2003 Dacorum Borough Council election

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Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control after previously relying on the mayor's casting vote for control. Overall turnout was 32.87%. [1]

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Election result

Dacorum Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3282+661.544.830,220-1.1%
  Labour 1404-326.929.619,978-7.3%
  Liberal Democrats 622011.523.715,998+9.6%
  Green 000001.2796+0.4%
  Independent 000000.5359-1.7%
  UKIP 000000.166+0.1%

Ward results

Adeyfield East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Harden633
Conservative Stella Kyriazis617
Labour Raymond Haverson499
Labour Michael Pesch491
Turnout 2,65131.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Adeyfield West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith White574
Labour Elamthalaiva Singam554
Conservative Keith Redi265
Conservative Belinda Williams253
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Lawrence153
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Fry151
Turnout 1,95027.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Aldbury & Wigginton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Craufurd32748.8-10.7
Liberal Democrats Michael James18026.9+5.2
Independent Anthony MacLaughlin10115.1+15.1
Labour Sheraton Shaw629.3-9.5
Majority14721.9-15.9
Turnout 67036.1
Conservative hold Swing
Apsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Ayling42354.9-11.9
Labour Frank Burgess17222.3-10.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Senior10914.2+14.2
UKIP Barry Newton668.6+8.6
Majority25132.6-1.0
Turnout 77030.4
Conservative hold Swing
Ashridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Tiley54257.2-21.1
Independent Gerald Brooker25827.2+27.2
Liberal Democrats Leslie Batchelor828.6+8.6
Labour Mark Ewing667.0-14.7
Majority28430.0-26.6
Turnout 94844.1
Conservative hold Swing
Bennetts End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Cook651
Labour Paul Eastwood634
Conservative Robert Fisher286
Conservative Riaz Farooqi242
Liberal Democrats Colin Roe178
Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilson161
Turnout 2,15226.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Berkhamsted Castle (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Patterson760
Liberal Democrats Victor Earl702
Conservative Kenneth Coleman653
Conservative Peter Ginger628
Green Marion Baker147
Labour Ray Jones111
Labour Sharon Greene104
Turnout 3,10534.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Berkhamsted East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Gibbs642
Liberal Democrats John Lythgoe632
Conservative Norman Cutting492
Conservative Jennifer Habib416
Labour Bryan Jones179
Labour Peter Norman173
Turnout 2,53432.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Berkhamsted West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Green712
Conservative Ian Reay691
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Corry627
Liberal Democrats Luc Briand382
Labour Neuk Shacklock169
Labour Albert Dennison154
Turnout 2,73536.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Bradnock1,181
Conservative Richard Roberts1,154
Conservative Gbola Adeleke1,050
Liberal Democrats David Griffiths652
Liberal Democrats Carol Richardson551
Liberal Democrats Erik Vischer527
Labour Doreen Hills249
Labour Martin Smith242
Labour Richard Milnes231
Green Martin Humphrey157
Turnout 5,99433.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Boxmoor (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janice Marshall921
Conservative Andrew Fairburn858
Labour Susan White655
Labour Beryl Milnes596
Liberal Democrats Lucy Grayson297
Liberal Democrats Robert Irving210
Green Alan Johnson133
Turnout 3,67043.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Chaulden & Shrubill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne-Lise Johnsen540
Labour Richard Widger527
Conservative Hugh Scott443
Conservative Christopher Cadman420
Liberal Democrats Matthew Webb227
Liberal Democrats Wendy Savage226
Turnout 2,38332.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Corner Hall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Peter534
Conservative Michael Clark515
Labour Donald Bennett469
Labour Frances Howat450
Liberal Democrats John Blackman207
Liberal Democrats Margaret Waugh180
Turnout 2,35528.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Gadebridge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Flint625
Labour Ronald Coxage547
Conservative Roger Montgomerie282
Conservative Doris Shaw270
Liberal Democrats Alison Batchelor129
Liberal Democrats Margaret Colquhoun121
Green Paul Harris89
Turnout 2,06327.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Grovehill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Fisher681
Labour Michael Maloney628
Labour Richard Walsh613
Conservative Roger Andrews506
Conservative Ronald Brown474
Conservative Frances Ryan472
Liberal Democrats Janet Dashwood183
Liberal Democrats Alan Waugh179
Liberal Democrats Steven Weston165
Turnout 3,90124.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hemel Hempstead Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Appleby530
Conservative Andrew Williams502
Labour Martin Rogers444
Labour Bernard Gronert443
Liberal Democrats David Angell246
Liberal Democrats Ashley Burton195
Green Hazel Johnson99
Turnout 2,45934.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Highfield and St Pauls (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Dobie666
Labour Bertram Bannister663
Labour Elio Gomez639
Liberal Democrats Brenda Link484
Liberal Democrats Ryan Cullen476
Liberal Democrats Lesley Murray427
Conservative Kevin Minier281
Conservative Linda Holmes278
Conservative Miriam Wiedman-Smith253
Turnout 4,16728.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kings Langley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Anderson849
Conservative Alexander McGregor758
Labour Elizabeth Rafferty659
Labour Maureen Sedlacek538
Liberal Democrats Michael Morton241
Liberal Democrats Gerald Coulter217
Turnout 3,26243.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Leverstock Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hazel Bassadone1,085
Conservative Margaret Griffiths1,027
Conservative Graham Sutton1,002
Labour Chris Twydell461
Labour James Hopkins451
Labour Hans Seelig422
Liberal Democrats Sheila Daly303
Liberal Democrats Stuart Watkin261
Liberal Democrats Lynda Roe243
Turnout 5,25533.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Nash Mill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Semdley35145.3-2.9
Labour Mark Quinn33543.2-0.2
Liberal Democrats Roger Willson8911.5+3.0
Majority162.1-2.7
Turnout 77536.9
Conservative hold Swing
Northchurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Fantham40357.3-10.6
Liberal Democrats Garrick Stevens24735.1+16.8
Labour Richard Hebborn537.5-6.3
Majority15622.2-27.4
Turnout 70333.3
Conservative hold Swing
Tring Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Denise Rance745
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Hollinghurst721
Conservative Penelope Hearn532
Conservative Ronald Lanning462
Labour Roger Oliver119
Labour Barbara Gronert104
Turnout 2,683
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tring East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Olive Conway41856.3-8.3
Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Hollinghurst22530.3+17.7
Labour Susan Aldis699.3-13.5
Green Colin Kruger304.0+4.0
Majority19326.0-15.8
Turnout 74235.8
Conservative hold Swing
Tring West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Townsend747
Conservative Stanley Mills716
Liberal Democrats Barry Batchelor704
Liberal Democrats Lloyd Harris591
Green Paul Sandford141
Labour Daniel Carroll139
Turnout 3,03838.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Warners End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janice Speaight538
Conservative Robert Gillespie535
Labour Margaret Coxage532
Labour Rebecca Dickenson472
Liberal Democrats Ann Fryd162
Liberal Democrats Martin Rance155
Turnout 2,39434.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Watling (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Chapman873
Conservative Julian Taunton862
Labour Gillian Edwards182
Labour Edward Dillon158
Liberal Democrats Garfield Jones146
Liberal Democrats Paul Elley128
Turnout 2,34930.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Woodhall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Holmes522
Conservative Colette Wyatt-Lowe436
Labour Alan Olive394
Labour Stephen Fisher389
Liberal Democrats Michael Bethune215
Liberal Democrats David Hardingham164
Turnout 2,12026.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "TORIES IN CONTROL". Hemeltoday. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 30 December 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
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