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Local Election Results 2009

Hertfordshire

Whole council up for election.

Other results for Hertfordshire: 2005 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 2009

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 147776 46.4% 55
Liberal Democrat 87042 27.3% 17
Labour 44650 14.0% 3
Green Party 22900 7.2% 1
British National Party 10486 3.3% 1
UK Independence Party 2785 0.9% 0
Independent 2132 0.7% 0
English Democrats Party 739 0.2% 0

Abbots Langley

Paul Goggins LD 2976 59.4%
Fiona Guest C 1233 24.6%
Joanne Cox Lab 451 9.0%
Seamus Dunne BNP 353 7.0%

All Saints

Sarah Newton C 2101 53.1%
Andrew Porrer LD 1240 31.3%
Jonathan Lansman Lab 615 15.5%

Bedwell

Sharon Taylor Lab 1256 38.4%
Leslie Clark C 763 23.3%
Terry Tompkins UKIP 490 15.0%
Gareth Steiner LD 342 10.4%
Thomas Godfrey BNP 243 7.4%
Ashley Walker Grn 181 5.5%

Berkhamsted

Ian Reay C 2590 43.4%
Garrick Stevens LD 2001 33.5%
Norman Cutting Ind 600 10.1%
Anne Duvall Grn 491 8.2%
Ray Jones Lab 288 4.8%

Bishop's Stortford East

John Barfoot C 1943 47.3%
Michael Wood LD 1828 44.5%
Paul Schroder Lab 340 8.3%

Bishop's Stortford Rural

Leanda Newlyn C 2377 59.7%
Madeline Goldspink LD 1256 31.6%
Stuart Purton Lab 347 8.7%

Bishop's Stortford West

Duncan Peek C 1726 45.3%
Robert Taylor LD 993 26.1%
Graham White Grn 392 10.3%
John Battersby Lab 389 10.2%
Ralph Ballard BNP 307 8.1%

Borehamwood North [C gain from Lab]

Martin Heywood C 1488 39.0%
John Metcalf Lab 1100 28.8%
Jim Scott BNP 536 14.1%
Anita Gamble LD 470 12.3%
Frank Ward Ind 219 5.7%

Borehamwood South

Morris Bright C 1770 53.1%
Richard Butler Lab 915 27.4%
Roger Kutchinsky LD 651 19.5%

Braughing

Jane Pitman C 2467 63.8%
Paul Moore LD 1013 26.2%
Steven Stone Lab 389 10.1%

Bridgewater

David Lloyd C 2316 61.1%
Robert Irving LD 570 15.0%
Julia Coleman Lab 314 8.3%
Alan Johnson Grn 310 8.2%
Simon Deacon BNP 283 7.5%

Broadwater [C gain from Lab]

Matthew Hurst C 1066 32.1%
Sherma Batson Lab 948 28.5%
Roy Worden UKIP 507 15.3%
Ralph Baskerville LD 422 12.7%
Arthur Medley BNP 196 5.9%
Heidi Mollart-Griffin Grn 183 5.5%

Bushey North [C gain from LD]

Steve O'Brien C 1510 46.1%
Lynne Hodgson LD 1257 38.3%
Arjuna Krishna-Das Grn 277 8.5%
James Sowerbutts Lab 234 7.1%

Bushey South

Seamus Quilty C 2690 65.4%
Robert Gamble LD 779 18.9%
David Bearfield Lab 323 7.9%
Edward Canfor-Dumas Grn 320 7.8%

Callowland Leggatts

Ian Brandon Grn 1326 36.5%
Zaheer Ahmed LD 955 26.3%
Amanda Grimston C 925 25.4%
Omar Ismail Lab 430 11.8%

Central Oxhey

Stephen Giles-Medhurst LD 1783 51.4%
Sarah Son C 830 23.9%
Ann Akubue Lab 484 13.9%
Alex MacGregor Mason Grn 374 10.8%

Chells

Robin Parker LD 1444 37.4%
Matthew Wyatt C 850 22.0%
Bhavna Joshi Lab 781 20.2%
Julie Seddon UKIP 411 10.6%
Cheryl Peers BNP 233 6.0%
Ann de Bock Grn 142 3.7%

