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

References

↑ "Stroud". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
↑ "Local council results". Financial Times. 2000-05-06. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Game, Chris (2000-05-04). "Comment: Counting on a good turnout at the polls Chris Game nominates the seats to watch as the Midlands holds itslocal elections". Birmingham Post. p. 13. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "District Election Results 2000". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
↑ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-06. p. 10. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Council elections in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Council	Covered Gloucestershire, except for Kingswood and Northavon 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Cheltenham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Cotswolds District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Forest of Dean District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Gloucester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

South Gloucestershire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stroud District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

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Avon County Council	Covered Kingswood and Northavon only 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Kingswood Borough Council	Kingswood District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 Kingswood Borough Council 1987 1991 Abolished

Northavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

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