Chapter 32  Hertfordshire

There were no elections this year in Dacorum and East Hertfordshire, which hold whole council elections and whose next elections will be in 2007.

32.1  Broxbourne

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Rosedale.

Broxbourne

Paul Mason  C  1,338
Kirstie de Rivaz  LD  384
Marios Kousoulou  Lab  225

Bury Green

Martin Kennaugh  C  1,039
Alexander McInnes  Lab  632

Cheshunt Central

Milan Milovanovic  C  1,112
Ian Seeby  BNP  425
Richard Greenhill  Lab  340
Michael Gould  LD  249

Cheshunt North

Mark Farrington  C  977
Gary Horsley  BNP  622
James Meadows  Lab  429

Flamstead End

David Manning  C  1,256
Shirley McInnes  Lab  382

Goffs Oak

Peter Moule  C  1,785
Cherry Robbins  Lab  350

Hoddesdon North

Evelyn Wihte  C  1,478
Arthur Hillyard  Lab  354

Hoddesdon Town

Robert Bick  C  968
Andrew Porrer  LD  356
Jamie Bolden  Lab  267

Rye Park

Bren Perryman  C  1,016
Annette Marples  Lab  713

Theobalds

Charles Tranham  C  1,367
Christopher Simonovitch  Lab  428

Waltham Cross

Dennis Clayton  C  737
Ronald McCole  Lab  666

Wormley and Turnford

Christine Mitchell  C  1,248
Edward Hopwood  Lab  475

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Consolidated Results — Broxbourne

Conservative           14,321  66.2%  12 councillors
Labour                  5,261  24.3%
British National Party  1,047   4.8%
Liberal Democrat          989   4.6%

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32.2  Hertsmere

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Borehamwood Kenilworth or Elstree.

Aldenham East

John Graham  C  1,319
Mark Silverman  LD  199
Brian Levy  Lab  185

Aldenham West

Hugh Saunders  C  882
David Bird  LD  242
Sandra Huff  Lab  228

Borehamwood Brookmeadow

Jeremy Segall  C  758
Tim Sandle  Lab  548
Audrey McCracken  LD  289

Borehamwood Cowley Hill

Ann Harrison  Lab  654
Howard Rosen  C  567
Andrew Brass  Lib  284
James Dry  Soc Lab  181

Borehamwood Hillside

Hannah David  C  1,055
Peter Hedges  Lab  820
Zissis Kakoulakis  LD  316

Bushey Heath

Seamus Quilty  C  1,425
Roger Kutchinsky  LD  423
David Bearfield  Lab  222

Bushey North

Robert Gamble  LD  905
John Slade  C  520
George Bath  Lab  167

Bushey Park

Spencer Pitfield  C  842
Vincent Turner  Lib  550
James Sowerbutts  Lab  111

Bushey St James

Kim Boughton  LD  1,058
Carey Keates  C  999
Dinah Hoeksma  Lab  223

Potters Bar Furzefield

Rebecca Foy  C  1,080
Colin Dean  LD  443
James Fisher  Lab  343

Potters Bar Oakmere

Martin Heywood  C  1,311
Russell Ramshaw  Lab  602

Potters Bar Parkfield

John Donne  C  1,661
John Bonner  LD  445
Elizabeth Savage  Lab  332

Shenley

Rodney Saunders  C  939
Anthony Scott-Norman  Lab  269
Anita Ownsworth  LD  242

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Consolidated Results — Hertsmere

Conservative         13,358  56.5%  10 councillors
Labour                4,704  19.9%   1 councillor
Liberal Democrat      4,572  19.3%   2 councillors
Liberal Party           834   3.5%
Socialist Labour Party  181   0.8%

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32.3  North Hertfordshire

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Arbury, Baldock East, Cadwell, Codicote, Ermine, Graveley and Wymondley, Hoo, Kimpton, Offa or Weston and Sandon.

