Taxus Baccata

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.

Summary

Election result

2000 Cambridge City Council election
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

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Kings Hedges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Queens Edith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Trumpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

West Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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