Herefordshire Council election, 2000

The first election to Herefordshire Council occurred on 4 May 2000,^[1] following the council's reconstitution as a unitary authority in 1998; following Herefordshire's separation from the short lived administrative county of Hereford and Worcester formed by a merger of Herefordshire and Worcestershire in 1974.^[2] All 37 wards were contested - each electing either one or two members to the council.

Elections were held for all of the new authority's 53 seats and resulted in the council passing into "no overall control" with the Liberal Democrats, who held 21 seats, forming the largest group in the council chamber.^[3]

Results

Herefordshire Local Election Result 2000^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	21	21	-	+21	36.21	31.4	18,119
	Conservative	20	20	-	+20	34.5	42.0	24,576
	Independent	7	7	-	+7	12.0	13.3	7,789
	Labour	4	4	-	+4	6.9	8.1	4,721
	Green	1	1	-	+1	1.7	4.3	2,538
	Protect Ross-on-Wye	0	0	-	-	0	0.54	317
	Herefordshire People Before Politics	0	0	-	-	0	0.49	291
	BNP	0	0	-	0	0	0.18	109

The overall turnout was 39.12% with a total of 58,460 valid votes cast. A total of 283 ballots were rejected.

Council Composition

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
21	20	7	4	1
Liberal Democrats	Conservative	Independent	Labour	G

G - Green Party

Ward Results

All councillors elected will serve a three year term. All results are listed below:^[4]

Aylestone

Aylestone (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin George Rumsey	486	21.08
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Andrews	480	20.82
	Conservative	Paul Rone	417	18.08
	Conservative	Peter Stanton Berry	396	17.17
	Truly Independent	Peter George England	290	12.58
	Green	David Bright Gillett	132	5.72
	Green	Adam Frank Jethro Boardman	105	4.55
Majority			63	2.74
Turnout			2,306	29.65
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Backbury

Backbury (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josephine Elisabeth Pemberton	545	54.34
	Liberal Democrat	David James Sudlow	458	45.66
Majority			87	8.68
Turnout			1,003	45.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belmont

Belmont (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Walter Newman	664	40.02
	Liberal Democrat	Clement Allan Tudge	627	37.80
	Labour	David Stewart Thomson	187	11.27
	Conservative	Stewart Arthur Morgan	98	5.91
	Conservative	Henry Ball	83	5.00
Majority			440	26.53
Turnout			1,659	23.53
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bircher

Bircher (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Pudge Price	699	50.84
	Independent	William Luis Sebastian Bowen	676	49.16
Majority			23	1.68
Turnout			1,375	61.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bringsty

Bringsty (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Hunt	538	54.62
	Independent	David Cave	337	34.21
	Green	Clara Mat Slater	110	11.17
Majority			227	23.04
Turnout			985	42.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bromyard

Bromyard (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Edward James	917	34.31
	Independent	Christopher John Grover	650	24.32
	Independent	Bernard Hunt	565	21.14
	Independent	William Albert Gibbard	270	10.10
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Leonard Kimberley White	162	6.06
	BNP	John Bernard Haycock	71	2.65
	BNP	Tracy Michael Paton	38	1.42
Majority			85	3.18
Turnout			2,673	35.40
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Brumarsh

Brumarsh (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gerrans Stuart Guthrie	595	53.70
	Liberal Democrat	Roland Charles Summers	351	31.68
	Labour	Roy Brookes Hall	162	14.62
Majority			244	22.02
Turnout			1,108	36.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David John Fleet	373	17.95
	Liberal Democrat	Basil Cuthbert Baldwin	365	17.56
	Green	Michael John Harrison	307	14.78
	Conservative	Andrew Philip Law	303	14.58
	Green	Julia Parker-Harris	289	13.91
	Conservative	Patricia Edith Paul	272	13.09
	Labour	Sylvia Petula Ann Daniels	169	8.13
Majority			58	2.78
Turnout			2,078	30.16
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Credenhill

Credenhill (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Ivor Matthews	486	62.55
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Edmond John Smissen	214	27.54
	Herefordshire: People Before Politics	Timothy Charles Lewis	77	9.91
Majority			137	17.63
Turnout			777	33.71
	Independent hold		Swing

