Council election in England
2007 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 | Steve Jarvis | Party | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Seats before | 33 | 9 | 7 | Seats after | 30 | 10 | 9 | Seat change | 3 | 1 | 2 | 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
- ^ a b "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2006/3112, retrieved 4 March 2023
- ^ "Stand up and be counted - North Herts candidates". The Comet. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Council minutes, 17 May 2007" (PDF). North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Andrew, Teale. "Local Election Results 2007: North Hertfordshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Election Results 2007". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 March 2023.