2 May 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 58 seats to Dacorum Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 1991 Dacorum Borough Council election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1991 Dacorum Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
| 1991 Dacorum Borough Council election [2] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 58 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 65.5 | 44.3 | 45,306 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour | 58 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 27.6 | 31.8 | 32,504 | +7.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 52 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6.9 | 21.5 | 22,001 | –10.5 | ||
| Green | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1,442 | N/A | ||
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,080 | N/A | ||
| National Front | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.1 | 18 | N/A | ||
Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Griffiths | 862 | 47.4 | +7.7 | |
| Conservative | K. Reid | 816 | 44.8 | +7.8 | |
| Labour | C. Cohen | 675 | 37.1 | +7.6 | |
| Labour | M. Pesch | 671 | 36.9 | +8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Hayward | 250 | 13.7 | –15.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | V. Sleight | 234 | 12.9 | –14.4 | |
| Turnout | ~1,820 | 47.4 | –8.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,839 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | M. Young* | 1,079 | 54.5 | +13.8 | |
| Labour | L. Taber* | 1,045 | 52.8 | +14.7 | |
| Labour | R. Haverson | 1,034 | 52.3 | +16.4 | |
| Conservative | M. Davies | 534 | 27.0 | –3.2 | |
| Conservative | H. Scott | 525 | 26.5 | –3.5 | |
| Conservative | M. Mitchell | 499 | 25.2 | –4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | E. Bennett | 311 | 15.7 | –11.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Blackman | 298 | 15.1 | –11.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | C. Swatton | 274 | 13.9 | –11.9 | |
| Turnout | ~1,978 | 47.2 | –10.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,191 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Whitehead* | 513 | 58.6 | –4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R. Hollinghurst | 240 | 27.4 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | S. Jackson | 122 | 13.9 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 273 | 31.2 | –4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 875 | 52.0 | –2.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,723 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. Seely* | 976 | 69.1 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | B. Gregory | 894 | 63.3 | –1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | M. James | 278 | 19.7 | –1.8 | |
| Labour | C. Cushion | 268 | 19.0 | +9.9 | |
| Labour | P. Harris | 200 | 14.2 | +5.4 | |
| Turnout | ~1,413 | 52.0 | –6.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,718 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | S. Harrison | 1,097 | 55.7 | +12.7 | |
| Labour | D. Jones | 1,092 | 55.5 | +12.5 | |
| Labour | A. Maclaughlin* | 1,057 | 53.7 | +12.1 | |
| Conservative | J. Stanton | 543 | 27.6 | –3.1 | |
| Conservative | A. Craigen | 525 | 26.7 | –2.4 | |
| Conservative | R. Stanton | 516 | 26.2 | –2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | C. Roe | 259 | 13.2 | –8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Bethune | 256 | 13.0 | –8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | M. Rance | 243 | 12.3 | –7.8 | |
| Turnout | ~1,969 | 45.6 | –5.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,317 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Dunbavand* | 940 | 54.1 | –1.8 | |
| Conservative | K. Coleman* | 932 | 53.7 | –0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | F. Earl | 483 | 27.8 | –6.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | V. Earl | 461 | 26.6 | –1.8 | |
| Green | J. Hannaway | 232 | 13.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | G. Bellamy | 209 | 12.0 | +1.4 | |
| Labour | B. Reiss | 125 | 7.2 | –2.5 | |
| Turnout | ~1,736 | 46.0 | –4.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,774 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Ginger* | 1,052 | 49.0 | –0.8 | |
| Conservative | C. Green | 932 | 43.4 | –3.1 | |
| Conservative | D. Roberts | 928 | 43.2 | –0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | C. Olney | 506 | 23.5 | –9.0 | |
| Labour | D. Freeman | 486 | 22.6 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A. Horton | 427 | 19.9 | –9.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R. Winter | 426 | 19.8 | –9.4 | |
| Labour | C. Morrish | 387 | 18.0 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | D. Eaude | 373 | 17.4 | +2.9 | |
| Independent | S. Taylor | 206 | 9.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | W. Carlile-Stitson | 183 | 8.5 | N/A | |
| Green | D. Tookey | 167 | 7.8 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~2,149 | 45.2 | –3.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,754 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | S. Sharpe | 918 | 52.6 | +19.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | E. Patterson | 781 | 44.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | I. Brown | 557 | 31.9 | –17.9 | |
