Council election in England
1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council 25 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | Con | Lab | LD | Leader | F. John Smith | David Kearns | Ian Simpson | Party | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Seats before | 17 | 26 | 6 | Seats after | 28 | 18 | 3 | Seat change | 11 | 8 | 3 | |
Leader before election David Kearns Labour | Leader after election F. John Smith Conservative | |
The 1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 6 May 1999, at the same time as other local elections across Britain. All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election following changes to ward boundaries.[1]
Labour lost control of the council to the Conservatives at the election, with the Conservative leader, F. John Smith, becoming leader of the council, taking the role from the Labour leader, David Kearns. The Liberal Democrat leader, Ian Simpson, lost his seat at the election and was replaced as group leader after the election by Steve Jarvis.[2]
Overall results
The overall results were as follows:[3]
North Hertfordshire District Council Election, 1999 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 28 | | | 11 | 57.1 | 43.8 | 15,710 | +2.8 |
| Labour | 18 | | | 8 | 36.7 | 31.9 | 11,420 | -5.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | | | 3 | 6.1 | 20.2 | 7,247 | -0.3 |
| Green | 0 | | | | 0 | 1.8 | 655 | +0.7 |
| Independent | 0 | | | 1 | 0 | 1.8 | 631 | +1.8 |
| Natural Law | 0 | | | | 0 | 0.5 | 170 | +0.1 |
Ward Results
The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[2][3][4][5]
Arbury ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Andrew Dempster Young* | 703 | 65.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Lindsay Pritchard | 241 | 22.5 | |
| Labour | Joanna Ruth White | 129 | 12.0 | |
Turnout | | 54.16 | |
Registered electors | 1,981 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Baldock East ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Michael Edwin Weeks | 256 | 56.4 | |
| Labour | John Merson | 101 | 22.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Roberta Kirkland | 97 | 21.4 | |
Turnout | | 25.6 | |
Registered electors | 1,767 | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Baldock Town ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Bernard Crow* | 1,025 | 43.7 | |
| Conservative | Michael Robert Mackenzie Muir | 859 | | |
| Conservative | Ian Knighton | 842 | | |
| Labour | Brian Derbyshire* | 787 | 33.5 | |
| Labour | Roger Miller McFall* | 706 | | |
| Labour | Andrew Robert Milne* | 577 | | |
| Independent | Peter Alan Deacon | 317 | 13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Stephen White | 217 | 9.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Samantha Turner | 177 | | |
Turnout | | 32.9 | |
Registered electors | 5,702 | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Cadwell ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Patricia Winifred Gibbs (Tricia Gibbs) | 450 | 51.1 | |
| Labour | Anne Elizabeth Sobek* | 318 | 36.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Mark Derwent | 113 | 12.8 | |
Turnout | | 48.14 | |
Registered electors | 1,832 | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Codicote ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Luke Michael Joseph La Plain* | 565 | 66.2 | |
| Labour | Frederick George Peacock | 195 | 22.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Stephen Grant Stanley | 93 | 10.9 | |
Turnout | | 41.9 | |
Registered electors | 2,039 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ermine ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Howard Maycroft Marshall | 621 | 63.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Pooley | 233 | 23.8 | |
| Labour | Dorothy Fryer | 127 | 12.9 | |
Turnout | | 50.7 | |
Registered electors | 1,940 | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Graveley and Wymondley ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Margaret Jarvis (Sal Jarvis) | 379 | 60.5 | |
| Conservative | Cheryl Kathleen Peers | 192 | 30.7 | |
| Labour | Robert Fergus Whatson | 55 | 8.8 | |
Turnout | | 48.6 | |
Registered electors | 1,289 | | |
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Hitchin Bearton ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Judi Billing* | 933 | 49.2 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Alice Marr* (Jenny Marr) | 892 | | |
| Labour | Martin John Stears* | 764 | | |
| Conservative | Patricia Ann Cherry | 504 | 26.6 | |
| Conservative | Charles Spencer Bunker | 502 | | |
| Conservative | Mark Philip Spencer Bunker | 498 | | |
| Green | Nigel Peter Howitt | 179 | 9.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Catchpole | 173 | 9.1 | |
