2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

The 2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 6 May 2000 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1] Overall turnout in the election was 31.71%, down from 33.09% in the 1999 election.^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 25
• Conservative 23^[3][4]

Election result

The results saw Labour gain control of the council with a majority of 2 over the Conservatives, which was a reversal of the trend of the 2000 local elections where Labour overall lost almost 600 councillors.^[5]

Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2000^[2]^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9			+1	56.3	39.0	8,444
	Conservative	7			-1	43.8	45.8	9,926
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0	13.0	2,816
	National Liberal Party	0			0	0	1.4	298
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.9	187

Ward results

Brookmans Park & Little Heath^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Storey	1,160	75.6
	Labour	Marcus	207	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Edwards	168	10.9
Majority			953	62.1
Turnout			1,535	33.9	+1.0

Haldens^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hallahan	729	57.1
	Conservative	Davidson	389	30.5
	Liberal Democrats	Corbishley	159	12.5
Majority			340	26.6
Turnout			1,277	27.9	−1.4

Handside^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanbury	912	48.8
	Labour	Clark	414	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lotz	355	19.0
	UKIP	Biggs	187	10.0
Majority			498	26.6
Turnout			1,868	37.0	−1.5

Hatfield Central^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susana Tinsley	560	44.8
	Conservative	Ventimglia	368	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Archer	322	25.8
Majority			192	15.4
Turnout			1,250	29.0	−4.0

Hatfield East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Sarson	833	49.3
	Labour	Melvyn Jones	690	40.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chapman	166	9.8
Majority			143	8.4
Turnout			1,689	38.6	−0.2

Hatfield North^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Jones	527	47.1
	Conservative	Morgan	433	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fisher	160	14.3
Majority			94	8.4
Turnout			1,120	26.4	−2.5

Hatfield South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	McDonald	456	59.7
	Conservative	Smith	223	29.2
	Liberal Democrats	Griffiths	85	11.1
Majority			233	30.5
Turnout			764	27.6	+0.1

Hatfield West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilder	693	47.0
	Conservative	Victoria Sarson	608	41.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pryke	174	11.8
Majority			85	5.8
Turnout			1,475	32.6	+0.4

Hollybush^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Jones	730	63.3
	Conservative	Peffer	290	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cashmore	133	11.5
Majority			440	38.1
Turnout			1,153	27.2	−1.3

Howlands^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Biddle	759	56.4
	Conservative	Storer	435	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Edwards	151	11.2
Majority			324	24.1
Turnout			1,345	29.6	−3.9

Northaw^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean	810	59.5
	National Liberal Party	Cheetham	298	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Blumsom	135	9.9
	Labour	Parry	119	8.7
Majority			512	37.6
Turnout			1,362	32.5	+2.4

Panshanger^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trigg	805	53.4
	Labour	Chesterman	536	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lee	166	11.0
Majority			269	17.8
Turnout			1,507	31.4	−0.8

Peartree^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Tinsley	523	59.8
	Conservative	Perkins	241	27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benakis	111	12.7
Majority			282	32.3
Turnout			875	19.1	−2.2

Sherrards^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hurst	977	45.4
	Conservative	Scarff	960	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cooke	213	9.9
Majority			17	0.7
Turnout			2,150	47.6	−0.1

Welham Green^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pieri	575	63.3
	Labour	Croft	232	25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bain	102	11.2
Majority			343	37.8
Turnout			909	32.3	−3.4

Welwyn South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pile	884	63.5
	Labour	Henderson	292	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Burnham	216	15.5
Majority			592	42.5
Turnout			1,392	32.7	−2.4

References

1. "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
2. "District elections - 4 May 2000 - results" (PDF). Welwyn Hatfield Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
3. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 5 May 2000. p. 4.
4. "Election Special: Results". The Guardian. 5 May 2000. p. 6.
5. Salman, Saba (5 May 2000). "Labour loses 600 seats in Tory fightback". Evening Standard. p. 52.