2003 Dacorum Borough Council election

2003 Dacorum Borough Council election
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1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
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All 52 seats to Dacorum Borough Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.9%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 32 14 6
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 6 Steady
Popular vote 30,218 19,978 16,610
Percentage 44.4% 29.4% 24.4%
Swing Increase 0.2% Decrease 8.3% Increase 9.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2003 Dacorum Borough Council election.
Control before election


No overall control

Control after election


Conservative

The 2003 Dacorum Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect member to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives gained overall control after previously relying on the mayor's casting vote for control. Overall turnout was 32.9%.[1]

Summary

Election result

2003 Dacorum Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 52 32 8 2 Increase 6 61.5 44.4 30,218 +0.2
  Labour 51 14 0 6 Decrease 6 26.9 29.4 19,978 –8.3
  Liberal Democrats 52 6 2 2 Steady 11.5 24.4 16,610 +9.6
  Green 7 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.2 796 +0.4
  Independent 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 359 –2.0
  UKIP 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 66 N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Adeyfield East

Adeyfield East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Harden 633 46.1 +2.2
Conservative Stella Kyriazis 617 44.9 +5.7
Labour Raymond Haverson* 499 36.3 –18.2
Labour Michael Pesch* 491 35.8 –18.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Blackman 226 16.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christine Hardy 185 13.5 N/A
Turnout ~1,373 31.8 +0.2
Registered electors 4,317
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Adeyfield West

Adeyfield West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith White* 574 50.9 –0.5
Labour Elam Singam* 554 49.1 –2.2
Conservative Keith Reid 265 23.5 –10.9
Conservative Belinda Williams 253 22.4 –11.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Lawrence 153 13.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Fry 151 13.4 N/A
Turnout ~1,128 27.4 –3.4
Registered electors 3,693
Labour hold
Labour hold

Aldbury & Wigginton

Aldbury & Wigginton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Craufurd 327 48.8 –10.7
Liberal Democrats Michael James 180 26.9 +5.2
Independent Anthony MacLaughlin* 101 15.1 N/A
Labour Sheraton Shaw 62 9.3 –9.5
Majority 147 21.9 –15.9
Turnout 670 36.1 +1.4
Registered electors 1,858
Conservative hold Swing Decrease8.0

Apsley

Apsley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Ayling 423 54.9 –11.9
Labour Frank Burgess 172 22.3 –10.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Stanley 109 14.2 N/A
UKIP Barry Newton 66 8.6 N/A
Majority 251 32.6 –1.0
Turnout 770 30.4 –7.4
Registered electors 2,532
Conservative hold Swing Decrease0.5

Ashridge

Ashridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Tiley 542 57.2 –21.1
Independent Gerald Brooker 258 27.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Leslie Batchelor 82 8.6 N/A
Labour Mark Ewing* 66 7.0 –14.7
Majority 284 30.0 –26.6
Turnout 948 44.1 –3.4
Registered electors 2,152
Conservative hold

Bennetts End

Bennetts End (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Cook* 651 57.7 –6.0
Labour Paul Eastwood* 634 56.2 –4.9
Conservative Robert Fisher 286 25.4 –0.4
Conservative Riaz Farooqi 242 21.5 –4.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Roe 178 15.8 +5.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilson 162 14.4 +6.0
Turnout ~1,128 26.2 –5.1
Registered electors 4,305
Labour hold
Labour hold

Berkhamsted Castle

Berkhamsted Castle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Betty Patterson 706 44.1 +12.6
Liberal Democrats Victor Earl 702 43.8 +13.1
Conservative Kenneth Coleman* 653 40.8 +4.6
Conservative Peter Ginger* 628 39.2 +5.2
Green Marion Baker 147 9.2 N/A
Labour Ray Jones 111 6.9 –3.9
Labour Sharon Greene 104 6.5 –4.3
Turnout ~1,601 34.4 –2.1
Registered electors 4,652
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Berkhamsted East

Berkhamsted East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Gibbs* 642 49.0 +8.9
Liberal Democrats John Lythgoe* 632 48.3 +9.4
Conservative Norman Cutting 492 37.6 +5.9
Conservative Jennifer Habib 416 31.8 +1.4
Labour Bryan Jones 179 13.7 –4.6
Labour Peter Norman 173 13.2 –2.0
Turnout ~1,309 32.1 –5.4
Registered electors 4,081
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Berkhamsted West

