2007 Dacorum Borough Council election

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Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by one. [1] The Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council after winning 44 of the 51 seats which they partly attributed to national events, while the Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats but were pleased to become the official opposition. [2]

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Election result

Dacorum Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 44+1386.354.245,226+9.4%
  Liberal Democrats 5-29.820.517,136-3.2%
  Labour 2-123.920.316,928-9.3%
  Green 0003.02,516+1.8%
  Independent 0001.31,083+0.8%
  National Front 0000.6541+0.6%

Ward results

Adeyfield East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allan Lawson785
Conservative William Wyatt-Lowe752
Labour Dawn Barnes410
Labour Helen Leach370
Liberal Democrats Doreen Coburn155
Liberal Democrats Christine Hardy138
Turnout 2,61035.8
Adeyfield West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith White518
Conservative Keith Reid508
Labour Susan White502
Conservative Angela Ashdown481
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Fry200
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Lawrence178
Turnout 2,38731.1
Aldbury & Wigginton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Edwards47557.0
Liberal Democrats Michael James30636.7
Labour Tony Shaw536.4
Majority16920.3
Turnout 83444.8
Apsley and Corner Hall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Ayling1,201
Conservative Colin Peter1,087
Conservative Michael Clark1,084
Labour Hazel Mackie367
Labour Beryl Milnes335
Labour Michael Sheehan321
Liberal Democrats Ashley Burton258
Liberal Democrats Margaret Waugh234
Liberal Democrats Ian Senior212
Green Jeffrey Fanstone206
Turnout 5,30531.3
Ashridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Tiley79174.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Irving18417.4
Labour Sharon Greene837.8
Majority60757.4
Turnout 1,05850.0
Bennetts End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michelle Lancaster721
Conservative Suqlain Mahmood655
Labour Gary Cook537
Labour Bernard Gronert525
Liberal Democrats Nicole Daly206
Liberal Democrats Alan Waugh175
Green Malcolm Waterton128
Turnout 2,94735.7
Berkhamsted Castle (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Fairburn1,049
Conservative Jonathan Mole965
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Patterson721
Liberal Democrats Victor Earl690
Labour James Mackie113
Labour Alan Olive104
Turnout 3,64240.4
Berkhamsted East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Laws722
Conservative Stephen Bateman698
Liberal Democrats Philip Gibbs627
Liberal Democrats John Lythgoe603
Independent Norman Cutting341
Green Anne Duvall152
Labour Sylvia Shaw74
Labour Mary Khamis73
Turnout 3,29038.7
Berkhamsted West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Green860
Conservative Ian Reay837
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Corry615
Liberal Democrats Garrick Stevens601
Labour Peter Norman154
Labour Natasha Littlechild123
Turnout 3,19039.0
Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Roberts1,734
Conservative Gill Chapman1,711
Conservative Gbola Adeleke1,450
Independent Sharon Sims417
Liberal Democrats David Griffiths385
Green Martin Humphrew280
Liberal Democrats Rick Martin252
Liberal Democrats Barry Batchelor243
Labour Richard Milnes230
Labour Stephanie Barnes218
Labour Scott Stimpson174
Turnout 7,09440.2
Boxmoor (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janice Marshall1,470
Conservative Neil Harden1,430
Conservative Andrew Williams1,306
Labour Julia Coleman520
Labour Helen Heenan429
Labour Tim Lyle416
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Simmons402
Liberal Democrats Stuart Watkin375
Liberal Democrats Ronald Tindall352
Green Alan Johnson231
Green Hazel Johnson216
Turnout 7,14741.7
Chaulden and Warners End (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Guest981
Conservative John Whitman935
Conservative Janice Speaight931
Labour Margaret Coxage915
Labour Ronald Coxage824
Labour Anne-Lise Johnsen781
Green Jane Cousins327
National Front Bernard Franklin327
Independent Julie James325
Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilson280
Liberal Democrats Neil Kennedy257
Liberal Democrats Lynda Roe256
Turnout 7,13939.5
Gadebridge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Taylor623
Conservative Jai Restall554
Labour Maureen Flint527
Labour Stefan Fisher434
Liberal Democrats Andrew Michie161
Liberal Democrats Margaret Colquhoun124
Green Paul Harris124
Turnout 2,54734.3
Grovehill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Ryan956
Conservative Alexander Bhinder901
Conservative Terence Douris889
Labour An Fisher609
Labour Michael Maloney514
Labour Richard Walsh497
Liberal Democrats John Blackman229
National Front Simon Deacon214
Liberal Democrats Christopher Fryd154
Liberal Democrats Martin Rance147
Turnout 5,11032.6
Hemel Hempstead Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Moore404
Conservative Robert Wright396
Labour Ellen Halden388
Conservative Adam Wyatt-Lowe358
Liberal Democrats Christopher Angell183
Liberal Democrats Jean Blackman181
Green Paul Sandford112
Turnout 2,02229.4
Highfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Link739
Liberal Democrats Lloyd Harris604
Labour Elio Gomez522
Labour Bert Bannister488
Conservative Kevin Minier293
Conservative Miriam Wiedman-Smith237
Turnout 2,88338.4
Kings Langley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Anderson1,048
Conservative Bob Mclean958
Labour Gerald Angiolini376
Labour Eira Mills309
Green Jenna Selby254
Liberal Democrats Michael Morton187
Liberal Democrats Gerald Coulter173
Turnout 3,30544.0
Leverstock Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hazel Bassadone1,624
Conservative Margaret Griffiths1,523
Conservative Graham Sutton1,506
Labour Douglas Jones463
Labour Alan Dickson448
Labour Jean Langdon432
Liberal Democrats Thomas Potter290
Liberal Democrats Sheila Daly271
Liberal Democrats Adam Roe234
Green Gillian Storey192
Turnout 6,98337.0
Nash Mill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucy Foster51164.8
Labour Norman Jones18223.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Roe9512.1
Majority32941.7
Turnout 78837.8
Northchurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Fantham62770.0
Liberal Democrats Julian Critcher20322.7
Labour Doreen Hills667.4
Majority42447.3
Turnout 89641.2
Tring Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Hollinghurst824
Liberal Democrats Denise Rance793
Conservative John Bowden661
Conservative Stan Mills651
Green Colin Kruger156
Labour Douglas Drury76
Labour Fran Howat72
Turnout 3,23341.5
Tring East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Penelope Hearn66063.3
Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Hollinghurst34933.5
Labour Philip Gonzalez333.2
Majority31129.8
Turnout 1,04247.7
Tring West and Rural (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Townsend919
Liberal Democrats Christopher Townsend895
Liberal Democrats John Allan883
Conservative Olive Conway866
Labour Jan Kalaher93
Labour Frank Burgess88
Turnout 3,74447.8
Watling (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Chapman1,093
Conservative David Lloyd1,068
Labour Joseph Wales167
Liberal Democrats Lesley Murray153
Labour Kit Wales152
Liberal Democrats Angela Tindall141
Turnout 2,77436.2
Woodhall Farm (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Holmes808
Conservative Colette Wyatt-Lowe743
Labour Sally Anderson215
Labour Barbara Gronert204
Green Helen Batchelor138
Liberal Democrats Daniel Bonnett115
Liberal Democrats Paul Elley103
Turnout 2,32629.2

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References

  1. ↑ "Tories gain 13 at changed Dacorum". BBC Online . 4 May 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Election results 2007". Hemeltoday. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
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