1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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16 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
RA
LeaderBob Flatman
Party Conservative Labour Ratepayers
Seats before28133
Seats after29153
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg2Steady2.svg
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
LD
SDP
Party Liberal Democrats SDP
Seats before24
Seats after21
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg3
Leader before election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

Leader after election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

The 1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 3 May 1990, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. There were 16 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council. [1]

Contents

Labour took most votes, gaining two extra seats. The Conservatives also gained a seat, increasing their majority on the council. The continuing Social Democratic Party lost every seat it was defending, leaving it with just one seat on the council. With poor results across the country the party disbanded shortly after the election. The one remaining SDP councillor in North Hertfordshire was Tony Quinn, whose term ran until 1991; following the demise of his party he joined Labour for the remainder of his term. [2] [3]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows: [4]

1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 7Increase2.svg243.881530.016,52243.8+11.6
  Conservative 8Increase2.svg150.0212958.014,24837.8-3.3
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0224.03,2638.6-8.5
  Ratepayers 1Steady2.svg6.3236.01,4233.8-1.5
  SDP 0Decrease2.svg30.0112.01,2783.4-0.5
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.07992.1+1.7
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02040.5new

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election. [4]

Baldock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael John Parlour
(Mick Parlour)		1,713 52.2 +10.0
Conservative Mark Wilfred Seaman Hill1,56947.8-2.9
Turnout 47.2
Registered electors 6,953
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.5
Codicote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Ian Smith* 763 57.3 -18.6
Labour Peter Charles Read56942.7+18.6
Turnout 56.0
Registered electors 2,381
Conservative hold Swing -18.6
Hitchin Bearton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Alice Marr* 1,375 63.8 +9.8
Conservative Nicholas Francis Porter54525.3-3.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Oliver Canning23510.9+3.0
Turnout 48.2
Registered electors 4,475
Labour hold Swing +6.6
Hitchin Highbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Peter Boddey 964 37.3 -8.9
SDP Evelyn Mary Burton*
(Mary Burton)		74728.9+9.0
Labour David John Tizzard67025.9+10.7
Independent Norman Vincent Hyde2047.9+7.9
Turnout 50.8
Registered electors 5,086
Conservative gain from SDP Swing -9.0
Hitchin Oughton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Alexander Smith*
(Harry Smith)		1,368 68.4 -2.2
Conservative Penelope Mary Lambourne36718.3+18.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Clark26613.3-16.2
Turnout 47.9
Registered electors 4,175
Labour hold Swing -10.3
Hitchin Priory ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Stanley Flatman*
(Bob Flatman)		822 53.9 -12.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Kenneth Harbron45529.8+8.9
Labour Janet Lynne Gosling24916.3+3.1
Turnout 55.7
Registered electors 2,741
Conservative hold Swing -10.5
Hitchin Walsworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers Jack Swain* 1,423 47.5 -14.5
Labour Martin John Stears1,28943.0+16.1
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Elizabeth Sefton2849.5+1.1
Turnout 49.9
Registered electors 6,004
Ratepayers hold Swing -15.3
Kimpton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alison Kathryn Martin 509 59.8 +59.8
Labour John Saunders34240.2+21.0
Turnout 52.0
Registered electors 1,636
Conservative gain from SDP Swing +19.4
Knebworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Cartwright Dumelow* 1,013 56.3 -6.1
Labour Caroline Rebecca Doyle41523.1+4.9
Liberal Democrats Michael John Stiff20211.2-8.2
Green Stuart Wanstall Madgin1709.4+9.4
Turnout 52.6
Registered electors 3,419
Conservative hold Swing -5.5
Letchworth East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Jarman 1,435 57.7 +4.5
Conservative Gloria June Storer59523.9-6.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Gammell2479.9-6.9
Green Eric Morris Blakeley2098.4+8.4
Turnout 54.0
Registered electors 4,600
Labour hold Swing +5.3
Letchworth Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Kitchiner* 1,826 65.2 +22.6
Conservative Michael Douglas Muir60421.6-6.6
Liberal Democrats Ronald Victor Alan Streeter2458.7-15.1
Green Ian Thomassen Barrett1264.5+4.5
Turnout 55.1
Registered electors 5,083
Labour hold Swing +14.6
Letchworth South East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John James Wilkinson
(Jack Wilkinson)		1,591 47.8 +20.4
Conservative Gordon Raymond Whalley1,09733.0-6.1
SDP Graham Leigh Wellfare34710.4-13.4
Green Sylvia Stevens2948.8+8.8
Turnout 54.7
Registered electors 6,091
Labour gain from SDP Swing +13.3

Letchworth South East had previously been held by SDP councillor Geoff Williams, although the seat had been vacant since his resignation in November 1989.

Letchworth South West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynda Ann Needham 1,341 48.3 0.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Simpson80028.8+0.8
Labour Nigel Edward Agar63722.9+6.2
Turnout 60.5
Registered electors 4,592
Conservative hold Swing -0.4
Letchworth Wilbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Mantle* 1,320 59.4 +13.4
Conservative Hilary Elizabeth Wilkins66830.1-12.8
Liberal Democrats Sara Louise Tustin23310.5-0.5
Turnout 55.6
Registered electors 3,996
Labour hold Swing +13.1
Royston East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Drake 1,087 48.2 -10.0
Labour Jessie Etheridge68630.4+13.8
Liberal Democrats Gillian Waterhouse29613.1-11.9
SDP Michael Harrison1848.2+8.2
Turnout 54.0
Registered electors 4,170
Conservative hold Swing -11.9
Royston West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Doyle*
(Tim Doyle)		1,261 37.7 -9.1
Liberal Democrats Stuart Cook1,04331.2-1.7
Labour Leslie Baker1,03731.0+10.8
Turnout 54.6
Registered electors 6,125
Conservative hold Swing -3.7

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References

  1. ↑ The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
  2. ↑ "Rivals set for votes battle". Letchworth and Baldock Gazette. 6 April 1990. p. 18.
  3. ↑ Hunter, John (11 May 1990). "Labour gains town victory". Letchworth and Baldock Gazette. p. 13.
  4. 1 2 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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