2000 Derby City Council election

2000 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]
15 of the 44 seats in the Derby City Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2000 Derby City Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 2000 Derby City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

2000 Derby Local Election Result^[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	9	0	5	5	60.0	42.5	14,205
Conservative	3	3	0	3	20.0	35.2	11,761
Liberal Democrats	3	2	0	2	20.0	22.3	7,443

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Fuller	906	54.4%
	Conservative	H. Love	422	25.3%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Clayden	338	20.3%
Turnout				14.8%
	Labour hold

Babington

Location of Babington ward

Babington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Hussain	1,235	64.3%
	Conservative	J. Iqbal	491	25.6%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Mensah	194	10.1%
Turnout				26.8%
	Labour hold

Chaddesden

Location of Chaddesden ward

Chaddesden^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Bolton	1,107	50.1%
	Conservative	J. Veitch	891	40.4%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Harry	210	9.5%
Turnout				27.5%
	Labour hold

Chellaston

Location of Chellaston ward

Chellaston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Black	1,635	49.9%
	Labour	D. Whitehead	1,396	42.6%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Ashburner	244	7.5%
Turnout				32.2%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Darley

Location of Darley ward

Darley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Leatherbarrow	1,796	51.0%
	Labour	E. Wooley	1,316	37.4%
	Liberal Democrats	S. King	410	11.6%
Turnout				37.7%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Derwent

Location of Derwent ward

Derwent^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Roberts	771	59.6%
	Conservative	P. West	365	28.2%
	Liberal Democrats	J-P. Keane	157	12.1%
Turnout				17.6%
	Labour hold

Kingsway

Location of Kingsway ward

Kingsway^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Hanson	1,439	50.6%
	Conservative	B. Maw	776	27.3%
	Labour	A. Graves	628	22.1%
Turnout				36.4%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Litchurch

Location of Litchurch ward

Litchurch^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Akhtar	877	66.2%
	Conservative	J. Magee	323	24.4%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Savage	125	9.4%
Turnout				18.5%
	Labour hold

Littleover

Location of Littleover ward

Littleover^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Care	1,736	62.0%
	Conservative	C. Charlesworth	559	20.0%
	Labour	H. Malcolm-Walker	504	18.0%
Turnout				39.0%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Mackworth

Location of Mackworth ward

Mackworth^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Baxter	853	55.0%
	Conservative	S. Hart	542	34.9%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Dark	157	10.1%
Turnout				24.9%
	Labour hold

Mickleover

Location of Mickleover ward

Mickleover^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Jones	1,544	43.2%
	Conservative	R. Wood	1,239	34.7%
	Labour	P. Taylor	788	22.1%
Turnout				38.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Normanton

Location of Normanton ward

Normanton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Jones	835	55.8%
	Conservative	J. Lee	396	26.5%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Lowe	266	17.8%
Turnout				21.7%
	Labour hold

Osmanton

Location of Osmaston ward

Osmanton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Turner	514	58.8%
	Conservative	A. Javed	195	22.3%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Alcock	165	18.9%
Turnout				%
	Labour hold

Sinfin

Location of Sinfin ward

Sinfin^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Mullarkey	1,132	70.0%
	Conservative	T. Hart	328	20.3%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Skelton	156	9.7%
Turnout				20.2%
	Labour hold

Spondon

Location of Spondon ward

Spondon^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Berry	1,803	52.3%
	Labour	M. Byrne	1,343	39.0%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Peat	302	8.8%
Turnout				35.7%
	Conservative gain from Labour

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 2000". The Elections Centre.
^ "Derby". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
^ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 5 May 2000. p. 4.
^ "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Derby City Council Election Results 1979-1995" (PDF). Elections Centre.

[compostition-1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 2000". The Elections Centre.

[hold-3] "Derby". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 September 2009.

[local-4] "Election results: local councils". The Times. 5 May 2000. p. 4.

[council-5] "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.

[results-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Derby City Council Election Results 1979-1995" (PDF). Elections Centre.

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