| Natural Law | David Richard Hunter Cooke | 108 | 5.7 | |
| Natural Law | Donna Louise Hawkins | 66 | | |
| Natural Law | Lesley Susan Relph | 58 | | |
Turnout | | 30.32 | |
Registered electors | 5,142 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hitchin Highbury ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alvaro Damiani* (Al Damiani) | 1,248 | 46.4 | |
| Conservative | Paul Nigel Dee | 1,199 | | |
| Conservative | Lesley Avril Lambourn Greenwood | 1,153 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Clark* | 830 | 30.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert George Lord | 772 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Shirley | 673 | | |
| Labour | Jonathan Victor Newham | 454 | 16.9 | |
| Green | Lydia Helen Howitt | 156 | 5.8 | |
Turnout | | 5.8 | |
Registered electors | 5,492 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Hitchin Oughton ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Audrey Emmie Carss* | 721 | 65.0 | |
| Labour | Joan Irene Kirby* | 678 | | |
| Conservative | Nigel Kenneth Brook | 222 | 20.0 | |
| Conservative | Penelope Mary Brook | 209 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ingeborg Gudrun Sutcliffe | 100 | 9.0 | |
| Green | Stuart Madgin | 66 | 6.0 | |
Turnout | | 26.4 | |
Registered electors | 3,778 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hitchin Priory ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Derrick Alan Ashley* | 1,099 | 58.7 | |
| Conservative | Richard Arthur Charles Thake* | 1,041 | | |
| Labour | David Edward Billing | 417 | 22.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Paul Winder | 355 | 19.0 | |
Turnout | | 34.3 | |
Registered electors | 4,015 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hitchin Walsworth ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Ashmore | 876 | 40.6 | |
| Labour | Sandra May Lunn* | 855 | 39.6 | |
| Conservative | Bernard Frank James Lovewell | 852 | | |
| Conservative | Anthony Patrick Strong | 825 | | |
| Labour | Derek Nigel Sheard | 792 | | |
| Labour | Peter Simon Terry* | 779 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Cecily Thomas | 203 | 9.4 | |
| Green | George Winston Howe | 163 | 7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ethel Edith Westoby | 162 | | |
| Natural Law | Russell Pearson Howard | 62 | 2.9 | |
Turnout | | 35.5 | |
Registered electors | 5,528 | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Hitchwood ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alan Thomas Calder | 656 | 75.1 | |
| Labour | Paul John Charles Hetherington | 218 | 24.9 | |
Turnout | | 43.6 | |
Registered electors | 2,006 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hoo ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David John Barnard* | 538 | 55.8 | |
| Labour | Roger Aubrey Wood* | 426 | 44.2 | |
Turnout | | 53.6 | |
Registered electors | 1,797 | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Kimpton ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David John Horrell* | 485 | 79.1 | |
| Labour | Rene Rae Gardner | 128 | 20.9 | |
Turnout | | 35.8 | |
Registered electors | 1,709 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Knebworth ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jane Elizabeth Gray* | 919 | 58.5 | |
| Conservative | Ferrers Robin Bruce Wordsworth (Robin Wordsworth) | 892 | | |
| Labour | Timothy Liddy | 352 | 22.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Stiff | 300 | 19.1 | |
Turnout | | 31.02 | |
Registered electors | 3,970 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Letchworth East ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Arthur Jarman* | 861 | 50.7 | |
| Labour | Anthony Robert Hartley* | 849 | | |
| Labour | Lorna Rose Kercher* | 824 | | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Allen | 486 | 28.6 | |
| Conservative | Robin Charles Maurice Harbord | 486 | | |
| Conservative | Adam Joshua Wilson | 437 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Gammell | 261 | 15.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Francis Booton | 256 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Arthur Gilbert Ramsay Thomson | 222 | | |
| Green | Eric Morris Blakeley | 91 | 5.4 | |
Turnout | | 29.6 | |
Registered electors | 5,337 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Letchworth Grange ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Peter Kearns* | 991 | 61.1 | |
| Labour | Peter Anthony Mardell* | 909 | | |
| Labour | David Morris* | 896 | | |
| Conservative | Judith Lindsey Gower | 416 | 25.6 | |
| Conservative | George Brunton Reith | 405 | | |