Cheshunt Central

Dave Hewitt C 2001 54.5%
Carolyn Iles BNP 717 19.5%
Ron McCole Lab 497 13.5%
David Parry LD 455 12.4%

Chorleywood

Chris Hayward C 3096 62.8%
Chris Brearley LD 1662 33.7%
Stephen Cox Lab 174 3.5%

The Colneys [LD gain from C]

Chris Brazier LD 1716 41.9%
Timothy Jones C 1300 31.7%
Dominic Benson Lab 519 12.7%
Lucy Eggleston Grn 312 7.6%
Mark Gerrard BNP 251 6.1%

Croxley

Steve Drury LD 2156 55.7%
Mark Englefield C 1416 36.6%
David Wynne-Jones Lab 299 7.7%

Flamstead End and Turnford

Chris Mitchell C 2233 54.0%
Ian Seeby BNP 886 21.4%
Paul Salter LD 523 12.6%
Ian Hunter Lab 496 12.0%

Goffs Oak and Bury Green

Robert Gordon C 2347 60.1%
Wendy Ward BNP 619 15.8%
Lloyd Harris LD 479 12.3%
Alec McInnes Lab 462 11.8%

Haldens [C gain from Lab]

Sara Johnston C 1849 50.6%
Jacqui Russell Lab 727 19.9%
Frank Marsh LD 568 15.5%
Adrian Toole Grn 512 14.0%

Handside and Peartree

Malcolm Cowan LD 1804 42.8%
Fiona Thomson C 1669 39.6%
Dean Milliken Lab 426 10.1%
Berence Dowlen Grn 316 7.5%

Harpenden North East

Bernard Lloyd C 2434 54.9%
Jeff Phillips LD 1204 27.2%
Annett Tate Grn 489 11.0%
Rosemary Ross Lab 306 6.9%

Harpenden South West

Teresa Heritage C 3275 65.9%
Albert Moses LD 929 18.7%
Margaret Grover Grn 473 9.5%
Richard Lane Lab 289 5.8%

Hatfield North

Clare Berry C 2165 42.4%
Maureen Cook Lab 1164 22.8%
Nigel Quinton LD 1062 20.8%
Graham Laverick Grn 501 9.8%
Tony Wickenden Ind 215 4.2%

Hatfield Rural

Bill Storey C 3338 75.9%
Hazel Laming LD 387 8.8%
Claire Weetman Grn 363 8.3%
Cathy Watson Lab 309 7.0%

Hatfield South

Stuart Pile C 1577 46.6%
Colin Croft Lab 696 20.6%
Simon Archer LD 592 17.5%
Christopher Francis BNP 283 8.4%
Colin Jeffery Grn 233 6.9%

Hemel Hempstead East

Andrew Williams C 2129 57.5%
Sheila Daly LD 630 17.0%
Bernard Gronert Lab 575 15.5%
Jeffrey Fanstone Grn 367 9.9%

Hemel Hempstead North East [C gain from Lab]

Colette Wyatt-Lowe C 1734 53.8%
Anne Fisher Lab 589 18.3%
Alan Waugh LD 382 11.9%
Mark Fuller BNP 321 10.0%
Paul Sandford Grn 196 6.1%

Hemel Hempstead North West [C gain from Lab]

Terence Douris C 1843 43.0%
Ian Laidlaw-Dickson Lab 938 21.9%
Steve Wilson LD 642 15.0%
Tina Adams BNP 435 10.1%
Jane Cousins Grn 428 10.0%

Hemel Hempstead St Paul's [LD gain from Lab]

Ron Tindall LD 1134 35.0%
Dan Wood C 1097 33.8%
Maureen Flint Lab 563 17.4%
El Gomez Ind 267 8.2%
Elaine Edwards Grn 183 5.6%

Hemel Hempstead South East [C gain from Lab]

Jan Maddern C 1878 48.1%
Gary Cook Lab 865 22.2%
Lynda Roe LD 657 16.8%
Paul Harris Grn 503 12.9%

Hemel Hempstead Town

Stephen Holmes C 2264 50.8%
Chris Angell LD 944 21.2%
Ellen Robson Lab 655 14.7%
Hazel Johnson Grn 590 13.2%

Hertford Rural

Bryan Hammond C 2824 67.6%
Catherine Edwards LD 992 23.8%
Robert Pinkham Lab 359 8.6%

Hitchin North [C gain from Lab]

Ray Shakespeare-Smith C 1501 32.4%
David Billing Lab 1495 32.3%
Giles Woodruff Grn 804 17.4%
Lisa Courts LD 655 14.2%
Herbert Clark BNP 171 3.7%

Hitchin Rural

Nigel Brook C 2043 55.8%
Derek Sheard Lab 562 15.3%
Sal Jarvis LD 531 14.5%
Bob Mardon Grn 527 14.4%

Hitchin South

Derrick Ashley C 2258 49.7%
Paul Clark LD 1383 30.4%
Chris Honey Grn 556 12.2%
Clare Billing Lab 350 7.7%

Hoddesdon North

Wilf Eynon C 1973 54.3%
Annette Marples Lab 584 16.1%
William Dewick BNP 565 15.6%
Thomas Clay LD 509 14.0%

Hoddesdon South

Alan Searing C 2501 56.8%
Kirstie de Rivaz LD 860 19.5%
Ramon Johns BNP 584 13.3%
Neil Harvey Lab 460 10.4%

Kings Langley

Richard Roberts C 2610 58.6%
Luc Briand LD 752 16.9%
Martin Humphrey Grn 449 10.1%
Jean Landgon Lab 365 8.2%
Janet Price BNP 279 6.3%

Knebworth and Codicote

Richard Thake C 2846 62.3%
Harold Bland Grn 652 14.3%
Anthony Wilson LD 631 13.8%
Jonathan Holman Lab 437 9.6%

Letchworth East and Baldock

Michael Muir C 2057 48.9%
Marcus Keighley LD 817 19.4%
Peter Mardell Lab 719 17.1%
Eric Blakeley Grn 611 14.5%

Letchworth North West [C gain from Lab]

Terence Hone C 1157 34.9%
Nigel Agar Lab 823 24.8%
Martin Penny LD 474 14.3%
Rosemary Bland Grn 353 10.6%
Charles Vickers EDP 293 8.8%
Barry Gillespie BNP 217 6.5%

Letchworth South

Keith Emsall C 2385 51.9%
Julia Winter LD 980 21.3%
Nicholas Kissen Lab 618 13.4%
James Drew Grn 613 13.3%

Meriden Tudor

Audrey Oaten LD 1560 43.8%
Richard Southern C 988 27.7%
Joanna Grindrod Lab 456 12.8%
Danny Seabrook BNP 292 8.2%
Helen Wynne Grn 269 7.5%

Nascot Park [LD gain from C]

Mark Watkin LD 2329 46.2%
Malcolm Meerabux C 2079 41.3%
Sally Ivins Grn 338 6.7%
Mohammed Riaz Lab 290 5.8%

North Herts Rural

Tony Hunter C 2281 44.5%
Ian Simpson LD 2208 43.1%
Felix Power Grn 379 7.4%
Kenneth Garland Lab 255 5.0%

Old Stevenage [C gain from Lab]

James Fraser C 1708 36.1%
Michael Downing Lab 1501 31.8%
Rik Seddon UKIP 515 10.9%
Clive Hearmon LD 484 10.2%
Stuart Madgin Grn 298 6.3%
Reginald Norgan BNP 219 4.6%

Oxhey Park

Frances Button C 2534 49.0%
Chris Lloyd LD 2099 40.6%
Roger Holmes BNP 284 5.5%
Brendan O'Brien Lab 257 5.0%

Potters Bar East

Eddie Roach C 2731 66.0%
Peter Bonner LD 943 22.8%
James Fisher Lab 466 11.3%

Potters Bar West and Shenley

John Usher C 2064 64.7%
George Forrest LD 721 22.6%
Pierre-Paul Tengwo Lab 406 12.7%

Rickmansworth

Barbara Lamb C 2713 56.7%
Pat Howell LD 1785 37.3%
Michael Jones Lab 287 6.0%

Royston

Fiona Hill C 2395 52.6%
Caroline Coates LD 1179 25.9%
Karen Harmel Grn 558 12.3%
Carlo Zambonini Lab 421 9.2%

St Albans Central

Chris White LD 2034 45.8%
Seema Kennedy C 1095 24.7%
Simon Grover Grn 786 17.7%
Lynette Warren Lab 524 11.8%

