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
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]

Contents

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]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows: [3]

North Hertfordshire District Council Election, 1999
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 28Increase2.svg1157.143.815,710+2.8
  Labour 18Decrease2.svg836.731.911,420-5.1
  Liberal Democrats 3Decrease2.svg36.120.27,247-0.3
  Green 001.8655+0.7
  Independent 0Decrease2.svg101.8631+1.8
  Natural Law 000.5170+0.1

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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 Edwin Weeks 256 56.4
Labour John Merson10122.2
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Roberta Kirkland9721.4
Turnout 25.6
Registered electors 1,767
Conservative win (new seat)
Baldock Town ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Crow* 1,025 43.7
Conservative Michael Robert Mackenzie Muir 859
Conservative Ian Knighton 842
Labour Brian Derbyshire*78733.5
Labour Roger Miller McFall*706
Labour Andrew Robert Milne*577
Independent Peter Alan Deacon31713.5
Liberal Democrats John Stephen White2179.2
Liberal Democrats Samantha Turner177
Turnout 32.9
Registered electors 5,702
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Cadwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Winifred Gibbs
(Tricia Gibbs)		450 51.1
Labour Anne Elizabeth Sobek*31836.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Mark Derwent11312.8
Turnout 48.14
Registered electors 1,832
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Codicote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Luke Michael Joseph La Plain* 565 66.2
Labour Frederick George Peacock19522.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Stephen Grant 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 Margaret Jarvis
(Sal Jarvis)		379 60.5
Conservative Cheryl Kathleen Peers19230.7
Labour Robert Fergus Whatson558.8
Turnout 48.6
Registered electors 1,289
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Hitchin Bearton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judi Billing* 933 49.2
Labour Jennifer Alice Marr*
(Jenny Marr)		892
Labour Martin John Stears* 764
Conservative Patricia Ann Cherry50426.6
Conservative Charles Spencer Bunker502
Conservative Mark Philip Spencer Bunker498
Green Nigel Peter Howitt1799.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Catchpole1739.1
Natural Law David Richard Hunter Cooke1085.7
Natural Law Donna Louise Hawkins66
Natural Law Lesley Susan Relph58
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 46.4
Conservative Paul Nigel Dee 1,199
Conservative Lesley Avril Lambourn Greenwood 1,153
Liberal Democrats Paul Clark*83030.9
Liberal Democrats Robert George Lord772
Liberal Democrats David Shirley673
Labour Jonathan Victor Newham45416.9
Green Lydia Helen Howitt1565.8
Turnout 5.8
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 Emmie Carss* 721 65.0
Labour Joan Irene Kirby* 678
Conservative Nigel Kenneth Brook22220.0
Conservative Penelope Mary Brook209
Liberal Democrats Ingeborg Gudrun Sutcliffe1009.0
Green Stuart Madgin666.0
Turnout 26.4
Registered electors 3,778
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hitchin Priory ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derrick Alan Ashley* 1,099 58.7
Conservative Richard Arthur Charles Thake* 1,041
Labour David Edward Billing41722.3
Liberal Democrats John Paul Winder35519.0
Turnout 34.3
Registered electors 4,015
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hitchin Walsworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Ashmore 876 40.6
Labour Sandra May Lunn* 855 39.6
Conservative Bernard Frank James Lovewell 852
Conservative Anthony Patrick Strong825
Labour Derek Nigel Sheard792
Labour Peter Simon Terry*779
Liberal Democrats Margaret Cecily Thomas2039.4
Green George Winston Howe1637.5
Liberal Democrats Ethel Edith Westoby162
Natural Law Russell Pearson Howard622.9
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 Thomas Calder 656 75.1
Labour Paul John Charles Hetherington21824.9
Turnout 43.6
Registered electors 2,006
Conservative hold Swing
Hoo ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David John Barnard* 538 55.8
Labour Roger Aubrey Wood*42644.2
Turnout 53.6
Registered electors 1,797
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Kimpton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David John Horrell* 485 79.1
Labour Rene Rae Gardner12820.9
Turnout 35.8
Registered electors 1,709
