2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election

2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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18 of 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
LD
Leader Lynda Needham Judi Billing Steve Jarvis
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 33 11 5
Seats after 34 12 3
Seat change Increase1 Increase1 Decrease2
Popular vote 12,302 7,173 2,441
Percentage 40.1% 23.4% 8.0%
Leader before election

Lynda Needham
Conservative

Leader after election

Lynda Needham
Conservative

The 2014 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 22 May 2014, at the same time as other local elections and the European Parliament election. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council, 18 were up for election.[1][2]

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council. Labour also increased their number of seats, whilst the Liberal Democrats lost both of the seats they were defending at this election.[2]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows:[3]

2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 13 Increase 1 72.2 21 34 69.4 12,302 40.1 -2.3
  Labour 5 Increase 1 27.8 7 12 24.5 7,173 23.4 -5.2
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,760 18.8 +15.2
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,009 9.8 -0.2
  Liberal Democrats 0 Decrease 2 0.0 3 3 6.1 2,441 8.0 -6.4

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. Where the previous incumbent was standing for re-election they are marked with an asterisk(*). A double dagger(‡) indicates a sitting councillor contesting a different ward.[4]

Baldock Town ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim McNally 927 45.6% −9.1
Labour Rachel Danae Burgin 349 17.2% −3.2
Green Arwen Jane Tapping 173 8.5% −6.1
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Roberta Kirkland 138 6.8% −2.9
Turnout 2,033 34.5%
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
Codicote ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Elizabeth Gray ‡ 511 52.8% −8.2
UKIP Nick Brooke 225 23.2% +23.2
Labour Bhavna Joshi 129 13.3% −0.4
Green Ann Karen De Bock 89 9.2% +1.9
Turnout 968 45.3%
Conservative hold Swing -15.7
Hitchin Bearton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adrian Smith 936 39.6% −13.1
Conservative Nicola Harris 549 23.2% −3.9
Green Sarah Pond 318 13.5% +2.5
UKIP Peter Croft 279 11.8% +11.8
Liberal Democrats Lisa Courts* 275 11.6% +2.8
Turnout 2,363 36.7%
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -4.6
Hitchin Highbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Harwood 945 35.3% −4.4
Liberal Democrats Michael John Lott 757 28.3% −10.1
UKIP Jim Groves 395 14.8% +14.8
Labour Min Birdsey 366 13.7% +0.5
Green Heida Shona Mollart-Griffin 198 7.4% −0.8
Turnout 2,677 43.2%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +2.9
Hitchin Oughton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Radcliffe* 450 39.5% −8.5
UKIP Stephen Joseph Bartlett 278 24.4% +4.7
Conservative Mara MacSeoinin 252 22.1% −1.8
Green George Winston Howe 89 7.8% +3.6
Liberal Democrats John Stephen White 55 4.8% +0.7
Turnout 1,140 31%
Labour hold Swing -6.6
Hitchin Priory ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allison Ashley* 785 48.8% −0.3
UKIP Adrianne Fairfax Smyth 266 16.5% +0.5
Labour June Le Sueur 222 13.8% −2.3
Green Gillian Langley 184 11.4% +3.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart Gideon Alder 147 9.1% −1.2
Turnout 1,609 43.8%
Conservative hold Swing -0.4
Hitchin Walsworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Millard* 792 33.7% −5.2
Labour Nafisa Sayany 698 29.7% −9.0
UKIP Raymond John Parsons 352 15% +15.0
Green Gavin Nicholson 349 14.8% −0.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ircha 154 6.6% 0.0
Turnout 2,351 38.3%
Conservative hold Swing +1.9
Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward, held 10 July 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Faye Barnard* 734 62.0% +5.5
UKIP Colin John Rafferty 203 17.1% +1.3
Labour Simon Watson 116 9.8% −4.0
Green Orla Nicholls 74 6.3% +1.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Donald Johnson 57 4.8% −3.2
Turnout 1,184 21.1%
Conservative hold Swing +2.1

The election in Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward was delayed due to the death of one of the original candidates.[3]

Kimpton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bishop* 417 65.4% +2.1
Green Orla Nicholls 123 19.3% +16.1
Labour Sadie Laura Billing 92 14.4% +5.5
Turnout 638 36.8%
Conservative hold Swing -7.0
Knebworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Hemingway 944 57.1% −0.3
UKIP James Alan Orme-Kirby 297 18.0% +6.6
Labour Gary Hills 226 13.7% −5.8
Green Harold Bland 172 10.4% −0.6
Turnout 1,654 40.1%
Conservative hold Swing +0.6
Letchworth East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorna Kercher* 594 40.7% +0.5
Conservative Michael Paterson 387 26.5% −6.1
UKIP John Finbarr Barry 301 20.6% +11.4
Green Eric Blakeley 168 11.5% +3.3
Turnout 1,458 32.6%
Labour hold Swing +3.3
Letchworth Grange ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Lunn 700 32.7% −10.4
Conservative Paul Marment 640 29.9% +0.8
UKIP Andrew Hamilton Scuoler 512 23.9% +23.9
Green Rosemary Ann Bland 159 7.4% −0.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Geoffrey Penny 115 5.4% −2.0
Turnout 2,140 37.2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -5.6
Letchworth South East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Leo Dobson Booth* 769 39% +0.3
Labour Martin John Stears-Handscomb 483 24.5% −5.6
UKIP Sidney Arthur Start 453 23% +8.5
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Carole Greener 126 6.4% −1.8
Green Dean Cartwright 125 6.3% −1.3
Turnout 1,970 34.5%
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
Letchworth South West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Rice* 1,086 46.1% −7.7
Labour Jean Andrews 367 15.6% −4.2
UKIP Gemma Hughes 356 15.1% +15.1
Green Mario May 274 11.6% −1.0
Liberal Democrats John Paul Winder 257 10.9% −2.5
Turnout 2,357 38.1%
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
Letchworth Wilbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Grindal* 624 42.3% +4.6
Conservative Andy Frankland 497 33.7% −2.5
UKIP Michael Richard Rodgers 225 15.2% +3.7
Green Maryla Hart 122 8.3% −2.3
Turnout 1,476 35.1%
Labour hold Swing +3.6
Royston Heath ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Hill* 827 47.9% −5.8
UKIP Pat Albone 331 19.2% +19.2
Labour Ken Garland 246 14.2% −4.8
Green Phil Oddy 166 9.6% −2.2
Liberal Democrats David Robert May 146 8.5% −5.8
Turnout 1,727 39.8%
Conservative hold Swing -12.5
Royston Meridian ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Davidson* 740 44.8% −13.5
UKIP Paula McGlynn 468 28.4% +28.4
Labour Amy Bourke 193 11.7% −6.7
Green Karen Julie Harmel 134 8.1% +0.3
Liberal Democrats John Raymond Ledden 108 6.5% −7.9
Turnout 1,650 39.9%
Conservative hold Swing -20.9
Royston Palace ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Lewis 500 34.2% −7.9
Labour Robert Inwood* 382 26.1% +0.8
UKIP Mark James Hughes 374 25.6% +25.6
Liberal Democrats Gerald Jackson 106 7.3% −15.7
Green Peter Groves 92 6.3% −1.7
Turnout 1,461 35.1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -4.3

Robert Inwood had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2010, but had defected to Labour in 2012.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2006/3112, retrieved 4 March 2023
  2. ^ a b "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b Andrew, Teale. "Local Election Results 2014: North Hertfordshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Election Results 2014". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ Foskett, Ewan (17 May 2012). "Former mayor and district councillor defects to Labour from Lib Dems". Royston Crow. Retrieved 6 March 2023.