Harlow District Council election, 2000

The 2000 Harlow District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 26
• Liberal Democrat 8
• Conservative 8^[2]

Election result

Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats gained 4 seats from Labour, reducing Labour to only holding 5 seats at the election, although they retained a majority on the council.^[3] Among the Labour councillors to be defeated was the chairman of the council John McCree in Brays Grove ward.^[3] Overall turnout at the election was 30.86%,^[4] up from 29.85% at the 1999 election.^[5]

Harlow local election result 2000[2][4][6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	5	0	8	-8	33.3	36.2	6,380	-11.2%
	Conservative	5	4	0	+4	33.3	36.0	6,342	+3.9%
	Liberal Democrat	5	4	0	+4	33.3	26.2	4,619	+7.3%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	176	+1.0%
	People not Politics	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	85	+0.5%

Ward results

Brays Grove[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Millington	579	52.8	+38.8
	Labour	John McCree	374	34.1	-25.7
	Conservative	Joshua Jolles	144	13.1	-13.1
Majority			205	18.7
Turnout			1,097
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Great Parndon[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Johnson	583	48.3	-0.2
	Labour	Mark Wilkinson	469	38.8	-4.6
	People not Politics	Mick Granger	85	7.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Spenceley	71	5.9	-2.2
Majority			114	9.4	+4.3
Turnout			1,208
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hare Street and Little Parndon[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Abel	325	51.1	-14.8
	Conservative	Andrew Shannon	190	29.9	+12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Steer	121	19.0	+2.7
Majority			135	21.2	-26.9
Turnout			636
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsmoor[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Gough	609	57.8	+12.3
	Labour	Suzanne Ennifer	334	31.7	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Harry Ackland-Snow	110	10.4	-0.3
Majority			275	26.1	+22.1
Turnout			1,053
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Latton Bush[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greg Peck	416	43.4	-14.0
	Conservative	Vivien Ross	383	39.9	+14.8
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Edwards	160	16.7	-0.8
Majority			33	3.4	-28.9
Turnout			959
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Parndon[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pennick Daphne	491	55.0	-9.3
	Conservative	Darren Barden	227	25.4	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Davis	174	19.5	+4.2
Majority			264	29.6	-14.3
Turnout			892
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall South[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Robins	694	51.5	+2.0
	Labour	Kevin Brooks	500	37.1	-6.3
	Conservative	David Croager	154	11.4	+4.3
Majority			194	14.4	+8.2
Turnout			1,348
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Netteswell East[6][5][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Thurston	641	60.2	+46.5
	Labour	Eschle Rob	351	33.0	-32.0
	Conservative	Pamela Norton	72	6.8	-14.4
Majority			290	27.3
Turnout			1,064	39.6	+13.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Netteswell West[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jackson	462	51.9	+33.4
	Labour	Jean Clark	354	39.7	-26.7
	Conservative	Matthew Warren	75	8.4	-6.7
Majority			108	12.1
Turnout			891
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Old Harlow[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Garnet	819	46.1	+4.6
	Labour	Ian Turner	617	34.7	-12.5
	UKIP	Tony Bennett	176	9.9	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Higgins	166	9.3	-2.0
Majority			202	11.4
Turnout			1,778
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Passmores[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sullivan	510	46.6	-1.0
	Conservative	Clare Thomas	451	41.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Lawton	134	12.2	-1.3
Majority			59	5.4	-3.3
Turnout			1,095
	Labour hold		Swing

Potter Street (2 seats)[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Carter	1,175
	Conservative	George Reynolds	1,137
	Labour	Sue Burgess	552
	Labour	Maggie Hulcoop	512
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Atkinson	270
	Liberal Democrat	Stan Curran	219
Turnout			3,865
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stewards[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Lawton	614	72.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Guy Mitchinson	118	13.9	+6.3
	Labour	Sandra Rootsey	118	13.9	-7.7
Majority			496	58.4	+9.3
Turnout			850
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tye Green[6][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Kent	457	52.8	-15.2
	Conservative	Charles Ross	205	23.7	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Smith	204	23.6	+8.8
Majority			252	29.1	-21.6
Turnout			866
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Little Parndon by-election 7 June 2001[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,185	54.9	-0.1
	Conservative		558	25.9	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat		415	19.2	-0.3
Majority			627	29.1	-0.5
Turnout			2,158
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Harlow". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
2. "Election results: local councils - Elections". The Times (NewsBank). 6 May 2000. p. 10.
3. "Labour's election shock". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications (NewsBank). 9 May 2000.
4. "Election of councillors May 2000 - results". Harlow District Council. Archived from the original on 25 September 2000. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
5. "Results". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications (NewsBank). 5 May 2000.
6. "Election of councillors May 2000 - results". Harlow District Council. Archived from the original on 20 April 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
7. "Local Authority Byelection Results - June 2001". Local Authority Byelection Results. Retrieved 30 December 2014.