2019 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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2019 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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16 of 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
LD
LeaderLynda NeedhamMartin Stears-HandscombPaul Clark
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before28147
Seats after221611
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Increase2.svg2Increase2.svg4
Popular vote9,3805,6757,384
Percentage36.0%21.8%28.4%
Leader before election

Lynda Needham
Conservative

Leader after election

Martin Stears-Handscomb
Labour
No overall control

The 2019 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 2 May 2019, at the same time as other local elections across England and Northern Ireland. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council, 16 were up for election. [1] [2]

Contents

The Conservatives had a majority on the council prior to the election, but lost a net total of six seats, leaving the council under no overall control. The Conservative leader and leader of the council prior to the election was Lynda Needham, who lost her Letchworth South West seat after a tie with the Liberal Democrat candidate, Sean Prendergast, which was settled by drawing lots. [3] Whilst the Conservatives remained the largest party, with six seats more than any other party, a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition took control of the council after the election, with the Labour leader, Martin Stears-Handscomb, becoming leader of the council, and the Liberal Democrat leader, Paul Clark, becoming deputy leader of the council. [4] David Levett became new leader of the Conservative group, which became the opposition. [5]

Overall results

Map showing the winner in each ward for the 2019 North Hertfordshire District Council election North Hertfordshire 2019 ward results.svg
Map showing the winner in each ward for the 2019 North Hertfordshire District Council election

The overall results were as follows: [6]

2019 North Hertfordshire District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 7Decrease2.svg 643.8152244.99,38036.0-3.6
  Liberal Democrats 6Increase2.svg 437.571122.47,38428.4+7.8
  Labour 3Increase2.svg 218.8131632.75,67521.8-9.2
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,75710.6+3.3
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.08413.2+2.9

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 (*). [7]

Arbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Wade Tyson
(Tom Tyson)		570 51.0% +39.5
Conservative Christopher John Schwick
(Chris Schwick)		45340.5%−23.4
Green Timothy Peter Lee
(Tim Lee)		887.9%−5.0
Turnout 1,11851.6%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +31.5
Baldock Town ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Douglas Robert Mackenzie Muir* 941 51.4% +0.7
Liberal Democrats Robin Christopher Lambie
(Rob Lambie)		35019.1%+5.9
Labour Colwyn Luke Griffiths32117.5%−12.7
Green George Woolhouse20111.0%+5.4
Turnout 1,83232.0%
Conservative hold Swing -2.6
Cadwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Samuel North
(Sam North)		352 48.0% +38.1
Conservative Michael Frank Goddard20728.2%−29.8
Labour David Leon De Smet9512.9%−6.7
Green Rosamund Brigid McGuire729.8%−0.8
Turnout 73441.2%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +33.9
Chesfield ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Edmund Rhys Davies 595 42.0% +7.5
Liberal Democrats Keith Abrahams33723.8%−18.5
Labour Yusuf Liam Mayet22615.9%−0.9
Green Mary Karin Marshall22015.5%+9.6
Turnout 1,41727.4%
Conservative hold Swing +13.0
Ermine ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Edward Morris* 492 59.2% −14.5
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Anderton
(Suzie Anderton)		18722.5%+22.5
Green Mark Alister Gamon10412.5%−11.7
Labour Robin Anthony King404.8%+4.8
Turnout 83140.2%
Conservative hold Swing -18.5
Hitchin Bearton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judi Billing* 1,157 53.7% −2.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Clayden35116.3%+3.0
Conservative Gulshan Deep Singh Mangat32815.2%−6.8
Green Anni Elke Sander29613.7%+5.9
Turnout 2,15534.4%
Labour hold Swing -2.8
Hitchin Highbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Hoskins 1,606 62.2% +14.6
Conservative Leon Emirali 53420.7%−9.4
Labour Angela Jean Griggs2449.5%−7.2
Green Diana Joyce Newson1817.0%+1.4
Turnout 2,58241.9%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +12.0
Hitchin Walsworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kay Frances Tart 994 44.4% −3.7
Conservative Mark David Russell57025.4%−4.5
Green William Lavin39317.5%+5.8
Liberal Democrats Ying Han25511.4%+1.5
Turnout 2,24037.1%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +0.4
Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David John Barnard* 1,149 54.7% −8.3
Green Nicola Jane Clark
(Nicky Clark)		36017.1%+7.3
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Margaret Parkin30514.5%+5.6
Labour Anton Jungreuthmayer26012.4%−5.8
Turnout 2,10036.1%
Conservative hold Swing -7.8
Letchworth Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Morgan William Derbyshire 708 37.9% +0.1
Labour Conor Brogan56330.1%−13.3
UKIP Steven Adelantado23412.5%+12.5
Liberal Democrats Joshua Edward Hamilton
(Josh Hamilton)		18710.0%−1.4
Green Sarah Elizabeth Cope1729.2%+1.3
Turnout 1,86834.4%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +6.7

