Dacorum Borough Council election, 2003

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Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control after previously relying on the mayor's casting vote for control. Overall turnout was 32.87%. [1]

Dacorum Borough Council local authority for the Dacorum non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom

Dacorum Borough Council is the local authority for the Dacorum non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Dacorum is located in the north-west of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The Council itself is based in Hemel Hempstead, the largest settlement in the district.

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Election result

Dacorum Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 32 8 2 +6 61.5 44.8 30,220 -1.1%
  Labour 14 0 8 -8 26.9 29.6 19,978 -7.3%
  Liberal Democrat 6 2 0 +2 11.5 23.7 15,998 +9.6%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 796 +0.4%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 359 -1.7%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 66 +0.1%

Ward results

Adeyfield East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Neil Harden 633
Conservative Stella Kyriazis 617
Labour Raymond Haverson 499
Labour Michael Pesch 491
Turnout 2,651 31.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Adeyfield West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Keith White 574
Labour Elamthalaiva Singam 554
Conservative Keith Redi 265
Conservative Belinda Williams 253
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Lawrence 153
Liberal Democrat Sylvia Fry 151
Turnout 1,950 27.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Aldbury & Wigginton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Caroline Craufurd 327 48.8 -10.7
Liberal Democrat Michael James 180 26.9 +5.2
Independent Anthony MacLaughlin 101 15.1 +15.1
Labour Sheraton Shaw 62 9.3 -9.5
Majority 147 21.9 -15.9
Turnout 670 36.1
Conservative hold Swing
Apsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian Ayling 423 54.9 -11.9
Labour Frank Burgess 172 22.3 -10.9
Liberal Democrat Ian Senior 109 14.2 +14.2
UKIP Barry Newton 66 8.6 +8.6
Majority 251 32.6 -1.0
Turnout 770 30.4
Conservative hold Swing
Ashridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nicholas Tiley 542 57.2 -21.1
Independent Gerald Brooker 258 27.2 +27.2
Liberal Democrat Leslie Batchelor 82 8.6 +8.6
Labour Mark Ewing 66 7.0 -14.7
Majority 284 30.0 -26.6
Turnout 948 44.1
Conservative hold Swing
Bennetts End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gary Cook 651
Labour Paul Eastwood 634
Conservative Robert Fisher 286
Conservative Riaz Farooqi 242
Liberal Democrat Colin Roe 178
Liberal Democrat Stephen Wilson 161
Turnout 2,152 26.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Berkhamsted Castle (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Patterson 760
Liberal Democrat Victor Earl 702
Conservative Kenneth Coleman 653
Conservative Peter Ginger 628
Green Marion Baker 147
Labour Ray Jones 111
Labour Sharon Greene 104
Turnout 3,105 34.4
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Berkhamsted East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Philip Gibbs 642
Liberal Democrat John Lythgoe 632
Conservative Norman Cutting 492
Conservative Jennifer Habib 416
Labour Bryan Jones 179
Labour Peter Norman 173
Turnout 2,534 32.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Berkhamsted West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Carol Green 712
Conservative Ian Reay 691
Liberal Democrat Geraldine Corry 627
Liberal Democrat Luc Briand 382
Labour Neuk Shacklock 169
Labour Albert Dennison 154
Turnout 2,735 36.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susan Bradnock 1,181
Conservative Richard Roberts 1,154
Conservative Gbola Adeleke 1,050
Liberal Democrat David Griffiths 652
Liberal Democrat Carol Richardson 551
Liberal Democrat Erik Vischer 527
Labour Doreen Hills 249
Labour Martin Smith 242
Labour Richard Milnes 231
Green Martin Humphrey 157
Turnout 5,994 33.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Boxmoor (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Janice Marshall 921
Conservative Andrew Fairburn 858
Labour Susan White 655
Labour Beryl Milnes 596
Liberal Democrat Lucy Grayson 297
Liberal Democrat Robert Irving 210
Green Alan Johnson 133
Turnout 3,670 43.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Chaulden & Shrubill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anne-Lise Johnsen 540
Labour Richard Widger 527
Conservative Hugh Scott 443
Conservative Christopher Cadman 420
Liberal Democrat Matthew Webb 227
Liberal Democrat Wendy Savage 226
Turnout 2,383 32.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Corner Hall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Peter 534
