2000 Plymouth City Council election

2000 Plymouth City Council election^[1]
All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2000 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2000 Plymouth City Council election was held on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as the other local elections. The entire council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.^[2]

Overall results[edit]

2000 Plymouth City Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	38	26	0	26	65.0	48.1	29,644	15.3
	Labour	22	0	26	26	35.0	35.9	22,115	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	14.6	8,992	2.7
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	128	0.9
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	308	0.3
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	313	New
	Independent Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	143	0.5
Total		60						61,643

Ward results[edit]

Budshead (3 seats)[edit]

Budshead (3 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ronald Simmonds	1,134
	Labour	Paul Carter	1,105
	Labour	Thomas Coleman	1,079
	Conservative	N. Milne	708
	Conservative	J. White	678
	Conservative	E. Wright	645
	Liberal Democrats	S. Simmonds	357
Turnout				24.7%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Compton (3 seats)[edit]

Compton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Fry	1,910
	Conservative	David Stark	1,887
	Conservative	Thomas Savery	1,886
	Labour	M. Dax	646
	Labour	S. Orgill	634
	Labour	K. French	586
	Liberal Democrats	C. Richardson	466
	Liberal Democrats	R. Casley	442
	Liberal Democrats	M. Barriball	439
Turnout				35.5%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Drake (3 seats)[edit]

Drake (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karen Gillard	1,190
	Conservative	Colin Miles	1,151
	Conservative	Patrick Marshall	1,123
	Liberal Democrats	R. Bray	1,049
	Liberal Democrats	S. Luscombe	989
	Liberal Democrats	R. Egerton	974
	Labour	V. Hiromeris	939
	Labour	C. Childs	907
	Labour	G. Pettet	903
Turnout				29.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Efford (3 seats)[edit]

Efford (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Leaves	1,353
	Labour	Bernard Miller	1,313
	Conservative	Mary Orchard	1,310
	Labour	Jane Margaret Jones	1,301
	Labour	Bernard Claude Alexander Vincent	1,278
	Conservative	P. Rickard	1,192
	Liberal	R. Vosper	326
	Liberal Democrats	C. Curry	313
Turnout				33.1%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Eggbuckland (3 seats)[edit]

Eggbuckland (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gloria Bragg	1,894
	Conservative	Michael Foster	1,845
	Conservative	Paul Rowe	1,788
	Labour	Derick Brian Bray	1,605
	Labour	Michael George Wright	1,522
	Labour	M. Robinson	1,462
	Liberal Democrats	R. Bellamy	496
Turnout				36.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Estover (3 seats)[edit]

Estover (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Brookshaw	2,419
	Conservative	Heather Ellis	2,395
	Conservative	Alexandra Sloggett	2,254
	Labour	L. Fone	1,322
	Labour	Michael Robert Fox	1,294
	Labour	P. Harvey	1,164
	Liberal Democrats	S. Hutty	500
Turnout				33.4%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Ham (3 seats)[edit]

Ham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tudor Evans	1,150
	Labour	Ian Gordon	1,066
	Labour	Christopher Pattison	1,034
	Conservative	D. Corry	738
	Conservative	R. McSweeney	698
	Conservative	M. White	638
	Liberal Democrats	M. Luscombe	268
	Independent Democrat	P. Stanner	143
Turnout				27.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Honicknowle (3 seats)[edit]

Honicknowle (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Ford	1,306
	Labour	Pauline Purnell	1,206
	Labour	Peter Smith	1,174
	Conservative	K. Foster	915
	Conservative	J. Wallace	894
	Conservative	R. Mahony	881
	Liberal Democrats	M. Bellamy	389
Turnout				27.0%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Keyham (3 seats)[edit]

Keyham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Howard Davey	1,000
	Labour	Steven Lemin	981
	Conservative	James Bell	915
	Labour	A. Stephens	904
	Conservative	D. Hooper	903
	Conservative	J. Ellis	812
	Liberal Democrats	M. Gallagher	335
Turnout				26.7%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Mount Gould (3 seats)[edit]

Mount Gould (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Glenn Jordan	867
	Conservative	S. Bennett	836
	Labour	A. Hughes	808
	Conservative	J. Pritchard	805
	Labour	John Gerard Williams	793
	Labour	Edwin Shaun Rennie	754
	Liberal Democrats	A. Egerton	482
	Liberal Democrats	G. Nye	456
	Liberal Democrats	P. York	449
	Independent	C. Brown	128
Turnout				28.0%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Plympton Erle (3 seats)[edit]

Plympton Erle (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathleen Banks	2,400
	Conservative	John Fox	2,332
	Conservative	David James	2,299
	Labour	S. Dann	815
	Labour	M. Hughes	679
	Liberal Democrats	K. Hill	667
	Labour	A. Mason	658
	Liberal Democrats	S. Jennett	504
	Liberal Democrats	J. Seed	407
Turnout				28.2%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)[edit]

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick Nicholson	2,086
	Conservative	Delia Ford	2,011
	Conservative	Maureen Lawley	1,728
	Labour	E. O'Hara	733
	Labour	F. Sheaff	606
	Labour	W. Wraight	566
	Liberal Democrats	A. Cains	290
	Liberal Democrats	V. Baharie	267
Turnout				36.2%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)[edit]

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Viney	2,885
	Conservative	Vivien Pengelly	2,793
	Conservative	Kevin Wigens	2,669
	Labour	J. Kirk	1,032
	Labour	V. Burns	860
	Labour	L. Stacey	810
	Liberal Democrats	J. Coker	517
	Liberal Democrats	P. Durrant	495
	Liberal Democrats	C. Burrows	434
Turnout				39.9%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)[edit]

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Foster	1,907
	Conservative	Wendy Foster	1,872
	Conservative	Michael Leaves	1,786
	Labour	R. Earl	1,116
	Labour	P. Allan	908
	Labour	J. Clynch	883
	Liberal Democrats	J. Byatt	696
	Liberal Democrats	M. Coker	621
	Liberal Democrats	A. Nelmes	592
Turnout				40.9%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Southway (3 seats)[edit]

Southway (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dennis Camp	1,446
	Conservative	Janice Harden	1,399
	Conservative	Graham Horler	1,318
	Labour	A. Bull	1,306
	Conservative	E. Willey	1,288
	Labour	John George Jones	1,286
	Liberal Democrats	M. Trench	315
Turnout				30.8%
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

St Budeax (3 seats)[edit]

St Budeax (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Jones	1,218
	Labour	Carol Blackburn	1,181
	Labour	Thomas Wildy	1,074
	Conservative	J. Plymsol	1,002
	Conservative	E. Price	948
	Conservative	M. Gibson	925
	Liberal Democrats	W. Gallagher	384
Turnout				28.0%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Peter (3 seats)[edit]

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St Peter (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sylvia Bellamy	1,062
	Labour	Robert Bellamy	994
	Labour	Mark King	985
	Conservative	J. Parry	651
	Conservative	D. Gamble	646
	Conservative	P. Parnall	637
	Liberal Democrats	H. Guy	280
	Liberal Democrats	P. Jones	277
Turnout				24.8%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stoke (3 seats)[edit]

Stoke (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Constance Pascoe	1,584
	Conservative	Yvonne Dawson	1,556
	Conservative	Grant Monahan	1,481
	Labour	David Alexander Millar	1,237
	Labour	Janet Millar	1,182
	Labour	William John Stevens	1,172
	Liberal Democrats	S. Guy	447
	Liberal Democrats	J. Evans	422
Turnout				35.3%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Sutton (3 seats)[edit]

Sutton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Brimacombe	1,188
	Conservative	Anna Angel	1,101
	Labour	Jean Nelder	1,095
	Conservative	K. Kelway	1,071
	Labour	E. Cohen	1,031
	Conservative	G. Wheeler	1,008
	Liberal Democrats	J. Dean	320
Turnout				29.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Trelawny (3 seats)[edit]

Trelawny (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Mahony	1,633
	Conservative	Patricia Nicholson	1,620
	Conservative	David Birkenhead	1,565
	Labour	R. Rogers	1,138
	Labour	G. Shears	1,113
	Labour	V. Woodward	1,093
	Liberal Democrats	P. Aldersley	408
	Green	F. Allen	308
Turnout				42.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

References[edit]

^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 2000 (PDF). Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 9.
^ "Local Elections 2000". BBC News.
^ "Your Local Councillors". Archived from the original on 12 May 2000. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ "Plymouth City Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

[handbook-1] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 2000 (PDF). Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 9.

[2] "Local Elections 2000". BBC News.

[profiles-3] "Your Local Councillors". Archived from the original on 12 May 2000. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[4] "Plymouth City Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

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