Dacorum Borough Council election, 1999

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Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 6 May 1999. The election in Highfield St Paul was delayed after the death of a Conservative candidate until a by-election was held on 3 June. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the Dacorum Council election, 1995|last election in 1995 reducing the number of seats by 6. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control, although it would fall back to no overall control after the by-election in June.

Dacorum Place in England

The Borough of Dacorum is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England that includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and the western part of Kings Langley. The district, which was formed in 1974, had a population of 137,799 in 2001. Its name was taken from the old hundred of Dacorum which covered approximately the same area. It is the westernmost of Hertfordshire's districts, being bordered to the west by the Chiltern and Aylesbury Vale districts of Buckinghamshire.

Hertfordshire County of England

Hertfordshire is one of the home counties in England. It is bordered by Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it is placed in the East of England region.

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Election result

Dacorum Local Election Result 1999
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 26 +6 53.1 45.9 31,029
  Labour 17 -8 34.7 36.9 24,922
  Liberal Democrat 6 +2 12.2 14.1 9,499
  Independent 0 -6 0 2.2 1,524
  Green 0 0 0 0.8 553
  Left Alliance 0 0 0 0.07 54
  Natural Law 0 0 0 0.03 23

Ward results

Adeyfield East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael Pesch 741
Labour Raymond Haverson 736
Conservative Peter Channell 579
Conservative Eliot Tyler-Waddington 533
Turnout 2,589
Adeyfield West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Keith White 610
Labour Navaratnam Singam 609
Conservative Michael Barry 408
Conservative Hugh Scott 403
Turnout 2,030
Aldbury & Wigginton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tobias Ellwood 382 59.5
Liberal Democrat Michael James 139 21.7
Labour Hugh Wilson 121 18.8
Majority 243 37.8
Turnout 642
Apsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jennifer Beesley 563 66.8
Labour Rosemary Eastwood 280 33.2
Majority 283 33.6
Turnout 843
Ashridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Frank Seely 771 78.3
Labour William Glennon 214 21.7
Majority 557 56.6
Turnout 985
Bennetts End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gary Cook 856
Labour Paul Eastwood 821
Conservative Robert Fisher 347
Conservative Arthur Craigen 344
Liberal Democrat Colin Roe 140
Liberal Democrat Roger Wilson 113
Turnout 2,621
Berkhamsted Castle (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kenneth Coleman 577
Conservative Peter Ginger 542
Liberal Democrat Betty Patterson 502
Liberal Democrat Geraldine Corry 490
Independent Ian Johnston 342
Independent Edward Dyer 278
Labour Dorothy Franks 173
Labour Neil Shacklock 172
Turnout 3,076
Berkhamsted East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat John Lythgoe 629
Liberal Democrat Philip Gibbs 610
Conservative Peter Davis 497
Conservative Jane Sewell 477
Labour Gill Bellamy 287
Labour Michael Bromberg 239
Independent Norman Cutting 179
Green Diana Jones 77
Turnout 2,995
Berkhamsted West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Stanley Sharpe 604
Liberal Democrat John Brooks 581
Conservative Ian Reay 572
Conservative Carol Green 566
Labour Jane Gilbert 203
Labour David Franks 182
Turnout 2,708
Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Patricia Beale 1,315
Conservative Brian O'Sullivan 1,277
Conservative Anne Janes 1,267
Liberal Democrat David Griffiths 471
Liberal Democrat Carol Richardson 418
Labour Susan Cerins 373
Labour Anne Janes 361
Labour Alan Olive 347
Liberal Democrat Garrick Stevens 345
Turnout 6,174
Boxmoor (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Janice Marshall 1,015
Conservative Andrew Fairburn 950
Labour Marie Hutchison 940
Labour Albert Dennison 921
Turnout 3,826
Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Catherine Appleby 580
Conservative Andrew Williams 573
Labour Robert Hutchison 487
Labour Israel Berkovitch 479
Liberal Democrat Jean Blackman 132
Liberal Democrat Michael Kingsnorth 114
Turnout 2,365
Chaulden & Shrubill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anne-Lise Johnsen 857
Labour Richard Widger 824
Conservative Ann Richardson 432
Conservative Brenda Griffiths 428
Independent William Killen 267
Turnout 2,808
Corner Hall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Donald Bennett 732
Labour Andrew Inchley 657
Conservative John Hanson 481
Conservative Christopher Cadman 469
Liberal Democrat John Blackman 145
Liberal Democrat Margaret Waugh 128
Left Alliance Stephen Harrison 54
Turnout 2,666
Gadebridge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Maureen Flint 780
Labour Ronald Coxage 677
Independent Maurice Young 288
Conservative Jean Reid 284
Conservative Louis Pouyanne 281
Independent Mark Presland 199
Natural Law Diana Harding 23
Turnout 2,532
Grovehill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anne Fisher 766
Labour Michael Maloney 710
Labour Richard Walsh 681
Conservative Janet Higgs 331
Conservative Keith Reid 326
Conservative Colin Peter 324
Liberal Democrat Wendy Savage 173
Liberal Democrat Michael Bethune 149
Liberal Democrat Roger Gooden 147
Turnout 3,607
Kings Langley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Anderson 764
Conservative Alexander McGregor 696
Labour Maureen Sedlacek 647
Labour Martin Smith 631
Liberal Democrat Gerald Coulter 259
Liberal Democrat Michael Morton 250
Turnout 3,247
Leverstock Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Hazel Bassadine 1,355
Conservative Lois Blythe 1,303
Conservative Margaret Griffiths 1,262
Labour Richard Hebborn 832
Labour Ora Warren 774
Labour Alan Dickson 756
Liberal Democrat Sheila Daly 173
Liberal Democrat Lynda Roe 162
Liberal Democrat Rodney Cottrell 131
Turnout 6,748
Nash Mill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Semdley 352 48.2
Labour Stephen Fisher 317 43.4
Liberal Democrat Alan Waugh 62 8.5
Majority 35 4.8
Turnout 731
Northchurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Janette Dunbavand 537 67.9
Liberal Democrat Leslie Batchelor 145 18.3
Labour John Collisson 109 13.8
Majority 392 49.6
Turnout 791
Tring Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Denise Rance 639
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Hollinghurst 581
Conservative William Barnett 530
Conservative Jacqueline Dawson 509
Labour Dilys Carter 239
Labour James Maple 215
Green Colin Kruger 116
Turnout 2,829
Tring East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Jameson 592 64.6
Labour Rosemarie Hollinghurst 209 22.8
Liberal Democrat Richard Lovelace 116 12.6
Majority 383 41.8
Turnout 917
Tring West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Derek Townsend 769
Conservative Stanley Mills 741
Liberal Democrat Barry Batchelor 505
Liberal Democrat Paul Elley 446
Green John Hall 258
Labour Daniel Carroll 249
Labour Paul Stanton 212
Turnout 3,180
Warners End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Margaret Coxage 772
Labour Rebecca Dickenson 697
Conservative Fiona Guest 579
Conservative Anthony Gallagher 538
Green Martin Humphrey 102
Independent David Clarke 102
Independent Moya Presland 69
Turnout 2,859
Watling (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Herbert Chapman 830
Conservative Julian Taunton 829
Labour Gilian Edwards 310
Labour Judith Molloy 266
Turnout 2,235
Woodhall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Denmead 476
Conservative Michael Griffiths 473
Labour Brian Fisher 432
Labour Simon Gluck 419
Turnout 1,800

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