West Oxfordshire District Council election, 2000

The 2000 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 26
• Liberal Democrats 13
• Independent 8
• Labour 2^[2]

Election result

The Conservatives gained a majority on the council for the first time in 11 years with 26 councillors, after taking 47% of the vote and 11 of the 17 seats contested. ^[3][4] The Conservative gains included taking seats from Labour in Chipping Norton and Witney West, as well as Minster Lovell from an independent, while the Conservative group leader Barry Norton was easily re-elected in North Leigh.^{[3] [5]}

The Conservative gains came mostly at the expense of the Labour party, who with 20% of the vote lost five seats to be left with only two councillors.^[3][4] Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats remained with 13 councillors after taking 21% of the vote.^[3][4]

Ward results

References

Council elections in Oxfordshire Oxfordshire County Council 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Cherwell District 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 Oxford City Council 1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 South Oxfordshire District Council Wallingford District Council 1973 South Oxfordshire District Council 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Vale of White Horse District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 West Oxfordshire District 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 See also: Wards Boundary changes

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