Dacorum Borough Council elections

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Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2007, 51 councillors have been elected from 25 wards. [1]

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Council elections

By-election results

1995–1999

Leverstock Green By-Election 3 July 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,33869.4+26.6
Labour 49625.7-19.0
Liberal Democrats 934.8-7.7
Majority84243.7
Turnout 1,92736.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1999–2003

Highfield St Paul By-Election 3 June 1999 (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 845
Labour 802
Labour 743
Liberal Democrats 415
Liberal Democrats 372
Liberal Democrats 322
Conservative 302
Conservative 289
Conservative 277
Turnout 4,36729.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Berkhamsted West By-Election 16 November 2000 (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Green699
Conservative Ian Reay695
Liberal Democrats Garrick Stevens559
Liberal Democrats Peter Such521
Labour Bertram Bannister89
Labour Beryl Milne88
Turnout 2,65132.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Bradnock & Richard Roberts2,264 & 1,93156.8-5.7
Liberal Democrats David Griffiths & Carol Richardson896 & 75522.5+2.5
Labour Beryl Milnes & Alan Oliver827 & 76920.7+3.3
Majority1,36834.3
Turnout 3,987
Conservative hold Swing
Woodall Farm By-Election 21 November 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Olive42440.8-6.8
Conservative Stephen Mark Holmes39838.3-14.1
Liberal Democrats Michael John Bethune20419.6+19.6
UKIP Barry Newton131.3+1.3
Majority262.5
Turnout 1,03923.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2003–2007

Bennetts End By-Election 1 April 2004 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Gronert77052.7-5.7
Conservative Kevin Minier51635.3+9.6
Liberal Democrats Janet Dashwood17612.0-4.0
Majority25417.4
Turnout 1,46234.0
Labour hold Swing
Adeyfield East By-Election 9 June 2005 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Hogg62443.2+6.5
Conservative Frances Ryan61842.8-3.8
Liberal Democrats Doreen Coburn20113.9+0.0
Majority60.4
Turnout 1,44333.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Chaulden & Shrubhill By-Election 20 October 2005 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Guest55246.8+10.2
Labour Susan White51443.6-1.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart Watkin1139.6-9.2
Majority383.2
Turnout 1,17930.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Nash Mills By-Election 20 October 2005 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucy Foster38254.3+9.0
Labour Mark Quinn27639.2-4.0
Liberal Democrats Gerald Coulter456.4-5.1
Majority10615.1
Turnout 70333.5
Conservative hold Swing
Highfield St Pauls By-Election 10 November 2005 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Link83552.8+19.0
Labour Stephen Fisher49831.5-15.0
Conservative Kevin Minier24915.7-3.9
Majority33721.3
Turnout 1,58230.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Warners End By-Election 16 March 2006 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Coxage57039.3-3.9
Conservative John Whitman45731.5-12.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilson25017.2+4.1
National Front Simon Deacon1067.3+7.3
Green Paul Harris422.9+2.9
UKIP Barry Newton261.8+1.8
Majority1137.8
Turnout 1,45140.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2007–2011

Adeyfield West By-Election 11 March 2010 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dan Wood48632.8-8.6
Labour Sue White42929.0-13.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Wilson36224.5+8.1
BNP Janet Price20313.7+13.7
Majority573.8
Turnout 1,48035.8
Conservative hold Swing
Aldbury and Wigginton By-Election 27 August 2010 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Hollinghurst59364.7+29
Conservative Paul Richardson30533.1-24
Labour Thomas Arden Wright181.9-4
Majority28831
Turnout 91647
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 26% [16]

2011–2015

Woodhall Farm By-Election 21 June 2012 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosie Sutton56649.0
Labour Paul Eastwood40635.1
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Dave706.1
English Democrat Simon Deacon474.1
UKIP Howard Koch433.7
Green Paul De Hoest242.1
Majority16013.8
Turnout 115927.24
Conservative hold Swing

Vacancy caused by resignation of Conservative incumbent Stephen Holmes. [18]

Adeyfield West By-Election 21 March 2013 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ron TINDALL36332.6+18.1
Labour Mike MOORE27825.0-17.5
Conservative Barry NEWTON22920.6-22.5
UKIP Noel SWINFORD19317.3+17.3
English Democrat Simon DEACON514.6+4.6
Majority85
Turnout 417426.68
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Vacancy caused by resignation of Labour incumbent. Percentage changes are since May 2011

2015–present

Adyfield West By-Election 29 September 2016 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian England520
Conservative Tony Gallagher233
Labour Gary Michael Cook166
UKIP Rachel Catherine Biggs115
Green Angela May Lynch17
Majority287
Turnout 105124.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Northchurch By-Election 8 March 2018 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lara Pringle545
Conservative Rob McCarthy260
Labour Harry Hawden97
Green Joe Pitts19
Majority285
Turnout 92140.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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  2. The District of Dacorum (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  3. The Dacorum and Three Rivers (Areas) Order 1985
  4. legislation.gov.uk – The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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  6. legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Dacorum (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
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  8. legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Dacorum (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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  13. "Warners End Result" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008.[ dead link ]
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  18. "Shock arrest of well-liked former mayor Stephen Holmes - Local - Hemel Gazette". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
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  21. https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home%5Ccouncil-democracy/elections-and-voting/elections-2018 [ dead link ]