2005_Hertfordshire_County_Council_election

2005 Hertfordshire County Council election
All 77 seats to Hertfordshire County Council; 39 seats needed for a majority
	2005 local election results in Hertfordshire
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2005 Hertfordshire County Council election

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Hertfordshire County Council elections were held on 5 May 2005, with all 77 seats contested. The Conservative Party reinforced its hold on County Hall and only the loss of 2 seats in Dacorum Borough detracted from a strong showing across the County. It maintained a stranglehold on the Eastern part of the County, winning all of the seats in Broxbourne District and East Herts District.

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The Liberal Democrats made a strong showing in Watford and St Albans District and made gains in Tring Division (Dacorum) and Chells Division (Stevenage) from Conservatives and Labour respectively.

The Labour Party were the main losers on the day, with a net loss of 11 seats and being beaten into third place in the popular vote. The Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party were the main benefactors from Labour's poor performance, gaining 6 seats and 4 seats respectively. The Greens gained a single seat in Watford District (Callowland Leggatts), again at Labour's expense. Labour would find little consolation from this election suffering significant losses throughout the central and western parts of the County. Stevenage Borough remained as the only Labour stronghold and even here the Liberal Democrats won Chells Division.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	46	8	2	6	59.7	42.5	215,247	+1.6
Labour	16	1	12	11	20.8	26.1	132,168	-7.7
Liberal Democrats	14	6	2	4	18.2	26.3	132,926	+2.6
Green	1	1	0	1	1.3	4.7	24,027	+3.4
BNP	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	1,025	+0.1
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	656	±0.0
UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	247	N/A

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	6	100.0	56.5	21,570
Labour	0	0	25.4	9,689
Liberal Democrats	0	0	12.9	4,929
BNP	0	0	2.7	1,025
Green	0	0	1.7	649
Independent	0	0	0.8	302

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	5	0	2	-2	50.0	41.9	29,335
Labour	4	1	0	+1	40.0	28.6	20,063
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	10.0	23.6	16,541
Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	3,878
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	247

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	10	100.0	51.1	33,284
Liberal Democrats	0	0.0	22.4	14,555
Labour	0	0.0	20.2	13,131
Green	0	0	6.3	4,019

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	5	1	0	+1	71.4	50.4	21,644
Labour	1	0	1	-1	14.3	25.3	10,850
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	14.3	22.5	9,641
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	743

2005_Hertfordshire_County_Council_election

2005 Hertfordshire County Council election

Results

Results Summary By District

Division Results

Broxbourne (6 Seats)

Dacorum (10 Seats)

East Herts (10 Seats)

Hertsmere (7 Seats)

North Herts (9 Seats)

St Albans (10 Seats)

Stevenage (6 Seats)

Three Rivers (6 Seats)

Watford (6 Seats)

Welwyn Hatfield (7 Seats)

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	7	1	0	+1	77.78	43.0	26,591
Labour	2	0	0	0	22.22	25.9	16,165
Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	-1	0.0	25.7	15,923
Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.4	3,378

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	5	2	0	+2	50.0	38.0	25,925
Liberal Democrats	5	2	0	+2	50.0	34.8	23,745
Labour	0	0	4	-4	0	21.5	14,607
Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	3,378
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	354

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	5	0	1	-1	83.4	44.3	14,921
Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	29.3	9,824
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	16.6	24.4	8,184
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	683

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	2	0	1	-1	33.3	39.3	16,036
Conservative	3	1	0	+1	50.0	39.2	16,014
Labour	1	0	0	0	16.7	17.2	7,011
Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	1,743

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	3	1	0	+1	50.0	38.5	14,645
Labour	1	0	2	-2	16.66	27.5	10,452
Conservative	1	0	0	0	16.66	25.3	9,608
Green	1	1	0	+1	16.66	8.7	3,339

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	4	2	0	+2	57.2	44.9	21,452
Labour	2	0	3	-3	28.5	32.0	15,279
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	14.3	18.4	8,727
Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	2,217

