2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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18 of 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
LD
LeaderLynda NeedhamJudi BillingSteve Jarvis
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before33115
Seats after34123
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote12,3027,1732,441
Percentage40.1%23.4%8.0%
North Hertfordshire UK ward map 2014.svg
Results of the 2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Leader before election

Lynda Needham
Conservative

Leader after election

Lynda Needham
Conservative

The 2014 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 22 May 2014, at the same time as other local elections and the European Parliament election. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council, 18 were up for election. [1] [2]

Contents

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council. Labour also increased their number of seats, whilst the Liberal Democrats lost both of the seats they were defending at this election. [2]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows: [3]

2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 13Increase2.svg 172.2213469.412,30240.1-2.3
  Labour 5Increase2.svg 127.871224.57,17323.4-5.2
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.05,76018.8+15.2
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03,0099.8-0.2
  Liberal Democrats 0Decrease2.svg 20.0336.12,4418.0-6.4

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]

Baldock Town ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim McNally 927 45.6% −9.1
Labour Rachel Danae Burgin34917.2%−3.2
Green Arwen Jane Tapping1738.5%−6.1
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Roberta Kirkland1386.8%−2.9
Turnout 2,03334.5%
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
Codicote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Elizabeth Gray ‡ 511 52.8% −8.2
UKIP Nick Brooke22523.2%+23.2
Labour Bhavna Joshi12913.3%−0.4
Green Ann Karen De Bock899.2%+1.9
Turnout 96845.3%
Conservative hold Swing -15.7
Hitchin Bearton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Smith 936 39.6% −13.1
Conservative Nicola Harris54923.2%−3.9
Green Sarah Pond31813.5%+2.5
UKIP Peter Croft27911.8%+11.8
Liberal Democrats Lisa Courts*27511.6%+2.8
Turnout 2,36336.7%
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -4.6
Hitchin Highbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Harwood 945 35.3% −4.4
Liberal Democrats Michael John Lott75728.3%−10.1
UKIP Jim Groves39514.8%+14.8
Labour Min Birdsey36613.7%+0.5
Green Heida Shona Mollart-Griffin1987.4%−0.8
Turnout 2,67743.2%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +2.9
Hitchin Oughton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Radcliffe* 450 39.5% −8.5
UKIP Stephen Joseph Bartlett27824.4%+4.7
Conservative Mara MacSeoinin25222.1%−1.8
Green George Winston Howe897.8%+3.6
Liberal Democrats John Stephen White554.8%+0.7
Turnout 1,14031%
Labour hold Swing -6.6
Hitchin Priory ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allison Ashley* 785 48.8% −0.3
UKIP Adrianne Fairfax Smyth26616.5%+0.5
Labour June Le Sueur22213.8%−2.3
Green Gillian Langley18411.4%+3.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart Gideon Alder1479.1%−1.2
Turnout 1,60943.8%
Conservative hold Swing -0.4
Hitchin Walsworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Millard* 792 33.7% −5.2
Labour Nafisa Sayany69829.7%−9.0
UKIP Raymond John Parsons35215%+15.0
Green Gavin Nicholson34914.8%−0.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ircha1546.6%0.0
Turnout 2,35138.3%
Conservative hold Swing +1.9
Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward, held 10 July 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Faye Barnard* 734 62.0% +5.5
UKIP Colin John Rafferty20317.1%+1.3
Labour Simon Watson1169.8%−4.0
Green Orla Nicholls746.3%+1.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Donald Johnson574.8%−3.2
Turnout 1,18421.1%
Conservative hold Swing +2.1

The election in Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward was delayed due to the death of one of the original candidates. [3]

Kimpton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Bishop* 417 65.4% +2.1
Green Orla Nicholls12319.3%+16.1
Labour Sadie Laura Billing9214.4%+5.5
Turnout 63836.8%
Conservative hold Swing -7.0
Knebworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Hemingway 944 57.1% −0.3
UKIP James Alan Orme-Kirby29718.0%+6.6
Labour Gary Hills22613.7%−5.8
Green Harold Bland17210.4%−0.6
Turnout 1,65440.1%
Conservative hold Swing +0.6
Letchworth East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lorna Kercher* 594 40.7% +0.5
Conservative Michael Paterson38726.5%−6.1
UKIP John Finbarr Barry30120.6%+11.4
Green Eric Blakeley16811.5%+3.3
Turnout 1,45832.6%
Labour hold Swing +3.3
Letchworth Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Lunn 700 32.7% −10.4
Conservative Paul Marment64029.9%+0.8
UKIP Andrew Hamilton Scuoler51223.9%+23.9
Green Rosemary Ann Bland1597.4%−0.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Geoffrey Penny1155.4%−2.0
Turnout 2,14037.2%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -5.6
Letchworth South East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Leo Dobson Booth* 769 39% +0.3
Labour Martin John Stears-Handscomb48324.5%−5.6
UKIP Sidney Arthur Start45323%+8.5
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Carole Greener1266.4%−1.8
Green Dean Cartwright1256.3%−1.3
Turnout 1,97034.5%
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
Letchworth South West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Rice* 1,086 46.1% −7.7
Labour Jean Andrews36715.6%−4.2
UKIP Gemma Hughes35615.1%+15.1
Green Mario May27411.6%−1.0
Liberal Democrats John Paul Winder25710.9%−2.5
Turnout 2,35738.1%
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
Letchworth Wilbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Grindal* 624 42.3% +4.6
Conservative Andy Frankland49733.7%−2.5
UKIP Michael Richard Rodgers22515.2%+3.7
Green Maryla Hart1228.3%−2.3
Turnout 1,47635.1%
Labour hold Swing +3.6
Royston Heath ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Hill* 827 47.9% −5.8
UKIP Pat Albone33119.2%+19.2
Labour Ken Garland24614.2%−4.8
Green Phil Oddy1669.6%−2.2
Liberal Democrats David Robert May1468.5%−5.8
Turnout 1,72739.8%
Conservative hold Swing -12.5
Royston Meridian ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Davidson* 740 44.8% −13.5
UKIP Paula McGlynn46828.4%+28.4
Labour Amy Bourke19311.7%−6.7
Green Karen Julie Harmel1348.1%+0.3
Liberal Democrats John Raymond Ledden1086.5%−7.9
Turnout 1,65039.9%
Conservative hold Swing -20.9
Royston Palace ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Benjamin Lewis 500 34.2% −7.9
Labour Robert Inwood*38226.1%+0.8
UKIP Mark James Hughes37425.6%+25.6
Liberal Democrats Gerald Jackson1067.3%−15.7
Green Peter Groves926.3%−1.7
Turnout 1,46135.1%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -4.3

Robert Inwood had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2010, but had defected to Labour in 2012. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2006/3112, retrieved 4 March 2023
  2. 1 2 "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 Andrew, Teale. "Local Election Results 2014: North Hertfordshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Election Results 2014". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Foskett, Ewan (17 May 2012). "Former mayor and district councillor defects to Labour from Lib Dems". Royston Crow. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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