# 2000 Cambridge City Council election

The 2000 Cambridge City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

## Summary
### Election result

2000 Cambridge City Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Liberal Democrats | 9 | 4 | 64.3 | 13 | 22 | 52.4 | 9,994 | 38.9 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | 4 | 4 | 28.6 | 10 | 14 | 33.3 | 8,602 | 33.4 | –4.7 |
| | Conservative | 1 | | 7.1 | 5 | 6 | 14.3 | 6,142 | 23.9 | +2.9 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 985 | 3.8 | +0.5 |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Smith* | 567 | 62.4 | –8.9 |
| | Conservative | Simon Mitton | 224 | 24.7 | +8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Huppert | 117 | 12.9 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 343 | 37.8 | –17.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 908 | 19.2 | –1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,764 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 8.8 | |

### Arbury

Arbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Ward | 691 | 35.5 | +20.9 |
| | Labour | Patricia Wright* | 655 | 33.6 | –23.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert Boorman | 544 | 27.9 | –0.2 |
| | Green | Stephen Lawrence | 57 | 2.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36 | 1.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,947 | 38.7 | +12.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,045 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 22.3 | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hipkin* | 1,195 | 62.3 | –9.9 |
| | Conservative | Mark Taylor | 324 | 16.9 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Denstone Kemp | 261 | 13.6 | –1.7 |
| | Green | Margaret Wright | 137 | 7.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 871 | 45.4 | –10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,917 | 27.4 | –1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,015 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.4 | |

### Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Howell | 1,138 | 49.8 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | George Rowling | 994 | 43.5 | –9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Amrani | 152 | 6.7 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | 6.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,284 | 41.9 | –1.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,465 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 9.0 | |

### Coleridge

Coleridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeremy Benstead* | 789 | 52.6 | –7.5 |
| | Conservative | James Strachan | 433 | 28.8 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Pinnington | 279 | 18.6 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 356 | 23.7 | –12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,501 | 25.3 | –0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,939 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.1 | |

### East Chesterton

East Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Liddle | 1,104 | 45.9 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Sarah Woodall | 940 | 39.1 | –5.8 |
| | Conservative | Colin Havercroft | 361 | 15.0 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,405 | 34.6 | –1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,974 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.9 | |

### Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Cowell* | 644 | 64.3 | –1.6 |
| | Conservative | Jason Webb | 204 | 20.4 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Rodgers | 153 | 15.3 | –1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 440 | 44.0 | –4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,001 | 21.0 | +0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,774 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 | |

### Market

Market :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Rosenstiel* | 835 | 54.6 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | Andrew Jones | 298 | 19.5 | –2.8 |
| | Conservative | John Phillips | 234 | 15.3 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Adam Swallow | 162 | 10.6 | –0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 537 | 35.1 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,529 | 22.4 | –0.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,854 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.7 | |

### Newnham

Newnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Schofield | 1,016 | 53.1 | –1.8 |
| | Labour | Gillian Richardson* | 540 | 28.2 | –3.2 |
| | Conservative | Ann Watkins | 358 | 18.7 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 476 | 24.9 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,914 | 24.7 | –2.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,863 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 0.7 | |

### Petersfield

Petersfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Benjamin Bradnack* | 896 | 49.7 | –4.7 |
| | Green | Shayne Mitchell | 391 | 21.7 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Wilkins | 267 | 14.8 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Charles Harcourt | 249 | 13.8 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 505 | 28.0 | –7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,803 | 23.5 | –1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,710 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.8 | |

### Queens Edith

Queens Edith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Stebbings | 1,282 | 54.9 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Hilary Pennington | 711 | 30.5 | –0.2 |
| | Labour | Louise Downham | 341 | 14.6 | –0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 571 | 24.5 | +6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,334 | 38.6 | –1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,064 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.2 | |

### Romsey

Romsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Ellis-Miller | 951 | 45.0 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Adrian Lucas* | 900 | 42.6 | –7.6 |
| | Conservative | Vivian Ellis | 134 | 6.3 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Robert Milsom | 126 | 5.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,111 | 34.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,133 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 4.4 | |

### Trumpington

Trumpington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Currie | 1,096 | 49.0 | –3.2 |
| | Conservative | Fiona McNish | 925 | 41.4 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Maria Bell | 216 | 9.7 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 7.6 | –4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,111 | 37.9 | –0.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,908 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.0 | |

### West Chesterton

West Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Griffiths* | 856 | 46.7 | –2.6 |
| | Labour | David Gosling | 561 | 30.6 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Richard Hoile | 303 | 16.5 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood | 112 | 6.1 | –2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 16.1 | –4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,832 | 30.2 | +0.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,065 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.4 | |