# 2000 Southampton City Council election

The 2000 Southampton Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 22
* Liberal Democrat 16
* Conservative 7

## Election result

The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council for the first time in 13 years after both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats made gains. The Conservatives gained the seats of Harefield, Shirley and St Lukes from Labour, with the winner in St Lukes, Stephen Day, becoming the youngest councillor at the age of 22. Among the defeated Labour councillors was the former leader of the council, Richard Bates, in Shirley, while the then leader of the council June Bridle only held her seat in Sholing by 59 votes. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats gained in Coxford and Woolston, the latter by 33 votes over Labour. The overall turnout in the election was 25%, with the lowest being 17.2% in Bargate ward.
Southampton Local Election Result 2000 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 40.0 | 30.8 | 13,154 | +1.6% |
| Labour | 5 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 33.3 | 31.6 | 13,521 | -8.6% |
| Conservative | 4 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 26.7 | 31.9 | 13,632 | +8.3% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1,276 | -1.0% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1,037 | +0.5% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 90 | +0.2% |
| Independent People's Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 36 | +0.1% |

## Ward results

Bargate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Arnold | 1,109 | 52.2 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Ball | 477 | 22.4 | +5.9 |
| | Independent | Siobhan Ryan | 267 | 12.6 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Blades | 237 | 11.1 | +0.8 |
| | Independent People's Party | Hugo Lamb-Hickman | 36 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 632 | 29.7 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,126 | 17.2 | −1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bassett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Abraham | 2,228 | 45.0 | −7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Holden-Brown | 1,578 | 31.9 | +15.5 |
| | Labour | Phillip Galvin | 888 | 17.9 | −13.0 |
| | Green | Adam Boardman | 168 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| | UKIP | Kim Rose | 90 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 650 | 13.1 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,952 | 42.0 | +18.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bitterne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christine Kelly | 1,026 | 43.1 | −10.7 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Dean | 1,007 | 42.3 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Kingswell | 348 | 14.6 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 0.8 | −21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,381 | 26.2 | −0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bitterne Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Mintoff | 1,398 | 45.2 | −5.3 |
| | Independent | Peter Baillie | 833 | 26.9 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Murphy | 451 | 14.6 | +6.6 |
| | Labour | Derek Parsons | 410 | 13.3 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 565 | 18.3 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,092 | 26.9 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Coxford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Mitchell | 1,640 | 55.6 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | Ceren Davis | 878 | 29.8 | −14.4 |
| | Conservative | Eva Jeffery | 429 | 14.6 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 762 | 25.9 | +24.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,947 | 25.6 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Freemantle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Barnes-Andrews | 1,046 | 42.5 | −9.1 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Moulton | 834 | 33.9 | +6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Lawrence | 329 | 13.4 | −0.1 |
| | Green | John Spottiswoode | 254 | 10.3 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 | 8.6 | −15.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,463 | 19.9 | −4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Harefield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Royston Smith | 1,630 | 57.5 | +14.2 |
| | Labour | Ian Blackburn | 841 | 29.7 | −13.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Naish | 276 | 9.7 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Andrew Shaw | 88 | 3.1 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 789 | 27.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,835 | 28.5 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Millbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Wakeford | 1,541 | 61.7 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | Eileen Sharp | 536 | 21.5 | −10.4 |
| | Conservative | Terry Withington | 419 | 16.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,005 | 40.3 | +18.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,496 | 25.4 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Peartree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerry Drake | 1,506 | 54.4 | +7.8 |
| | Conservative | Brian Lankford | 718 | 25.9 | +16.1 |
| | Labour | John Truscott | 545 | 19.7 | −14.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 788 | 28.5 | +16.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,769 | 26.1 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Portswood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Calvin Horner | 1,333 | 45.4 | −10.4 |
| | Conservative | Edward Daunt | 622 | 21.2 | +7.1 |
| | Labour | Jayne Laysan | 617 | 21.0 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Ben Synnock | 190 | 6.5 | −0.1 |
| | Independent | Anthony Summers | 176 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 711 | 24.2 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,938 | 27.0 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Redbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Catherine McEwing | 1,027 | 50.0 | −13.7 |
| | Conservative | Julian Isaacson | 618 | 30.1 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Blake | 408 | 19.9 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 409 | 19.9 | −24.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,053 | 23.2 | +1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Shirley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paulette Holt | 1,434 | 43.4 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | Richard Bates | 1,232 | 37.3 | −7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Cummins | 482 | 14.6 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Peter Davis | 155 | 4.7 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 202 | 6.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,303 | 33.8 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Sholing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June Bridle | 1,193 | 42.5 | −15.5 |
| | Conservative | Philip Lankford | 1,134 | 40.4 | +11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Kirkwood | 481 | 17.1 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | 2.1 | −27.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,808 | 23.8 | −2.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
St. Lukes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Day | 1,141 | 41.8 | +8.8 |
| | Labour | Parvin Damani | 1,008 | 36.9 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Impey | 399 | 14.6 | −5.2 |
| | Green | David Cromwell | 182 | 6.7 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 4.9 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,730 | 24.0 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Woolston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Simpson | 1,198 | 42.0 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Carol Cunio | 1,165 | 40.8 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | Marlene Unwin | 490 | 17.2 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,853 | 24.9 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |