1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
LD
LeaderF. John SmithDavid KearnsIan Simpson
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before17266
Seats after28183
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg8Decrease2.svg3
Percentage44.7%33.7%
Leader before election

David Kearns
Labour

Leader after election

F. John Smith
Conservative

The 1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 6 May 1999, at the same time as other local elections across Britain. All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election following changes to ward boundaries. [1]

Labour lost control of the council to the Conservatives at the election, with the Conservative leader, F. John Smith, becoming leader of the council, taking the role from the Labour leader, David Kearns. The Liberal Democrat leader, Ian Simpson, lost his seat at the election and was replaced as group leader after the election by Steve Jarvis. [2]

Ward Results

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election. [2] [3] [4]

Arbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Dempster Young* 703 65.5
Liberal Democrats Roger Lindsay Pritchard24122.5
Labour Joanna Ruth White12912.0
Turnout 54.16
Registered electors 1,981
Conservative hold Swing
Baldock East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Weeks 256 56.4
Labour John Merson10122.2
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Kirkland9721.4
Turnout 25.6
Registered electors 1,767
Conservative win (new seat)
Baldock Town ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Crow* 1,025 54.6
Conservative Michael Muir 859 45.8
Conservative Ian Knighton 842 44.9
Labour Brian Derbyshire*78742.0
Labour Roger McFall*70637.6
Labour Andrew Milne*57730.8
Independent Peter Deacon31716.9
Liberal Democrats John White21711.6
Liberal Democrats Samantha Turner1779.4
Turnout 32.9
Registered electors 5,702
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Cadwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Gibbs 450 51.0
Labour Anne Sobek*31836.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Derwent11312.8
Turnout 48.14
Registered electors 1,832
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Codicote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Luke La Plain* 565 66.2
Labour Frederick Peacock19522.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Stanley9310.9
Turnout 41.9
Registered electors 2,039
Conservative hold Swing
Ermine ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Howard Maycroft Marshall 621 63.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Pooley23323.8
Labour Dorothy Fryer12712.9
Turnout 50.7
Registered electors 1,940
Conservative win (new seat)
Graveley and Wymondley ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Jarvis 379 60.5
Conservative Cheryl Peers19230.7
Labour Robert Whatson558.8
Turnout 48.6
Registered electors 1,289
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Hitchin Bearton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judi Billing* 933 59.8
Labour Jennifer Marr* 892 57.2
Labour Martin Stears* 764 49.0
Conservative Patricia Cherry50432.3
Conservative Charles Bunker50232.2
Conservative Mark Bunker49831.9
Green Nigel Howitt17911.5
Liberal Democrats Keith Catchpole17311.1
Natural Law David Cooke1086.9
Natural Law Donna Hawkins664.2
Natural Law Lesley Relph583.7
Turnout 30.32
Registered electors 5,142
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hitchin Highbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alvaro Damiani*
(Al Damiani)		1,248 57.8
Conservative Paul Dee 1,199 55.6
Conservative Lesley Greenwood 1,153 53.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Clark*83038.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Lord77235.8
Liberal Democrats David Shirley67331.2
Labour Jonathan Newham45421.0
Green Lydia Howitt1567.2
Turnout 39.3
Registered electors 5,492
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Hitchin Oughton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Audrey Carss* 721 72.3
Labour Joan Kirby* 678 68.0
Conservative Nigel Brook22222.3
Conservative Penelope Brook20921.0
Liberal Democrats Ingeborg Sutcliffe10010.0
Green Stuart Madgin666.6
Turnout 26.4
Registered electors 3,778
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hitchin Priory ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derrick Ashley* 1,099 79.8
Conservative Richard Thake* 1,041 75.6
Labour David Billing41730.3
Liberal Democrats John Winder35525.8
Turnout 34.3
Registered electors 4,015
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hitchin Walsworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Ashmore 876 44.6
Labour Sandra Lunn* 855 43.6
Conservative Bernard Lovewell 852 43.4
Conservative Anthony Strong82542.0
Labour Derek Sheard79240.4
Labour Peter Terry*77939.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Thomas20310.3
Green George Howe1638.3
Liberal Democrats Ethel Westoby1628.3
Natural Law Russell Howard623.2
Turnout 35.5
Registered electors 5,528
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hitchwood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Calder 656 75.1