Conservative Michael Clark 515
Labour Donald Bennett 469
Labour Frances Howat 450
Liberal Democrat John Blackman 207
Liberal Democrat Margaret Waugh 180
Turnout 2,355 28.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Gadebridge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Maureen Flint 625
Labour Ronald Coxage 547
Conservative Roger Montgomerie 282
Conservative Doris Shaw 270
Liberal Democrat Alison Batchelor 129
Liberal Democrat Margaret Colquhoun 121
Green Paul Harris 89
Turnout 2,063 27.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Grovehill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anne Fisher 681
Labour Michael Maloney 628
Labour Richard Walsh 613
Conservative Roger Andrews 506
Conservative Ronald Brown 474
Conservative Frances Ryan 472
Liberal Democrat Janet Dashwood 183
Liberal Democrat Alan Waugh 179
Liberal Democrat Steven Weston 165
Turnout 3,901 24.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hemel Hempstead Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Catherine Appleby 530
Conservative Andrew Williams 502
Labour Martin Rogers 444
Labour Bernard Gronert 443
Liberal Democrat David Angell 246
Liberal Democrat Ashley Burton 195
Green Hazel Johnson 99
Turnout 2,459 34.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Highfield and St Pauls (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Dobie 666
Labour Bertram Bannister 663
Labour Elio Gomez 639
Liberal Democrat Brenda Link 484
Liberal Democrat Ryan Cullen 476
Liberal Democrat Lesley Murray 427
Conservative Kevin Minier 281
Conservative Linda Holmes 278
Conservative Miriam Wiedman-Smith 253
Turnout 4,167 28.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kings Langley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Anderson 849
Conservative Alexander McGregor 758
Labour Elizabeth Rafferty 659
Labour Maureen Sedlacek 538
Liberal Democrat Michael Morton 241
Liberal Democrat Gerald Coulter 217
Turnout 3,262 43.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Leverstock Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Hazel Bassadone 1,085
Conservative Margaret Griffiths 1,027
Conservative Graham Sutton 1,002
Labour Chris Twydell 461
Labour James Hopkins 451
Labour Hans Seelig 422
Liberal Democrat Sheila Daly 303
Liberal Democrat Stuart Watkin 261
Liberal Democrat Lynda Roe 243
Turnout 5,255 33.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Nash Mill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Semdley 351 45.3 -2.9
Labour Mark Quinn 335 43.2 -0.2
Liberal Democrat Roger Willson 89 11.5 +3.0
Majority 16 2.1 -2.7
Turnout 775 36.9
Conservative hold Swing
Northchurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alan Fantham 403 57.3 -10.6
Liberal Democrat Garrick Stevens 247 35.1 +16.8
Labour Richard Hebborn 53 7.5 -6.3
Majority 156 22.2 -27.4
Turnout 703 33.3
Conservative hold Swing
Tring Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Denise Rance 745
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Hollinghurst 721
Conservative Penelope Hearn 532
Conservative Ronald Lanning 462
Labour Roger Oliver 119
Labour Barbara Gronert 104
Turnout 2,683
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Tring East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Olive Conway 418 56.3 -8.3
Liberal Democrat Rosemarie Hollinghurst 225 30.3 +17.7
Labour Susan Aldis 69 9.3 -13.5
Green Colin Kruger 30 4.0 +4.0
Majority 193 26.0 -15.8
Turnout 742 35.8
Conservative hold Swing
Tring West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Derek Townsend 747
Conservative Stanley Mills 716
Liberal Democrat Barry Batchelor 704
Liberal Democrat Lloyd Harris 591
Green Paul Sandford 141
Labour Daniel Carroll 139
Turnout 3,038 38.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Warners End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Janice Speaight 538
Conservative Robert Gillespie 535
Labour Margaret Coxage 532
Labour Rebecca Dickenson 472
Liberal Democrat Ann Fryd 162
Liberal Democrat Martin Rance 155
Turnout 2,394 34.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Watling (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Herbert Chapman 873
Conservative Julian Taunton 862
Labour Gillian Edwards 182
Labour Edward Dillon 158
Liberal Democrat Garfield Jones 146
Liberal Democrat Paul Elley 128
Turnout 2,349 30.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Woodhall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Holmes 522
Conservative Colette Wyatt-Lowe 436
Labour Alan Olive 394
Labour Stephen Fisher 389
Liberal Democrat Michael Bethune 215
Liberal Democrat David Hardingham 164
Turnout 2,120 26.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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