2007 UK local government election
Map of the results Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by one.[1] The Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council after winning 44 of the 51 seats which they partly attributed to national events, while the Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats but were pleased to become the official opposition.[2]
Election result Dacorum Local Election Result 2007 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 44 +13 86.3 54.2 45,226 +9.4% Liberal Democrats 5 -2 9.8 20.5 17,136 -3.2% Labour 2 -12 3.9 20.3 16,928 -9.3% Green 0 0 0 3.0 2,516 +1.8% Independent 0 0 0 1.3 1,083 +0.8% National Front 0 0 0 0.6 541 +0.6%
Ward results Adeyfield East (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Allan Lawson 785 Conservative William Wyatt-Lowe 752 Labour Dawn Barnes 410 Labour Helen Leach 370 Liberal Democrats Doreen Coburn 155 Liberal Democrats Christine Hardy 138 Turnout 2,610 35.8
Adeyfield West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Keith White 518 Conservative Keith Reid 508 Labour Susan White 502 Conservative Angela Ashdown 481 Liberal Democrats Sylvia Fry 200 Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Lawrence 178 Turnout 2,387 31.1
Aldbury & Wigginton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mike Edwards 475 57.0 Liberal Democrats Michael James 306 36.7 Labour Tony Shaw 53 6.4 Majority 169 20.3 Turnout 834 44.8
Apsley and Corner Hall (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Ayling 1,201 Conservative Colin Peter 1,087 Conservative Michael Clark 1,084 Labour Hazel Mackie 367 Labour Beryl Milnes 335 Labour Michael Sheehan 321 Liberal Democrats Ashley Burton 258 Liberal Democrats Margaret Waugh 234 Liberal Democrats Ian Senior 212 Green Jeffrey Fanstone 206 Turnout 5,305 31.3
Ashridge Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Nicholas Tiley 791 74.8 Liberal Democrats Robert Irving 184 17.4 Labour Sharon Greene 83 7.8 Majority 607 57.4 Turnout 1,058 50.0
Bennetts End (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Michelle Lancaster 721 Conservative Suqlain Mahmood 655 Labour Gary Cook 537 Labour Bernard Gronert 525 Liberal Democrats Nicole Daly 206 Liberal Democrats Alan Waugh 175 Green Malcolm Waterton 128 Turnout 2,947 35.7
Berkhamsted Castle (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Andrew Fairburn 1,049 Conservative Jonathan Mole 965 Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Patterson 721 Liberal Democrats Victor Earl 690 Labour James Mackie 113 Labour Alan Olive 104 Turnout 3,642 40.4
Berkhamsted East (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Julie Laws 722 Conservative Stephen Bateman 698 Liberal Democrats Philip Gibbs 627 Liberal Democrats John Lythgoe 603 Independent Norman Cutting 341 Green Anne Duvall 152 Labour Sylvia Shaw 74 Labour Mary Khamis 73 Turnout 3,290 38.7
Berkhamsted West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Carol Green 860 Conservative Ian Reay 837 Liberal Democrats Geraldine Corry 615 Liberal Democrats Garrick Stevens 601 Labour Peter Norman 154 Labour Natasha Littlechild 123 Turnout 3,190 39.0
Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Richard Roberts 1,734 Conservative Gill Chapman 1,711 Conservative Gbola Adeleke 1,450 Independent Sharon Sims 417 Liberal Democrats David Griffiths 385 Green Martin Humphrew 280 Liberal Democrats Rick Martin 252 Liberal Democrats Barry Batchelor 243 Labour Richard Milnes 230 Labour Stephanie Barnes 218 Labour Scott Stimpson 174 Turnout 7,094 40.2
Boxmoor (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Janice Marshall 1,470 Conservative Neil Harden 1,430 Conservative Andrew Williams 1,306 Labour Julia Coleman 520 Labour Helen Heenan 429 Labour Tim Lyle 416 Liberal Democrats Jennifer Simmons 402 Liberal Democrats Stuart Watkin 375 Liberal Democrats Ronald Tindall 352 Green Alan Johnson 231 Green Hazel Johnson 216 Turnout 7,147 41.7