| Conservative | Richard Edward Markiewicz | 388 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Hall | 216 | 13.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Butcher | 202 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Natasha Winder | 183 | | |
Turnout | | 29.6 | |
Registered electors | 5,177 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Letchworth South East ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John James Wilkinson* (Jack Wilkinson) | 847 | 45.1 | |
| Labour | Nigel Edward Agar* | 812 | | |
| Labour | Jean Andrews* | 802 | | |
| Conservative | John Finbarr Barry | 645 | 34.3 | |
| Conservative | Carole Anne McNelliey | 643 | | |
| Conservative | Gordon Raymond Whalley | 616 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Phyllis Leonard | 386 | 20.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Winder | 348 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Murray Frank Turner | 333 | | |
Turnout | | 34.6 | |
Registered electors | 5,229 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Letchworth South West ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Lynda Ann Needham* | 1,380 | 45.1 | |
| Conservative | Neil Alexander Redfern | 1,239 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Elaine Kingman* | 1,229 | 40.2 | |
| Conservative | Raymond Lawrence Shakespeare-Smith | 1,190 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Simpson* | 1,129 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ircha | 1,039 | | |
| Labour | Jacqueline Brigitte Hartley | 452 | 14.8 | |
Turnout | | 50.9 | |
Registered electors | 5,615 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Letchworth Wilbury ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ian Mantle* | 729 | 63.0 | |
| Labour | Gary Thomas Grindal* | 720 | | |
| Conservative | Stephen Laurence Paul | 302 | 26.1 | |
| Conservative | Jessica Christian Dorothy Thomson | 289 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marion Evelyn Minards-Gammell | 127 | 11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ursula Winder | 114 | | |
Turnout | | 28.29 | |
Registered electors | 4,032 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Offa ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Claire Patricia Annette Strong* | 459 | 60.1 | |
| Labour | Jean Elizabeth Ann Wood | 161 | 21.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Donald Johnson | 144 | 18.8 | |
Turnout | | 48.34 | |
Registered electors | 1,597 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Royston Heath ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Peter Colin Weston Burt* | 671 | 50.1 | |
| Conservative | Rodney Victor Kennedy (Rod Kennedy) | 657 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Raymond Ledden | 338 | 25.2 | |
| Labour | Maureen Dale-Molloy | 331 | 24.7 | |
| Labour | Kenneth Garland | 327 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Noel Rose | 266 | | |
Turnout | | 33.04 | |
Registered electors | 3,919 | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Royston Meridian ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Anthony Frederick Hunter (Tony Hunter) | 561 | 47.9 | |
| Conservative | Francis John Smith* (John Smith) | 560 | | |
| Labour | Robin King | 338 | 28.9 | |
| Labour | Joan Herbert | 336 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Anne Baxter | 271 | 23.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony William Johnson | 215 | | |
Turnout | | 34.1 | |
Registered electors | 3,324 | | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Royston Palace ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Leslie Baker* (Les Baker) | 463 | 37.9 | |
| Conservative | Martin John Beaver | 431 | 35.2 | |
| Conservative | Fiona Ronan Greenwood | 418 | | |
| Labour | Vaughan West | 361 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Elizabeth Coates | 329 | 26.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Clifford Harlow | 289 | | |
Turnout | | 30.3 | |
Registered electors | 3,780 | | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Weston and Sandon ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Kenneth Jarvis* (Steve Jarvis) | 612 | 64.5 | |
| Independent | John Peter Cherry | 314 | 33.1 | |
| Labour | Natasha Louise Hetherington | 23 | 2.4 | |
Turnout | | 59.4 | |
Registered electors | 1,599 | | |
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1998/2555, retrieved 14 March 2023
- ^ a b "Triumphant Tories in the driving seat again". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 14 May 1999. p. 4. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "How the candidates line up". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 23 April 1999. p. 5. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Results". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2001. Retrieved 8 April 2023.