1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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The 1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 4 May 1995, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council.[1]
The council remained under no overall control. Prior to the election the council had been run by a Conservative minority administration, with the Conservative leader, Geoff Woods, being leader of the council. At the election, the Conservatives made a net loss of three seats whilst Labour gained three seats and was able to form a minority administration with the support of the Liberal Democrats, although the two parties did not formally consider their arrangement to be a coalition. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 1995 the Labour leader, David Kearns, took the council's most senior political role as chairman of the policy and resources committee, although he was not given the title of leader of the council that all previous policy chairmen had held. Immediately after the election the Conservatives changed their group leader from Geoff Woods to F. John Smith.[2][3]
Overall results
[edit]The overall results were as follows:[4]
1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 9 | ![]() |
52.9 | 12 | 21 | 42.0 | 13,640 | 45.6 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | 4 | ![]() |
23.5 | 18 | 22 | 44.0 | 8,080 | 27.0 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | ![]() |
17.6 | 3 | 6 | 12.0 | 6,544 | 21.9 | -3.9 | |
Ratepayers | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,160 | 3.9 | +1.2 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 482 | 1.6 | +0.5 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
Ward results
[edit]The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[4][5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Young* | 671 | 57.3 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Pritchard | 323 | 27.6 | −9.8 | |
Labour | Roger McFall | 177 | 15.1 | +3.4 | |
Turnout | 62.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,887 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Derbyshire | 1,535 | 53.2 | +18.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Muir* | 919 | 31.8 | −9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vernon Gaskell | 433 | 15.0 | −8.4 | |
Turnout | 40.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,132 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Hitchcock | 1,181 | 71.8 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Michael East | 271 | 16.5 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Newham | 192 | 11.7 | +2.8 | |
Turnout | 36.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,566 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Clark | 1,041 | 44.2 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Robin Dartington* | 744 | 31.6 | −9.4 | |
Labour | April Shelbourn | 570 | 24.2 | +4.4 | |
Turnout | 46.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,066 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Audrey Carss* | 1,157 | 76.5 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | Nigel Brook | 184 | 12.2 | −4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Walker (Vicki Walker) |
171 | 11.3 | −7.0 | |
Turnout | 37.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,038 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Terry | 1,275 | 45.9 | −4.6 | |
Ratepayers | Ken Logan* | 1,160 | 41.8 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | Bernard Lovewell | 212 | 7.6 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Penelope Cunningham | 128 | 4.6 | −4.2 | |
Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,018 | ||||
Labour gain from Ratepayers | Swing | -8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rodney Bird* | 318 | 55.4 | −7.3 | |
Labour | Colin Southward | 175 | 30.5 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Upchurch | 81 | 14.1 | −5.4 | |
Turnout | 41.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,398 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roger Wood | 403 | 46.4 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | David Barnard* | 400 | 46.0 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Martin | 66 | 7.6 | −5.9 | |
Turnout | 59.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,464 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony Hartley (Tony Hartley) |
1,343 | 65.5 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Simon Bloxham | 378 | 18.4 | −6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Ellis | 296 | 14.4 | −3.8 | |
Green | Eric Blakeley | 34 | 1.7 | −1.5 | |
Turnout | 41.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,896 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.4 |
The Letchworth East seat had previously been held by Labour councillor Charles Bifield, but had been vacant since his death on 16 February 1995.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Morris | 1,668 | 71.7 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Mitchell | 390 | 16.8 | −3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Hall | 269 | 11.6 | −8.7 | |
Turnout | 45.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,122 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nigel Agar* | 1,439 | 51.0 | +10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Gammell | 738 | 26.2 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Carole McNelliey | 642 | 22.8 | −2.0 | |
Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,149 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Simpson* | 1,141 | 44.6 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Lynda Needham | 1,007 | 39.3 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Edna Patricia Watson-Blake (Pat Watson-Blake) |
413 | 16.1 | −0.1 | |
Turnout | 56.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,579 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Evans* | 975 | 56.3 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Jessica Thomson | 424 | 24.5 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Booton | 333 | 19.2 | −3.1 | |
Turnout | 40.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,275 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Wilkerson* (Bob Wilkerson) |
419 | 54.6 | −7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Christopher East (Chris East) |
187 | 24.4 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Frederick Peacock (Fred Peacock) |
161 | 21.0 | +3.7 | |
Turnout | 59.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,290 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claire Strong | 310 | 37.7 | −10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally Jarvis (Sal Jarvis) |
275 | 33.5 | −7.2 | |
Labour | Jean Wood | 237 | 28.8 | +17.3 | |
Turnout | 53.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,542 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Cook* | 870 | 34.7 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Kenneth Garland (Ken Garland) |
844 | 33.7 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Lill | 791 | 31.6 | −2.8 | |
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,275 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Edward Faure Walker* (Teddy Faure Walker) |
482 | 84.7 | +24.2 | |
Labour | Neil Haslam | 87 | 15.3 | +11.8 | |
Turnout | 49.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,151 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | +6.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
- ^ "Council leader expects Tories to hold their own". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 28 April 1995. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Councillors compromise". Letchworth and Baldock Gazette. 19 May 1995. p. 3.
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Tories rocked by swing to Labour". Hitchin Comet. 10 May 1995. p. 7.
- ^ "Councillor will be sadly missed". Letchworth and Baldock Gazette. 24 February 1995.