Conservative hold Swing
Knebworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Elizabeth Gray* 919 58.5
Conservative Ferrers Robin Bruce Wordsworth
(Robin Wordsworth)		892
Labour Timothy Liddy35222.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Stiff30019.1
Turnout 31.02
Registered electors 3,970
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Letchworth East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Jarman* 861 50.7
Labour Anthony Robert Hartley* 849
Labour Lorna Rose Kercher* 824
Conservative Elizabeth Allen48628.6
Conservative Robin Charles Maurice Harbord486
Conservative Adam Joshua Wilson437
Liberal Democrats Martin Gammell26115.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Francis Booton256
Liberal Democrats Arthur Gilbert Ramsay Thomson222
Green Eric Morris Blakeley915.4
Turnout 29.6
Registered electors 5,337
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Letchworth Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Peter Kearns* 991 61.1
Labour Peter Anthony Mardell* 909
Labour David Morris* 896
Conservative Judith Lindsey Gower41625.6
Conservative George Brunton Reith405
Conservative Richard Edward Markiewicz388
Liberal Democrats Robin Hall21613.3
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Butcher202
Liberal Democrats Natasha Winder183
Turnout 29.6
Registered electors 5,177
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Letchworth South East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John James Wilkinson*
(Jack Wilkinson)		847 45.1
Labour Nigel Edward Agar* 812
Labour Jean Andrews* 802
Conservative John Finbarr Barry64534.3
Conservative Carole Anne McNelliey643
Conservative Gordon Raymond Whalley616
Liberal Democrats Jean Phyllis Leonard38620.6
Liberal Democrats John Winder348
Liberal Democrats Murray Frank Turner333
Turnout 34.6
Registered electors 5,229
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Letchworth South West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynda Ann Needham* 1,380 45.1
Conservative Neil Alexander Redfern 1,239
Liberal Democrats Alison Elaine Kingman* 1,229 40.2
Conservative Raymond Lawrence Shakespeare-Smith1,190
Liberal Democrats Ian Simpson*1,129
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ircha1,039
Labour Jacqueline Brigitte Hartley45214.8
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 63.0
Labour Gary Thomas Grindal* 720
Conservative Stephen Laurence Paul30226.1
Conservative Jessica Christian Dorothy Thomson289
Liberal Democrats Marion Evelyn Minards-Gammell12711.0
Liberal Democrats Ursula Winder114
Turnout 28.29
Registered electors 4,032
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Offa ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Patricia Annette Strong* 459 60.1
Labour Jean Elizabeth Ann Wood16121.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Donald Johnson14418.8
Turnout 48.34
Registered electors 1,597
Conservative hold Swing
Royston Heath ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Colin Weston Burt* 671 50.1
Conservative Rodney Victor Kennedy
(Rod Kennedy)		657
Liberal Democrats John Raymond Ledden33825.2
Labour Maureen Dale-Molloy33124.7
Labour Kenneth Garland327
Liberal Democrats John Noel Rose266
Turnout 33.04
Registered electors 3,919
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Royston Meridian ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Frederick Hunter
(Tony Hunter)		561 47.9
Conservative Francis John Smith*
(John Smith)		560
Labour Robin King33828.9
Labour Joan Herbert336
Liberal Democrats Patricia Anne Baxter27123.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony William Johnson215
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 37.9
Conservative Martin John Beaver 431 35.2
Conservative Fiona Ronan Greenwood418
Labour Vaughan West361
Liberal Democrats Caroline Elizabeth Coates32926.9
Liberal Democrats Eric Clifford Harlow289
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)

References

  1. ↑ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1998/2555, retrieved 14 March 2023
  2. 1 2 "Triumphant Tories in the driving seat again". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 14 May 1999. p. 4. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "How the candidates line up". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 23 April 1999. p. 5. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Results". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2001. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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