Berkhamsted West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carol Green* 712 47.7 +7.7
Conservative Ian Reay* 691 46.3 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Corry 627 42.0 –0.3
Liberal Democrats Luc Briand 582 39.0 –1.7
Labour Neil Shacklock 169 11.3 –2.9
Labour Dick Dennison 154 10.3 –2.4
Turnout ~1,493 36.4 +2.1
Registered electors 4,103
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Bradnock* 1,181 56.5 –3.8
Conservative Richard Roberts* 1,154 55.2 –3.4
Conservative Gbola Adeleke 1,050 50.2 –7.9
Liberal Democrats David Griffiths 652 31.2 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Carol Richardson 551 26.4 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Erik Vischer 527 25.2 +9.4
Labour Doreen Hills 249 11.9 –5.2
Labour Martin Smith 242 11.6 –5.0
Labour Richard Milnes 231 11.0 –4.9
Green Martin Humphrey 157 7.5 N/A
Turnout ~2,091 33.0 –0.8
Registered electors 6,337
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Boxmoor

Boxmoor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janice Marshall* 921 49.0 –2.3
Conservative Andrew Fairburn* 858 45.7 –2.3
Labour Susan White 655 34.9 –12.6
Labour Beryl Milnes 596 31.7 –14.9
Liberal Democrats Lucy Grayson 297 15.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Irving 210 11.2 N/A
Green Alan Johnson 133 7.1 N/A
Turnout ~1,878 43.5 –1.7
Registered electors 4,318
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Chaulden & Shrubhill

Chaulden & Shrubhill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne-Lise Johnsen* 540 42.6 –14.6
Labour Rick Widger* 527 41.6 –13.4
Conservative Hugh Scott 443 35.0 +6.1
Conservative Christopher Cadman 420 33.1 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Matthew Webb 227 17.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Wendy Savage 226 17.8 N/A
Turnout ~1,267 32.9 –4.9
Registered electors 3,852
Labour hold
Labour hold

Corner Hall

Corner Hall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Peter 534 43.7 +9.9
Conservative Michael Clark 515 42.2 +9.2
Labour Donald Bennett* 469 38.5 –13.1
Labour Frances Howat* 450 37.0 –9.4
Liberal Democrats John Blackman 207 17.0 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Waugh 180 14.7 +5.8
Turnout ~1,220 28.2 –3.4
Registered electors 4,327
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Gadebridge

Gadebridge (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Flint* 625 57.9 –0.1
Labour Ron Coxage* 547 50.7 +0.3
Conservative Roger Montgomerie 282 26.1 +5.0
Conservative Doris Shaw 270 25.0 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Alison Batchelor 129 11.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Margaret Colquhoun 121 11.2 N/A
Green Paul Harris 89 8.2 N/A
Turnout ~1,080 27.8 –6.6
Registered electors 3,887
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grove Hill

Grove Hill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Fisher* 681 49.4 –9.7
Labour Michael Maloney* 628 45.6 –9.2
Labour Richard Walsh* 613 44.5 –8.0
Conservative Roger Andrews 506 36.7 +11.2
Conservative Ronald Brown 474 34.4 +9.3
Conservative Frances Ryan 472 34.2 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Janet Dashwood 183 13.3 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Alan Waugh 179 13.0 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Weston 165 12.0 +0.7
Turnout ~1,379 24.1 +2.1
Registered electors 5,723
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hemel Hempstead Central

Hemel Hempstead Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Catherine Appleby* 530 41.0 –5.7
Conservative Andrew Williams* 502 38.9 –7.2
Labour Martin Rogers 444 34.4 –4.8
Labour Bernard Gronert 443 34.3 –4.3
Liberal Democrats David Angell 246 19.0 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Ashley Burton 195 15.1 +5.9
Green Hazel Johnson 99 7.7 N/A
Turnout ~1,292 34.2 +1.4
Registered electors 3,779
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Highfield & St. Pauls

Highfield & St. Pauls (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Dobie* 666 44.4 –11.2
Labour Bert Bannister 663 44.2 –8.5
Labour El Gomez 639 42.6 –5.7
Liberal Democrats Brenda Link 484 32.3 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Ryan Cullen 476 31.8 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Lesley Murray 427 28.5 +7.2
Conservative Kevin Minier 281 18.7 –1.2
Conservative Linda Holmes 278 18.5 –0.5
Conservative Miriam Wiedman-Smith 253 16.9 –1.3
Turnout ~1,501 28.9 –0.1
Registered electors 5,194
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kings Langley

