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The 2000 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 33.56%,^[3] down from 37.1% at the 1999 election.^[4]

St Albans local election result 2000^[3]^[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	1	3	-2	42.1	40.2	13,205	+5.7%
Liberal Democrats	5	3	1	+2	26.3	32.7	10,715	-2.1%
Labour	5	0	1	-1	26.3	23.9	7,838	-6.6%
Independent	1	1	0	+1	5.3	3.1	1,013	+2.9%
Natural Law	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	37	+0.1%

Ward results

Ashley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Hill	714	48.3	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Seton	400	27.1	+1.2
	Conservative	Peter White	363	24.6	+7.9
Majority			314	21.2
Turnout			1,477	28.2	−16.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Batchwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Rose	834	60.5	−0.4
	Conservative	Margaret Brownlie	368	26.7	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Prowse	176	12.8	−4.6
Majority			466	33.9
Turnout			1,378	27.7	−5.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Clarence^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Wright	790	47.3	−2.1
	Labour	Dawn Pratley	478	28.6	−1.8
	Conservative	James Vessey	403	24.1	+7.4
Majority			312	18.7
Turnout			1,671	35.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cunningham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Harrison	813	43.0	+3.4
	Labour	Andrew Gilson	693	36.7	−4.3
	Conservative	Diana Hall	383	20.3	+3.8
Majority			120	6.3
Turnout			1,889	39.4	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Harpenden East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Peyton	974	45.6	+7.0
	Conservative	Michael Clark	847	39.7	+1.0
	Labour	David Crew	277	13.0	−9.8
	Natural Law	Patricia Saunders	37	1.7	N/A
Majority			127	5.9
Turnout			2,135	40.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Harpenden North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Chambers	901	55.3	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Goodyear	565	34.7	−3.9
	Labour	Richard Botterill	164	10.1	−2.7
Majority			336	20.6
Turnout			1,630	31.0	−3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Treasure	1,092	65.9	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Canfield	325	19.6	−3.6
	Labour	Linda Spiri	239	14.4	−4.1
Majority			767	46.3
Turnout			1,656	31.4	−4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Newman	1,155	67.1	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Spinks	323	18.8	−2.3
	Labour	Richard Ough	244	14.2	−2.1
Majority			832	48.3
Turnout			1,722	30.3	−3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Colney^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Flynn	816	59.0	−7.0
	Conservative	Derek Caroline	358	25.9	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Prowse	208	15.1	+4.9
Majority			458	33.1
Turnout			1,382	23.6	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Marshalswick North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Stroud	878	47.1	+7.0
	Conservative	John Foster	706	37.9	+3.0
	Labour	John Baughan	281	15.1	−4.8
Majority			172	9.2
Turnout			1,865	37.1	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marshalswick South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Bretherton	880	42.3	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Winder	858	41.3	+2.1
	Labour	Janet Smith	341	16.4	−4.6
Majority			22	1.0
Turnout			2,079	40.4	−1.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Park Street^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Jameson	749	43.5	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Finley	651	37.8	+1.4
	Labour	Donald Williamson	323	18.7	−4.9
Majority			98	5.7
Turnout			1,723	32.1	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redbourn (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Swendell	1,013	52.8	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher O'Donovan	824	42.9	+7.7
	Conservative	Brian Chapman	796	41.5	±0.0
	Conservative	Paul Finigan	576	30.0	−6.3
	Labour	Vivienne Windle	201	10.5	−5.4
	Labour	John Paton	141	7.3	−5.9
Turnout			1,919	41.4	+0.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sopwell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sinead Coyle	763	60.4	−5.9
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brown	339	26.8	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Harris	162	12.8	+0.3
Majority			424	33.6
Turnout			1,264	24.1	−4.8
	Labour hold		Swing

St Peters^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Ives-Rose	673	43.4	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ilyas Khan	578	37.3	+6.6
	Conservative	Sheila Sanders	299	19.3	+4.4
Majority			95	6.1
Turnout			1,550	29.8	−4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St Stephen^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Ward	1,009	56.2	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Khalil Moghul	530	29.5	−8.3
	Labour	Patricia Allen	255	14.2	−1.8
Majority			479	26.7
Turnout			1,794	35.1	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verulam^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Ellis	1,034	47.2	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Morris	924	42.2	+5.4
	Labour	Jillian Butchart	231	10.6	−7.4
Majority			110	5.0
Turnout			2,189	41.9	−3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheathampstead^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Clark	947	51.1	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Edelston	736	39.7	+5.4
	Labour	Michael Fletcher	170	9.2	−3.4
Majority			211	11.4
Turnout			1,853	38.9	−5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Park Street

A by-election was held in Park Street ward on 12 October 2000 after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Barry Blackwall.^[6]^[7]

Park Street by-election 12 October 2000^[7]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,039	57.3	+19.5
	Conservative	612	33.8	−9.7
	Labour	161	8.9	−9.8
Majority		427	23.6
Turnout		1,812	33.0	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Sopwell

Sopwell by-election 7 June 2001^[8]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,695	55.6	−4.8
	Conservative	708	23.2	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	544	17.9	+5.1
	Other	99	3.3	+3.3
Majority		987	32.4	−1.1
Turnout		3,046
	Labour hold	Swing

References

^ "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
^ "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 ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "District Council Election Results - 4 May 2000". St Albans City and District Council. Archived from the original on 1 October 2002. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
^ "Only a quarter of the electorate turned out to vote in one ward as the first all-out council election for 25 years failed to capture the public's imagination". Hertfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 29 May 1999.
^ "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.
^ "Councillor behind CPZ steps down". Hertfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 25 August 2000.
^ ^a ^b "Local Authority Byelection Results October 2000". Local Authority Byelection Results. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results - June 2001". Local Authority Byelection Results. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.