Eastbourne Borough Council election, 2000

The 2000 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, 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]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 18
Liberal Democrats 12^[2]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 30.90%,^[3] down from 32.36% at the 1999 election.^[4]

Eastbourne local election result 2000^[3]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	3	0	+3	70.0	57.1	11,875	+11.1%
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	3	-3	30.0	35.4	7,370	-7.0%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	1,304	-4.1%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	169	+0.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	78	-0.1%

Ward results

Devonshire^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Elkin	886	47.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Beryl Teso	767	41.0	-2.6
	Labour	Sharon Wentworth	142	7.6	-3.8
	Green	Robert Sier	78	4.2	+4.2
Majority			119	6.4	+5.0
Turnout			1,873	34.7	+0.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Downside^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Stanbury	961	49.8	+18.8
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Sparks	833	43.2	-18.3
	Labour	Emile Habets	134	7.0	-0.5
Majority			128	6.6
Turnout			1,928	32.9	-1.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Hampden Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Thompson	736	49.7	-8.7
	Conservative	Russell Riseley	457	30.8	+12.2
	Labour	Jonathan Pettigrew	289	19.5	-3.5
Majority			279	18.8	-16.7
Turnout			1,482	24.4	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Langney^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Marsh	1,304	61.7	-1.1
	Conservative	Len Meladio	809	38.3	+14.0
Majority			495	23.4	-15.1
Turnout			2,113	21.1	-2.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Meads^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Deschamps	2,056	79.6	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Winifred King	337	13.0	-1.4
	Labour	John Pettigrew	190	7.4	+0.2
Majority			1,719	66.6	+7.1
Turnout			2,583	39.9	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ocklynge^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Belsey	1,310	59.0	+11.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Creaven	911	41.0	-6.6
Majority			399	18.0
Turnout			2,221	40.1	-2.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Ratton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Tunwell	1,391	72.2	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	James Gleeson	205	10.6	-9.1
	Liberal	Maria Williamson	169	8.8	+1.9
	Labour	David Brinson	161	8.4	-1.1
Majority			1,186	61.6	+17.4
Turnout			1,926	31.0	-3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roselands^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Harris	895	48.1	-18.4
	Conservative	Christopher Williams	782	42.0	+19.1
	Labour	John Morrison	185	9.9	-0.7
Majority			113	6.1	-37.6
Turnout			1,862	27.9	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Anthony's^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margo Smith	1,744	62.0	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Carolyn Carpenter	867	30.8	-5.3
	Labour	Jason Phillips	203	7.2	-2.5
Majority			877	31.2	+13.1
Turnout			2,814	34.5	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upperton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ann Murray	1,479	74.2	+7.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Durrant	515	25.8	+2.6
Majority			964	48.3	+5.1
Turnout			1,994	29.2	-1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

St Anthony's by-election 7 June 2001^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Williams	2,108	42.4	-19.6
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ellis	2,030	40.8	+10.0
	Labour	Jonathan Pettigrew	840	16.9	+9.7
Majority			78	1.6	-29.6
Turnout			4,978	58.0	+23.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Eastbourne". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
1 2 "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Eastbourne Borough Council Election Results - 4 May 2000". Eastbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ "Borough elections". Eastbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ "Local elections in Eastbourne - 7 June 2001". Eastbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-08-16.

Council elections in East Sussex

East Sussex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Brighton and Hove City Council	1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eastbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2011 2015

Hastings Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Lewes District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rother District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Wealden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brighton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 Abolished

Hove Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

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