2000 Tamworth Borough Council election

Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 16
• Conservative 13
• Independent 1

Election result

Tamworth Local Election Result 2000

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11			+11	91.7	53.3	8,052	+22.2%
	Labour	1			-11	8.3	36.9	5,579	-22.6%
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0	9.9	1,490	+4.6%

Ward results

Amington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Rowe	935	62.0	+19.4
	Labour	Gary Ross	572	38.0	−19.4
Majority			363	24.0
Turnout			1,507	23	+1

Belgrave (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Oates	623
	Conservative	Wyonnie Elliott	583
	Labour	Carol Dean	418
	Labour	Michael Smith	410
Turnout			2,034	19	−2

Bolehall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wells	665	53.4	+29.1
	Labour	Kenneth Lewis	580	46.6	−29..1
Majority			85	6.8
Turnout			1,245	23	−1

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Lees	708	38.7	+17.9
	Labour	Marion Couchman	634	34.7	−33.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett	486	26.6	+15.4
Majority			74	4.0
Turnout			1,828	28	−1

Glascote (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Beale	451
	Labour	Roanld Bribeck	359
	Labour	Dennis Powick	357
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Lee-Brown	326
Turnout			1,493	18	+0

Mercian

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Parsons	782	52.0	+19.0
	Labour	Derek Thompson	482	32.0	−22.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Blake	240	16.0	+3.7
Majority			300	20.0
Turnout			1,504	30	−2.4

Spital

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Gant	1,168	64.3	+12.8
	Labour	William Fuller	424	23.3	−17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Blake	225	12.4	+4.5
Majority			744	41.0	+30.1
Turnout			1,817	39	+0

Stonydelph

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Pinner	530	61.8	+48.4
	Labour	Stephen Savage	327	38.2	+0.3
Majority			203	23.6
Turnout			857	15	−1

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Cooper	935	58.7	+25.2
	Labour	Robert Charles	444	27.9	−27.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jones	213	13.4	+2.1
Majority			491	30.8
Turnout			1,592	30	+4

Wilnecote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathryn Cooper	672	54.0
	Labour	Mary Lewis	572	46.0
Majority			100	8.0
Turnout			1,244	21	−1

References

• 2000 Tamworth election result
• Ward results