Stroud District Council election, 2000
The 2000 Stroud Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, 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
Background
Before the election the council was run by an alliance between the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats.[3]
Election result
Stroud local election result 2000[4][5] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
14 |
|
|
+6 |
70.0 |
45.7 |
11,904 |
|
|
Labour |
3 |
|
|
-6 |
15.0 |
26.5 |
6,897 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
2 |
|
|
+1 |
10.0 |
20.2 |
5,250 |
|
|
Green |
1 |
|
|
0 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
1,268 |
|
|
Independent |
0 |
|
|
-1 |
0 |
1.9 |
499 |
|
|
UKIP |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
136 |
|
|
Natural Law |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.3 |
66 |
|
Ward results
Berkeley Vale[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Anthony Moseley |
436 |
56.2 |
|
|
Labour |
David Shaw |
259 |
33.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Thomas Murray |
81 |
10.4 |
|
Majority |
177 |
22.8 |
|
Turnout |
776 |
37.9 |
|
Cainscross[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Andrew Read |
507 |
38.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Deborah Sutherland |
506 |
38.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Ralph Kenber |
289 |
22.2 |
|
Majority |
1 |
0.1 |
|
Turnout |
1,302 |
29.9 |
|
Cam[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Dennis Andrewartha |
526 |
33.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Philip Briscoe |
467 |
29.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Miranda Clifton |
452 |
28.5 |
|
|
Independent |
David Winsor |
142 |
8.9 |
|
Majority |
59 |
3.7 |
|
Turnout |
1,587 |
40.7 |
|
Chalford[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Charles Fellows |
854 |
53.8 |
|
|
Labour |
David Taylor |
305 |
19.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Leslie Christie |
291 |
18.3 |
|
|
UKIP |
Adrian Blake |
136 |
8.6 |
|
Majority |
549 |
34.6 |
|
Turnout |
1,586 |
35.2 |
|
Dursley[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Basil Allen |
605 |
41.1 |
|
|
Labour |
Geoffrey Wheeler |
537 |
36.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Thomas |
330 |
22.4 |
|
Majority |
68 |
4.6 |
|
Turnout |
1,472 |
33.0 |
|
Hardwicke[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Graham Littleton |
532 |
56.1 |
|
|
Labour |
David Purchase |
341 |
36.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Howe |
75 |
7.9 |
|
Majority |
191 |
20.1 |
|
Turnout |
948 |
33.3 |
|
Kings Stanley[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Nigel Studdert-Kennedy |
471 |
35.1 |
|
|
Labour |
Lesley Illiams |
411 |
30.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Elizabeth Cheyne |
255 |
19.0 |
|
|
Green |
Sheila MacFadyen |
204 |
15.2 |
|
Majority |
60 |
4.5 |
|
Turnout |
1,341 |
44.9 |
|
Minchinhampton (2)[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Dorcas Binns |
1,101 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Stephen Glanfield |
1,079 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Martin Alder |
348 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Griffiths |
334 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Edmunds |
318 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Fisk |
235 |
|
|
|
Natural Law |
Henry Brighouse |
28 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,443 |
41.1 |
|
Nailsworth[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Norman Kay |
710 |
44.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Mohammad Akhtar |
620 |
39.1 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Bruce Douglas-Mann |
257 |
16.2 |
|
Majority |
90 |
5.7 |
|
Turnout |
1,587 |
33.2 |
|
Painswick[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Stephenson-Oliver |
960 |
55.3 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Terence Parker |
625 |
36.0 |
|
|
Labour |
John Rhodes |
113 |
6.5 |
|
|
Natural Law |
Sally Brighouse |
38 |
2.2 |
|
Majority |
335 |
19.3 |
|
Turnout |
1,736 |
50.9 |
|
Parklands[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
David Tomlins |
453 |
70.5 |
|
|
Labour |
Francoise Jones |
106 |
16.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Milner Woodhead |
84 |
13.1 |
|
Majority |
347 |
54.0 |
|
Turnout |
643 |
38.8 |
|
Randwick[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michael Charley |
278 |
54.2 |
|
|
Labour |
Anthony Shoritt |
139 |
27.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
John Ferris |
96 |
18.7 |
|
Majority |
139 |
27.1 |
|
Turnout |
513 |
44.2 |
|
Rodborough[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Roy Nicholas |
605 |
45.8 |
|
|
Labour |
Ian Owen |
327 |
24.8 |
|
|
Green |
Carol Kambites |
264 |
20.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Adrian Walker-Smith |
125 |
9.5 |
|
Majority |
278 |
21.0 |
|
Turnout |
1,321 |
32.1 |
|
Stonehouse[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mattie Ross |
807 |
53.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
Kamran Hameed |
476 |
31.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Melvyn Preston |
224 |
14.9 |
|
Majority |
331 |
22.0 |
|
Turnout |
1,507 |
28.4 |
|
Trinity[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Green |
Gwendoline Belcher |
578 |
41.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Martin Hemming |
545 |
38.9 |
|
|
Labour |
Henrietta Nichols |
192 |
13.7 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Fenn |
86 |
6.1 |
|
Majority |
33 |
2.4 |
|
Turnout |
1,401 |
35.9 |
|
Uplands[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Jeffreys |
428 |
32.3 |
|
|
Independent |
Morgan Anthony |
357 |
26.9 |
|
|
Labour |
Ronald Nichols |
235 |
17.7 |
|
|
Green |
Kevin Cranston |
222 |
16.7 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Darren Jones |
84 |
6.3 |
|
Majority |
71 |
5.4 |
|
Turnout |
1,326 |
29.8 |
|
Upton St Leonards[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Michael Beard |
372 |
53.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Keith Ardron |
270 |
39.1 |
|
|
Labour |
Trevor Baker |
49 |
7.1 |
|
Majority |
102 |
14.8 |
|
Turnout |
691 |
51.8 |
|
Vale[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Jonathan Steel |
369 |
53.1 |
|
|
Labour |
Robert Hall |
284 |
40.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barbara Brown |
42 |
6.0 |
|
Majority |
85 |
12.2 |
|
Turnout |
695 |
48.3 |
|
Wotton and Kingswood[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Sidney Gowers |
1,146 |
53.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barrie Pierce |
558 |
26.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Geoffrey Keen |
441 |
20.6 |
|
Majority |
588 |
27.4 |
|
Turnout |
2,145 |
37.0 |
|
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