Baldock Town

Ian Knighton  C  1,375
Paul Burgin  Lab  459
Marilyn Kirkland  LD  391

Hitchin Bearton

John Stears  Lab  816
Andrew Hyde  C  626
Ronald Clarke  LD  378
George Howe  Grn  309

Hitchin Highbury

Sarah Wren  C  1,265
David Shirley  LD  1,205
Kushminder Sahasi  Lab  177
Anthony Ware  Grn  114

Hitchin Oughton

Joan Kirby  Lab  581
Nigel Brook  C  377
Richard Canning  LD  251

Hitchin Priory

Richard Thake  C  1,106
Andrew Ircha  LD  473
Douglas McCall  Lab  261

Hitchin Walsworth

Raymond Shakespeare-Smith  C  926
Philip Kirk  Lab  797
Ingeborg Sutcliffe  LD  324
Evelyn Howe  Grn  204

Hitchwood

David Miller  C  582
Michael Lott  LD  183
Robert Whatson  Lab  94

Knebworth (2)

Robin Wordsworth  C  924
Alan Bardett  C  889
Debra Wilkins  LD  470
Ursula Winder  LD  219
Anthony Eden  Lab  198
Stuart Madgin  Grn  192

Letchworth East

Lorna Kercher  Lab  752
Evelyn Mitchell  C  714
Martin Gammell  LD  466

Letchworth Grange

Simon Bloxham  C  727
Arthur Jarman  Lab  696
Samantha Turner  LD  410

Letchworth South East

Lawrence McNamara  C  979
Marion Melton  Lab  665
John Winder  LD  484

Letchworth South West

Terence Hone  C  1,454
John Winder  LD  1,218
Jacqueline Hartley  Lab  269

Letchworth Wilbury

Gary Grindal  Lab  548
Jessica Cook  C  471
Marion Minards-Gammell  LD  278

Royston Heath

Colin Burt  C  882
Roger Hill  LD  434
Kenneth Garland  Lab  282

Royston Meridian

Francis Smith  C  867
John Ledden  LD  419
Vaughan West  Lab  247

Royston Palace

Robert Inwood  LD  614
Graham Palmer  C  518
Leslie Baker  Lab  248

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Consolidated Results — North Hertfordshire

Conservative     13,793  46.5%  12 councillors
Liberal Democrat  7,998  26.9%   1 councillor
Labour            7,079  23.8%   4 councillors
Green Party         819   2.8%

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32.4  St Albans

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Colney Heath or Sandridge.

SAP = St Albans Party

Ashley

Michael Ellis  LD  912
Edward Hill  Lab  713
Alec Campbell  C  457
Peter Cobden  SAP  133

Batchwood

Eleanor Harris  Lab  732
Allan Witherick  LD  698
Eileen Brown  C  545

Clarence

Brian Sinfield  LD  985
Lee Foster  C  514
David Lee  Lab  416
Simon Grover  Grn  180

Cunningham

Geoffrey Harrison  LD  1,180
James Vessey  C  542
Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick  Lab  340

Harpenden East

Brian Peyton  LD  1,224
Nora Kavanaugh  C  960
David Crew  Lab  245

Harpenden North

John Chambers  C  1,228
Christopher Canfield  LD  707
Rosemary Ross  Lab  223

Harpenden South

Elizabeth Stevenson  C  1,480
Nigel Jenkinson  LD  536
David Lawlor  Lab  220

Harpenden West

John Newman  C  1,448
Jeffrey Phillips  LD  698
Elizabeth Rayner  Lab  232
Marc Scheimann  Grn  130

London Colney

Sean Flynn  Lab  881
Brian Lee  C  721
Carol Prowse  LD  414

Marshalswick North

Jennifer Stroud  LD  1,169
John Foster  C  880
John Baughan  Lab  207

Marshalswick South

Melvyn Teare  LD  1,193
Richard Bretherton  C  1,025
Sonia Smith  Lab  313

Park Street

David Yates  LD  1,079
Katharine Cramer  C  795
Janet Blackwell  Lab  266

Redbourn

Anthony Swendell  Ind  1,310
Susan Walford  C  578
Linda Spiri  Lab  175

St Peter's

Martin Morris  LD  987
Helen Ives-Rose  Lab  613
Maureen Havard  C  385
Vera Tinson  SAP  100

St Stephen

David Canham  C  1,431
David Parry  LD  733
Jane Cloke  Lab  197

Sopwell

Janet Smith  Lab  708
Linda Bateman  LD  532
Douglas Sholto  C  532

Verulam

Clare Ellis  C  1,213
Peter Burton  LD  1,051
Janet Girsman  SAP  203
Larry Heyman  Lab  188

Wheathampstead

Paul Edelston  LD  1,137
Gillian Clark  C  1,062
Mary Cheale  Lab  157

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Consolidated Results — St Albans

Conservative      15,796  39.6%  5 councillors
Liberal Democrat  15,234  38.2%  9 councillors
Labour             6,826  17.1%  3 councillors
Independent        1,310   3.3%  1 councillor
St Albans Party      436   1.1%
Green Party          310   0.8%

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32.5  Stevenage

One-third of council up for election.

