2000 Adur District Council election

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 36.5%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

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Adur Local Election Result 2000
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 10 6 0 +6 66.7 40.8 7,733
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 4 -4 13.3 22.9 4,343
  Shoreham Beach Residents Association 2 0 0 0 13.3 7.8 1,487
  Labour 1 0 2 -2 6.7 28.4 5,388

Ward results

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Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frances Fletcher 861 63.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Miller 314 23.0
Labour Stephen Mear 188 13.8
Majority 547 40.2
Turnout 1,363 34.7
Conservative hold Swing
Churchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Strudwick 476 37.6
Labour Ann Bridges 424 33.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Allen 365 28.9
Majority 52 4.1
Turnout 1,265 33.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Cokeham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Mear 510 50.7
Liberal Democrats Tracey Clarke 256 25.4
Conservative Andrew McGregor 241 23.9
Majority 254 25.3
Turnout 1,007 28.1
Labour hold Swing
Eastbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Funnell 540 43.2
Labour Teana Ashley 530 42.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Biggs 182 14.5
Majority 10 0.9
Turnout 1,252 35.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hillside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Dunn 585 44.1
Labour Jeanette White 460 34.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Abbott 283 21.3
Majority 125 9.5
Turnout 1,328 39.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Runnalls 535 48.8
Conservative Felicity Deen 426 38.9
Labour Ronald Horne 135 12.3
Majority 109 9.9
Turnout 1,096 33.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Marine (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Shoreham Beach Residents Association Elizabeth McKinney 799
Shoreham Beach Residents Association Maurice Pitchford 688
Conservative Kay Haffenden 579
Labour Alan Mair 47
Labour Christopher Pescott 39
Turnout 2,152 43.7
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Mash Barn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sharon Wood 318 39.2
Labour Martin Horner 269 33.2
Conservative Paul Curtis 224 27.6
Majority 49 6.0
Turnout 811 28.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Peverel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Phillips 500 41.5
Liberal Democrats Gillian Hammond 358 29.7
Labour Timothy Saddler 348 28.8
Majority 142 11.8
Turnout 1,206 38.2
Conservative hold Swing
St. Nicolas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Coomber 668 44.1
Labour Eileen Jones 538 35.5
Liberal Democrats David Steadman 310 20.4
Majority 130 8.6
Turnout 1,516 39.5
Conservative hold Swing
Southlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Graysmark 580 44.8
Labour Nigel Sweet 548 42.3
Liberal Democrats Christian Dunford 167 12.9
Majority 32 2.5
Turnout 1,295 40.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Southwick Green (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Ashley 633
Conservative Julie Searle 571
Liberal Democrats Martin King 521
Liberal Democrats John Hilditch 473
Labour Graham Bucknall 464
Labour Francis Partridge 385
Turnout 3,047 42.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Widewater
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Gray 849 52.6
Labour James Largue 503 31.2
Liberal Democrats Shriley Rance 261 16.2
Majority 346 21.4
Turnout 1,613 36.7
Conservative hold Swing

References

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