2000_Preston_Council_election

2000 Preston Borough Council election

2000 UK local government election

Elections to Preston Borough Council were held on 7 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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Ward results

This election was the last to be held before a boundary review increased the number of electoral wards and redistributed the councillors.

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	Seats	±
Labour	24	-4
Conservative	17	+4
Liberal Democrat	12	+1
Independent	4	-1

	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	7	+4	35.00	41.78	12,108	+11.68
Labour	7	-4	35.00	28.84	8,358	-8.75
Liberal Democrats	5	+1	25.00	25.57	7,411	-2.17
Independent	1	-1	5.00	3.80	1,101	-0.17

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Keith Sedgewick	838	49.03	-10.14
Labour	Mark Routledge	669	39.15	+7.12
Independent	Stanley Baines	197	11.56	+11.56

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Ken Cole	755	67.41	+1.57
Conservative	Anne Hammond	218	19.46	+2.71
Liberal Democrats	Anne-Marie Riedel	141	12.59	-4.57

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Browne	523	60.60
	Conservative	Paul Hammond	336	39.40

2000_Preston_Council_election

2000 Preston Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Ashton

Avenham

Brookfield

Cadley

Central

Deepdale

Fishwick

Greyfriars

Ingol

Larches

Moor Park

Rural East

Rural West

Ribbleton

Riversway

Sharoe Green

Sherwood

St Matthews

Tulketh

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	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	Bill Borrow	1,113	51.15
Conservative	Stephen Bentham	949	43.61
Labour	Michael Carruthers	111	5.10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Siraz Ali Natha	590	67.97
	Conservative	Susan Browm	271	32.03

	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Paul Malliband	778	48.44
Labour	Derek Barton	507	31.57
Conservative	Thomas Davies	320	19.93

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Parker	612	65.38
	Conservative	David Hammond	320	34.62

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Joseph Hood	1,594	69.00
Liberal Democrats	Raymond Askew	623	26.97
Labour	Angela Milne-Pickin	89	4.03

	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	William Chadwick	921	38.44
Liberal Democrats	Margaret Marshall	838	34.97
Conservative	Sheila Heys	238	9.93
Conservative	Shaun Turner	199	8.31
Labour	Julie Humphrey	175	7.30
Independent	Bernadette Jones	25	1.04

	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Derbyshire	665	57.68
Labour	Allan Foster	285	24.72
Conservative	David Sharp	128	11.10
Independent	Lee Forshaw	72	6.24

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	John Collins	729	43.16
Liberal Democrats	Michael Turner	641	37.95
Conservative	Paul Balshaw	306	18.12

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Geoff Swarbrick	1,335	81.35
Liberal Democrats	John Bruton	210	12.80
Labour	Pauline Sanderson	91	5.55

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Kathryn Calder	1,281	52.82
Liberal Democrats	Michael Basford	951	39.22
Labour	James Hull	189	7.79

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Campbell	483	71.03
	Conservative	Jane Balshaw	193	28.97

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	Alan Valentine	648	43.52
Labour	Irene Black	624	41.91
Conservative	Jonathan MacKie	180	12.09
Independent	Kristian Forshaw	29	1.95

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Rowena Edmondson	1,155	68.75
Liberal Democrats	Alistair Thomas	299	17.80
Labour	Kevin Ellard	224	13.33

Preston City Council Elections: Sherwood Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Stuart Greenhalgh	1,219	62.67
Liberal Democrats	Margaret Maritan	361	18.56
Labour	Terence Mattinson	360	18.56

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Afrin	624	68.87
	Conservative	Elaine Pugh	282	31.13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret McManus	746	50.96
	Labour	Valerie Wise	718	49.04