Dinmore Hill

Dinmore Hill (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Richard Makin	521	52.00
	Liberal Democrat	Lionel John Meredith	481	48.00
Majority			40	4.00
Turnout			41.08	1,002
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frome

Frome (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Guy Harry Morgan Woodford	673	59.19
	Conservative	Richard John Gavin Fowler	464	40.81
Majority			209	18.38
Turnout			1,137	47.08
	Green hold		Swing

Golden Cross

Golden Cross (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger James Phillips	824	80.94
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Broadwood Kilvert	194	19.06
Majority			630	61.88
Turnout			1,018	53.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golden Valley

Golden Valley (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Graham Morgan	477	43.13
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Holt	338	30.56
	Conservative	Raymond Maxwell Chillington	247	22.33
	Green	Paul Andrew Sullivan	44	3.98
Majority			139	12.57
Turnout			1,106	48.28
	Independent hold		Swing

Hagley

Hagley (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Williams	490	50.99
	Conservative	Nicholas Justin Howells	471	49.01
Majority			19	1.98
Turnout			961	37.61
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hampton Court

Hampton Court (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael John Kimbery	574	61.59
	Conservative	Allan Lloyd	358	38.41
Majority			216	23.18
Turnout			932	48.25
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hinton

Hinton (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Christopher Richard Chappell	588	31.28
	Labour	Winefride Ursula Attfield	415	22.07
	Liberal Democrat	Aubrey Thomas Oliver	293	15.58
	Independent	David Richard Chatfield	268	14.26
	Conservative	John Lawrence Nowell	174	9.26
	Conservative	Carol Ellen Courtenay Cranch	142	7.55
Majority			122	6.49
Turnout			1880	31.61
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollington

Hollington (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William John Stuart Thomas	320	38.60
	Independent	Ellis Anthony Owen	279	33.66
	Conservative	Alan Wilson Pritchard	230	27.74
Majority			41	4.94
Turnout			829	35.71
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Holmer

Holmer (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Polly Andrews	526	28.68
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Derwent Evans	435	23.72
	Conservative	Isla Jean Owen	347	18.92
	Conservative	Patricia Woollard	321	17.50
	Labour	Robert Douglas Hardwick	205	11.18
Majority			88	4.80
Turnout			1,834	19.34
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hope End

Hope End (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Vincent Stockton	1,170	32.99
	Conservative	Rees Mills	991	27.95
	Liberal Democrat	June Patricia Armstrong	900	25.38
	Green	Katrina Emma Turnbull	485	13.68
Majority			91	2.57
Turnout			3,546	46.20
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kington

Kington (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Morgan James	661	50.77
	Conservative	Elizabeth Christine Shayler	558	42.86
	Herefordshire People Before Politics	John Francis Kelly	83	6.37
Majority			103	7.91
Turnout			1,302	49.44
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Ledbury

Ledbury (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Edward Harling	888	33.29
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Frank Ashton	646	24.21
	Conservative	Jonathan Richard Mills	579	21.70
	Labour	Noel Roberts	281	10.53
	Liberal Democrat	Edwin James Davey	274	10.27
Majority			67	2.51
Turnout			2,668	35.41
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Leominster East & South

Leominster East & South (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dick Burke	645	29.38
	Labour	John Parry Thomas	568	25.88
	Conservative	Catherine Mary Fothergill	550	25.06
	Labour	Patricia Mary Hale	432	19.68
Majority			18	0.82
Turnout			2,195	28.65
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Leominster North

Leominster North (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Jones	575	23.65
	Conservative	June Patricia French	569	23.41
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon John Morris	403	16.58
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Dorothy Jancey	305	12.55
	Labour	Peter John Goody	233	9.58
	Labour	Colin Leslie Tether	227	9.34
	Independent	Nicklas Nenadich	119	4.89
Majority			166	6.83
Turnout			2,431	31.18
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyonshall With Titley

Lyonshall With Titley (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Robinson	614	65.18
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Williams Lewis	274	29.09
	Green	David Oliver	54	5.73
Majority			340	36.09
Turnout			942	53.69
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marcle Ridge

