2007 North Hertfordshire District Council election

2007 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
LD
Leader F. John Smith David Kearns Steve Jarvis
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 33 9 7
Seats after 30 10 9
Seat change Decrease3 Increase1 Increase2
Popular vote 18,441 7,238 10,094
Percentage 47.0% 18.5% 25.7%
Leader before election

F. John Smith
Conservative

Leader after election

F. John Smith
Conservative

The 2007 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 3 May 2007, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election following changes to ward boundaries.[1] Labour and the Liberal Democrats (UK) both increased their number of seats, but the Conservatives retained their majority on the council. The Conservative leader, F. John Smith, remained leader of the council after the election.[2][3]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows:[4]

North Hertfordshire District Council Election, 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 30 61.2% 47.0% 18,441
  Liberal Democrats 9 18.4% 25.7% 10,094
  Labour 10 20.4% 18.5% 7,238
  Green 0 0% 7.4% 2,906
  UKIP 0 0% 0.9% 350
  Independent 0 0% 0.5% 183

Ward Results

The main changes to the previous ward structure were:[1]

  • Graveley and Wymondley ward was renamed Chesfield and increased from having one councillor to two.
  • Letchworth East ward had its number of councillors reduced from three to two.
  • The three separate single-councillor wards of Offa, Hoo and Hitchwood were combined into a three-councillor ward called Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo.

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[5][6]

Arbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Dempster Young* 776 62.0%
Liberal Democrats Ian Simpson 461 36.8%
Turnout 1,252 58.8%
Baldock East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Roberta Kirkland* 542 53.6%
Conservative Les Wisher 466 46.1%
Turnout 1,011 46.2%
Baldock Town ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Douglas Robert Mackenzie Muir* 1,161 62.2%
Conservative Ian Jeremy Knighton* 1,094 58.6%
Conservative Michael Edwin Weeks* 994 53.3%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Ann Gallager 410 22.0%
Liberal Democrats Marcus Keighley 389 20.8%
Labour Peter Anthony Mardell 373 20.0%
Liberal Democrats Robert Alan Young 367 19.7%
Turnout 1,866 34.2%
Cadwell ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tricia Gibbs* 504 67.5%
Liberal Democrats Richard Oliver Canning 156 20.9%
Labour Austin John Denyer Smith 87 11.6%
Turnout 747 42.2%
Chesfield ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sal Jarvis* 803 59.6%
Liberal Democrats Lee Downie 757 56.2%
Conservative Karen Harding 529 39.2%
Turnout 1,348 32.7%
Codicote ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Brindley* 504 58.3%
Independent John Roy McGregor 183 21.2%
Labour Jan Burnell 118 13.7%
Green Harold Bland 57 6.6%
Turnout 864 40.8%
Ermine ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard Maycroft Marshall* 689 77.9%
Liberal Democrats Joan Ellen Inwood 190 21.5%
Turnout 884 44.2%
Hitchin Bearton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judi Billing* 922 43.8%
Labour Martin Stears* 793 37.7%
Labour Deepak Singh Sangha* 758 36.0%
Conservative Pat Cherry 561 26.6%
Conservative Charles Spencer Bunker 523 24.8%
Conservative Tony Strong 456 21.7%
Green George Howe 399 18.9%
Green Susan Dye 365 17.3%
Green Ashley Walker 331 15.7%
Liberal Democrats Linda Maynard 285 13.5%
Liberal Democrats Heather Macmillan 251 11.9%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ircha 226 10.7%
Turnout 2,106 36.1%
Hitchin Highbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Clark* 1,423 55.6%
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Oliver* 1,260 49.2%
Liberal Democrats Clare Body 1,250 48.8%
Conservative Sarah Jane Wren* 1,026 40.1%
Conservative Mark Hanson 895 34.9%
Green Bob Mardon 265 10.3%
Labour Mark Francis Crawley 178 7.0%
Green Alan Brookman 174 6.8%
Green Tabitha Middleton 142 5.5%
Turnout 2,561 45.2%
Hitchin Oughton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Edward Billing* 643 53.5%
Labour Joan Irene Kirby* 636 53.0%
Conservative Penny Brook 326 27.1%
Conservative Stephen Parker 322 26.8%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Alexander Clark 124 10.3%
Green Sarah Pond 119 9.9%
Green Heather Summers 89 7.4%
Turnout 1,201 32.1%
Hitchin Priory ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allison Gertrude Ashley* 956 62.5%
Conservative Richard Arthur Charles Thake* 895 58.5%
Liberal Democrats Michael John Lott 309 20.2%
Green Chris Honey 204 13.3%
Green Teresa Caroline Loveday 193 12.6%
Liberal Democrats John Stephen White 177 11.6%
Labour Min Birdsey 149 9.7%
Turnout 1,530 42.9%
Hitchin Walsworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Frank James Lovewell* 984 43.3%
Conservative Alan John Millard 963 42.4%
Conservative Ray Shakespeare-Smith* 861 37.9%
Labour Ryan Ottis Johnson 768 33.8%
Labour Derek Nigel Sheard* 724 31.9%
Green Giles Colin Woodruff 664 29.2%
Labour Roger Aubrey Wood 555 24.4%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Clark 374 16.5%
Liberal Democrats David Shirley 347 15.3%
Turnout 2,272 38.0%
Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Barnard* 1,603 66.4%
Conservative David Miller* 1,516 62.8%
Conservative Claire Patricia Annette Strong* 1,512 62.6%
Liberal Democrats Peter Donald Johnson 503 20.8%
Green David Ashton 486 20.1%
Labour Clare Helen Billing 391 16.2%
Turnout 2,415 43.4%
Kimpton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cyril Bishop* 512 72.7%
Liberal Democrats Oliver Simon Jarvis 125 17.8%
Labour Jean Elizabeth Ann Wood 65 9.2%
Turnout 704 39.8%
Knebworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Elizabeth Gray* 987 66.1%
Conservative Alan Bardett* 943 63.1%
Liberal Democrats Debra Wilkins 296 19.8%
Labour John Brian Burnell 232 15.5%
Labour Harry Painter 213 14.3%
Green William Berrington 183 12.2%
Turnout 1,494 37.1%
Letchworth East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorna Rose Kercher* 549 43.9%
Labour Arthur Jarman 503 40.2%
Conservative Michael Paterson* 456 36.5%
Conservative Diane Margaret Ivy Proudlove* 440 35.2%
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Carole Winder 202 16.2%
Liberal Democrats Mertsi Merentytto Fisher 187 15.0%
Turnout 1,250 32.2%
Letchworth Grange ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Peter Kearns* 912 43.5%
Conservative Simon Bloxham* 906 43.2%
Conservative Allison Dear 869 41.4%
Conservative Monica Bloxham* 852 40.6%
Labour Jean Andrews 843 40.2%
Labour Tony Eden 840 40.1%
Liberal Democrats Julie Louise Inwood 335 16.0%
Turnout 2,097 36.1%
Letchworth South East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Michael Cunningham* 928 46.8%
Conservative John Leo Dobson Booth 861 43.4%
Conservative David Charles Levett* 841 42.4%
Labour Nicholas Frederick Henry Kissen 451 22.7%
Labour Kevin Douglas Lake 433 21.8%
Liberal Democrats Alison Elaine Kingman 430 21.7%
Liberal Democrats Julia Winter 422 21.3%
Liberal Democrats John Winder 374 18.9%
UKIP John Finbarr Barry 350 17.6%
Turnout 1,984 34.3%
Letchworth South West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynda Needham* 1,532 60.7%
Conservative Melissa Jane Davey* 1,426 56.5%
Conservative Terry Hone* 1,407 55.7%
Liberal Democrats John Paul Winder 593 23.5%
Liberal Democrats Clem Jonathan Harcourt 541 21.4%
Liberal Democrats Martin Geoffrey Penny 536 21.2%
Labour Headley Valentine Parkins 279 11.1%
Green Jon Hart 263 10.4%
Green Eric Blakeley 252 10.0%
Green Heidi Mollart-Griffin 183 7.3%
Turnout 2,524 42.1%
Letchworth Wilbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Thomas Grindal* 595 45.8%
Labour Ian Mantle 592 45.6%
Conservative Elliot William Needham* 546 42.1%
Conservative Pradeep Kumar Sharma 431 33.2%
Liberal Democrats Ursula Winder 307 23.7%
Turnout 1,298 32.2%
Royston Heath ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Colin Weston Burt* 780 52.1%
Conservative Fiona Ronan Hill* 778 52.0%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Elizabeth Coates 536 35.8%
Liberal Democrats Nanya Esther Lilley 445 29.7%
Labour Robin Anthony King 194 13.0%
Turnout 1,496 36.2%
Royston Meridian ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Hunter* 842 57.9%
Conservative Francis John Smith* 785 54.0%
Liberal Democrats John Raymond Ledden 333 22.9%
Liberal Democrats David Robert May 312 21.5%
Green Karen Harmel 266 18.3%
Labour Vaughan West 183 12.6%
Turnout 1,454 35.6%
Royston Palace ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Beardwell* 753 49.7%
Liberal Democrats Robert Edward Inwood* 710 46.9%
Conservative Bill Davidson 648 42.8%
Conservative Graham William Palmer 607 40.1%
Labour Ken Garland 149 9.8%
Turnout 1,515 36.7%
Weston and Sandon ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Jarvis* 604 72.9%
Conservative Catherine Elaine Rowell 219 26.4%
Turnout 828 51.6%

References

  1. ^ a b "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2006/3112, retrieved 4 March 2023
  2. ^ "Stand up and be counted - North Herts candidates". The Comet. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Council minutes, 17 May 2007" (PDF). North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ Andrew, Teale. "Local Election Results 2007: North Hertfordshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Election Results 2007". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 March 2023.