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2000 St Albans City and District Council election

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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]

Map of the results of the 2000 St Albans City and District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2000.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

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	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%

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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