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hewitt	3,338	53.3	+0.8
	Labour	James Meadows	1,640	26.0	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gould	731	11.6	+0.5
	BNP	Stephen McCole	571	9.1	+5.0
Majority			1,698
Turnout			6,280	57.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Mitchell	4,118	59.6	+7.8
	Labour	Ronald McCole	1,685	24.2	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Huse	799	11.5	0.0
	Green	Ernest Harris	327	4.7	+0.7
Majority			2,433
Turnout			6,929	57.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Thomas	3,949	61.9	+0.2
	Labour	Cherry Robbins	1,400	21.9	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Winrow	736	11.5	0.2
	Independent	Andrew Ager	302	4.7	+4.7
Majority			2,549
Turnout			6,387	60.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morton	3,258	54.9	+3.4
	Labour	Annette Marples	1,629	27.3	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Garton	741	12.4	-1.7
	Green	Doreen Willis	322	5.4	+5.4
Majority			1,629
Turnout			5,950	59.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoddesdon South 5 May 2005 Broxbourne District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Searing	4,590	63.8	+6.1
	Labour	Marios Kousoulou	1,315	18.5	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kirstie De Rivaz	1,260	17.7	+1.3
Majority			3,275
Turnout			7,165	59.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Cross 5 May 2005 Broxbourne District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Price	2,317	42.3	-7.5
	Labour	Malcolm Aitken	2,020	36.9	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Savage	662	12.1	+2.1
	BNP	Richard Lankester	454	8.3	+8.3
Majority			297
Turnout			5,453	54.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Berkhampstead 5 May 2005 Dacorum District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Coleman	3,807	41.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Garrick Stevens	3,417	37.2	+1.2
	Labour	Ray Jones	1,336	14.5	-4.5
	Green	Marion Baker	613	6.7	+1.9
Majority			390
Turnout			9,173	70.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgewater 5 May 2005 Dacorum District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lloyd	3,409	56.4	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lloyd Harris	1,243	20.5	+3.0
	Labour	Beryl Milnes	1,065	17.6	-4.6
	Green	Paul Sandford	331	5.5	+0.4
Majority			2,166
Turnout			6,048	71.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Channell	2,933	46.6	+1.4
	Labour	Jane Hogg	2,138	33.7	-7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Daly	994	15.7	+2.5
	Green	Hazel Johnson	257	4.0	+4.0
Majority			795
Turnout			6,322	64.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Coxage	2,277	40.0	+3.3
	Conservative	Fiona Guest	2,248	39.6	-7.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Blackman	893	15.7	-0.4
	Green	Colin Thoma	264	4.7	+4.7
Majority			29
Turnout			5,683	56.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Laidlaw-Dickson	3,190	41.8	-9.3
	Conservative	Colette Wyatt-Lowe	2,692	35.7	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Geofrey Lawrence	1,100	14.4	-0.2
	Green	Paul Harris	379	4.9	+4.9
	UKIP	Anthony Piears	247	3.2	+3.2
Majority			498
Turnout			7,604	66.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elamthalaiva Singham	2,340	43.9	-7.0
	Conservative	Kevin Minier	1,588	29.8	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Link	1,128	21.5	-0.7
	Green	Ian Harris	256	4.8	+4.8
Majority			752
Turnout			5,312	59.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Cook	2,856	42.2	-9.1
	Conservative	Terence Douris	2,400	35.9	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Fry	1,158	17.1	+4.1
	Green	Francois Henderson	322	4.8	+3.1
Majority			456
Turnout			6,736	62.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Holmes	2,904	38.9	-0.9
	Labour	Maureen Flint	2,494	33.8	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Murray	1,534	20.6	+4.1
	Green	Alan Johnson	499	6.7	+2.3
Majority			410
Turnout			7,431	66.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Roberts	3,777	52.6	+1.6
	Labour	Stephen Cox	1,490	20.7	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Batchelor	1,458	20.2	+2.4
	Green	Martin Humphrey	467	6.5	+1.1
Majority			2,287
Turnout			7,192	70.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Hollinghurst	3,616	42.2	+7.5
	Conservative	Stanley Mills	3,577	41.9	-0.6
	Labour	Michael Maloney	877	10.2	-7.2
	Green	Colin Kruger	493	5.7	+0.4
Majority			39
Turnout			8,563	72.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Newton	2,962	46.5	+5.4
	Labour	John Foster	1,720	26.8	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Wrangles	1,333	20.8	-4.7
	Green	Nigel Tierney-Howitt	376	5.9	+5.9
Majority			1,242
Turnout			6,391	70.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Engel	2,591	41.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wood	2,399	38.9	+2.3
	Labour	Dian Mitchell	855	14.3	-5.4
	Green	Bryan Evans	306	4.9	+0.9
Majority			192
Turnout			6,181	68.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Bayes	3,739	55.8	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Macpherson	1,367	20.6	-1.7
	Labour	Nikki O'Reilly	1,114	16.6	-5.3
	Green	Clifford Leggett	473	7.0	+2.5
Majority			2,372
Turnout			6,693	67.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Peek	2,997	45.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Francis	1,977	29.7	+3.0
	Labour	John Battersby	1,308	19.7	-8.3
	Green	Graham White	331	5.0	+0.7
Majority			1,020
Turnout			6,613	64.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Pitman	3,704	54.8	+1.1
	Labour	Steven Stone	1,420	21.3	-7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Moore	1,192	17.6	+1.0
	Green	Arup Chatterjee	423	6.3	+6.3
Majority			2,284
Turnout			6,739	70.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Hammond	4,071	59.6	+6.7
	Labour	John Lloyd	1,249	18.8	-7.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Ledden	1,015	14.9	-0.5
	Green	Lydia Somerville	455	6.7	+1.0
Majority			2,822
Turnout			6,790	74.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Ruffles	3,140	51.2	+2.0
	Labour	Anthony Bodley	1,623	26.4	-9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Jones	945	15.3	+0.7
	Green	Barry Cheal	438	7.1	+7.1
Majority			1,517
Turnout			6,146	65.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Dodd	3,931	57.7	+4.8
	Labour	Linda Harvey	1,302	18.9	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Davies	1,221	17.7	-4.4
	Green	Stephen Tibbitts	396	5.7	+5.7
Majority			2,629
Turnout			6,850	67.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Beatty	2,904	45.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Wing	1,874	29.7	+6.4
	Labour	Alexander Young	1,215	19.1	-8.2
	Green	Glen Baker	342	5.4	+1.0
Majority			1,030
Turnout			6,335	66.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Tucker	3,245	51.9	+1.6
	Labour	John Stapleton	1,295	20.6	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Gubb	1,232	19.9	-0.2
	Green	Peter Hart	479	7.6	+7.6
Majority			1,950
Turnout			6,251	65.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Metcalf	2,516	43.9	-11.0
	Conservative	David Heywood	2,153	37.9	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Silverman	774	13.9	+0.9
	Green	Sonia Waller	248	4.3	+4.3
Majority			363
Turnout			5,691	55.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Heywood	2,400	42.9	+8.1
	Labour	Brian York	2,329	41.7	-7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ziz Kakoulakis	854	15.4	+3.4
Majority			71
Turnout			5,583
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing