Fareham Borough Council election, 2000

The 2000 Fareham Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 29
• Liberal Democrat 11
• Labour 2^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council after gaining 5 seats.^[3] The Labour party lost all 3 of the seats they had been defending, while the other 2 Conservative gains came from the Liberal Democrats.^[3] 2 Liberal Democrat councillors were the only non Conservatives elected after holding Portchester Central and Stubbington wards.^[3] Turnout in the election varied between a high of 39.5% in Portchester East and a low of 21.9% in Fareham South.^[3]

Fareham Local Election Result 2000[4][5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	5	0	+5	85.7	57.7	14,510	+11.9%
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	2	-2	14.3	27.1	6,805	-7.1%
	Labour	0	0	3	-3	0	15.2	3,820	-4.8%

Ward results

Fareham East^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Maunder	929	51.8	+14.0
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Cox	687	38.3	-6.0
	Labour	Timothy Brewer	179	10.0	-7.9
Majority			242	13.5
Turnout			1,795
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fareham North^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Bate	968	65.7	+15.2
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Baker	383	26.0	-13.3
	Labour	James Malizis	123	8.3	-1.9
Majority			585	39.7	+28.5
Turnout			1,474
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Fareham North-West^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rosalid Perring	682	52.2	+9.5
	Labour	Angela Carr	408	31.2	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Iles	217	16.6	-4.5
Majority			274	21.0	+14.6
Turnout			1,307
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Fareham South^[4][6][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dennis Steadman	451	43.4	+12.2
	Labour	James Carr	420	40.4	-10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Chaloner	169	16.3	-1.5
Majority			31	3.0
Turnout			1,040	21.9	+0.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Fareham West^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Leslie Keeble	1,375	63.9	+27.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Culver	586	27.2	-23.0
	Labour	Wilfred Phillips	192	8.9	-4.2
Majority			789	36.6
Turnout			2,153
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Hill Head^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Mandry	1,626	66.8	+18.1
	Liberal Democrat	Georgina Bevis	598	24.6	-18.8
	Labour	Ivan Gray	210	8.6	+0.7
Majority			1,028	42.2	+36.9
Turnout			2,434
	Conservative hold		Swing

Locks Heath^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ruth Godrich	1,585	51.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Savage	1,006	32.9	-0.2
	Labour	Tracey Malizis	463	15.2	-3.7
Majority			579	19.0	+4.1
Turnout			3,054
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portchester Central^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Price	940	62.3	+9.6
	Conservative	Susan Walker	345	22.8	+2.3
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts	225	14.9	-11.9
Majority			595	39.4	+13.5
Turnout			1,510
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Portchester East^[4][6][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Alexander	730	46.3	+6.3
	Labour	Richard Ryan	513	32.6	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Rudwick	332	21.1	-13.2
Majority			217	13.8	+8.1
Turnout			1,575	39.5	+5.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Portchester West^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ernest Crouch	1,055	63.6	+15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lionel Yeates	357	21.5	-11.1
	Labour	Cameron Crouchman	247	14.9	-4.8
Majority			698	42.1	+27.0
Turnout			1,659
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sarisbury^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Keith Evans	1,541	79.1	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Williamson	230	11.8	-1.6
	Labour	Nicholas Knight	178	9.1	-4.3
Majority			1,311	67.3	+7.6
Turnout			1,949
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stubbington^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Rosabelle Miller	837	46.8	-18.5
	Conservative	Gordan Coggan	786	44.0	+18.4
	Labour	Ian Christie	164	9.2	+0.1
Majority			51	2.9	-36.8
Turnout			1,787
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Titchfield^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Malcolm Harper	1,052	67.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Dawe	266	17.0	-4.6
	Labour	Francis Allison	247	15.8	-4.6
Majority			786	50.2	+13.9
Turnout			1,565
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warsash^[4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Trevor Cartwright	1,385	75.6	+9.7
	Labour	Graham Holden	251	13.7	-20.4
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Hughes	197	10.7	+10.7
Majority			1,134	61.9	+30.1
Turnout			1,833
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Fareham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
2. "Local council results". Financial Times. 2000-05-06. p. 6.
3. "Tories tighten grip in borough". Southern Daily Echo. 2000-05-05. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
4. "Election of Councillors 4 May 2000". Fareham Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
5. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-06. p. 10.
6. "Local council elections - Fareham results". Southern Daily Echo. 2000-05-05. Retrieved 2010-11-12.