2004 Hertsmere Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2004 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2004. Hertsmere UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2004.

The 2004 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 25 councillors, compared to 8 for Labour and 6 Liberal Democrats. [3] 39 candidates stood for the 13 seats being contested, with 13 each from the Conservative and Labour parties, 12 Liberal Democrats and 1 from the Socialist Labour Party. [3]

Election result

The Conservative Party remained on 25 seats, after both gaining and losing 2 seats. [4] Labour finished 1 down on 7 seats, to be level with the Liberal Democrats for the first time, after the Liberal Democrats picked up a seat. [4]

The Conservative gains from Labour came in Borehamwood Hillside where they won by 235 votes and in the former Labour stronghold of Borehamwood Brookmeadow, which had been held by Tim Sandle since 1995 (the area had been subject to a recent boundary change, with the main Labour voting part of the ward being reallocated to Cowley ward). [4] Labour did take one seat back from the Conservatives in Borehamwood Cowley Hill by 87 votes, after the sitting Conservative councillor for Cowley Hill, Martin Heywood, contested and held Potters Bar Oakmere instead with a 709-vote majority for the Conservatives. [4] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats picked up a seat from the Conservatives in Bushey St James by 59 votes. [5]

Following the election the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties shared the main opposition role as both parties were on the same number of seats. [6] Meanwhile, Labour chose a new leader, Leon Reefe, after Len Silverstone stood down as leader of the group. [6]

Hertsmere local election result 2004 [2] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1022076.956.513,358+3.7
  Liberal Democrats 210+115.422.85,396+2.3
  Labour 112-17.719.94,704-5.5
  Socialist Labour 00000.00.8181-0.3

Ward results

Aldenham East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Graham1,31977.5−1.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Silverman19911.7+1.3
Labour Brian Levy18510.9+0.5
Majority 1,12065.8−3.0
Turnout 1,70344.0+9.7
Conservative hold Swing
Aldenham West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Saunders88265.2−3.8
Liberal Democrats David Bird24217.9+2.3
Labour Sandra Huff22816.9+1.5
Majority 64047.3−6.1
Turnout 1,35238.0+6.5
Conservative hold Swing
Borehamwood Brookmeadow [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Segall75847.5+15.6
Labour Tim Sandle54834.4−21.8
Liberal Democrats Audrey McCracken28918.1+6.2
Majority 21013.2
Turnout 1,59533.0+10.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Borehamwood Cowley Hill [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Harrison65438.8−28.1
Conservative Howard Rosen56733.6+15.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Brass28416.8+16.8
Socialist Labour James Dry18110.7−4.2
Majority 875.2−43.6
Turnout 1,68630.5+8.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Borehamwood Hillside [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hannah David1,05548.2+0.3
Labour Peter Hedges82037.4−5.1
Liberal Democrats Zissis Kakoulakis31614.4+4.7
Majority 23510.7+5.3
Turnout 2,19138.1+4.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bushey Heath [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Seamus Quilty1,42568.8−3.6
Liberal Democrats Roger Kutchinsky42320.4+3.1
Labour David Bearfield22210.7+0.5
Majority 1,00248.4−6.7
Turnout 2,07040.0+17.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bushey North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Gamble90556.8−12.0
Conservative John Slade52032.7+11.6
Labour George Bath16710.5+3.6
Majority 38524.2−23.5
Turnout 1,59235.4+6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bushey Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Spencer Pitfield84256.0+10.8
Liberal Democrats Vincent Turner55036.6−10.3
Labour James Sowerbutts1117.4−0.5
Majority 29219.4
Turnout 1,50346.0+5.4
Conservative hold Swing
Bushey St James [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kim Boughton1,05846.4−6.8
Conservative Carey Keates99943.8+4.3
Labour Dinah Hoeksma2239.8+2.4
Majority 592.6−11.1
Turnout 2,28042.1+8.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Potters Bar Furzefield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Foy1,08057.9−0.2
Liberal Democrats Colin Dean44323.7+1.5
Labour James Fisher34318.4−1.4
Majority 63734.1−1.8
Turnout 1,86638.4+12.4
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Oakmere [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Heywood1,31168.5−0.4
Labour Russell Ramshaw60231.5+0.4
Majority 70937.1−0.6
Turnout 1,91335.7+10.8
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Parkfield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Donne1,66168.1−2.4
Liberal Democrats John Bonner44518.3−0.5
Labour Elizabeth Savage33213.6+3.0
Majority 1,21649.9−1.8
Turnout 2,43840.2+8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Shenley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rodney Saunders93964.8+9.0
Labour Anthony Scott-Norman26918.6−25.6
Liberal Democrats Anita Ownsworth24216.7+16.7
Majority 67046.2+34.5
Turnout 1,45036.6+2.6
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Hertsmere council". BBC News. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. 1 2 Kent, Martyn (2 June 2004). "Make your votes count in the borough elections". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Compton, Louise (16 June 2004). "Voters go back to polls". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Hertsmere Tory loses to Lib Dems". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 Whitney, Charles (16 June 2004). "Level parties to share opposition". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Borough Council elections – 10/06/2004". Hertsmere Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2011– via Political Science Resources.
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