St Albans East

Rob Prowse LD 1914 45.4%
Chris Baker C 1199 28.5%
Graham Ward Grn 583 13.8%
Jill Gipps Lab 516 12.3%

St Albans North

Allan Witherick LD 1898 38.9%
Salih Gaygusuz C 1650 33.8%
Ruairi McCourt Lab 701 14.4%
Naomi Love Grn 626 12.8%

St Albans Rural

Maxine Crawley C 2105 45.3%
Judy Shardlow LD 1953 42.0%
Peter Eggleston Grn 420 9.0%
Linda Spiri Lab 172 3.7%

St Albans South [LD gain from C]

Mike Ellis LD 1902 39.5%
Robert Clarkson C 1510 31.4%
Janet Smith Lab 743 15.4%
Thomas Hardy Grn 661 13.7%

St Andrew's

Peter Ruffles C 2253 56.3%
James Thornton Ind 831 20.8%
Antony Bodley Lab 499 12.5%
Sean Shaw LD 416 10.4%

St Nicholas [C gain from Lab]

Philip Bibby C 1173 30.0%
David Cullen Lab 1114 28.5%
Marion Mason UKIP 462 11.8%
Graham Snell LD 441 11.3%
John Cooper EDP 299 7.6%
Mark Ralph BNP 213 5.4%
William Berrington Grn 208 5.3%

St Stephen's

Aislinn Lee LD 2075 44.1%
Matthew Peck C 2029 43.1%
Jack Easton Grn 336 7.1%
Janet Blackwell Lab 266 5.7%

Sandridge

Geoff Churchard LD 1972 48.0%
Beric Read C 1551 37.7%
Gillian Mills Grn 388 9.4%
Benjamin Dearman Lab 200 4.9%

Sawbridgeworth

Roger Beeching C 2707 67.7%
Leslie Pinnell LD 918 23.0%
Leslie Tillbrook Lab 374 9.4%

Shephall

John Lloyd Lab 1026 32.8%
Christine Hurst C 784 25.1%
Bob Layson UKIP 400 12.8%
Nicholas Baskerville LD 380 12.2%
Terence Savage BNP 197 6.3%
William Hoyes Grn 193 6.2%
Carl Cooper EDP 147 4.7%

South Oxhey [BNP gain from Lab]

Deirdre Gates BNP 783 29.5%
Nena Spellen Lab 756 28.5%
Yessica Gould C 671 25.3%
Mary Connolly LD 446 16.8%

Tring

Nicholas Hollinghurst LD 3090 52.6%
Olive Conway C 2205 37.6%
Rosalind Paul Grn 404 6.9%
Tony Shaw Lab 170 2.9%

Vicarage Holywell

Nigel Bell Lab 2564 58.8%
Susan Gaszczak LD 1064 24.4%
Dave Ealey C 429 9.8%
Douglas Lawson Grn 306 7.0%

Waltham Cross

Terry Price C 1476 41.9%
Malcolm Aitken Lab 955 27.1%
Stephen McCole BNP 615 17.4%
Michael Green LD 479 13.6%

Ware North

David Andrews C 1863 48.3%
John Wing LD 1245 32.3%
Brian Gildersleve BNP 404 10.5%
John Stapleton Lab 347 9.0%

Ware South

Rosemary Cheswright C 2249 57.3%
Victoria Shaw LD 1341 34.2%
Linda Harvey Lab 332 8.5%

Watling

Caroline Clapper C 3342 71.6%
Adam Richards-Gray LD 530 11.3%
Jeannette McDermott Grn 445 9.5%
Richard Kirk Lab 353 7.6%

Welwyn

Richard Smith C 3309 62.4%
Ian Skidmore LD 818 15.4%
Susan Groom Grn 599 11.3%
Tony Crump Lab 573 10.8%

Welwyn Garden City South [C gain from Lab]

Steven Markiewicz C 1443 41.4%
Susan Jones Lab 779 22.3%
Jill Weston Grn 775 22.2%
Louise Lotz LD 490 14.1%

Woodside Stanborough

Derek Scudder LD 1838 54.8%
Jonathan Cordell C 795 23.7%
John Young Lab 422 12.6%
Iain Wadey Grn 301 9.0%

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