Harlow District Council election, 2000

The 2000 Harlow District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats gained 4 seats from Labour, reducing Labour to only holding 5 seats at the election, although they retained a majority on the council.[3] Among the Labour councillors to be defeated was the chairman of the council John McCree in Brays Grove ward.[3] Overall turnout at the election was 30.86%,[4] up from 29.85% at the 1999 election.[5]

Harlow local election result 2000[2][4][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 5 0 8 -8 33.3 36.2 6,380 -11.2%
  Conservative 5 4 0 +4 33.3 36.0 6,342 +3.9%
  Liberal Democrat 5 4 0 +4 33.3 26.2 4,619 +7.3%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 176 +1.0%
  People not Politics 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 85 +0.5%

Ward results

Brays Grove[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Christopher Millington 579 52.8 +38.8
Labour John McCree 374 34.1 -25.7
Conservative Joshua Jolles 144 13.1 -13.1
Majority 205 18.7
Turnout 1,097
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Great Parndon[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Johnson 583 48.3 -0.2
Labour Mark Wilkinson 469 38.8 -4.6
People not Politics Mick Granger 85 7.0 +7.0
Liberal Democrat Nick Spenceley 71 5.9 -2.2
Majority 114 9.4 +4.3
Turnout 1,208
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hare Street and Little Parndon[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Abel 325 51.1 -14.8
Conservative Andrew Shannon 190 29.9 +12.1
Liberal Democrat Jane Steer 121 19.0 +2.7
Majority 135 21.2 -26.9
Turnout 636
Labour hold Swing
Kingsmoor[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Gough 609 57.8 +12.3
Labour Suzanne Ennifer 334 31.7 -9.8
Liberal Democrat Harry Ackland-Snow 110 10.4 -0.3
Majority 275 26.1 +22.1
Turnout 1,053
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Latton Bush[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Greg Peck 416 43.4 -14.0
Conservative Vivien Ross 383 39.9 +14.8
Liberal Democrat Julian Edwards 160 16.7 -0.8
Majority 33 3.4 -28.9
Turnout 959
Labour hold Swing
Little Parndon[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pennick Daphne 491 55.0 -9.3
Conservative Darren Barden 227 25.4 +5.0
Liberal Democrat Anthony Davis 174 19.5 +4.2
Majority 264 29.6 -14.3
Turnout 892
Labour hold Swing
Mark Hall South[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Christopher Robins 694 51.5 +2.0
Labour Kevin Brooks 500 37.1 -6.3
Conservative David Croager 154 11.4 +4.3
Majority 194 14.4 +8.2
Turnout 1,348
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Netteswell East[6][5][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Robert Thurston 641 60.2 +46.5
Labour Eschle Rob 351 33.0 -32.0
Conservative Pamela Norton 72 6.8 -14.4
Majority 290 27.3
Turnout 1,064 39.6 +13.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Netteswell West[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ian Jackson 462 51.9 +33.4
Labour Jean Clark 354 39.7 -26.7
Conservative Matthew Warren 75 8.4 -6.7
Majority 108 12.1
Turnout 891
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Old Harlow[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Garnet 819 46.1 +4.6
Labour Ian Turner 617 34.7 -12.5
UKIP Tony Bennett 176 9.9 +9.9
Liberal Democrat Gareth Higgins 166 9.3 -2.0
Majority 202 11.4
Turnout 1,778
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Passmores[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Sullivan 510 46.6 -1.0
Conservative Clare Thomas 451 41.2 +2.3
Liberal Democrat Paul Lawton 134 12.2 -1.3
Majority 59 5.4 -3.3
Turnout 1,095
Labour hold Swing
Potter Street (2 seats)[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Carter 1,175
Conservative George Reynolds 1,137
Labour Sue Burgess 552
Labour Maggie Hulcoop 512
Liberal Democrat Michael Atkinson 270
Liberal Democrat Stan Curran 219
Turnout 3,865
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Stewards[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sue Lawton 614 72.2 +1.4
Conservative Guy Mitchinson 118 13.9 +6.3
Labour Sandra Rootsey 118 13.9 -7.7
Majority 496 58.4 +9.3
Turnout 850
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Tye Green[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Kent 457 52.8 -15.2
Conservative Charles Ross 205 23.7 +6.5
Liberal Democrat Emma Smith 204 23.6 +8.8
Majority 252 29.1 -21.6
Turnout 866
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Little Parndon by-election 7 June 2001[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,185 54.9 -0.1
Conservative 558 25.9 +0.5
Liberal Democrat 415 19.2 -0.3
Majority 627 29.1 -0.5
Turnout 2,158
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Harlow". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Election results: local councils - Elections". The Times (NewsBank). 6 May 2000. p. 10.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Labour's election shock". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications (NewsBank). 9 May 2000.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 "Election of councillors May 2000 - results". Harlow District Council. Archived from the original on 25 September 2000. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Results". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications (NewsBank). 5 May 2000.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 "Election of councillors May 2000 - results". Harlow District Council. Archived from the original on 20 April 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results - June 2001". Local Authority Byelection Results. Retrieved 30 December 2014.