Hart District Council election, 2000

The 2000 Hart Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, 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

• Conservative 17
• Liberal Democrat 12
• Independent 5
• Others 1^[2]

Election result

Hart Local Election Result 2000[3][4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8			+1	66.7	56.7	7,697	+9.7%
	Liberal Democrat	3			+1	25.0	29.9	4,060	-7.1%
	Independent	1			0	8.3	6.5	884	+0.2%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	6.9	934	-2.9%
	Others	0			-2	0	0	0	-

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Neighbour	591	56.4	+2.5
	Conservative	Edward Dawson	457	43.6	-2.5
Majority			134	12.8	+5.1
Turnout			1,048

Church Crookham[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hutcheson	914	61.6	+14.4
	Liberal Democrat	Penelope Wright	434	29.3	-15.2
	Labour	Hugh Meredith	135	9.1	+0.9
Majority			480	32.4	+29.7
Turnout			1,483

Crondall[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Leversha	924	74.3	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Smith	320	25.7	+7.4
Majority			604	48.6	-4.5
Turnout			1,244

Eversley[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugo Eastwood	429	87.6
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Whitcroft-Stokes	61	12.4
Majority			368	75.1
Turnout			490

Fleet Courtmoor[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Carr	1,049	67.7	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Fisher	376	24.3	+1.6
	Labour	Sheila Stone	125	8.1	-3.0
Majority			673	43.4	-0.2
Turnout			1,550

Fleet Pondtail[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hunt	936	58.6	-5.5
	Independent	Keki Jessavala	512	32.1	+32.1
	Labour	Peter Cotton	149	9.3	-5.0
Majority			424	26.5	-16.0
Turnout			1,597

Fleet West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Parker	1,045	67.9	+67.9
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Robinson	354	23.0	-3.0
	Labour	Janet Carrier	140	9.1	-2.5
Majority			691	44.9
Turnout			1,539

Frogmore and Darby Green[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Archibald Gillespie	573	62.4	+0.4
	Conservative	Robin Moore	260	28.3	+3.1
	Labour	John Davies	85	9.3	-3.5
Majority			313	34.1	-2.7
Turnout			918

Hook[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Henderson	736	53.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Over	565	40.7	+1.1
	Labour	Alan Partridge	88	6.3	-4.8
Majority			171	12.3	+2.6
Turnout			1,389

Odiham[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Jones	730	77.9	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	108	11.5	-4.8
	Labour	David Carrier	99	10.6	-3.3
Majority			622	66.4	+12.9
Turnout			937

Yateley East[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Kern	372	50.2	+50.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Armstrong	296	39.9	-28.2
	Labour	Joyce Still	73	9.9	+9.9
Majority			76	10.3
Turnout			741

Yateley North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Lynch	382	59.8	-5.3
	Conservative	Edward Bromhead	217	34.0	+9.7
	Labour	Keith Spendlove	40	6.3	-4.3
Majority			165	25.8	-15.1
Turnout			639

References

1. "Hart". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
2. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-05. p. 4.
3. "Election Results for 4 May 2000". Hart District Council. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
4. "Local council results". Financial Times. 2000-05-06. p. 6.