2000 Tandridge District Council election

The 2000 Tandridge District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. The whole council was up for election, rather than the normal election by thirds, following boundary changes since the last election in 1999. There remained 42 seats on the council: six three-member wards, ten two-member wards and four one-member wards.^[1]^[2] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[3]

Background

Before the election an alliance between the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party ran the council, with the Conservatives needing to make four gains to win a majority.^[4]

Election result

The Conservatives gained a majority with the leader of the Labour group, Dick Moran, among those to be defeated at the election.^[5]

Tandridge local election result 2000^[6]^[7]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Conservative	29	+11	69.0
Liberal Democrats	10	-7	23.8
Labour	3	-4	7.1

Ward results

Bletchingley and Nutfield (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marian Myland	1,146	62.5
	Conservative	Tony Elias	1,120
	Conservative	Sally Herrtage	1,088
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Martin	534	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fowler	483
	Liberal Democrats	Nielsen N.	457
	Labour	Maxine Mathews	154	8.4
Majority			612	33.4
Turnout				40.7

Burstow, Horne and Outwood (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Jones	917	58.1
	Conservative	Diana Brown	902
	Conservative	Peter Brown	898
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Pavely	662	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Brock	616
	Liberal Democrats	Johnston K.	597
Majority			255	16.2
Turnout				36.9

Chaldon^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Chaplin	436	69.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Lardeur	196	31.0
Majority			240	38.0
Turnout			632	45.2

Dormansland and Felcourt (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	June Maylam	718	49.9
	Conservative	John Sampson	693
	Liberal Democrats	Win Weston	643	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rob O'Brien	491
	Labour	Jeffers E.	78	5.4
Majority			75	5.2
Turnout				47.4

Felbridge^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ken Rimmington	440	65.3
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Marsh	234	34.7
Majority			206	30.6
Turnout			674	43.8

Godstone (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Angela Goad	1,093	52.5
	Conservative	Chris Hoskins	909
	Conservative	Linda Samuels	886
	Liberal Democrats	Elvie Humphreys	843	40.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin White	789
	Liberal Democrats	Milner H.	704
	Labour	Wilbraham D.	146	7.0
Majority			250	12.0
Turnout				43.4

Harestone (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terry Servant	865	56.8
	Conservative	Stewart Sinclair-Smith	760
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Hare	605	39.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sakina Bradbury	505
	Labour	John Ellis	53	3.5
	Labour	Vane C.	49
Majority			260	17.1
Turnout				50.4

Limpsfield (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Hall	813	70.4
	Conservative	Eric Morgan	804
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Caxton	291	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wilson	279
	Labour	Hunter S.	51	4.4
Majority			522	45.2
Turnout				41.4

Lingfield and Crowhurst (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dalrymple	890	60.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hearn	814
	Conservative	Michael Sydney	594	40.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Weston	517	40.0
Majority			296	20.0
Turnout				48.5

Oxted North and Tandridge (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gordon Keymer	1,110	48.7
	Conservative	David Weightman	1,096
	Conservative	Tony Cherrett	991
	Liberal Democrats	Belinda Ford	554	24.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Paterson	506
	Independent	Josh Cosnett	460	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Curtin	442
	Labour	Katherine Saunders	157	6.9
Majority			556	24.4
Turnout				44.4

Oxted South (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barbara Harling	1,046	40.5
	Labour	Robin Harling	1,016
	Conservative	Barry Compton	1,010	39.1
	Conservative	Martin Fisher	997
	Conservative	Elizabeth Parker	987
	Labour	Marion West	903
	Liberal Democrats	Ceri Lewis	322	12.5
	UKIP	Anthony Stone	203	7.9
Majority			36	1.4
Turnout				54.6

Portley (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Turner	642	52.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Botten	610
	Conservative	Randall H.	482	39.6
	Conservative	Hooper C.	441
	Labour	Allonby R.	94	7.7
Majority			160	13.1
Turnout				39.2

Queens Park (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Hodge	724	49.2
	Conservative	Geoff Barnes	706
	Liberal Democrats	John Orrick	648	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Gosling	554
	Labour	Victoria Kennedy	101	6.9
	Labour	Dixon P.	96
Majority			76	5.2
Turnout				52.4

Tatsfield and Titsey^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christina Fry	486	70.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Allbutt	189	27.3
	Labour	Ed Lucas	18	2.6
Majority			297	42.8
Turnout			693	47.6

Valley (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Longhurst	436	36.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Caudle	402	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pennington D.	369
	Labour	Shiela Batham	364	21.9
	Conservative	Philip Mortimore	352	29.6
	Conservative	Jackie Servant	347
Majority			34	2.8
Turnout				42.1

Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh (3 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Pursehouse	758	43.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Burridge	749
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Kilpatrick	714
	Conservative	Darren Giles	703	40.1
	Conservative	Goscomb J.	653
	Conservative	Margaret Frankcom	646
	Labour	Garwood J.	147	8.4
	UKIP	Martin Haley	144	8.2
Majority			55	3.2
Turnout				42.8

Warlingham West (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Allen	786	67.6
	Conservative	Glynis Whittle	750
	Liberal Democrats	Ray James	312	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Newsome	298
	Labour	Robert Jacques	64	5.5
Majority			474	40.7
Turnout				43.3

Westway (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Altria	447	46.8
	Conservative	Ros Langham	440
	Labour	Robin Clements	327	34.2
	Labour	Dick Moran	320
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Pidgeon	181	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Tomlin	138
Majority			120	12.6
Turnout				41.3

Whyteleafe (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Simpson	526	58.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Pavey	510
	Conservative	Morriss J.	381	42.0
	Conservative	Lavery-Downes M.	341
Majority			145	16.0
Turnout				34.7

Woldingham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Butcher	644	82.2
	Liberal Democrats	Powell E.	120	15.3
	Labour	Provins L.	19	2.4
Majority			524	66.9
Turnout			783	49.5

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2000 Tandridge District Council election

Contents

Background

Election result

Ward results

References