losing a seat. Harrogate local election result 2000 http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/pdf/DIST%20RESULTS%202000.PDF District Council election 2011-01-13 Harrogate Borough Council October 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Election results: local councils The Times 10 2000-05-06 Liberal Democrats (UK) 12 -2 63.2 44.1 12,241 -6.4% Conservative Party (UK) 7 +3 36.8 46.7 12,969 +7.7% Labour Party (UK) 0 -1 0 9.1 2,535 -1.3% Ward results Almscliffe Conservative Party (UK) Ian Galloway 707 81.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gillian Ford 123 14.2 Labour Party (UK) Deborah Havercroft 39 4.5 584 67.2 869 41.4 Bilton Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Goss 669 39.4 Conservative Party (UK) Heather Adderley 571 33.6 Labour Party (UK) Peter Caunt 457 26.9 98 5.8 1,697 29.8 +2.0 Claro Conservative Party (UK) William Brewis 614 76.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Helen Lyon 146 18.1 Labour Party (UK) Harold Ede 45 5.6 468 58.1 805 39.7 Duchy Liberal Democrats (UK) James Clarke 955 57.3 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Coucher 627 37.6 +0.9 Labour Party (UK) Roger Newby 84 5.0 -1.8 328 19.7 0.0 1,666 25.1 -2.0 East Central Liberal Democrats (UK) David Jacobs 687 53.8 -8.0 Conservative Party (UK) William Hartmann 442 34.6 +10.6 Labour Party (UK) Simon Hutchings 149 11.7 -2.5 245 19.2 -18.6 1,278 25.5 -0.9 Granby Liberal Democrats (UK) Diane Stokes 767 62.1 -8.3 Conservative Party (UK) James Wood-Mitchell 349 28.2 +12.1 Labour Party (UK) David King 120 9.7 -3.8 418 33.8 -20.6 1,236 23.1 -0.4 Harlow Conservative Party (UK) James Clark 1,450 58.0 +3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Stallard 951 38.0 -2.9 Labour Party (UK) Harry Sutcliffe 101 4.0 -0.6 499 19.9 +6.3 2,502 40.7 +0.2 Killinghall Conservative Party (UK) Michael Bury 776 69.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Ryan 274 24.6 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Hayton 64 5.7 502 45.1 1,114 33.6 Knaresborough East Liberal Democrats (UK) David Goode 959 45.9 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Smith 851 40.7 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) Alan Beatham 279 13.4 -5.7 108 5.2 0.0 2,089 35.2 +1.9 Knaresborough West Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Hawkins 734 40.8 -3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Jackson 587 32.6 +8.1 Labour Party (UK) Althea Farmer 477 26.5 -4.6 147 8.2 -5.1 1,798 31.1 -3.8 Lower Nidderdale Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Watson 519 57.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Hughes 370 41.2 Labour Party (UK) Colin Gurkin 10 1.1 149 16.6 899 48.2 Nether Poppleton Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Fenwicke-Clennell 214 62.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Donald Prosser-Higdon 109 31.7 Labour Party (UK) Norman Dobell 21 6.1 105 30.5 344 49.9 New Park Liberal Democrats (UK) Wendy Richards 463 63.3 -8.9 Conservative Party (UK) Robin Adderley 228 31.2 +14.8 Labour Party (UK) Bryan Robinson 40 5.5 -5.9 235 32.1 -23.8 731 24.4 +2.8 Pannal Conservative Party (UK) Clifford Trotter 1,550 60.5 +4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Newby 952 37.2 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) Cynthia Coltman 59 2.3 -0.7 598 23.4 +7.4 2,561 50.4 -2.0 Ripon East Liberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Martin 571 49.8 -6.4 Conservative Party (UK) David Briscombe 468 40.8 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) Jonathan Lewis 108 9.4 +9.4 103 9.0 -3.3 1,147 20.0 -4.8 Ripon West Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Jones 672 50.3 -16.4 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Richardson 592 44.3 +11.0 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Foxall 72 5.4 +5.4 80 6.0 -27.4 1,336 23.8 -4.4 Starbeck Liberal Democrats (UK) Granville Ward 792 63.5 -8.4 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Dixon 328 26.3 +10.0 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Foxall 127 10.2 -1.6 464 37.2 -18.4 1,247 24.0 -0.9 Wedderburn Liberal Democrats (UK) Claire Kelley 1,207 49.2 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Middlemass 1,156 47.1 +1.6 Labour Party (UK) Robert Swithinbank 89 3.6 -1.9 51 2.1 -1.4 2,452 40.6 +4.8 West Central Conservative Party (UK) Jean Butterfield 1,089 55.2 +4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Hurren 691 35.0 -6.3 Labour Party (UK) Christine Colman 194 9.8 +2.8 398 20.2 +9.8 1,974 33.9 +4.6 References 2000 Category:2000 English local elections Category:2000s in North Yorkshire