2000 Tamworth Borough Council election

Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

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Tamworth Local Election Result 2000
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 11 +11 91.7 53.3 8,052 +22.2%
  Labour 1 -11 8.3 36.9 5,579 -22.6%
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 9.9 1,490 +4.6%

Ward results

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Amington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Evelyn Rowe 935 62.0 +19.4
Labour Gary Ross 572 38.0 −19.4
Majority 363 24.0
Turnout 1,507 23 +1
Belgrave (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Oates 623
Conservative Wyonnie Elliott 583
Labour Carol Dean 418
Labour Michael Smith 410
Turnout 2,034 19 −2
Bolehall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Wells 665 53.4 +29.1
Labour Kenneth Lewis 580 46.6 −29..1
Majority 85 6.8
Turnout 1,245 23 −1
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Lees 708 38.7 +17.9
Labour Marion Couchman 634 34.7 −33.3
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Pinkett 486 26.6 +15.4
Majority 74 4.0
Turnout 1,828 28 −1
Glascote (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Beale 451
Labour Roanld Bribeck 359
Labour Dennis Powick 357
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lee-Brown 326
Turnout 1,493 18 +0
Mercian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Parsons 782 52.0 +19.0
Labour Derek Thompson 482 32.0 −22.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Blake 240 16.0 +3.7
Majority 300 20.0
Turnout 1,504 30 −2.4
Spital
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Gant 1,168 64.3 +12.8
Labour William Fuller 424 23.3 −17.3
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Blake 225 12.4 +4.5
Majority 744 41.0 +30.1
Turnout 1,817 39 +0
Stonydelph
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Pinner 530 61.8 +48.4
Labour Stephen Savage 327 38.2 +0.3
Majority 203 23.6
Turnout 857 15 −1
Trinity
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Cooper 935 58.7 +25.2
Labour Robert Charles 444 27.9 −27.4
Liberal Democrats Roger Jones 213 13.4 +2.1
Majority 491 30.8
Turnout 1,592 30 +4
Wilnecote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathryn Cooper 672 54.0
Labour Mary Lewis 572 46.0
Majority 100 8.0
Turnout 1,244 21 −1

References

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