Marcle Ridge (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donald William Rule	749	54.91
	Conservative	Frances Anne Jordan	615	45.09
Majority			134	9.82
Turnout			1,364	37.56
	Independent hold		Swing

Merbach

Merbach (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel John Jones Davies	544	55.57
	Liberal Democrat	June Margaret Pickering	435	44.43
Majority			109	11.14
Turnout			979	48.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mortimer

Mortimer (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lilian Olwyn Barnett	705	65.95
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Coles	364	34.05
Majority			341	31.90
Turnout			1,069	52.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Gore

Old Gore (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John William Edwards	516	60.00
	Liberal Democrat	Lucy Helen Green	344	40.00
Majority			172	20.00
Turnout			860	40.67
	Independent hold		Swing

Penyard

Penyard (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	True Independent	Eunice-May Saunders	703	59.93
	Conservative	David Michael Hoddinott	470	40.07
Majority			233	19.86
Turnout			1,173	47.56
	True Independent hold		Swing

Ross-on-Wye East

Ross-on-Wye East (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joyce Helen Thomas	1,274	42.27
	Liberal Democrat	Cynthia Joyce Davis	596	19.77
	Conservative	Gordon Lucas	455	15.10
	Conservative	Lilian Violet Jacqueline Danter	372	12.34
	Protect Ross-on-Wye	Constance Eileen Edwards	190	6.31
	Protect Ross-on-Wye	Stuart John Morgan	127	4.21
Majority			141	4.67
Turnout			3,014	35.74
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Ross-on-Wye West

Ross-on-Wye West (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Robert Cunningham	532	28.58
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony John Allen	497	26.71
	Conservative	Phillip Grenfell Haydn Cutter	458	24.61
	Conservative	Michael Jennings	374	20.10
Majority			39	2.10
Turnout			1,861	28.82
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. Martins

St. Martins (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robin John Andrews	429	25.75
	Labour	Robert Preece	328	19.69
	Labour	Laurence Noble	278	16.69
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Thomas	268	16.09
	Residents	Wendy Jane Jones	130	7.80
	Conservative	Gillian Rosamond Clifford	121	7.26
	Conservative	Marsha Elizabeth Barnsley	112	6.72
Majority			50	3.00
Turnout			1,666	27.29
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Evaline Mary Bew	436	26.39
	Liberal Democrat	David Cyril Short	409	24.76
	Conservative	Charlotte Williams Lewis	289	17.49
	Conservative	Anthony Edwin Allen Woollard	264	15.98
	Labour	John George Davies	254	15.38
Majority			120	7.27
Turnout			1,652	27.73
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Three Elms

Three Elms (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jason Hankins	574	25.14
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Mervyn Henson Andrews	517	22.65
	Conservative	Arthur George Staton	502	21.99
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Evelyn Mary Chiswell	471	20.63
	Labour	Elizabeth Helen Ruck	219	9.59
Majority			15	0.66
Turnout			2,283	29.20
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tupsley

Tupsley (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Ann Carter	808	24.19
	Liberal Democrat	Marcelle Denise Lloys-Hayes	772	23.11
	Liberal Democrat	William James Walling	752	22.52
	Conservative	Susan Diane Trout	702	21.02
	Labour	Richard Attfield	175	5.24
	Herefordshire: People Before Politics	Simon Christopher David Zeigler	131	3.92
Majority			20	0.59
Turnout			3,340	35.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Upton

Upton (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stone	732	68.35
	Green	Gary Nicholas Burton	339	31.65
Majority			393	36.70
Turnout			1,071	46.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weobley

Weobley (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hutcheson Ruell Goodwin	622	58.90
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Ferguson	434	41.10
Majority			1,056	17.80
Turnout			188	17.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Council elections in Herefordshire

Herefordshire Council	1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hereford and Worcester County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Hereford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

Leominster District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

Malvern Hills District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995

South Herefordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(1999 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2000 (→ 2001)

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Blackpool Blackburn with Darwen Bracknell Forest Derby Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Kingston upon Hull Medway Milton Keynes Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham

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