| Conservative | M. Rix | 522 | 29.9 | –18.9 | |
| Labour | M. Gilbert | 208 | 11.9 | –18.6 | |
| Labour | M. Hall | 178 | 10.2 | –12.8 | |
| Green | D. Woollacott | 128 | 7.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,745 | 54.3 | +2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,214 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. McLellan | 1,050 | 65.9 | +11.4 | |
| Conservative | A. Janes* | 980 | 61.5 | +12.2 | |
| Labour | C. Cooke | 474 | 29.8 | +19.6 | |
| Labour | K. Underwood | 440 | 27.6 | +18.8 | |
| Turnout | ~1,593 | 42.8 | –11.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,721 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Buteux* | 1,179 | 47.8 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | J. Marshall* | 1,090 | 44.2 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | G. Richardson | 1,075 | 43.6 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | E. Marshall | 716 | 29.0 | +8.7 | |
| Labour | R. Hutchison | 669 | 27.1 | +7.5 | |
| Labour | K. Greene | 658 | 26.7 | +7.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | C. Richardson | 571 | 23.1 | –8.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | P. Gregory | 535 | 21.7 | –8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | F. Campbell | 484 | 19.6 | –9.5 | |
| Turnout | ~2,467 | 51.2 | –6.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,819 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Williams* | 755 | 43.0 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | C. Appleby* | 740 | 42.1 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A. Winter | 659 | 37.5 | –1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | C. Robins | 600 | 34.1 | –1.5 | |
| Labour | F. Burgess | 330 | 18.8 | –2.9 | |
| Labour | H. Seeligh | 292 | 16.6 | –4.8 | |
| Turnout | ~1,758 | 45.8 | –9.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,838 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Dennison | 685 | 53.5 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | C. Horne | 433 | 33.8 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | D. Izzett | 145 | 11.3 | –8.0 | |
| National Front | J. McAuley | 18 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 252 | 19.7 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,281 | 55.9 | –4.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,298 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Nichols* | 497 | 74.5 | +20.0 | |
| Labour | M. Tearle | 170 | 25.5 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 327 | 49.0 | +18.7 | ||
| Turnout | 667 | 51.9 | –9.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,290 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. Byfield* | 1,017 | 44.2 | +4.2 | |
| Conservative | M. Griffiths* | 1,011 | 43.9 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | T. Eastman* | 963 | 41.8 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | G. Cook | 907 | 39.4 | +9.7 | |
| Labour | Y. Leadbeater | 893 | 38.8 | +10.7 | |
| Labour | N. Singam | 743 | 32.3 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Wilson | 318 | 13.8 | –14.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | M. Thompson | 274 | 11.9 | –16.0 | |
| Turnout | ~2,303 | 46.4 | –10.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,964 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Griffiths* | 945 | 52.0 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | D. Samuels* | 921 | 50.7 | +8.3 | |
| Labour | R. Briggs | 493 | 27.1 | +9.0 | |
| Labour | J. Bradbury | 473 | 26.0 | +8.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Roberts | 308 | 16.9 | –15.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Frost | 282 | 15.5 | –15.7 | |
| Turnout | ~1,818 | 38.5 | –7.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,722 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Taunton* | 849 | 55.0 | –5.1 | |
| Conservative | N. Macgregor | 815 | 52.8 | –4.7 | |
| Labour | P. Silcock | 292 | 18.9 | –3.7 | |
| Labour | G. Hare | 279 | 18.1 | –2.6 | |
| Independent | R. Kent* | 278 | 18.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Richardson | 220 | 14.3 | –1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | P. Willis | 199 | 12.9 | –1.7 | |
| Turnout | ~1,543 | 47.3 | –1.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,263 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | M. Flint | 923 | 56.0 | +22.4 | |
| Labour | W. Sapsford | 779 | 47.3 | +17.4 | |
| Independent | T. Boreham* | 413 | 25.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | J. Partridge | 398 | 24.1 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | J. Reid | 389 | 23.6 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | K. Hughes | 207 | 12.6 | –31.6 | |
| Turnout | ~1,648 | 47.0 | –13.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,507 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Fisher | 765 | 36.2 | +11.5 | |
| Labour | B. Breslin | 730 | 34.6 | +12.2 | |
| Labour | P. Hinson | 695 | 32.9 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | D. Fell | 637 | 30.2 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Blackman* | 636 | 30.1 | –13.6 | |
| Conservative | J. Manning | 632 | 29.9 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | P. Stanyon | 608 | 28.8 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A. Gillings | 567 | 26.9 | –16.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | G. Edwards | 544 | 25.8 | –14.7 | |
