2012 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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2012 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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15 of 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
LD
LeaderLynda NeedhamDavid BillingSteve Jarvis
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before3478
Seats after33106
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote9,9726,7293,386
Percentage42.4%28.6%14.4%
Leader before election

Lynda Needham
Conservative

Leader after election

Lynda Needham
Conservative

The 2012 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 3 May 2012, at the same time as other local elections across England, Scotland and Wales. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council, 15 were up for election. [1] [2]

Contents

Labour gained three seats from the Conservatives, whilst the Conservatives gained two seats from the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives retained overall control of the council, whilst Labour overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the second largest party. [2]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows: [3]

2012 North Hertfordshire District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 9Decrease2.svg 160.0243367.39,97242.4-6.0
  Labour 5Increase2.svg 333.351020.46,72928.6+5.7
  Liberal Democrats 1Decrease2.svg 26.75612.23,38614.4-3.2
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,34110.0+1.8
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.08503.6+1.7
  English Democrat 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02381.0+0.8

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. Where the previous incumbent was standing for re-election they are marked with an asterisk(*). A double dagger (‡) indicates a sitting councillor contesting a different ward. [4] [5]

Baldock East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Harris 475 46.8 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Kirkland*39238.7−13.1
Labour Vaughan West868.5n/a
Green Sylvia Hutchinson545.3+1.7
Majority838.2
Turnout 1,01445.19
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +7.8
Baldock Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Edwin Weeks* 828 54.7 −3.3
Labour Ken Garland30820.3−2.3
Green Arwen Jane Tapping22114.6+5.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Winter1479.7+0.5
Majority52034.3
Turnout 1,51426.1
Conservative hold Swing -0.5
Chesfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Margaret Jarvis 685 43.9 +9.0
Conservative James Henry53434.2−7.3
Labour Bhavna Joshi28017.9−0.5
Green Felicity Ann Power593.8−0.8
Majority1519.7
Turnout 1,56229.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +8.2
Hitchin Bearton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deborah Segalini 1,041 52.7 +2.4
Conservative Alex Stoner53627.1−3.5
Green Gavin Nicholson21610.9+2.4
Liberal Democrats Michael John Lott1758.9−1.0
Majority50525.6
Turnout 1,97631.7
Labour hold Swing +3.0
Hitchin Highbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Leal-Bennett 906 39.7 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Clare Body*87738.4−1.4
Labour Peter Anthony Mardell30113.2+2.3
Green Jackie Greatorex1878.2+2.4
Majority291.3
Turnout 2,28337.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +3.3
Hitchin Oughton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Irene Kirby* 638 60.4 +21.7
Conservative Faye Barnard25824.4−10.2
Green Alan Brookman1039.8+3.7
Liberal Democrats Rob Lambie504.7−15.3
Majority38036.0
Turnout 1,05629.3
Labour hold Swing +16.0
Hitchin Priory
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Thake* 696 49.0 −7.6
Labour Nafisa Sayany22816.1+7.5
UKIP Adrianne Smyth22816.1n/a
Liberal Democrats Liz Willoughby14610.3−17.9
Green Ann De Bock1178.2+2.3
Majority46833.0
Turnout 1,41939.6
Conservative hold Swing -7.5
Hitchin Walsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ray Shakespeare-Smith* 759 38.9 −1.7
Labour Derek Nigel Sheard75638.7+8.6
Green Mario May29915.3+3.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ircha1276.5−1.1
Majority30.2
Turnout 1,95232.1
Conservative hold Swing -5.2
Hitchwood, Offa & Hoo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Patricia Strong* 1,230 63.7 −2.6
Labour Louise Helen Chinnery32516.8+1.4
Green George Winston Howe21311.0+3.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Donald Johnson1477.6−2.5
Majority90546.9
Turnout 1,93134.6
Conservative hold Swing -2.0
Knebworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Bardett* 741 57.4 −4.4
Labour Jonathan Holman25119.4+2.7
UKIP Andrew Scuoler14711.4n/a
Green Harold Bland14211.0+6.8
Majority49037.9
Turnout 1,29231.3
Conservative hold Swing -3.5
Letchworth East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Mantle 472 40.2 +1.2
Conservative Michael Paterson*38332.6−4.3
UKIP John Barry1089.2−0.4
Green Eric Morris Blakeley978.3−5.1
Liberal Democrats Mertsi Fisher736.2n/a
English Democrat Tim Vickers363.1n/a
Majority897.6
Turnout 1,17427.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.7
Letchworth Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare Helen Billing 721 43.1 +1.4
Conservative Paul Marment*48729.1−6.5
English Democrat Charles Vickers20212.1+9.3
Green Rosemary Bland1317.8+2.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Geoffrey Penny1237.3+0.2
Majority23414.0
Turnout 1,67429.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.9
Letchworth South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Charles Levett* 627 38.8 −9.1
Labour Nicholas Kissen48730.1+3.7
UKIP Philip Martin Stevens23514.5+5.7
Liberal Democrats John Winder1328.2−0.5
Green James Drew1247.7+0.5
Majority1408.7
Turnout 1,61728.6
Conservative hold Swing -6.4
Letchworth South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Hone* 1,097 53.8 −2.1
Labour Jean Andrews40319.8+3.8
Liberal Democrats John Paul Winder27413.4−1.0
Green Rebecca Leek25712.6−0.4
Majority69434.0
Turnout 2,03934.0
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
Letchworth Wilbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deepak Singh Sangha ‡ 432 37.7 −9.5
Conservative Andy Frankland41536.2+1.8
UKIP Michael Rodgers13211.5n/a
Green Jonathan Guy Hart12110.5−1.6
Liberal Democrats John Stephen White383.3n/a
Majority171.5
Turnout 1,14727.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -5.7

Changes 2012–2014

Immediately after the 2012 elections, Robert Inwood, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat for the Royston Palace ward in 2010, defected to Labour. [6]

Two by-elections were held on 15 November 2012. The by-election in Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor David Miller, who had been most recently elected in 2010. The by-election in Letchworth South East ward was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Richard Harman, who had been elected in 2011, after being charged with various offences; he was subsequently convicted of burglary. [7] [8] Neither seat changed party at the resulting by-elections. [9]

Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward by-election, 15 November 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Faye Susan Barnard 774 56.5 −7.2
UKIP Peter Robbins21715.8n/a
Labour Jackie McDonald18913.8−3.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Donald Johnson1108.0+0.4
Green George Winston Howe725.3−5.8
Majority55740.7
Turnout 1,37024.6
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Letchworth South East ward by election, 15 November 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Michael Cunningham 761 50.9 +12.1
Labour Martin Stears-Handscomb39926.7−3.4
UKIP John Finbarr Barry18412.3−2.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Anne Higbid885.9−2.3
Green Mario Alexander May513.4−4.3
Majority36224.2
Turnout 1,49626.5
Conservative hold Swing +7.8

A by-election in Hitchin Oughton ward was held on 12 September 2013 following the death of Labour councillor David Billing, who was also the party's leader on the council, and had most recently been elected in 2010. Labour retained the seat. [10] [11]

Hitchin Oughton ward by election, 12 September 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Radcliffe 361 48.0 −12.4
Conservative Mara MacSeoinin18023.9−0.5
UKIP Peter Croft14819.7n/a
Green Jacqueline Greatorex324.3−5.5
Liberal Democrats Clare Body314.1−0.6
Majority18124.1
Turnout 20.8
Labour hold Swing -6.0

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