1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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17 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
LD
LeaderGeoff WoodsDavid KearnsIan Simpson
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before25185
Seats after22216
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg1
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
RA
Ind
Party Ratepayers Independent
Seats before11
Seats after01
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Leader before election

Geoff Woods
Conservative
No overall control

Policy chairman after election

David Kearns
Labour
No overall control

The 1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 4 May 1995, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council. [1]

Contents

The council remained under no overall control. Prior to the election the council had been run by a Conservative minority administration, with the Conservative leader, Geoff Woods, being leader of the council. At the election, the Conservatives made a net loss of three seats whilst Labour gained three seats and was able to form a minority administration with the support of the Liberal Democrats, although the two parties did not formally consider their arrangement to be a coalition. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 1995 the Labour leader, David Kearns, took the council's most senior political role as chairman of the policy and resources committee, although he was not given the title of leader of the council that all previous policy chairmen had held. Immediately after the election the Conservatives changed their group leader from Geoff Woods to F. John Smith. [2] [3]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows: [4]

1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 9Increase2.svg352.9122142.013,64045.6+7.6
  Conservative 4Decrease2.svg323.5182244.08,08027.0-4.7
  Liberal Democrats 3Increase2.svg117.63612.06,54421.9-3.9
  Ratepayers 0Decrease2.svg10.0000.01,1603.9+1.2
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0112.04821.6+0.5
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0340.1-0.6

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election. [4] [5]

Arbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Young* 671 57.3 +6.4
Liberal Democrats Roger Pritchard32327.6-9.8
Labour Roger McFall17715.1+3.4
Turnout 62.1
Registered electors 1,887
Conservative hold Swing +8.1
Baldock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Derbyshire 1,535 53.2 +18.2
Conservative Michael Muir*91931.8-9.8
Liberal Democrats Vernon Gaskell43315.0-8.4
Turnout 40.5
Registered electors 7,132
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.0
Hitchin Bearton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Hitchcock 1,181 71.8 +9.8
Conservative Michael East27116.5-2.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Newham19211.7+2.8
Turnout 36.1
Registered electors 4,566
Labour hold Swing +6.1
Hitchin Highbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Clark 1,041 44.2 +5.0
Conservative Robin Dartington*74431.6-9.4
Labour April Shelbourn57024.2+4.4
Turnout 46.6
Registered electors 5,066
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +7.2
Hitchin Oughton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Audrey Carss* 1,157 76.5 +11.7
Conservative Nigel Brook18412.2-4.6
Liberal Democrats Victoria Walker
(Vicki Walker)		17111.3-7.0
Turnout 37.5
Registered electors 4,038
Labour hold Swing +8.2
Hitchin Walsworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Terry 1,275 45.9 -4.6
Ratepayers Ken Logan*1,16041.8+11.5
Conservative Bernard Lovewell2127.6-2.7
Liberal Democrats Penelope Cunningham1284.6-4.2
Turnout 46.2
Registered electors 6,018
Labour gain from Ratepayers Swing -8.1
Hitchwood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rodney Bird* 318 55.4 -7.3
Labour Colin Southward17530.5+12.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Upchurch8114.1-5.4
Turnout 41.2
Registered electors 1,398
Conservative hold Swing -10.0
Hoo ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Wood 403 46.4 +8.9
Conservative David Barnard*40046.0-3.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Martin667.6-5.9
Turnout 59.5
Registered electors 1,464
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.0
Letchworth East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Hartley
(Tony Hartley)		1,343 65.5 +12.0
Conservative Simon Bloxham37818.4-6.7
Liberal Democrats David Ellis29614.4-3.8
Green Eric Blakeley341.7-1.5
Turnout 41.9
Registered electors 4,896
Labour hold Swing +9.4

The Letchworth East seat had previously been held by Labour councillor Charles Bifield, but had been vacant since his death on 16 February 1995. [6]

Letchworth Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Morris 1,668 71.7 +12.6
Conservative Evelyn Mitchell39016.8-3.9
Liberal Democrats Robin Hall26911.6-8.7
Turnout 45.5
Registered electors 5,122
Labour hold Swing +8.3
Letchworth South East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Agar* 1,439 51.0 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Gammell73826.2-8.2
Conservative Carole McNelliey64222.8-2.0
Turnout 46.0
Registered electors 6,149
Labour hold Swing +9.2
Letchworth South West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Simpson* 1,141 44.6 +0.5
Conservative Lynda Needham1,00739.3-0.4
Labour Edna Patricia Watson-Blake
(Pat Watson-Blake)		41316.1-0.1
Turnout 56.0
Registered electors 4,579
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.5
Letchworth Wilbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Evans* 975 56.3 +3.6
Conservative Jessica Thomson42424.5-0.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Booton33319.2-3.1
Turnout 40.5
Registered electors 4,275
Labour hold Swing +2.1
Newsells ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Wilkerson*
(Bob Wilkerson)		419 54.6 -7.7
Liberal Democrats Frank Christopher East
(Chris East)		18724.4+3.9
Labour Frederick Peacock
(Fred Peacock)		16121.0+3.7
Turnout 59.9
Registered electors 1,290
Conservative hold Swing -5.8
Offa ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Strong 310 37.7 -10.0
Liberal Democrats Sally Jarvis
(Sal Jarvis)		27533.5-7.2
Labour Jean Wood23728.8+17.3
Turnout 53.4
Registered electors 1,542
Conservative hold Swing -1.4
Royston West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Cook* 870 34.7 -3.0
Labour Kenneth Garland
(Ken Garland)		84433.7+5.8
Conservative Peter Lill79131.6-2.8
Turnout 40.0
Registered electors 6,275
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.4
Sandon ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Edward Faure Walker*
(Teddy Faure Walker)		482 84.7 +24.2
Labour Neil Haslam8715.3+11.8
Turnout 49.7
Registered electors 1,151
Independent hold Swing +6.2

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References

  1. ↑ The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
  2. ↑ "Council leader expects Tories to hold their own". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 28 April 1995. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Councillors compromise". Letchworth and Baldock Gazette. 19 May 1995. p. 3.
  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.
  5. ↑ "Tories rocked by swing to Labour". Hitchin Comet. 10 May 1995. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "Councillor will be sadly missed". Letchworth and Baldock Gazette. 24 February 1995.
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