Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, 2000

The 2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 6 May 2000 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1] Overall turnout in the election was 31.71%, down from 33.09% in the 1999 election.^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 25
Conservative 23^[3]

Election result

The results saw Labour gain control of the council with a majority of 2 over the Conservatives, which was a reversal of the trend of the 2000 local elections where Labour overall lost almost 600 councillors.^[4]

Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2000^[2]^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9			+1	56.3	39.0	8,444
	Conservative	7			-1	43.8	45.8	9,926
	Liberal Democrat	0			0	0	13.0	2,816
	Third Way	0			0	0	1.4	298
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.9	187

Ward results

Brookmans Park & Little Heath^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Storey	1,160	75.6
	Labour	Marcus	207	13.5
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Edwards	168	10.9
Majority			953	62.1
Turnout			1,535	33.9	+1.0

Haldens^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hallahan	729	57.1
	Conservative	Davidson	389	30.5
	Liberal Democrat	Corbishley	159	12.5
Majority			340	26.6
Turnout			1,277	27.9	-1.4

Handside^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanbury	912	48.8
	Labour	Clark	414	22.2
	Liberal Democrat	Lotz	355	19.0
	UKIP	Biggs	187	10.0
Majority			498	26.6
Turnout			1,868	37.0	-1.5

Hatfield Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susana Tinsley	560	44.8
	Conservative	Ventimglia	368	29.4
	Liberal Democrat	Archer	322	25.8
Majority			192	15.4
Turnout			1,250	29.0	-4.0

Hatfield East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Sarson	833	49.3
	Labour	Melvyn Jones	690	40.9
	Liberal Democrat	Chapman	166	9.8
Majority			143	8.4
Turnout			1,689	38.6	-0.2

Hatfield North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Jones	527	47.1
	Conservative	Morgan	433	38.7
	Liberal Democrat	Fisher	160	14.3
Majority			94	8.4
Turnout			1,120	26.4	-2.5

Hatfield South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	McDonald	456	59.7
	Conservative	Smith	223	29.2
	Liberal Democrat	Griffiths	85	11.1
Majority			233	30.5
Turnout			764	27.6	+0.1

Hatfield West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilder	693	47.0
	Conservative	Victoria Sarson	608	41.2
	Liberal Democrat	Pryke	174	11.8
Majority			85	5.8
Turnout			1,475	32.6	+0.4

Hollybush^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Jones	730	63.3
	Conservative	Peffer	290	25.2
	Liberal Democrat	Cashmore	133	11.5
Majority			440	38.1
Turnout			1,153	27.2	-1.3

Howlands^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Biddle	759	56.4
	Conservative	Storer	435	32.3
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Edwards	151	11.2
Majority			324	24.1
Turnout			1,345	29.6	-3.9

Northaw^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean	810	59.5
	Third Way	Cheetham	298	21.9
	Liberal Democrat	Blumsom	135	9.9
	Labour	Parry	119	8.7
Majority			512	37.6
Turnout			1,362	32.5	+2.4

Panshanger^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trigg	805	53.4
	Labour	Chesterman	536	35.6
	Liberal Democrat	Lee	166	11.0
Majority			269	17.8
Turnout			1,507	31.4	-0.8

Peartree^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Tinsley	523	59.8
	Conservative	Perkins	241	27.5
	Liberal Democrat	Benakis	111	12.7
Majority			282	32.3
Turnout			875	19.1	-2.2

Sherrards^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hurst	977	45.4
	Conservative	Scarff	960	44.7
	Liberal Democrat	Cooke	213	9.9
Majority			17	0.7
Turnout			2,150	47.6	-0.1

Welham Green^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pieri	575	63.3
	Labour	Croft	232	25.5
	Liberal Democrat	Bain	102	11.2
Majority			343	37.8
Turnout			909	32.3	-3.4

Welwyn South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pile	884	63.5
	Labour	Henderson	292	21.0
	Liberal Democrat	Burnham	216	15.5
Majority			592	42.5
Turnout			1,392	32.7	-2.4

References

↑ "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "District elections - 4 May 2000 - results" (PDF). Welwyn Hatfield Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-03-07. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
1 2 "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-05. p. 4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Salman, Saba (2000-05-05). "Labour loses 600 seats in Tory fightback". Evening Standard. p. 52. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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