Labour Paul Hetherington21824.9
Turnout 43.6
Registered electors 2,006
Conservative hold Swing
Hoo ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Barnard* 538 55.8
Labour Roger Wood*42644.2
Turnout 53.6
Registered electors 1,797
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Kimpton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Horrell* 485 79.1
Labour Rene Gardner12820.9
Turnout 35.8
Registered electors 1,709
Conservative hold Swing
Knebworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Gray* 919 74.6
Conservative F. Robin Wordsworth 892 72.4
Labour Timothy Liddy35228.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Stiff30024.4
Turnout 31.02
Registered electors 3,970
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Letchworth East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Jarman* 861 54.5
Labour Anthony Hartley* 849 53.7
Labour Lorna Kercher* 824 52.2
Conservative Elizabeth Allen48630.8
Conservative Robin Harbord48630.8
Conservative Adam Wilson43727.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Gammell26116.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Booton25616.2
Liberal Democrats Arthur Thomson22214.1
Green Eric Blakeley915.8
Turnout 29.6
Registered electors 5,337
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Letchworth Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Kearns* 991 64.7
Labour Peter Mardell* 909 59.3
Labour David Morris* 896 58.5
Conservative Judith Gower41627.1
Conservative George Reith40526.4
Conservative Richard Markiewicz38825.3
Liberal Democrats N. Robin Hall21614.1
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Butcher20213.2
Liberal Democrats Natasha Winder18311.9
Turnout 29.6
Registered electors 5,177
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Letchworth South East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Wilkinson* 847 46.8
Labour Nigel Agar* 812 44.9
Labour Jean Andrews* 802 44.3
Conservative John Barry64535.7
Conservative Carole McNelliey64335.5
Conservative Gordon Whalley61634.0
Liberal Democrats Jean Leonard38621.3
Liberal Democrats John Winder34819.2
Liberal Democrats Murray Turner33318.4
Turnout 34.6
Registered electors 5,229
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Letchworth South West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynda Needham* 1,380 48.3
Conservative Neil Redfern 1,239 43.4
Liberal Democrats Alison Kingman* 1,229 43.0
Conservative Raymond Shakespeare-Smith1,19041.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Simpson*1,12939.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ircha1,03936.4
Labour Jacqueline Hartley45215.8
Turnout 50.9
Registered electors 5,615
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Letchworth Wilbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Mantle* 729 63.9
Labour Gary Grindal* 720 63.1
Conservative Stephen Paul30226.5
Conservative Jessica Thomson28925.3
Liberal Democrats Marion Minards-Gammell12711.1
Liberal Democrats Ursula Winder11410.0
Turnout 28.29
Registered electors 4,032
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Offa ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Strong* 459 59.5
Labour Jean Wood16921.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Johnson14418.7
Turnout 48.34
Registered electors 1,597
Conservative hold Swing
Royston Heath ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Colin Weston Burt* 671 51.8
Conservative Rodney Victor Kennedy
(Rod Kennedy)		657 50.7
Liberal Democrats John Raymond Ledden33826.1
Labour Maureen Dale-Molloy33125.6
Labour Kenneth Garland32725.3
Liberal Democrats John Noel Rose26620.5
Turnout 33.04
Registered electors 3,919
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Royston Meridian ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Hunter
(Tony Hunter)		561 49.5
Conservative Francis John Smith*
(F. John Smith)		560 49.4
Labour Robin King33829.8
Labour Joan Herbert33629.6
Liberal Democrats Patricia Anne Baxter27123.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony William Johnson21519.0
Turnout 34.1
Registered electors 3,324
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Royston Palace ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Baker*
(Les Baker)		463 40.4
Conservative Martin John Beaver 431 37.6
Conservative Fiona Ronan Greenwood41836.5
Labour Vaughan West36131.5
Liberal Democrats Caroline Elizabeth Coates32928.7
Liberal Democrats Eric Clifford Harlow28925.2
Turnout 30.3
Registered electors 3,780
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Weston and Sandon ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Kenneth Jarvis*
(Steve Jarvis)		612 64.5
Independent John Peter Cherry31433.1
Labour Natasha Louise Hetherington232.4
Turnout 59.4
Registered electors 1,599
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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  2. 1 2 "Triumphant Tories in the driving seat again". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 14 May 1999. p. 4. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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