| Turnout | ~2,111 | 37.6 | –7.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,615 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | P. Doyle* | 959 | 46.8 | +10.6 | |
| Labour | P. Camp | 786 | 38.3 | +9.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | G. Lawrence* | 726 | 35.4 | –5.4 | |
| Labour | M. Presland | 676 | 33.0 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A. King | 613 | 29.9 | –5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Penny | 568 | 27.7 | –7.0 | |
| Conservative | G. Hanson | 430 | 21.0 | –3.4 | |
| Conservative | D. Stevenson | 349 | 17.0 | –6.7 | |
| Conservative | D. Stevenson | 322 | 15.7 | –6.5 | |
| Turnout | ~2,051 | 45.9 | –8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,469 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Greene* | 964 | 53.4 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | D. Walker* | 901 | 49.9 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | P. Gale | 545 | 30.2 | +15.9 | |
| Labour | D. Lane | 444 | 24.6 | +10.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | I. Senior | 321 | 17.8 | –16.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R. Kelly | 284 | 15.7 | –18.5 | |
| Turnout | ~1,805 | 48.9 | –10.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,691 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Bassadone* | 1,405 | 55.0 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | C. Cadman* | 1,320 | 51.7 | +3.9 | |
| Conservative | J. Hanson* | 1,300 | 50.9 | +4.2 | |
| Labour | R. Hebborn | 703 | 27.5 | +10.8 | |
| Labour | R. Hebborn | 690 | 27.0 | +10.6 | |
| Labour | B. Rubin | 617 | 24.2 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R. Cottrell | 434 | 17.0 | –14.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Watkin | 417 | 16.3 | –14.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | M. Rogers | 375 | 14.7 | –15.1 | |
| Turnout | ~2,554 | 48.9 | –6.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,223 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Korman* | 517 | 54.0 | +6.4 | |
| Labour | C. Bullen | 308 | 32.2 | –3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R. Willson | 132 | 13.8 | –2.8 | |
| Majority | 209 | 21.8 | +10.0 | ||
| Turnout | 957 | 58.1 | –6.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,653 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Peel | 578 | 58.7 | –11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | K. Patterson | 211 | 21.4 | –0.3 | |
| Labour | S. Tupper | 120 | 12.2 | +4.5 | |
| Green | S. Duffield | 75 | 7.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 367 | 37.3 | –11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 984 | 48.4 | –1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,088 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Beale | 871 | 61.4 | +2.5 | |
| Labour | D. Leathwood | 282 | 19.9 | +7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | L. Roe | 265 | 18.7 | –9.6 | |
| Majority | 589 | 41.5 | +10.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,418 | 47.8 | –4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,967 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Noel | 844 | 42.8 | –3.5 | |
| Conservative | M. Jackson | 733 | 37.1 | –7.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | B. Batchelor | 709 | 35.9 | –2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | D. Rance | 557 | 28.2 | –8.7 | |
| Green | D. Metcalfe | 403 | 20.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | M. Fountain | 259 | 13.1 | –1.6 | |
| Labour | L. Maple | 222 | 11.2 | –1.4 | |
| Turnout | ~1,974 | 48.7 | –5.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,053 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Jameson* | 650 | 66.1 | +5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | N. Hollinghurst | 198 | 20.1 | –13.6 | |
| Labour | P. Carter | 72 | 7.3 | +1.6 | |
| Green | C. Kruger | 63 | 6.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 452 | 46.0 | +19.1 | ||
| Turnout | 983 | 58.8 | –8.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,703 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Townsend* | 992 | 52.4 | –5.4 | |
| Conservative | M. Arnold* | 982 | 51.9 | +1.7 | |
| Green | P. Metcalfe | 374 | 19.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | R. Dickenson | 358 | 18.9 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | E. Williams | 335 | 17.7 | –10.7 | |
| Labour | R. Lovelace | 308 | 18.9 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Davis | 265 | 14.0 | –9.2 | |
| Turnout | ~1,892 | 51.9 | –6.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,645 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | J. Sweetingham* | 837 | 33.4 | –1.2 | |
| Labour | J. Coleman | 834 | 33.3 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | M. Coxage | 818 | 32.7 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | E. Willis* | 794 | 31.7 | –2.6 | |
| Labour | I. Laidlaw-Dickson | 791 | 31.6 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | B. Phillips | 766 | 30.6 | –1.9 | |
| Conservative | A. Kelly* | 742 | 29.6 | –2.7 | |
| Conservative | M. Luck | 694 | 27.7 | –4.2 | |
| Conservative | G. Odell | 662 | 26.4 | –3.7 | |
| Turnout | ~2,503 | 54.0 | –3.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,636 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||