The retiring councillor in Letchworth Grange ward, Paul Marment, had been elected as a Conservative in 2015, but defected to the Liberal Democrats in 2018. [8]

Letchworth South East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adem Irfan Ruggiero-Cakir 796 43.3% +4.3
Conservative Andrew Malcolm Clare78342.6%+4.0
UKIP Sidney Arthur Start24213.2%+7.6
Turnout 1,83834.0%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +0.1
Letchworth South West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sean Prendergast 800 34.6% +7.8
Conservative Lynda Ann Needham*80034.6%−9.0
Labour Jean Andrews27912.1%−9.5
UKIP Wendy Gross2189.4%+9.4
Green Nicholas Mark Newson2018.7%+1.1
Turnout 2,31238.9%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +8.4

As the result in Letchworth South West ward was a draw, the tied candidates drew lots to choose the winner. [3]

Royston Heath ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Ann Stanier 963 54.2% +9.4
Conservative Sarah Anne Dingley*53830.3%−10.4
Green Katherine Marie Shann1347.5%+3.7
Labour Amy Jane Bourke-Waite1196.7%−3.6
Turnout 1,77740.3%
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +9.9
Royston Meridian ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Frederick Hunter*
(Tony Hunter)		699 47.3% −7.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Martin Rice34023.0%+13.6
UKIP Christopher Laurence Arquati1479.9%+9.9
Labour Stephen James Lockett1479.9%−7.2
Green Karen Julie Harmel1409.5%−8.2
Turnout 1,47935.9%
Conservative hold Swing -10.7
Royston Palace ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Margaret Green* 474 37.8% −5.5
Labour Robert Edward Inwood
(Rob Inwood)		41533.1%−0.5
Liberal Democrats Amy Chesterton Di Capite18014.4%−1.5
Green Angela Clark17013.6%+6.5
Turnout 1,25328.6%
Conservative hold Swing -2.5
Weston and Sandon ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Kenneth Jarvis*
(Steve Jarvis)		601 79.1% +21.6
Conservative Michael Steven Frederick Storm Hearn10914.3%−18.3
Green Desmond Peter Stephens
(Des Stephens)		253.3%−6.2
Labour Headley Valentine Parkins192.5%2.5
Turnout 76046.2%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +20.0

Changes 2019–2021

Two councillors resigned in March 2020: Ben Lewis, Conservative councillor for Royston Palace, and Deepak Sangha, Labour councillor for Letchworth Wilbury. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic no by-election could be held. The vacancies were subsequently filled at the 2021 election, which would have been when Deepak Sangha's term of office would have expired anyway. [9]

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. ↑ "North Hertfordshire District Council". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 Barrow, Georgia; Mountney, Dan (3 May 2019). "Local Elections 2019: North Herts council leader loses seat after drawing straws". The Comet. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Council minutes, 21 May 2019". North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Your councillors". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Andrew, Teale. "Local Election Results 2019: North Hertfordshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Election Results 2019". North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Asher, J. P. (17 August 2018). "Letchworth Conservative councillor defects to Lib Dems". The Comet. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  9. ↑ Thorburn, Jacob (1 April 2020). "Two NHDC councillors out following string of recent absences". The Comet. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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