Bandley Hill

Lilian Strange  Lab  739
Wendy Cawthorne  C  558
Sean McManus  LD  345

Bedwell

David Cullen  Lab  869
Christine Saint-Leitner  C  408
John Meacham  LD  365
Stephen Glennon  Soc Alt  119

Chells

Leonard Lambert  LD  828
Jeanette Thomas  Lab  643
Jody Hanafin  C  344

Longmeadow

Bruce Jackson  Lab  619
Matthew Hurst  C  606
Ralph Baskerville  LD  464

Manor

Graham Snell  LD  1,232
Prudence Howells  C  458
Howard Burrell  Lab  392

Martins Wood

David Royall  Lab  585
Ralph Dimelow  C  526
Barbara Segadelli  LD  330
Ian Murrill  Grn  207

Old Town

Hugh Tessier  Lab  870
Dilys Clark  C  746
Jennifer Moorcroft  LD  333
Bernard Chapman  Grn  206

Pin Green

Simon Speller  Lab  762
Leslie Clark  C  503
Mary Griffith  LD  375

Roebuck

John Lloyd  Lab  760
Anita Speight  C  505
Gordon Knight  LD  441

St Nicholas

Richard Henry  Lab  586
Ian Pritchard  C  421
Heather Snell  LD  414

Shephall

Jack Pickersgill  Lab  838
Freda Warner  C  392
Nicholas Baskerville  LD  362

Symonds Green

Anthony Turner  Lab  784
Galina Dimelow  C  555
Katherine Lloyd  LD  342

Woodfield

Margaret Notley  C  830
Audrey Griffith  LD  393
Ashraf Ismail  Lab  302

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Consolidated Results — Stevenage

Labour               8,749  39.1%  10 councillors
Conservative         6,852  30.6%   1 councillor
Liberal Democrat     6,224  27.8%   2 councillors
Green Party            413   1.8%
Socialist Alternative  119   0.5%

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32.6  Three Rivers

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Bedmond and Primrose Hill, Croxley Green North, Croxley Green South or Sarratt.

Abbots Langley

David Major  LD  876
Ronald Leveridge  C  389
Jeannie Metha  Lab  190

Ashridge

David Lake  Lab  253
Anne Lewis  C  214
Laurence McDermott  LD  173

Carpenders Park

Geoffrey Dunne  LD  1,154
Nigel Stewart  C  652
Doreen Johnstone  Lab  141

Chorleywood East

Christopher Hayward  C  1,058
Rodney Kipps  LD  366

Chorleywood West

Harry Davies  LD  1,197
Mark Weedon  C  1,082
Fiona Goble  Lab  142

Croxley Green

Brian Norman  LD  995
Colette Hanson  C  625
David Wynne-Jones  Lab  206

Hayling

Kerron Cross  Lab  395
David Benatar  C  158
Gabriel Aitman  LD  134

Langleybury

Christopher Whately-Smith  LD  804
Walter Tuck  C  288
John Sutton  Lab  194

Leavesden

Susan Bartrick  LD  743
Andrew Woodard  C  377
Peter Arthur  Lab  134

Maple Cross and Mill End

Peter Wakeling  LD  898
John Hayden  C  489

Moor Park and Eastbury

Amrit Mediratta  C  1,297
Abdul Vayani  LD  441

Northwick

Leonard Tippen  Lab  341
Graham Denman  C  236
David Lowes  LD  208

Oxhey Hall

Alison Scarth  LD  462
Teresa Paddington  C  430
Sheila Bull  Lab  106

Penn (2)

Sarah Nelmes  LD  492
Gladstone Providence  LD  491
John Marsh  C  352
Clifford le Quelenec  C  327
David Warburton  Lab  112
Stephen Cox  Lab  107

Rickmansworth

David Sansom  C  812
Jeremy Asquith  LD  339
Graham Dale  Lab  155

Rickmansworth West

Russell Smith  C  845
Leslie Mead  LD  502
Joanne Cox  Lab  63

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Consolidated Results — Three Rivers

Liberal Democrat  9,784  45.5%  10 councillors
Conservative      9,304  43.2%   4 councillors
Labour            2,432  11.3%   3 councillors

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32.7  Watford

One-third of council up for election.

