# 2000 Huntingdonshire District Council election

The 2000 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 37
* Liberal Democrats 13
* Independent 3

## Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 2000 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 76.5 | 55.7 | 13,345 | +8.3% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 17.6 | 27.6 | 6,607 | -0.3% |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 784 | -2.3% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 | 3,027 | -6.4% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 213 | +0.7% |

## Ward results

Brampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Downes | 962 | 50.9 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | William Sinclair | 852 | 45.1 | −0.7 |
| | UKIP | Albert Bentley | 40 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Carol Hitchings | 35 | 1.9 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 110 | 5.8 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,889 | 54.1 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Earith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Terence Rogers | 557 | 54.1 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce James | 416 | 40.4 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Graeme Watkins | 57 | 5.5 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 13.7 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,030 | 32.3 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Godmanchester :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Godley | 779 | 49.4 | +7.5 |
| | Conservative | Alan Goff | 685 | 43.4 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Graham Hitchings | 114 | 7.2 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 6.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,578 | 35.4 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Hemingford Abbots and Hilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian Bates | 438 | 68.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Sefton | 164 | 25.7 |
| | Labour | Ruth Pugh | 35 | 5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 274 | 43.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 637 | 50.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Huntingdon North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Fell | 1,229 | 66.8 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | Ann Beevor | 611 | 33.2 | −10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 618 | 33.6 | +20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,840 | 26.7 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Huntingdon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Derek Holley | 882 | 55.4 | +7.9 |
| | Labour | Valerie Brooker | 440 | 27.6 | −10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Wyatt | 198 | 12.4 | +0.6 |
| | UKIP | Derek Norman | 73 | 4.6 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 442 | 27.7 | +18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,593 | 23.5 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Kimbolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Mugglestone | 581 | 81.6 |
| | Labour | George Beevor | 86 | 12.1 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Poppitt | 45 | 6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 495 | 69.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 712 | 43.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Paxton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Clarke | 885 | 66.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Grosvenor | 387 | 29.3 |
| | Labour | Janet Boston | 51 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 498 | 37.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,323 | 47.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Ramsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norah Wagstaffe | 765 | 51.5 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Powell | 620 | 41.8 | +29.8 |
| | Labour | Keith Bennett | 100 | 6.7 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 9.8 | −27.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,485 | 25.5 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sawtry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Garner | 784 | 51.7 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | David Bowens | 620 | 40.9 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | Robert Fairhead | 112 | 7.4 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 10.8 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,516 | 33.5 | +1.0 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
St. Ives North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kevin Reynolds | 1,080 | 62.4 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Bush | 415 | 24.0 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Michael Sneath | 180 | 10.4 | −5.9 |
| | UKIP | Philip Pitt | 55 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 665 | 38.4 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,730 | 25.5 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Ives South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Davies | 1,173 | 59.0 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Souter | 655 | 32.9 | −11.4 |
| | Labour | John Watson | 160 | 8.0 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 518 | 26.1 | +21.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,988 | 39.4 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Neots Eaton Ford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Gregory | 815 | 67.0 | +19.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Eaton | 295 | 24.3 | −19.9 |
| | Labour | David Nicholls | 106 | 8.7 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 520 | 42.8 | +39.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,216 | 30.8 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Neots Eaton Socon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Howe | 817 | 55.5 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Arnold | 560 | 38.0 | +6.3 |
| | Labour | Patricia Nicholls | 95 | 6.5 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 257 | 17.5 | −10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,472 | 27.1 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St. Neots Eynesbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Barnes | 588 | 48.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Coates | 418 | 34.3 | |
| | Labour | William O'Connor | 214 | 17.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 170 | 13.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,220 | 21.4 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Warboys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Newman | 889 | 62.6 | +27.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Wells | 481 | 33.8 | −27.1 |
| | Labour | David Brown | 51 | 3.6 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 408 | 28.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,421 | 35.0 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Yaxley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Madhabi Banerjee | 746 | 56.3 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Kevin Goddard | 580 | 43.7 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 12.5 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,326 | 27.0 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2000 and 2002
### Upwood and the Raveleys

Upwood and the Raveleys by-election 8 March 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | 270 | 49.4 | −6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 251 | 45.9 | +13.9 |
| | Labour | | 26 | 4.8 | −7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 3.5 | −20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 547 | 38.2 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Eynesbury

Eynesbury by-election 7 June 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | 1,265 | 41.5 | −6.7 |
| | Labour | | 917 | 30.1 | +12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 863 | 28.3 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 348 | 11.4 | −2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,045 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Farcet

Farcet by-election 7 June 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | 376 | 48.3 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | | 309 | 39.7 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 94 | 12.1 | +8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 67 | 8.6 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 779 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gransden

Gransden by-election 7 June 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | 819 | 61.9 | −11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 505 | 38.1 | +19.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 23.7 | −31.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,324 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Eaton Socon

Eaton Socon by-election 21 March 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 992 | 63.3 | +7.8 |
| | Conservative | | 576 | 36.7 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 416 | 26.5 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,568 | 28.6 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |