The 2000 Cambridge City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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14 out of 42 seats to Cambridge City Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 29.6% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2000 Cambridge City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary
editElection result
edit2000 Cambridge City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 4 | 64.3 | 13 | 22 | 52.4 | 9,994 | 38.9 | +1.2 | |
Labour | 4 | 4 | 28.6 | 10 | 14 | 33.3 | 8,602 | 33.4 | –4.7 | |
Conservative | 1 | 7.1 | 5 | 6 | 14.3 | 6,142 | 23.9 | +2.9 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 985 | 3.8 | +0.5 |
Ward results
editAbbey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Smith* | 567 | 62.4 | –8.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Mitton | 224 | 24.7 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Huppert | 117 | 12.9 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 343 | 37.8 | –17.5 | ||
Turnout | 908 | 19.2 | –1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,764 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.8 |
Arbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Timothy Ward | 691 | 35.5 | +20.9 | |
Labour | Patricia Wright* | 655 | 33.6 | –23.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Boorman | 544 | 27.9 | –0.2 | |
Green | Stephen Lawrence | 57 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 36 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,947 | 38.7 | +12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,045 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 22.3 |
Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Hipkin* | 1,195 | 62.3 | –9.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Taylor | 324 | 16.9 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Denstone Kemp | 261 | 13.6 | –1.7 | |
Green | Margaret Wright | 137 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 871 | 45.4 | –10.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,917 | 27.4 | –1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,015 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.4 |
Cherry Hinton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Howell | 1,138 | 49.8 | +8.4 | |
Labour | George Rowling | 994 | 43.5 | –9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frances Amrani | 152 | 6.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 144 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,284 | 41.9 | –1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,465 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 9.0 |
Coleridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeremy Benstead* | 789 | 52.6 | –7.5 | |
Conservative | James Strachan | 433 | 28.8 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judith Pinnington | 279 | 18.6 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 356 | 23.7 | –12.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,501 | 25.3 | –0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,939 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.1 |
East Chesterton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Liddle | 1,104 | 45.9 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Sarah Woodall | 940 | 39.1 | –5.8 | |
Conservative | Colin Havercroft | 361 | 15.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 164 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,405 | 34.6 | –1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,974 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.9 |
Kings Hedges
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Cowell* | 644 | 64.3 | –1.6 | |
Conservative | Jason Webb | 204 | 20.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Rodgers | 153 | 15.3 | –1.2 | |
Majority | 440 | 44.0 | –4.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,001 | 21.0 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,774 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 |
Market
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Rosenstiel* | 835 | 54.6 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Andrew Jones | 298 | 19.5 | –2.8 | |
Conservative | John Phillips | 234 | 15.3 | +2.2 | |
Green | Adam Swallow | 162 | 10.6 | –0.1 | |
Majority | 537 | 35.1 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,529 | 22.4 | –0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,854 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Newnham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Schofield | 1,016 | 53.1 | –1.8 | |
Labour | Gillian Richardson* | 540 | 28.2 | –3.2 | |
Conservative | Ann Watkins | 358 | 18.7 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 476 | 24.9 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,914 | 24.7 | –2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,863 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 0.7 |
Petersfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Benjamin Bradnack* | 896 | 49.7 | –4.7 | |
Green | Shayne Mitchell | 391 | 21.7 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Wilkins | 267 | 14.8 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Charles Harcourt | 249 | 13.8 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 505 | 28.0 | –7.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,803 | 23.5 | –1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,710 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.8 |
Queens Edith
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Stebbings | 1,282 | 54.9 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Hilary Pennington | 711 | 30.5 | –0.2 | |
Labour | Louise Downham | 341 | 14.6 | –0.8 | |
Majority | 571 | 24.5 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,334 | 38.6 | –1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,064 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.2 |
Romsey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Ellis-Miller | 951 | 45.0 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Adrian Lucas* | 900 | 42.6 | –7.6 | |
Conservative | Vivian Ellis | 134 | 6.3 | +0.4 | |
Green | Robert Milsom | 126 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 51 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,111 | 34.6 | |||
Registered electors | 6,133 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 4.4 |
Trumpington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jean Currie | 1,096 | 49.0 | –3.2 | |
Conservative | Fiona McNish | 925 | 41.4 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Maria Bell | 216 | 9.7 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 171 | 7.6 | –4.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,111 | 37.9 | –0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,908 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.0 |
West Chesterton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Griffiths* | 856 | 46.7 | –2.6 | |
Labour | David Gosling | 561 | 30.6 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Hoile | 303 | 16.5 | +3.1 | |
Green | Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood | 112 | 6.1 | –2.8 | |
Majority | 295 | 16.1 | –4.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,832 | 30.2 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,065 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.4 |
References
edit- ^ "Cambridge City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 September 2023.