Callowland

Kenneth Brodhurst  Grn  1,034
Richard Short  Lab  309
Paul Salter  LD  256
Jonathan Cordell  C  207

Central

Rabi Martins  LD  820
Nnagbogu Akubue  Lab  323
Geoffrey Greenstreet  C  293
Ruth Atkin  Grn  200

Holywell

Jennifer McGovern  LD  770
Nigel Bell  Lab  750
Carole Bamford  C  203
Martin Wiesner  Grn  106

Leggatts

Khalid Mahmood  LD  838
Stephen O'Brien  C  654
Andrew Head  Lab  320
Christine Stockwell  Grn  162

Meriden

Janice Brown  LD  790
Linda Smith  Lab  580
Richard Southern  C  382
Jenny Woods  Grn  138

Nascot

Andrew Mortimer  C  1,285
Mark Watkin  LD  660
Thomas Meldrum  Lab  273
Carole Skinner  Grn  143

Oxhey

Anthony Poole  LD  1,269
David Ealey  C  433
Michael Jones  Lab  180
Clive Skinner  Grn  99

Park

George Derbyshire  LD  1,358
David Wright  C  1,025
Mavis Tyrwhitt  Lab  153
Elaine Edwards  Grn  93

Stanborough

Andrew Wylie  LD  1,023
Roger Frost  C  454
Geoffrey Cullen  Lab  257
Kevin Pettiger  Grn  112

Tudor

Hugh O'Hanlon  LD  999
Richard Bamford  C  586
Frances Hince  Lab  276
Anna Rackett  Grn  121

Vicarage

Mohammed Ajab  LD  848
Jagtar Dhindsa  Lab  786
Mark Bunn  C  286
David Degen  Grn  167

Woodside

Ian Brown  LD  883
William Hodnett  C  310
Marion Chambers  Lab  309
Sally Ivins  Grn  98

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Consolidated Results — Watford

Liberal Democrat  10,514  44.5%  10 councillors
Conservative       6,118  25.9%   1 councillor
Labour             4,516  19.1%
Green Party        2,473  10.5%   1 councillor

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32.8  Welwyn Hatfield

One-third of council up for election.

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Irene Dean  C  1,549
Nigel Bain  LD  361
William Couzens  Lab  187

Haldens

Rory Hallahan  Lab  600
Edward Hall  C  545
Jonathan Arch  LD  419

Handside

Daniel Cooke  LD  1,230
Lance Stanbury  C  1,180
Lynn Chesterman  Lab  296

Hatfield Central

Hazel Laming  LD  514
Margaret White  Lab  476
Andrew Peffer  C  388

Hatfield East

Bernard Sarson  C  883
Sheila Wilder  Lab  376
Lis Meyland-Smith  LD  330
Graham Laverick  Grn  137

Hatfield North

Mark Gilding  C  783
Bridgit Croft  Lab  669
Janet Gammage  LD  341

Hatfield South

Linda Mendez  Lab  395
Douglas Berry  C  242
Richard Griffiths  LD  152

Hatfield West

Ronald Wheeler  C  731
Tony Wilder  Lab  519
Simon Archer  LD  369

Hollybush

Susan Jones  Lab  669
Marian Pile  C  491
Eirwen Smith  LD  286

Howlands

Alan Franey  C  655
Mark Biddle  Lab  643
Pascal Jacquemain  LD  388

Northaw

Colin Couch  C  1,115
Robert Ellingham  UKIP  437
Jennifer Blumson  LD  160
Peter Heyman  Lab  104

Panshanger

Roger Trigg  C  779
Anthony Crump  Lab  448
Ted Naseby  LD  446

Peartree

Christopher Cory  Lab  607
Wanda Armstrong-Bridges  LD  405
Julie Peffer  C  328

Sherrards

Terence Mabbott  C  970
Margaret Hurst  Lab  814
Frank Marsh  LD  408

Welham Green

Keith Pieri  C  745
Sheila Jones  Lab  195
Sheila Archer  LD  179

Welwyn North

Steven Markiewicz  C  948
Helen Bassett  LD  318
David Wilson  Lab  199

Welwyn South

Stuart Pile  C  1,160
Ian Skidmore  LD  522
Julia Henderson  Lab  349

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Consolidated Results — Welwyn Hatfield

Conservative        13,492  47.4%  12 councillors
Labour               7,546  26.5%   4 councillors
Liberal Democrat     6,828  24.0%   2 councillors
UK Independence Party  437   1.5%
Green Party            137   0.5%

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