1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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18 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Lab
Con
LeaderDavid KearnsF. John Smith
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before2616
Seats after2617
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
 Third partyFourth party
 
LD
Ind
LeaderIan Simpson
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats before71
Seats after61
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Leader before election

David Kearns
Labour

Leader after election

David Kearns
Labour

The 1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 7 May 1998, at the same time as other local elections across England. There were 18 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus two by-elections in Hitchin Walsworth and Knebworth wards. [1] [2]

Contents

Labour retained its narrow majority on the council. The Conservatives won most votes and gained one extra seat. [3]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows: [4]

1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 9Increase2.svg150.081750.010,15441.0+7.8
  Labour 8Steady2.svg44.4182652.09,14136.9-8.0
  Liberal Democrats 1Decrease2.svg15.65612.05,08820.6-1.3
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02731.1+1.1
  Natural Law 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0910.4+0.4

Ward results

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

Baldock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Crow 947 48.6 +15.2
Labour Neil Haslam76339.1-4.4
Liberal Democrats John White24012.3-10.9
Turnout 26.3
Registered electors 7,440
Conservative hold Swing +9.8
Codicote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Luke La Plain 641 62.0 +16.3
Labour Diane Hillyer31230.2-5.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Stanley817.8-6.1
Turnout 40.8
Registered electors 2,541
Conservative hold Swing +11.1
Hitchin Bearton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Marr*
(Jenny Marr)		709 57.6 -12.2
Conservative Patricia Cherry35628.9+10.4
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Llewelyn14511.8+0.1
Natural Law George Woodhouse201.6+1.6
Turnout 26.7
Registered electors 4,619
Labour hold Swing -11.3
Hitchin Highbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alvaro Damiani
(Al Damiani)		1,012 48.5 +9.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Lord72634.8-6.5
Labour Jonathan Newham34316.4-3.5
Natural Law Graham Bell70.3+0.3
Turnout 41.4
Registered electors 5,054
Conservative hold Swing +8.1
Hitchin Oughton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Stears* 684 66.2 -1.3
Conservative Nigel Brook22822.1+6.8
Liberal Democrats Victoria Warwick
(Vicki Warwick)		11010.6-6.6
Natural Law Yvonne Bell111.1+1.1
Turnout 24.9
Registered electors 4,159
Labour hold Swing -4.1
Hitchin Priory ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derrick Ashley* 645 65.0 +9.8
Labour Derek Sheard21421.6+1.1
Liberal Democrats John Winder12812.9-11.5
Natural Law Ann Burcombe60.6+0.6
Turnout 34.0
Registered electors 2,926
Conservative hold Swing +6.3
Hitchin Walsworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Kirk* 1,112 49.7 -17.9
Labour Sandra Lunn 1,020
Conservative Bernard Lovewell52423.4+3.0
Liberal Democrats David Shirley35716.0+4.0
Green George Howe2029.0+9.0
Natural Law Russell Howard421.9+1.9
Natural Law Lesley Relph18
Turnout 29.7
Registered electors 6,321
Labour hold Swing -10.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election in Hitchin Walsworth ward was to replace Labour councillor John Banks.

Kimpton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Horrell 422 66.4 +18.1
Labour Colin Seddon14322.5+7.3
Liberal Democrats Sally Jarvis
(Sal Jarvis)		6610.4-26.2
Natural Law Donna Hawkins50.8+0.8
Turnout 36.5
Registered electors 1,738
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
Knebworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Gray 720 56.3 +6.2
Conservative Ferrers Robin Bruce Wordsworth
(Robin Wordsworth)		715
Labour Timothy Liddy36128.2-21.7
Labour Christopher Tasker335
Liberal Democrats Michael Stiff12810.0+10.0
Green Stuart Madgin715.5+5.5
Liberal Democrats John Winder47
Turnout 35.6
Registered electors 3,459
Conservative hold Swing +14.0
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election in Knebworth ward was to replace Conservative councillor Margaret Hilton.

Letchworth East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Jarman* 750 54.5 -9.6
Conservative Adam Wilson37026.9+6.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Gammell25718.7+3.2
Turnout 28.2
Registered electors 4,903
Labour hold Swing -8.0
Letchworth Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Mardell* 996 64.9 -2.3
Conservative Stephen Paul30419.8-0.5
Liberal Democrats Robin Hall23515.3+2.8
Turnout 30.4
Registered electors 5,057
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Letchworth South East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John James Wilkinson*
(Jack Wilkinson)		993 43.3 -2.9
Conservative Carole McNelliey77133.7+3.1
Liberal Democrats Murray Turner52723.0-0.1
Turnout 36.8
Registered electors 6,236
Labour hold Swing -3.0
Letchworth South West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Kingman 1,097 48.0 +5.6
Conservative Ray Shakespeare-Smith93640.9-1.6
Labour Marion Watson-Blake25411.1-4.0
Turnout 49.5
Registered electors 4,629
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.6
Letchworth Wilbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Mantle* 641 50.8 -8.0
Conservative Neil Redfern45235.8+9.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Booton17013.5-1.2
Turnout 27.7
Registered electors 4,563
Labour hold Swing -8.6
Royston East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Burt 822 56.8 +8.6
Labour Robin King39927.6-5.5
Liberal Democrats John Ledden22715.7-3.2
Turnout 33.2
Registered electors 4,386
Conservative hold Swing +7.1
Royston West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lombari 1,004 48.6 +14.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Baxter*
(Pat Baxter) [lower-alpha 1] 		59428.8+2.8
Labour Vaughan West46722.6-17.0
Turnout 32.1
Registered electors 6,513
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +5.8
  1. ↑ Previously elected in 1994 as Pat Kennington.

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References

  1. ↑ The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
  2. ↑ "Royston ready to go to the polls". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 10 April 1998. p. 144. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Night's only gain is delight for Tories". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 15 May 1998. p. 4. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  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. ↑ Pankhurst, Nigel (14 May 1998). "Elections bring almost no council changes". Hitchin Comet. p. 12.
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