Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2000

The 2000 Rushmoor Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

The election took place at the same time as a referendum on whether to change the name of the borough council from Rushmoor to either Aldershot and Farnborough, or Farnborough and Aldershot.^[2] The change of name was rejected with 13,891 votes against to only 2,747 in favour on a turnout of 29%.^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 24
• Liberal Democrat 10
• Labour 10
• Independent 1^[3]

Election result

Rushmoor Local Election Result 2000[4][5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8			+4	53.3	48.0	8,353
	Liberal Democrat	4			-2	26.7	28.2	4,907
	Labour	2			-3	13.3	17.8	3,097
	Independent	1			+1	6.7	5.4	945
	Green	0			0	0	0.6	100

Ward results

Alexandra^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mohammad Choudhary	613	56.1
	Labour	Jill Clark	316	28.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Newman	120	11.0
	Green	Peter Barnett	44	4.0
Majority			297	27.2
Turnout			1,093	28

Belle Vue^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Keith Dibble	575	63.7
	Conservative	Alistair Morley	269	29.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Woodcock	59	6.5
Majority			306	33.9
Turnout			903	27

Cove^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Thomas	680	46.9
	Liberal Democrat	Maurice Banner	652	45.0
	Labour	Edward Shelton	117	8.1
Majority			28	1.9
Turnout			1,449	29.7

Empress^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rosemary Possee	954	68.9
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Chowns	302	21.8
	Labour	David Hercock	128	9.2
Majority			652	47.1
Turnout			1,384	37.6

Fernhill^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alan Ferrier	688	51.8
	Liberal Democrat	Guy Eaglestone	547	41.2
	Labour	Clive Grattan	94	7.1
Majority			141	10.6
Turnout			1,329	30

Grange^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Smith	631	51.7
	Labour	Barry Jones	435	35.6
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Fraser-Fleming	100	8.2
	Independent	Arthur Pendragon	55	4.5
Majority			196	16.1
Turnout			1,221	36

Heronwood^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Donald Cappleman	370	59.9
	Conservative	Rosemary Stevens	153	24.8
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Thompson	73	11.8
	Green	Carrie De Fey	22	3.6
Majority			217	35.2
Turnout			618	20

Knellwood^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	James Kirby	890	49.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Woolger	721	40.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Mackie	116	6.4
	Labour	Malcolm Gaskell	74	4.1
Majority			169	9.4
Turnout			1,801	45.9

Manor^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	George Paparesti	801	51.2
	Conservative	Philip Le Roux	653	41.8
	Labour	Kerry Ballard	110	7.0
Majority			148	9.5
Turnout			1,564	36

Mayfield^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Card	342	49.6
	Conservative	Suzanne Smith	233	33.8
	Labour	Michael Westlake	115	16.7
Majority			109	15.8
Turnout			690	18.2

Newport^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sharon Silver	351	43.7
	Labour	Christopher Hollebon	345	42.9
	Liberal Democrat	Nickolas Burfield	74	9.2
	Green	Adam Stacey	34	4.2
Majority			6	0.7
Turnout			804	23

Queens^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Francis Williams	221	48.1
	Liberal Democrat	Muriel Burton	195	42.5
	Labour	Jerry Wines	43	9.4
Majority			26	5.7
Turnout			459	14

St Marks^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Starling	724	49.5
	Conservative	Richard Gardner	636	43.4
	Labour	Sean Clarke	104	7.1
Majority			88	6.0
Turnout			1,464	36.1

St Johns^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graham Tucker	982	71.3
	Liberal Democrat	Majorie Pratt	219	15.9
	Labour	Mary Lawrance	177	12.8
Majority			763	55.4
Turnout			1,378	25

Westheath^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Murphy	583	46.8
	Conservative	Stephen Masterson	568	45.6
	Labour	Janice Ferre	94	7.6
Majority			15	1.2
Turnout			1,245	32.6

References

1. "Rushmoor". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
2. "Referendum Results - Change of Borough Name". Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
3. "Local council results". Financial Times. 2000-05-06. p. 6.
4. "Borough Election Results 2000". Rushmoor Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2001-01-21. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
5. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-05. p. 4.