2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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The 2014 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 22 May 2014, at the same time as other local elections and the European Parliament election. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council, 18 were up for election.[1][2]
The Conservatives increased their majority on the council. Labour also increased their number of seats, whilst the Liberal Democrats lost both of the seats they were defending at this election.[2]
Overall results
[edit]The overall results were as follows:[3]
2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 13 | ![]() |
72.2 | 21 | 34 | 69.4 | 12,302 | 40.1 | -2.3 | |
Labour | 5 | ![]() |
27.8 | 7 | 12 | 24.5 | 7,173 | 23.4 | -5.2 | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,760 | 18.8 | +15.2 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,009 | 9.8 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3 | 3 | 6.1 | 2,441 | 8.0 | -6.4 |
Ward results
[edit]The results for each ward were as follows. Where the previous incumbent was standing for re-election they are marked with an asterisk(*). A double dagger(‡) indicates a sitting councillor contesting a different ward.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jim McNally | 927 | 45.6% | −9.1 | |
Labour | Rachel Danae Burgin | 349 | 17.2% | −3.2 | |
Green | Arwen Jane Tapping | 173 | 8.5% | −6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Roberta Kirkland | 138 | 6.8% | −2.9 | |
Turnout | 2,033 | 34.5% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Elizabeth Gray ‡ | 511 | 52.8% | −8.2 | |
UKIP | Nick Brooke | 225 | 23.2% | +23.2 | |
Labour | Bhavna Joshi | 129 | 13.3% | −0.4 | |
Green | Ann Karen De Bock | 89 | 9.2% | +1.9 | |
Turnout | 968 | 45.3% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -15.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Smith | 936 | 39.6% | −13.1 | |
Conservative | Nicola Harris | 549 | 23.2% | −3.9 | |
Green | Sarah Pond | 318 | 13.5% | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Peter Croft | 279 | 11.8% | +11.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Courts* | 275 | 11.6% | +2.8 | |
Turnout | 2,363 | 36.7% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Harwood | 945 | 35.3% | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Lott | 757 | 28.3% | −10.1 | |
UKIP | Jim Groves | 395 | 14.8% | +14.8 | |
Labour | Min Birdsey | 366 | 13.7% | +0.5 | |
Green | Heida Shona Mollart-Griffin | 198 | 7.4% | −0.8 | |
Turnout | 2,677 | 43.2% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Radcliffe* | 450 | 39.5% | −8.5 | |
UKIP | Stephen Joseph Bartlett | 278 | 24.4% | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Mara MacSeoinin | 252 | 22.1% | −1.8 | |
Green | George Winston Howe | 89 | 7.8% | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Stephen White | 55 | 4.8% | +0.7 | |
Turnout | 1,140 | 31% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Allison Ashley* | 785 | 48.8% | −0.3 | |
UKIP | Adrianne Fairfax Smyth | 266 | 16.5% | +0.5 | |
Labour | June Le Sueur | 222 | 13.8% | −2.3 | |
Green | Gillian Langley | 184 | 11.4% | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Gideon Alder | 147 | 9.1% | −1.2 | |
Turnout | 1,609 | 43.8% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Millard* | 792 | 33.7% | −5.2 | |
Labour | Nafisa Sayany | 698 | 29.7% | −9.0 | |
UKIP | Raymond John Parsons | 352 | 15% | +15.0 | |
Green | Gavin Nicholson | 349 | 14.8% | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ircha | 154 | 6.6% | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 2,351 | 38.3% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Faye Barnard* | 734 | 62.0% | +5.5 | |
UKIP | Colin John Rafferty | 203 | 17.1% | +1.3 | |
Labour | Simon Watson | 116 | 9.8% | −4.0 | |
Green | Orla Nicholls | 74 | 6.3% | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Donald Johnson | 57 | 4.8% | −3.2 | |
Turnout | 1,184 | 21.1% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 |
The election in Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward was delayed due to the death of one of the original candidates.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Bishop* | 417 | 65.4% | +2.1 | |
Green | Orla Nicholls | 123 | 19.3% | +16.1 | |
Labour | Sadie Laura Billing | 92 | 14.4% | +5.5 | |
Turnout | 638 | 36.8% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Hemingway | 944 | 57.1% | −0.3 | |
UKIP | James Alan Orme-Kirby | 297 | 18.0% | +6.6 | |
Labour | Gary Hills | 226 | 13.7% | −5.8 | |
Green | Harold Bland | 172 | 10.4% | −0.6 | |
Turnout | 1,654 | 40.1% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lorna Kercher* | 594 | 40.7% | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Paterson | 387 | 26.5% | −6.1 | |
UKIP | John Finbarr Barry | 301 | 20.6% | +11.4 | |
Green | Eric Blakeley | 168 | 11.5% | +3.3 | |
Turnout | 1,458 | 32.6% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Lunn | 700 | 32.7% | −10.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Marment | 640 | 29.9% | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Andrew Hamilton Scuoler | 512 | 23.9% | +23.9 | |
Green | Rosemary Ann Bland | 159 | 7.4% | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Geoffrey Penny | 115 | 5.4% | −2.0 | |
Turnout | 2,140 | 37.2% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Leo Dobson Booth* | 769 | 39% | +0.3 | |
Labour | Martin John Stears-Handscomb | 483 | 24.5% | −5.6 | |
UKIP | Sidney Arthur Start | 453 | 23% | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Carole Greener | 126 | 6.4% | −1.8 | |
Green | Dean Cartwright | 125 | 6.3% | −1.3 | |
Turnout | 1,970 | 34.5% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Rice* | 1,086 | 46.1% | −7.7 | |
Labour | Jean Andrews | 367 | 15.6% | −4.2 | |
UKIP | Gemma Hughes | 356 | 15.1% | +15.1 | |
Green | Mario May | 274 | 11.6% | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Paul Winder | 257 | 10.9% | −2.5 | |
Turnout | 2,357 | 38.1% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gary Grindal* | 624 | 42.3% | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Andy Frankland | 497 | 33.7% | −2.5 | |
UKIP | Michael Richard Rodgers | 225 | 15.2% | +3.7 | |
Green | Maryla Hart | 122 | 8.3% | −2.3 | |
Turnout | 1,476 | 35.1% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fiona Hill* | 827 | 47.9% | −5.8 | |
UKIP | Pat Albone | 331 | 19.2% | +19.2 | |
Labour | Ken Garland | 246 | 14.2% | −4.8 | |
Green | Phil Oddy | 166 | 9.6% | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Robert May | 146 | 8.5% | −5.8 | |
Turnout | 1,727 | 39.8% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Davidson* | 740 | 44.8% | −13.5 | |
UKIP | Paula McGlynn | 468 | 28.4% | +28.4 | |
Labour | Amy Bourke | 193 | 11.7% | −6.7 | |
Green | Karen Julie Harmel | 134 | 8.1% | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Raymond Ledden | 108 | 6.5% | −7.9 | |
Turnout | 1,650 | 39.9% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -20.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Benjamin Lewis | 500 | 34.2% | −7.9 | |
Labour | Robert Inwood* | 382 | 26.1% | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Mark James Hughes | 374 | 25.6% | +25.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gerald Jackson | 106 | 7.3% | −15.7 | |
Green | Peter Groves | 92 | 6.3% | −1.7 | |
Turnout | 1,461 | 35.1% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -4.3 |
Robert Inwood had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2010, but had defected to Labour in 2012.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2006/3112, retrieved 4 March 2023
- ^ a b "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ a b Andrew, Teale. "Local Election Results 2014: North Hertfordshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Election Results 2014". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Foskett, Ewan (17 May 2012). "Former mayor and district councillor defects to Labour from Lib Dems". Royston Crow. Retrieved 6 March 2023.