2000 Eastbourne Borough Council election

The 2000 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, 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 18
• Liberal Democrats 12

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 30.90%, down from 32.36% at the 1999 election.

Eastbourne local election result 2000

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	3	0	+3	70.0	57.1	11,875	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	3	-3	30.0	35.4	7,370	-7.0
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.3	1,304	-4.1
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	169	+0.1
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	78	-0.1

Ward results

Devonshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Elkin	886	47.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Teso	767	41.0	−2.6
	Labour	Sharon Wentworth	142	7.6	−3.8
	Green	Robert Sier	78	4.2	+4.2
Majority			119	6.4	+5.0
Turnout			1,873	34.7	+0.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Downside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stanbury	961	49.8	+18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Sparks	833	43.2	−18.3
	Labour	Emile Habets	134	7.0	−0.5
Majority			128	6.6
Turnout			1,928	32.9	−1.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hampden Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Thompson	736	49.7	−8.7
	Conservative	Russell Riseley	457	30.8	+12.2
	Labour	Jonathan Pettigrew	289	19.5	−3.5
Majority			279	18.8	−16.7
Turnout			1,482	24.4	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Langney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Marsh	1,304	61.7	−1.1
	Conservative	Len Meladio	809	38.3	+14.0
Majority			495	23.4	−15.1
Turnout			2,113	21.1	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Meads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Deschamps	2,056	79.6	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred King	337	13.0	−1.4
	Labour	John Pettigrew	190	7.4	+0.2
Majority			1,719	66.6	+7.1
Turnout			2,583	39.9	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ocklynge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Belsey	1,310	59.0	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Creaven	911	41.0	−6.6
Majority			399	18.0
Turnout			2,221	40.1	−2.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ratton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Tunwell	1,391	72.2	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Gleeson	205	10.6	−9.1
	Liberal	Maria Williamson	169	8.8	+1.9
	Labour	David Brinson	161	8.4	−1.1
Majority			1,186	61.6	+17.4
Turnout			1,926	31.0	−3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roselands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Harris	895	48.1	−18.4
	Conservative	Christopher Williams	782	42.0	+19.1
	Labour	John Morrison	185	9.9	−0.7
Majority			113	6.1	−37.6
Turnout			1,862	27.9	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Anthony's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margo Smith	1,744	62.0	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Carpenter	867	30.8	−5.3
	Labour	Jason Phillips	203	7.2	−2.5
Majority			877	31.2	+13.1
Turnout			2,814	34.5	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upperton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Murray	1,479	74.2	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Durrant	515	25.8	+2.6
Majority			964	48.3	+5.1
Turnout			1,994	29.2	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

St Anthony's by-election 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Williams	2,108	42.4	−19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ellis	2,030	40.8	+10.0
	Labour	Jonathan Pettigrew	840	16.9	+9.7
Majority			78	1.6	−29.6
Turnout			4,978	58.0	+23.5
	Conservative hold		Swing