Stratford-on-Avon District Council election, 2000

The 2000 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, 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 28
• Liberal Democrat 18
• Independent 7
• Labour 2^[2]

Campaign

18 of the 55 seats on the council were contested in the election with the Conservatives defending 9, Liberal Democrats 5, Labour 2 and independents 2.^[3] The Conservatives contested all 18 seats and needed to make 4 gains to take overall control of the council.^[4]

The election in Stratford-on-Avon saw a trial of electronic voting in an attempt to increase turnout.^[5] However there were some computer problems and delays in closing polling stations, which meant that results were delayed by an hour.^[6]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative achieve a majority on the council, 5 years after they lost the majority.^[6] They gained the 4 seats they had required, after winning 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Bidford and Stratford New Town wards, and 2 from Labour in Southam and Studley.^[4] As a result the Conservative leader on the council, Bob Stevens, took over the leadership of the council from Liberal Democrat, Susan Juned.^[6]

Stratford-on-Avon Local Election Result 2000[7][8]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	4	0	+4	72.2	54.5	12,379
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	2	-2	16.7	28.5	6,469
	Independent	2	0	0	0	11.1	10.4	2,361
	Labour	0	0	2	-2	0	6.0	1,362
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	126

Ward results

Alcester[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Clifford Meade	1,001	53.5
	Conservative	Susan Adams	870	46.5
Majority			131	7.0
Turnout			1,871
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bidford[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Saville	560	51.1
	Independent	Graham Getgood	409	37.3
	Labour	Michael Gerrard	127	11.6
Majority			151	13.8
Turnout			1,096
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Compton[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Foster	446	66.3
	Liberal Democrat	Virginia Mason	227	33.7
Majority			219	32.6
Turnout			673
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbury[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Turner	882	56.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Booth	691	43.9
Majority			191	12.2
Turnout			1,573
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henley[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Atkinson	822	64.6
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Wright	450	35.4
Majority			372	29.2
Turnout			1,272
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moreton Morrell[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Davis	342	62.1
	Conservative	Edward Duckworth	209	37.9
Majority			133	24.2
Turnout			551
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Napton Priors[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Thomas	510	82.9
	Labour	Peter Hartland	105	17.1
Majority			405	65.8
Turnout			615
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salford Priors[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kim James	336	69.7
	Conservative	David Harrison	146	30.3
Majority			190	39.4
Turnout			482
	Independent hold		Swing

Shipston[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Russel	702	47.1
	Liberal Democrat	Robert White	686	46.0
	Labour	Ann Grosvenor	102	6.8
Majority			16	1.1
Turnout			1,490
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southam[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Akeister	1,131	59.8
	Labour	Martyn Ashford	760	40.2
Majority			371	19.6
Turnout			1,891
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stratford Alverston[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hyde	1,280	69.2
	Independent	Vincent Seaman	570	30.8
Majority			710	38.4
Turnout			1,850
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stratford Guild[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giovanni Renna	858	57.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Roberts	629	42.3
Majority			229	15.4
Turnout			1,487
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stratford Market Hall[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Moorse	928	52.5
	Conservative	Richard Kingston	668	37.8
	Labour	Matthew Stephens	173	9.8
Majority			260	14.7
Turnout			1,769
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Stratford New Town[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Juliet Short	659	50.1
	Liberal Democrat	Dinah Hanlon	562	42.7
	Labour	Karen Parnell	95	7.2
Majority			97	7.4
Turnout			1,316
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Studley[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Desmond Maries	968	71.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Smith	385	28.5
Majority			583	43.0
Turnout			1,353
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Tredington[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Saint	642	62.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Wright	388	37.7
Majority			254	24.6
Turnout			1,030
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wellesbourne[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roger Wright	1,046	60.2
	Conservative	Malcolm Littlewood	565	32.5
	Green	Michael Davies	126	7.3
Majority			491	27.7
Turnout			1,737
	Independent hold		Swing

Wooton Wawen[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Haddon	461	71.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Bowring	180	28.1
Majority			281	43.8
Turnout			641
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Stratford-on-Avon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
2. "Local council results". Financial Times. 2000-05-06. p. 6.
3. "Voting goes hi-tech in county pilot scheme". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 2000-05-04. p. 3.
4. Keay, Rebecca (2000-05-05). "Tories snatch council power". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 16.
5. Game, Chris (2000-04-10). "This year your vote could count double, Chris Game says this year's local elections will be far more interesting for voters.". Birmingham Post. p. 15.
6. Gibbons, Duncan; Keay, Rebecca (2000-05-05). "We're back, boast Tories: Local elections: Conservative glee follows true blue night of voting". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 1.
7. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-05. p. 4.
8. Scott, Fiona; Cuthbertson, Hayley (2000-05-05). "Tory glee on a true blue night; Big shocks for Labour around the county". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 16.