Chaulden and Warners End (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Fiona Guest 981 Conservative John Whitman 935 Conservative Janice Speaight 931 Labour Margaret Coxage 915 Labour Ronald Coxage 824 Labour Anne-Lise Johnsen 781 Green Jane Cousins 327 National Front Bernard Franklin 327 Independent Julie James 325 Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilson 280 Liberal Democrats Neil Kennedy 257 Liberal Democrats Lynda Roe 256 Turnout 7,139 39.5
Gadebridge (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Roger Taylor 623 Conservative Jai Restall 554 Labour Maureen Flint 527 Labour Stefan Fisher 434 Liberal Democrats Andrew Michie 161 Liberal Democrats Margaret Colquhoun 124 Green Paul Harris 124 Turnout 2,547 34.3
Grovehill (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ann Ryan 956 Conservative Alexander Bhinder 901 Conservative Terence Douris 889 Labour An Fisher 609 Labour Michael Maloney 514 Labour Richard Walsh 497 Liberal Democrats John Blackman 229 National Front Simon Deacon 214 Liberal Democrats Christopher Fryd 154 Liberal Democrats Martin Rance 147 Turnout 5,110 32.6
Hemel Hempstead Town (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Moore 404 Conservative Robert Wright 396 Labour Ellen Halden 388 Conservative Adam Wyatt-Lowe 358 Liberal Democrats Christopher Angell 183 Liberal Democrats Jean Blackman 181 Green Paul Sandford 112 Turnout 2,022 29.4
Highfield (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Brenda Link 739 Liberal Democrats Lloyd Harris 604 Labour Elio Gomez 522 Labour Bert Bannister 488 Conservative Kevin Minier 293 Conservative Miriam Wiedman-Smith 237 Turnout 2,883 38.4
Kings Langley (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alan Anderson 1,048 Conservative Bob Mclean 958 Labour Gerald Angiolini 376 Labour Eira Mills 309 Green Jenna Selby 254 Liberal Democrats Michael Morton 187 Liberal Democrats Gerald Coulter 173 Turnout 3,305 44.0
Leverstock Green (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Hazel Bassadone 1,624 Conservative Margaret Griffiths 1,523 Conservative Graham Sutton 1,506 Labour Douglas Jones 463 Labour Alan Dickson 448 Labour Jean Langdon 432 Liberal Democrats Thomas Potter 290 Liberal Democrats Sheila Daly 271 Liberal Democrats Adam Roe 234 Green Gillian Storey 192 Turnout 6,983 37.0
Nash Mill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Lucy Foster 511 64.8 Labour Norman Jones 182 23.1 Liberal Democrats Colin Roe 95 12.1 Majority 329 41.7 Turnout 788 37.8
Northchurch Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alan Fantham 627 70.0 Liberal Democrats Julian Critcher 203 22.7 Labour Doreen Hills 66 7.4 Majority 424 47.3 Turnout 896 41.2
Tring Central (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Nicholas Hollinghurst 824 Liberal Democrats Denise Rance 793 Conservative John Bowden 661 Conservative Stan Mills 651 Green Colin Kruger 156 Labour Douglas Drury 76 Labour Fran Howat 72 Turnout 3,233 41.5
Tring East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Penelope Hearn 660 63.3 Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Hollinghurst 349 33.5 Labour Philip Gonzalez 33 3.2 Majority 311 29.8 Turnout 1,042 47.7
Tring West and Rural (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Derek Townsend 919 Liberal Democrats Christopher Townsend 895 Liberal Democrats John Allan 883 Conservative Olive Conway 866 Labour Jan Kalaher 93 Labour Frank Burgess 88 Turnout 3,744 47.8
Watling (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Herbert Chapman 1,093 Conservative David Lloyd 1,068 Labour Joseph Wales 167 Liberal Democrats Lesley Murray 153 Labour Kit Wales 152 Liberal Democrats Angela Tindall 141 Turnout 2,774 36.2
Woodhall Farm (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Stephen Holmes 808 Conservative Colette Wyatt-Lowe 743 Labour Sally Anderson 215 Labour Barbara Gronert 204 Green Helen Batchelor 138 Liberal Democrats Daniel Bonnett 115 Liberal Democrats Paul Elley 103 Turnout 2,326 29.2
References ^ "Tories gain 13 at changed Dacorum". BBC Online . 4 May 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2008 . ^ "Election results 2007". Hemeltoday. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2008 . [permanent dead link ] 2007 Dacorum election result Ward results County Council Election 2007: Dacorum Borough Council