2000 South Lakeland District Council election

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The 2000 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One-third of the council was up for election, and stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Election result

South Lakeland Local Election Result 2000
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Liberal Democrats	7	+2	38.9
Conservative	7	-2	38.9
Labour	3	0	16.7
Independent	1	0	5.6

Ward results

Arnside and Beetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P Mangan	967	55.9	+10.0
	Conservative	A Taylor	764	44.1	−2.8
Majority			203	11.8
Turnout				49.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Burton & Holme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Bingham*	762	82.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ms T Blakey	163	17.6	−3.3
Majority			599	64.8
Turnout				45.8	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coniston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doreen Hall	473	56.0	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Ms E Vaughan	371	44.0	N/A
Majority			102	12.0
Turnout				55.6	+55.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Leach*	1,027	62.9	+10.2
	Conservative	W Bleasdale	607	37.1	−10.0
Majority			420	25.8
Turnout				44.9	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hawkshead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Jenkinson	329	50.1	−1.6
	Conservative	Oliver Pearson	328	49.9	+1.6
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout				43.8	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Levens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Woof	452	56.6	−8.0
	Conservative	Ms A Wood	347	43.4	+8.0
Majority			105	13.2
Turnout				54.0	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Low Furness and Swarthmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Foot	673	51.7	+13.6
	Conservative	William Tyson*	629	48.3	+6.2
Majority			44	3.4
Turnout				39.0	+0.8
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Lyth Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Enid Robinson*	407	61.2	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gwyneth Raymond	258	38.8	+12.2
Majority			149	22.4
Turnout				39.6	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Alston*	458	77.8	+3.5
	Conservative	M Graham	131	22.2	−3.5
Majority			327	55.6
Turnout				35.2	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Natland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Gardner	465	55.3	+27.9
	Conservative	Alan Bobbett*	376	44.7	−14.4
Majority			89	10.6
Turnout				53.8	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Staveley-in-Cartmel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Bentley*	329	53.1	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	S Lockton	291	46.9	+0.4
Majority			38	6.2
Turnout				42.9	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staveley-in-Westmorland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Collins*	590	78.8	+7.2
	Conservative	George Richardson	159	21.2	−1.3
Majority			431	57.6
Turnout				43.2	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ulverston Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Miller*	321	61.6	−5.9
	Conservative	P McGillivray	200	38.4	+5.9
Majority			121	23.2
Turnout				31.9	−3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ulverston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Bolton*	333	77.1	−8.7
	Conservative	Peter Hornby	99	22.9	+8.7
Majority			234	54.2
Turnout				28.2	−8.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Ulverston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hodgson*	404	68.7	+9.9
	Labour	Ms J Povey	184	31.3	−1.2
Majority			220	37.4
Turnout				37.5	−7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ulverston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Jarvis*	311	62.3	+9.9
	Labour	Ms V Miller	188	37.7	−9.9
Majority			123	24.6
Turnout				32.0	−9.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ulverston Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Lister*	453	74.5	+10.0
	Conservative	Ms P Prosser	155	25.5	−10.0
Majority			298	49.0
Turnout				42.9	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Ulverston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janette Jenkinson*	416	77.9	+2.8
	Labour	Fay Plant	118	22.1	−2.8
Majority			298	55.8
Turnout				32.5	−6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"South Lakeland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
"Council results". The Independent. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
"Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.

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