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Local Election Results 2003

East Hertfordshire

Whole council up for election. Two Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.

Other results for East Hertfordshire: 2007 2011 2015 2019
By-elections for East Hertfordshire (may be incomplete): 18th December 2003 (Little Hadham) — 28th July 2005 (Walkern) — 14th October 2005 (Hertford Rural S.) — 22nd June 2006 (Great Amwell) — 4th June 2009 (Ware Christchurch) — 11th November 2010 (Hunsdon) — 23rd December 2010 (Sawbridgeworth) — 2nd May 2013 (Bishop's Stortford Meads; Buntingford; Hertford Castle; Watton-at-Stone) — 22nd May 2014 (Bishop's Stortford C.) — 17th December 2015 (Hertford Heath) — 15th September 2016 (Puckeridge) — 9th March 2017 (Hertford Castle) — 4th May 2017 (Datchworth & Aston) — 23rd August 2018 (Watton-at-Stone) — 6th May 2021 (Bishop's Stortford All Saints)
Results for Hertfordshire county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — East Hertfordshire 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 15808 50.2% 41
Liberal Democrat 7420 23.5% 7
Labour 5846 18.5% 0
Independent 1628 5.2% 2
Green Party 817 2.6% 0

Bishop's Stortford All Saints (3)

Michael Wood LD 930 49.7%
Andrew Graham LD 868
Leslie Pinnell LD 788
Colin Woodward C 698 37.3%
Charles Jackson C 644
Janet Boyd Lab 245 13.1%

Bishop's Stortford Central (3)

Mione Goldspink LD 697 27.9%
Keith Barnes Ind 686 27.4%
Gerard Francis LD 658
Norma Symonds C 459 18.4%
Timothy Page C 429
John Wyllie Lab 399 16.0%
Ruth Fox Lab 367
John Battersby Lab 330
Graham White Grn 260 10.4%

Bishop's Stortford Meads (2)

Ralph Gilbert C 592 55.3%
Jill Demonti C 558
Jam Morlok LD 478 44.7%
John Mullarkey LD 477

Bishop's Stortford Silverleys (2)

Duncan Peek C 603 56.8%
Graham McAndrew C 585
Nigel Cryer LD 315 29.7%
Peter Gray LD 285
Philip Sortwell Lab 143 13.5%

Bishop's Stortford South (3)

Diane Hollebon C 791 39.1%
Allen Burlton C 751
Robert Parker C 733
Martin Adams LD 554 27.4%
Clifford Leggett Grn 344 17.0%
Heather Deegan Lab 332 16.4%

Braughing

Jo Cain C 426 45.3%
Michael Bennett Ind 377 40.1%
Steven Stone Lab 94 10.0%
Hugh Annand LD 43 4.6%

Buntingford (2)

Stanley Bull C 582 39.3%
John Warren Ind 565 38.1%
Anthony Martin Lab 335 22.6%

Datchworth and Aston

Anthony Jackson C 535 64.1%
Maureen Marr Lab 199 23.8%
Lydia Howitt Grn 101 12.1%

Great Amwell

Derek Mayes C unop.

Hertford Bengeo (3)

Peter Ruffles C 1195 50.5%
Sarah Newton C 955
Matthew Port C 887
Patricia Board Lab 670 28.3%
Graham Kennard Lab 604
Martin Hurst LD 500 21.1%
Roger Morris LD 448

Hertford Castle (3)

James Thornton C 911 45.6%
Dorothy Hone C 850
Suzanne Rutland-Barsby C 804
Colin Harris Lab 701 35.1%
John Page Lab 604
Kate Scarth Lab 551
Patricia Davies LD 388 19.4%

Hertford Heath

William Ashley C 528 72.6%
Richard Cooke Lab 109 15.0%
Dorothy Thomas LD 90 12.4%

Hertford Kingsmead (2)

Robert Conway C 423 38.6%
Nicholas Wilson C 393
Beryl Wrangles LD 379 34.5%
Jack Coote LD 318
Alan White Lab 295 26.9%
John Foster Lab 285

Hertford Rural North

Michael McMullen C 511 74.7%
David King Lab 173 25.3%

Hertford Rural South

Timothy Robertson C 470 74.6%
Terence Wrangles LD 160 25.4%

Hertford Sele (2)

John Hedley C 562 51.0%
Helle Penson C 546
Hilary Durbin Lab 541 49.0%
Norman Board Lab 516

Hunsdon

Deborah Clark C 405 61.9%
David Davies LD 157 24.0%
Linda Harvey Lab 92 14.1%

Little Hadham

Francis Escott C 345 65.0%
Andrew MacPherson LD 186 35.0%

Much Hadham

Michael Carver C unop.

Mundens and Cottered

James Ranger C 506 74.3%
David Metcald Lab 175 25.7%

Puckeridge

Andrew Dearman C 394 68.9%
Catherine McGrath Lab 178 31.1%

Sawbridgeworth (3)

Nicola Burdett C 1043 56.3%
Diana Richards C 1037
Anthony Dodd C 1016
Angela Alder LD 811 43.7%

Stanstead Abbots

Richard Copping C 343 69.4%
Julia Davies LD 78 15.8%
Georgina Meech Lab 73 14.8%

Thundridge and Standon

Hedley Banks C 521 74.4%
David Bell Lab 179 25.6%

Walkern

Toni Schweizer C 523 66.5%
Alison Warren Lab 263 33.5%

Ware Chadwell

Phyllis Ballam C 379 64.5%
Steven Lock LD 209 35.5%

Ware Christchurch (2)

Barry Sapsford LD 465 41.4%
David Atkins LD 441
Roy Lester C 350 31.1%
George Powell C 343
Neal Underwood Lab 197 17.5%
Alexander Young Lab 184
Peter Hart Grn 112 10.0%

Ware St Mary's (2)

Jeanette Taylor C 566 47.3%
Alan Warman C 544
Anthony Gubb LD 484 40.4%
Jay Salter LD 482
Justin Booth Lab 147 12.3%
Donna Chamberlain Lab 128

Ware Trinity (2)

Malcolm Alexander C 564 43.3%
Terence Milner C 553
Mary Sapsford LD 496 38.0%
Neil White LD 413
Michael Murphy Lab 244 18.7%
John Stapleton Lab 235

Watton-at-Stone

Nigel Poulton C 583 90.4%
Nikki O'Reilly Lab 62 9.6%

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