# 2000 West Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2000 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 26
* Liberal Democrats 13
* Independent 8
* Labour 2

## Election result

The Conservatives gained a majority on the council for the first time in 11 years with 26 councillors, after taking 47% of the vote and 11 of the 17 seats contested. The Conservative gains included taking seats from Labour in Chipping Norton and Witney West, as well as Minster Lovell from an independent, while the Conservative group leader Barry Norton was easily re-elected in North Leigh.
The Conservative gains came mostly at the expense of the Labour party, who with 20% of the vote lost five seats to be left with only two councillors. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats remained with 13 councillors after taking 21% of the vote.
West Oxfordshire local election result 2000 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 11 | +7 | 64.7 | 46.9 | 7,577 | +8.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 17.6 | 20.9 | 3,381 | -6.7% |
| Independent | 3 | -2 | 17.6 | 11.6 | 1,875 | -3.9% |
| Labour | 0 | -5 | 0 | 20.1 | 3,254 | +2.3% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 69 | -0.3% |

## Ward results

Carterton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Stone | 819 | 72.0 | +17.6 |
| | Labour | John Rowe | 318 | 28.0 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 501 | 44.1 | +20.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,137 | 24.0 | +3.0 |
Carterton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harry Watts | 505 | 56.6 | −16.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Madden | 327 | 36.7 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | William Tumbridge | 60 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | 20.0 | −26.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 892 | 29.2 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Charlbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glena Chadwick | 528 | 42.9 | −17.3 |
| | Independent | Robert Potter | 294 | 23.9 | +23.9 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Windsor-Lewis | 209 | 17.0 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | Alison Bettle | 200 | 16.2 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | 19.0 | −19.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,231 | 52.3 | +2.6 |
Chipping Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Howes | 850 | 54.8 | +54.8 |
| | Labour | Georgina Burrows | 546 | 35.2 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Brown | 156 | 10.1 | +5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | 19.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,552 | 34.1 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Eynsham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Stevens | 603 | 55.1 | −16.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Green | 272 | 24.9 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Michael Shelton | 150 | 13.7 | +13.7 |
| | Green | Mark Stevenson | 69 | 6.3 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 30.3 | −20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,094 | 29.7 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Freeland and Hanborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Epps | 667 | 49.1 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | David Dawes | 597 | 43.9 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Gwilym Mason | 95 | 7.0 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 5.2 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,359 | 41.8 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Kingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Maria Drinkwater | 429 | 80.8 |
| | Labour | Matthew Deans | 61 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm West | 41 | 7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 368 | 69.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 531 | 41.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Milton-under-Wychwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Haine | 474 | 66.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Baker | 175 | 24.5 |
| | Labour | Frances Ashworth | 66 | 9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 | 41.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 715 | 44.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Minster Lovell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Warwick Robinson | 276 | 48.4 |
| | Independent | Francis Smith | 238 | 41.8 |
| | Labour | Sheila Cuss | 56 | 9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 | 6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 570 | 42.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
North Leigh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Barry Norton | 536 | 73.3 |
| | Labour | Helen Bridge | 130 | 17.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Williams | 65 | 8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 406 | 55.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 731 | 47.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Rollright :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anthony Walker | 319 | 75.1 |
| | Labour | Melanie Deans | 106 | 24.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 | 50.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 425 | 37.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Stanton Harcourt :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Faulkner | 411 | 75.4 |
| | Labour | Andrew Ross | 134 | 24.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 50.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 545 | 41.7 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Tackley and Wootton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Charles Cottrell-Dormer | 340 | 51.8 |
| | Conservative | Lynda Collingwood | 132 | 20.1 |
| | Labour | Michael Enright | 109 | 16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phyllis Epps | 76 | 11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | 31.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 657 | 47.8 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Witney East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Martin Chapman | 556 | 44.3 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Serena Martin | 446 | 35.6 | −22.7 |
| | Labour | Ross Beadle | 252 | 20.1 | +20.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 110 | 8.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,254 | 32.2 | +0.2 |
Witney South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lesley Semaine | 817 | 56.7 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Richard Kelsall | 430 | 29.8 | −7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Olive Minett | 194 | 13.5 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 387 | 26.9 | +15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,441 | 27.3 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Witney West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Creery | 518 | 51.7 | +7.9 |
| | Labour | Paul Langley | 381 | 38.0 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Taylor | 103 | 10.3 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | 13.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,002 | 32.4 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Woodstock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ann Cooper | 592 | 58.0 | +58.0 |
| | Conservative | Sandra Rasch | 268 | 26.3 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Duncan Enright | 160 | 15.7 | −12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | 31.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,020 | 41.7 | −8.0 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |