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Local Election Results 2005

Hertfordshire

Other results for Hertfordshire: 2009 2013 2017 2021
By-elections for Hertfordshire (may be incomplete): 15th September 2005 (Shephall) — 22nd June 2006 (Knebworth & Codicote) — 7th February 2008 (Harpenden S.W.) — 27th March 2008 (Bedwell) — 22nd October 2009 (Borehamwood N.) — 3rd June 2010 (St Albans S.) — 5th May 2011 (Bishop's Stortford W.) — 22nd March 2012 (Waltham Cross) — 3rd May 2012 (Meriden Tudor) — 21st June 2012 (Hemel Hempstead Town) — 12th September 2013 (Hitchin N.) — 21st January 2016 (Bushey N.) — 22nd February 2018 (Goffs Oak & Bury Green) — 3rd May 2018 (St Albans N,) — 25th October 2018 (Three Rivers Rural) — 10th March 2022 (Hitchin S.) — 9th February 2023 (Hitchin N.) — 7th December 2023 (Harpenden Rural) — 29th August 2024 (Bedwell)
Results for district councils — Broxbourne 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — Dacorum 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — East Hertfordshire 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Hertsmere 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2019 — North Hertfordshire 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — St Albans 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Stevenage 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — Three Rivers 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Watford 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — Welwyn Hatfield 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

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Consolidated results — Hertfordshire 2005

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 215247 42.5% 46
Liberal Democrat 132906 26.3% 14
Labour 132077 26.1% 16
Green Party 24027 4.7% 1
British National Party 1025 0.2% 0
St Albans Party 354 0.1% 0
Independent 302 0.1% 0
UK Independence Party 247 0.0% 0

Abbots Langley

Paul Goggins LD 4511 54.2%
Teresa Paddington C 2043 24.5%
Jeannie Mehta Lab 1465 17.6%
Miranda March Grn 309 3.7%

All Saints

Sarah Newton C 2962 46.3%
John Foster Lab 1720 26.9%
Beryl Wrangles LD 1333 20.9%
Nigel Tierney-Howitt Grn 376 5.9%

Bedwell

Tanis Kent Lab 2690 55.5%
Christine St Leitner C 1209 24.9%
Audrey Griffith LD 949 19.6%

Berkhamsted

Kenneth Coleman C 3807 41.5%
Garrick Stevens LD 3417 37.3%
Ray Jones Lab 1336 14.6%
Marion Baker Grn 613 6.7%

Bishop's Stortford East

Bernard Engel C 2591 41.9%
Michael Wood LD 2399 38.8%
Dian Mitchell Lab 885 14.3%
Bryan Evans Grn 306 5.0%

Bishop's Stortford Rural

Mary Bayes C 3739 55.9%
Andrew Macpherson LD 1367 20.4%
Nikki O'Reilly Lab 1114 16.6%
Clifford Leggett Grn 473 7.1%

Bishop's Stortford West

Duncan Peek C 2997 45.3%
Gerald Francis LD 1977 29.9%
John Battersby Lab 1308 19.8%
Graham White Grn 331 5.0%

Borehamwood North

John Metcalf Lab 2516 44.2%
Martin Heywood C 2153 37.8%
Mark Silverman LD 774 13.6%
Sonia Waller Grn 248 4.4%

Borehamwood South

Jean Heywood C 2400 43.0%
Brian York Lab 2329 41.7%
Ziz Kakoulakis LD 854 15.3%

Braughing

Jane Pitman C 3704 55.0%
Steven Stone Lab 1420 21.1%
Paul Moore LD 1192 17.7%
Arup Chatterjee Grn 423 6.3%

Bridgewater

David Lloyd C 3409 56.4%
Lloyd Harris LD 1243 20.6%
Beryl Milnes Lab 1065 17.6%
Paul Sandford Grn 331 5.5%

Broadwater

Sherma Batsan Lab 2309 43.7%
Matthew Hurst C 1608 30.4%
Elisabeth Knight LD 1074 20.3%
William Hoyes Grn 292 5.5%

Bushey North

Michael Colne LD 2559 46.8%
John Slade C 1807 33.1%
George Bath Lab 876 16.0%
Anna Rackett Grn 223 4.1%

Bushey South

Seamus Quilty C 3609 56.6%
Roger Kutchinsky LD 1534 24.0%
David Bearfield Lab 965 15.1%
Ramiro Alvarado-Vega Grn 272 4.3%

Callowland Leggatts

Stephen Rackett Grn 1820 29.2%
Geoffrey O'Connell Lab 1715 27.5%
Tariq Chohan LD 1535 24.6%
Stephen O'Brien C 1170 18.8%

Central Oxhey

Stephen Giles-Medhurst LD 2751 45.4%
Michael Jones Lab 1498 24.7%
Richard Bamford C 1430 23.6%
Ruth Atkin Grn 375 6.2%

Chells

Robin Parker LD 2533 42.7%
Hugh Tessier Lab 2002 33.7%
Galina Dimelow C 1399 23.6%

Cheshunt Central

David Hewitt C 3338 53.2%
James Meadows Lab 1640 26.1%
Michael Gould LD 731 11.6%
Stephen McCole BNP 571 9.1%

Chorleywood

Leonard Spencer C 3493 50.4%
Martin Trevett LD 2603 37.6%
David Warburton Lab 547 7.9%
Tina Kamei Grn 289 4.2%

The Colneys

Brian Lee C 2381 37.8%
Rosemary Sanderson Lab 2353 37.3%
Richard Biddle LD 1334 21.2%
Stephen Clough Grn 237 3.8%

Croxley

David Drury LD 3043 46.8%
David Sansom C 2147 33.0%
Leonard Tippen Lab 1043 16.0%
John Dowdle Grn 270 4.2%

Flamstead End and Turnford

Anthony Mitchell C 4118 59.4%
Ronald McCole Lab 1685 24.3%
Peter Huse LD 799 11.5%
Thomas Harris Grn 327 4.7%

Goffs Oak and Bury Green

Russell Thomas C 3949 61.8%
Cherry Robbins Lab 1400 21.9%
Michael Winrow LD 736 11.5%
Andrew Ager Ind 302 4.7%

Haldens

Robert Mays Lab 2652 40.7%
Darren Bennett C 2436 37.4%
Jonathan Arch LD 1051 16.1%
Deborah Pearce Grn 373 5.7%

Handside and Peartree

Malcolm Cowan LD 2146 33.9%
Mike Hobday Lab 2113 33.4%
Carl Storer C 2067 32.7%

Harpenden North East

Bernard Lloyd C 3366 46.6%
Jeffrey Phillips LD 2452 34.0%
Rosemary Ross Lab 990 13.7%
Denise Taylor-Roome Grn 414 5.7%

Harpenden South West

Iris Tarry C 4271 56.2%
Christopher Canfield LD 1952 25.7%
Linda Spiri Lab 908 11.9%
Marc Scheimann Grn 469 6.2%

Hatfield North

Clare Berry C 3121 38.5%
Maureen Cook Lab 3112 38.4%
Lis Meyland-Smith LD 1434 17.7%
Graham Laverick Grn 430 5.3%

Hatfield Rural

William Storey C 4783 71.6%
Melvyn Jones Lab 804 12.0%
Jennifer Blumsom LD 741 11.1%
Gill Wright Grn 351 5.3%

Hatfield South

Stuart Pile C 2418 42.2%
Linda Mendez Lab 2159 37.7%
Simon Archer LD 934 16.3%
Adrian Toole Grn 215 3.8%

Hemel Hempstead East

Peter Channell C 2933 46.4%
Jane Hogg Lab 2138 33.8%
Sheila Daly LD 994 15.7%
Hazel Johnson Grn 257 4.1%

Hemel Hempstead North East

Margaret Coxage Lab 2277 40.1%
Fiona Guest C 2248 39.6%
John Blackman LD 893 15.7%
Colin Thoma Grn 265 4.7%

Hemel Hempstead North West

Ian Laidlaw-Dickson Lab 3190 42.0%
Colette Wyatt-Lowe C 2692 35.4%
Geofrey Lawrence LD 1100 14.5%
Paul Harris Grn 375 4.9%
Anthony Piears UKIP 247 3.2%

Hemel Hempstead St Paul's

Elamthalaiva Singam Lab 2340 44.1%
Kevin Minier C 1588 29.9%
Brenda Link LD 1128 21.2%
Ian Harris Grn 256 4.8%

Hemel Hempstead South East

Gary Cook Lab 2856 42.4%
Terence Douris C 2400 35.6%
Sylvia Fry LD 1158 17.2%
Francois Henderson Grn 322 4.8%

Hemel Hempstead Town

Stephen Holmes C 2904 39.1%
Maureen Flint Lab 2494 33.6%
Lesley Murray LD 1534 20.6%
Alan Johnson Grn 499 6.7%

Hertford Rural

Bryan Hammond C 4071 60.0%
John Lloyd Lab 1249 18.4%
John Ledden LD 1015 14.9%
Lydia Somerville Grn 455 6.7%

Hitchin North

David Billing Lab 2840 40.5%
Richard Thake C 2204 31.4%
David Shirley LD 1425 20.3%
Sarah Pond Grn 545 7.8%

Hitchin Rural

Nigel Brook C 2825 49.0%
Martin Stears Lab 1700 29.5%
Andrew Ircha LD 878 15.2%
Harold Bland Grn 359 6.2%

Hitchin South

Derrick Ashley C 3072 44.8%
Paul Clark LD 2466 36.0%
Douglas McCall Lab 980 14.3%
Tony Ware Grn 338 4.9%

Hoddesdon North

John Morton C 3258 54.8%
Annette Marples Lab 1629 27.4%
Nicholas Garton LD 741 12.5%
Doreen Willis Grn 322 5.4%

Hoddesdon South

Alan Searing C 4590 64.1%
Marios Kousoulou Lab 1315 18.4%
Kirstie De Rivaz LD 1260 17.6%

Kings Langley

Richard Roberts C 3777 52.5%
Stephen Cox Lab 1490 20.7%
Barry Batchelor LD 1458 20.3%
Martin Humphrey Grn 467 6.5%

Knebworth and Codicote

Robert Ellis C 4054 55.3%
Debra Wilkins LD 1417 19.3%
Sandra Jackson Lab 1343 18.3%
David Ashton Grn 512 7.0%

Letchworth East and Baldock

Michael Muir C 2781 40.9%
Lorna Kercher Lab 2456 36.1%
Geoffrey Hollands LD 1230 18.1%
Julian Smith Grn 338 5.0%

Letchworth North West

Nigel Agar Lab 2446 43.8%
Michael Paterson C 1781 31.9%
John Winder LD 1065 19.1%
Heidi Mollart-Griffin Grn 293 5.2%

Letchworth South

Keith Emsall C 3177 42.7%
John Winder LD 1968 26.4%
Peter Mardell Lab 1955 26.2%
Donald Flockhart Grn 348 4.7%

Meriden Tudor

Audrey Oaten LD 2468 39.1%
Marion Chambers Lab 1922 30.5%
Richard Southern C 1641 26.0%
Sanrara Byrne Grn 275 4.4%

Nascot Park

Robert Gordon C 3017 41.4%
George Derbyshire LD 2800 38.4%
Thomas Meldrum Lab 1128 15.5%
Sally Ivins Grn 339 4.7%

North Herts Rural

Anthony Hunter C 3226 44.4%
Ian Simpson LD 2890 39.8%
Kenneth Garland Lab 873 12.0%
Stuart Madgin Grn 270 3.7%

Old Stevenage

Michael Downing Lab 2707 41.2%
James Fraser C 2347 35.7%
Jennifer Moorcroft LD 1122 17.1%
Bernard Chapman Grn 391 6.0%

Oxhey Park

Roy Clements C 3473 49.2%
Pamela Hames LD 2309 32.7%
Andrew Head Lab 1006 14.2%
Judith Cohen Grn 278 3.9%

Potters Bar East

Edwin Roach C 4130 57.5%
Russell Ramshaw Lab 1600 22.3%
Peter Bonner LD 1451 20.2%

Potters Bar West and Shenley

John Usher C 2999 53.8%
James Fisher Lab 1394 25.0%
Colin Dean LD 1186 21.3%

Rickmansworth

Barbara Lamb C 4002 49.9%
Richard Struck LD 2563 32.0%
Graham Dale Lab 1101 13.7%
Ian West Grn 353 4.4%

