2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. Hertsmere UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 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 28 seats, while the Liberal Democrats were the main opposition with 6 seats. [3] 15 of the 39 seats were being contested at the election. [3]

The election in Borehamwood Kenilworth ward saw the sitting Labour councillor for the previous 24 years, Frank Ward, stand as an independent against Conservative and Labour candidates. [4] [5] This came after Ward was deselected by the local Labour Party, with Ward accusing local Labour party members of a conspiracy and religious discrimination. [4] [5] However this was denied by Labour, with Labour saying he had "failed to meet the required standards to be considered as a Labour Party candidate". [4] [5]

Election result

The Conservatives maintained their majority on the council, staying on 28 seats after both gaining and losing a seat. [6] The Liberal Democrats gained Bushey St James from the Conservatives to rise to 7 seats, but the Conservatives also gained a seat from Labour in Borehamwood Kenilworth, meaning that Labour was reduced to 4 councillors. [6]

Conservative Penelope Swallow won in Borehamwood Kenilworth with a 49-vote majority over Labour, with independent Frank Ward having taken 216 votes. [6] Ward said he was pleased with the result as he "was only determined that I would split the Labour vote, so to some extent I did win." [6] However the retiring Labour group leader Leon Reefe said they felt "betrayed" by Ward. [6]

Hertsmere Local Election Result 2007 [2] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1011066.756.312,162-1.3%
  Liberal Democrats 310+120.016.63,586-4.7%
  Labour 201-113.321.34,608+3.2%
  Green 000003.6779+2.4%
  Socialist Labour 000001.1234+0.3%
  Independent 000001.0216+1.0%

Ward results

Aldenham East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Goldstein85475.2−5.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Silverman1008.8−2.8
Green Jeanette McDermott998.7+8.7
Labour Richard Kirk837.3−0.9
Majority75466.4−2.3
Turnout 1,13639−10
Conservative hold Swing
Aldenham West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Griffin83474.3+9.1
Green Caroline Boydell15213.5+13.5
Labour Peter Halsey13712.2−4.7
Majority68260.7+13.4
Turnout 1,12331−7
Conservative hold Swing
Borehamwood Brookmeadow (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darren Solomons636
Labour Ian Feeney623
Labour Richard Butler617
Conservative Farida Turner596
Green David Harris227
Turnout 2,69924−13
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Borehamwood Cowley Hill [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Butler72449.0+8.1
Conservative Alan Gellatly52135.2−0.2
Socialist Labour James Dry23415.8+3.9
Majority20313.7+8.2
Turnout 1,47926−5
Labour hold Swing
Borehamwood Hillside [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Heywood1,01962.4−0.3
Labour Lee Petar61537.6+0.3
Majority40424.7−0.7
Turnout 1,63427−8
Conservative hold Swing
Borehamwood Kenilworth [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Penelope Swallow46742.4−1.0
Labour Peter Hedges41838.0−4.4
Independent Francis Ward21619.6+19.6
Majority494.5+3.5
Turnout 1,10128−4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bushey Heath [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Swerling1,30875.3+1.8
Liberal Democrats Patrick Forsyth25014.4−3.8
Labour David Bearfield17810.3+.0
Majority1,05860.9+5.5
Turnout 1,73634−8
Conservative hold Swing
Bushey North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Kutchinsky74847.7−11.0
Conservative Stephen O'Brien60738.7+11.4
Green Arjuna Krishna-Das1107.0+0.4
Labour Samuel Russell1026.5−0.9
Majority1419.0−22.5
Turnout 1,56734−8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bushey St James (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anita Gamble957
Liberal Democrats Laura Richards838
Conservative Abul Choudhury789
Conservative Pervez Choudhury754
Green Edward Canfor-Dumas191
Labour Yue Cheng154
Turnout 3,68338−3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Elstree [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Morris Bright1,02988.3+13.0
Labour Tim Sandle13611.7−0.2
Majority89376.7+14.3
Turnout 1,16532−3
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Furzefield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Morris89064.7+5.4
Liberal Democrats James Hurd27720.1−4.5
Labour James Fisher20915.2−0.9
Majority61344.5+9.9
Turnout 1,37628−14
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Oakmere [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Calcutt1,19975.1+8.9
Labour Russell Ramshaw39824.9+8.1
Majority80150.2+1.1
Turnout 1,59730−6.2
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Parkfield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Hodgson-Jones1,57971.5+1.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Bonner41618.8−1.6
Labour Derek Marcus2149.7+0.3
Majority1,16352.6+2.7
Turnout 2,20937−4
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Hertsmere". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. 1 2 Hutchings, Emma (27 April 2007). "Can anyone get near the dominant Tories?". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ward goes independent". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 Hutchings, Emma (12 April 2007). "Labour Party breaks its silence in election dispute". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Hutchings, Emma (4 May 2007). "Former Labour councillor celebrates Tory borough victory". News Shopper. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Election results - 2007". Hertsmere Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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