Oxford Council election, 2000

Elections to Oxford Council were held on 4th May, 2000. One third of the council seats were up for election. The Labour party lost its majority on the council to no overall control. The number of Councillors for each party after the election were Labour 21, Liberal Democrat 21, Green 8 and Conservative 1. Overall turnout was 31.1%

Election Result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 9
gain = 4
loss = 0
net = +4
seats % = 50.0
votes % = 30.8
votes = 9,930
plus/minus = +2.6%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 0
loss = 6
net = -6
seats % = 27.8
votes % = 30.4
votes = 9,785
plus/minus = -5.9%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 3
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 16.7
votes % = 18.6
votes = 6,000
plus/minus = +1.4%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 5.6
votes % = 19.5
votes = 6,301
plus/minus = +2.4%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 120
plus/minus = -0.6%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 98
plus/minus = +0.0%

Ward Results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Stannard
votes = 594
percentage = 61.4
change = -11.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Laura Postlethwaite
votes = 179
percentage = 18.5
change = +9.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Patricia Dickson
votes = 97
percentage = 10.0
change = +1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alexander Macfie
votes = 97
percentage = 10.0
change = +1.6Election box majority
votes = 415
percentage = 42.9
change = -21.0Election box turnout
votes = 967
percentage = 12.3
change = -1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Paul Ingram
votes = 488
percentage = 30.5
change = -7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Antony Brett
votes = 456
percentage = 28.5
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Turner
votes = 409
percentage = 25.6
change = +9.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrea Cummins
votes = 245
percentage = 15.3
change = -3.9Election box majority
votes = 32
percentage = 2.0
change = -8.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,598
percentage = 25.5
change = +7.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Green Party of England and Wales
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Connett
votes = 923
percentage = 44.1
change = +6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Mort
votes = 757
percentage = 36.2
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Brown
votes = 272
percentage = 13.0
change = -6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stella Hudson
votes = 141
percentage = 6.7
change = -2.1Election box majority
votes = 166
percentage = 7.9
change = +4.4Election box turnout
votes = 2,093
percentage = 41.0
change = +2.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Tarver
votes = 790
percentage = 45.5
change = +4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Gail Hemming
votes = 680
percentage = 39.2
change = -9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Coulstock
votes = 151
percentage = 8.7
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pieter-Paul Barker
votes = 115
percentage = 6.6
change = +1.4Election box majority
votes = 110
percentage = 6.3
change = -1.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,736
percentage = 29.7
change = -1.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Fairweather-Tall
votes = 832
percentage = 44.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Town
votes = 582
percentage = 31.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Clare
votes = 372
percentage = 19.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Andrew Taylor
votes = 86
percentage = 4.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,872
percentage = 29.4
change = +0.4Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Penwarden
votes = 933
percentage = 44.5
change = +32.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bryan Keen
votes = 614
percentage = 29.3
change = -22.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James French
votes = 353
percentage = 16.8
change = -7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Nuala Young
votes = 195
percentage = 9.3
change = -3.4Election box majority
votes = 319
percentage = 15.2
change = -12.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,095
percentage = 37.4
change = +12.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Sanders
votes = 493
percentage = 42.3
change = -20.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Young
votes = 390
percentage = 33.4
change = +16.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Vicky Potter
votes = 171
percentage = 14.7
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Daniel O'Brien
votes = 112
percentage = 9.6
change = -0.6Election box majority
votes = 103
percentage = 8.9
change = -36.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,166
percentage = 22.8
change = +2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Burgess
votes = 760
percentage = 46.9
change = +19.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sam Timms
votes = 516
percentage = 31.9
change = -15.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Katherine Wedell
votes = 183
percentage = 11.3
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Howarth
votes = 161
percentage = 9.9
change = -2.4Election box majority
votes = 244
percentage = 15.0
change = -4.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,620
percentage = 33.8
change = +5.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jean Fooks
votes = 825
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Brown
votes = 677
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Donald O'Neal
votes = 374
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cherry Mosteshar
votes = 320
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Donald Smith
votes = 316
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Prypr
votes = 285
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Porter
votes = 280
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Skyte
votes = 263
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Rose
votes = 120
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,460
percentage = 31.1
change = -1.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Whittaker
votes = 699
percentage = 40.9
change = -9.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenji Tiwari
votes = 544
percentage = 31.9
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Duncan Hatfield
votes = 390
percentage = 22.8
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Pritam Singh
votes = 75
percentage = 4.4
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 155
percentage = 9.0
change = -13.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,708
percentage = 34.8
change = -1.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julian Allison
votes = 929
percentage = 49.1
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Brown
votes = 496
percentage = 26.2
change = -11.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Hodgson
votes = 358
percentage = 18.9
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Tracy Dighton-Brown
votes = 108
percentage = 5.7
change = +1.1Election box majority
votes = 433
percentage = 22.9
change = +18.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,891
percentage = 31.5
change = -3.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jacob Sanders
votes = 897
percentage = 47.9
change = +4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammad Abbasi
votes = 617
percentage = 33.0
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Garner
votes = 211
percentage = 11.3
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martin Stone
votes = 146
percentage = 7.8
change = +1.8Election box majority
votes = 280
percentage = 14.9
change = +1.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,871
percentage = 24.6
change = -0.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Deborah Glass
votes = 1,202
percentage = 46.2
change = +5.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Tanner
votes = 961
percentage = 37.0
change = -5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Prudence Dailey
votes = 299
percentage = 11.5
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Hinnells
votes = 137
percentage = 5.3
change = -1.4Election box majority
votes = 241
percentage = 9.2
change = +6.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,599
percentage = 42.1
change = +4.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Green Party of England and Wales
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Hoyle
votes = 865
percentage = 51.0
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Francine Baker
votes = 503
percentage = 29.6
change = -5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Georgina Shomroni
votes = 193
percentage = 11.4
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Lilia Patterson
votes = 136
percentage = 8.0
change = +3.3Election box majority
votes = 362
percentage = 21.4
change = +5.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,697
percentage = 30.1
change = -3.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susanna Pressel
votes = 1,011
percentage = 45.7
change = +5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Valerie Harris
votes = 832
percentage = 37.6
change = +7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Carole Guberman
votes = 187
percentage = 8.5
change = -11.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Steven Doody
votes = 183
percentage = 8.3
change = -1.0Election box majority
votes = 179
percentage = 8.1
change = -2.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,213
percentage = 38.7
change = +3.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Goddard
votes = 1,001
percentage = 43.4
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Michael Buck
votes = 556
percentage = 24.1
change = +12.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jason Tomes
votes = 542
percentage = 23.5
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Wendy Piatt
votes = 207
percentage = 9.0
change = -4.7Election box majority
votes = 445
percentage = 19.3
change = +2.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,306
percentage = 39.7
change = -1.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Johnson
votes = 593
percentage = 44.2
change = -11.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Connolly
votes = 353
percentage = 26.3
change = +11.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = David Dalton
votes = 167
percentage = 12.4
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bernard Gowers
votes = 131
percentage = 9.8
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Roger Jenking
votes = 98
percentage = 7.3
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 240
percentage = 17.9
change = -22.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,342
percentage = 24.5
change = +2.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*Oxford local elections
*UK local elections, 2000
*Elections in the United Kingdom

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