Royston

Doug Drake C 3471 43.4%
Caroline Coates LD 2584 32.3%
Vaughan West Lab 1572 19.6%
Karen Harmel Grn 375 4.7%

St Albans Central

Christopher White LD 2833 42.6%
David Harvey C 1610 24.2%
David Byatt Lab 1569 23.6%
Simon Grover Grn 535 8.0%
Vera Tinson StAlbans 104 1.6%

St Albans East

Robert Prowse LD 2247 34.1%
Edward Hill Lab 2044 31.1%
James Vessey C 1705 25.9%
Rosalind Paul Grn 335 5.1%
Elizabeth Saul StAlbans 250 3.8%

St Albans North

Allan Witherick LD 2260 32.2%
Richard Bretherton C 2250 32.1%
David Allan Lab 1993 28.4%
Mark Ewington Grn 508 7.2%

St Albans Rural

Derek Hills C 2778 42.6%
Christopher Oxley LD 2627 40.3%
Andrew Viner Lab 720 11.1%
William Berrington Grn 389 6.0%

St Albans South

Robert Clarkson C 2529 36.3%
Peter Burton LD 2486 35.7%
Janet Smith Lab 1956 28.1%

St Andrew's

Peter Ruffles C 3140 51.1%
Anthony Bodley Lab 1623 26.4%
Michael Jones LD 945 15.4%
Barry Cheal Grn 438 7.1%

St Nicholas

David Cullen Lab 2681 44.6%
Jody Hanafin C 1860 30.9%
Graham Snell LD 1474 24.5%

St Stephen's

Aislinn Lee LD 3195 44.2%
Pamela Clarkson C 2803 38.8%
Janet Blackwell Lab 1020 14.1%
Kristian Tizzard Grn 206 2.9%

Sandridge

Geoffrey Churchard LD 2359 39.8%
Beric Read C 2232 37.6%
John Baughan Lab 1054 17.8%
Eric Harber Grn 285 4.8%

Sawbridgeworth

Anthony Dodd C 3931 57.4%
Linda Harvey Lab 1302 19.0%
David Davies LD 1221 17.8%
Stephen Tibbitts Grn 396 5.8%

Shephall

David Royall Lab 2532 51.0%
Ralph Dimelow C 1401 28.2%
Nicholas Baskerville LD 1032 20.8%

South Oxhey

Jane Hobday Lab 1849 46.7%
Philip Brading LD 1007 25.5%
David Benatar C 856 21.6%
Elaine Edwards Grn 244 6.2%

Tring

Nicholas Hollinghurst LD 3616 42.2%
Stanley Mills C 3577 41.8%
Michael Maloney Lab 877 10.2%
Colin Kruger Grn 493 5.8%

Vicarage Holywell

Nigel Bell Lab 2478 42.4%
Maria Green LD 2116 36.2%
David Ealey C 966 16.5%
Philip Mitchell Grn 286 4.9%

Waltham Cross

Terry Price C 2317 42.5%
Malcolm Aitken Lab 2020 37.0%
Neil Savage LD 662 12.1%
Richard Lankester BNP 454 8.3%

Ware North

David Beatty C 2904 45.8%
John Wing LD 1874 29.6%
Alexander Young Lab 1215 19.2%
Glen Baker Grn 342 5.4%

Ware South

Michael Tucker C 3245 52.1%
John Stapleton Lab 1295 20.8%
Anthony Gubb LD 1212 19.5%
Peter Hart Grn 479 7.7%

Watling

Hugh Saunders C 4546 65.0%
David Bird LD 1283 18.3%
Richard Kirk Lab 1170 16.7%

Welwyn

Richard Smith C 4607 53.8%
Anthony Crump Lab 1894 22.1%
Ian Skidmore LD 1536 17.9%
Robert Somerville Grn 524 6.1%

Welwyn Garden City South

Susan Jones Lab 2454 43.2%
Keith Pieri C 2020 35.5%
Eirwen Smith LD 885 15.6%
Kevin Pressland Grn 324 5.7%

Woodside Stanborough

Derek Scudder LD 2975 47.1%
John Young Lab 1711 27.1%
Jonathan Cordell C 1384 21.9%
Kevin Pettifer Grn 244 3.9%

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