Oxford City Council election, 2000

Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council seats were up for election. The Labour party lost its majority on the council to no overall control. The number of Councillors for each party after the election were Labour 21, Liberal Democrat 21, Green 8 and Conservative 1. Overall turnout was 31.1%

Election result

Oxford Local Election Result 2000
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	9	4	0	+4	50.0	30.8	9,930	+2.6%
	Labour	5	0	6	-6	27.8	30.4	9,785	-5.9%
	Green	3	1	0	+1	16.7	18.6	6,000	+1.4%
	Conservative	1	1	0	+1	5.6	19.5	6,301	+2.4%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	120	-0.6%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	98	+0.0%

Ward results

Blackbird Leys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Stannard	594	61.4	-11.9
	Conservative	Laura Postlethwaite	179	18.5	+9.1
	Green	Patricia Dickson	97	10.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Macfie	97	10.0	+1.6
Majority			415	42.9	-21.0
Turnout			967	12.3	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Paul Ingram	488	30.5	-7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Antony Brett	456	28.5	+1.4
	Labour	Edward Turner	409	25.6	+9.4
	Conservative	Andrea Cummins	245	15.3	-3.9
Majority			32	2.0	-8.4
Turnout			1,598	25.5	+7.1
	Green hold		Swing

Cherwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Connett	923	44.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Simon Mort	757	36.2	+2.2
	Labour	Patricia Brown	272	13.0	-6.6
	Green	Stella Hudson	141	6.7	-2.1
Majority			166	7.9	+4.4
Turnout			2,093	41.0	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Tarver	790	45.5	+4.9
	Green	Gail Hemming	680	39.2	-9.2
	Conservative	William Coulstock	151	8.7	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Pieter-Paul Barker	115	6.6	+1.4
Majority			110	6.3	-1.5
Turnout			1,736	29.7	-1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Headington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Fairweather-Tall	832	44.4
	Labour	Leslie Town	582	31.1
	Conservative	William Clare	372	19.9
	Green	Andrew Taylor	86	4.6
Turnout			1,872	29.4	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Iffley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Penwarden	933	44.5	+32.8
	Labour	Bryan Keen	614	29.3	-22.3
	Conservative	James French	353	16.8	-7.3
	Green	Nuala Young	195	9.3	-3.4
Majority			319	15.2	-12.3
Turnout			2,095	37.4	+12.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Littlemore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Sanders	493	42.3	-20.2
	Conservative	John Young	390	33.4	+16.5
	Liberal Democrat	Vicky Potter	171	14.7	+4.4
	Green	Daniel O'Brien	112	9.6	-0.6
Majority			103	8.9	-36.7
Turnout			1,166	22.8	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Marston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Burgess	760	46.9	+19.1
	Labour	Sam Timms	516	31.9	-15.3
	Green	Katherine Wedell	183	11.3	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Howarth	161	9.9	-2.4
Majority			244	15.0	-4.4
Turnout			1,620	33.8	+5.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Fooks	825
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Brown	677
	Green	Donald O'Neal	374
	Labour	Cherry Mosteshar	320
	Green	Donald Smith	316
	Conservative	Elizabeth Prypr	285
	Conservative	Robert Porter	280
	Labour	Stuart Skyte	263
	Independent	John Rose	120
Turnout			3,460	31.1	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Old Marston & Risinghurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Whittaker	699	40.9	-9.9
	Labour	Kenji Tiwari	544	31.9	+4.0
	Conservative	Duncan Hatfield	390	22.8	+5.2
	Green	Pritam Singh	75	4.4	+0.7
Majority			155	9.0	-13.9
Turnout			1,708	34.8	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Quarry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Allison	929	49.1	+6.2
	Labour	Andrew Brown	496	26.2	-11.8
	Conservative	Philip Hodgson	358	18.9	+4.4
	Green	Tracy Dighton-Brown	108	5.7	+1.1
Majority			433	22.9	+18.0
Turnout			1,891	31.5	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jacob Sanders	897	47.9	+4.3
	Labour	Mohammad Abbasi	617	33.0	+2.5
	Conservative	Thomas Garner	211	11.3	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Stone	146	7.8	+1.8
Majority			280	14.9	+1.8
Turnout			1,871	24.6	-0.3
	Green hold		Swing

South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Deborah Glass	1,202	46.2	+5.8
	Labour	John Tanner	961	37.0	-5.9
	Conservative	Prudence Dailey	299	11.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Hinnells	137	5.3	-1.4
Majority			241	9.2	+6.7
Turnout			2,599	42.1	+4.1
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Temple Cowley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Hoyle	865	51.0	-0.5
	Labour	Francine Baker	503	29.6	-5.7
	Conservative	Georgina Shomroni	193	11.4	+2.9
	Green	Lilia Patterson	136	8.0	+3.3
Majority			362	21.4	+5.2
Turnout			1,697	30.1	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susanna Pressel	1,011	45.7	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Harris	832	37.6	+7.8
	Green	Carole Guberman	187	8.5	-11.7
	Conservative	Steven Doody	183	8.3	-1.0
Majority			179	8.1	-2.8
Turnout			2,213	38.7	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Wolvercote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Goddard	1,001	43.4	-2.2
	Green	Michael Buck	556	24.1	+12.5
	Conservative	Jason Tomes	542	23.5	-5.6
	Labour	Wendy Piatt	207	9.0	-4.7
Majority			445	19.3	+2.8
Turnout			2,306	39.7	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wood Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Johnson	593	44.2	-11.2
	Conservative	Christopher Connolly	353	26.3	+11.2
	Green	David Dalton	167	12.4	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Gowers	131	9.8	-2.6
	Liberal	Roger Jenking	98	7.3	+0.6
Majority			240	17.9	-22.4
Turnout			1,342	24.5	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• UK local elections, 2000
• Elections in the United Kingdom