Kings Langley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Anderson* 849 50.1 +5.3
Conservative Alexander McGregor* 758 44.7 +4.0
Labour Elizabeth Rafferty 659 38.9 +0.9
Labour Maureen Sedlacek 538 31.7 –5.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Morton 241 14.2 –1.0
Liberal Democrats Gerald Coulter 217 12.8 –1.8
Turnout ~1,697 43.8 –0.4
Registered electors 3,875
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Leverstock Green

Leverstock Green (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hazel Bassadone* 1,085 59.0 +2.1
Conservative Margaret Griffiths* 1,027 55.8 +1.1
Conservative Graham Sutton 1,002 54.5 +1.5
Labour Chris Twydell 461 25.1 –9.9
Labour James Hopkins 451 24.5 –8.0
Labour Hans Seelig 422 22.9 –8.9
Liberal Democrats Sheila Daly 303 16.5 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart Watkin 261 14.2 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Lynda Roe 243 13.2 +7.7
Turnout ~1,840 33.9 –8.7
Registered electors 5,427
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Nash Mills

Nash Mills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Smedley* 351 45.3 –2.9
Labour Mark Quinn 335 43.2 –0.2
Liberal Democrats Roger Willson 89 11.5 +3.0
Majority 16 2.1 –2.7
Turnout 775 36.9 +0.7
Registered electors 2,105
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.4

Northchurch

Northchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Fantham 403 57.3 –10.6
Liberal Democrats Garrick Stevens 247 35.1 +16.8
Labour Richard Hebborn 53 7.5 –6.3
Majority 156 22.2 –27.4
Turnout 703 33.3 –4.4
Registered electors 2,122
Conservative hold Swing Decrease13.7

Tring Central

Tring Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Denise Rance* 745 53.9 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Hollinghurst* 721 52.2 +12.6
Conservative Penelope Hearn 532 38.5 +2.4
Conservative Ronald Lanning 462 33.4 –1.3
Labour Roger Oliver 119 8.6 –7.7
Labour Barbara Gronert 104 7.5 –7.1
Turnout ~1,382 37.1 –1.4
Registered electors 3,726
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Tring East

Tring East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Olive Conway 418 56.3
Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Hollinghurst 225 30.3
Labour Susan Aldis 69 9.3
Green Colin Kruger 30 4.0
Majority 193 26.0
Turnout 742 35.8
Registered electors 2,092
Conservative hold Swing

Tring West

Tring West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Townsend* 747 47.3 +1.3
Conservative Stanley Mills* 716 45.4 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Barry Batchelor 704 44.7 +14.4
Liberal Democrats Lloyd Harris 591 37.5 +10.7
Green Paul Sandford 141 8.9 –6.6
Labour Daniel Carroll 139 8.8 –6.1
Turnout ~1,580 38.7 –2.3
Registered electors 4,084
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Warners End

Warners End (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janice Speaight 538 42.7 +3.9
Conservative Robert Gillespie 535 42.5 +6.5
Labour Margaret Coxage* 532 42.3 –9.4
Labour Rebecca Dickenson* 472 37.5 –9.2
Liberal Democrats Ann Fryd 162 12.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Rance 155 12.3 N/A
Turnout ~1,262 34.3 –5.7
Registered electors 3,678
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Watling

Watling (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Chapman* 873 70.7 +1.9
Conservative Julian Taunton* 862 69.8 +1.0
Labour Gillian Edwards 182 14.7 –10.9
Labour Eddie Dillon 158 12.8 –8.3
Liberal Democrats Garfield Jones 146 11.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Elley 128 10.4 N/A
Turnout ~1,233 30.1 +0.7
Registered electors 4,095
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Woodhall

Woodhall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Holmes 522 46.4 –1.7
Conservative Colette Wyatt-Lowe 436 38.8 –5.3
Labour Alan Olive* 394 35.1 –8.5
Labour Stephen Fisher 389 34.6 –7.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Bethune 215 19.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Hardingham 164 14.6 N/A
Turnout ~1,124 26.5 +3.6
Registered electors 4,242
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

References

  1. ^ "TORIES IN CONTROL". Hemeltoday. 1 May 2003. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Dacorum_Borough_Council_election