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2008 Hertsmere Borough Council election

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The 2008 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Map of the results of the 2008 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	12	3	0	+3	92.3	65.2	14,218	+8.9%
Labour	1	0	1	-1	7.7	19.4	4,241	-1.9%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	2	-2	0	10.3	2,250	-6.3%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.4	743	-0.2%
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	224	-0.1%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	144	-0.3%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Graham	1,179	80.6	+5.4
	Green	Jeannette McDermott	163	11.1	+2.4
	Labour	Raymond Edge	121	8.3	+1.0
Majority			1,016	69.4	+3.0
Turnout			1,463	40.1	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Patnick	952	74.5	+0.2
	Labour	Sandra Huff	168	13.1	+0.9
	Green	Caroline Boydell	158	12.4	-1.1
Majority			784	61.3	+0.6
Turnout			1,278	34.7	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Zucker	839	48.1
	Labour	Ian Feeney	764	43.8
	Green	David Harris	141	8.1
Majority			75	4.3
Turnout			1,744	32.4	+8.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Harrison	640	39.8	-9.2
	Conservative	Farida Turner	600	37.3	+2.1
	Socialist Labour	James Dry	224	13.9	-1.9
	Independent	Frank Ward	144	9.0	+9.0
Majority			40	2.5	-11.2
Turnout			1,608	26.7	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hannah David	1,091	57.9	-4.5
	Labour	Peter Hedges	573	30.4	-7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Whenman	220	11.7	+11.7
Majority			518	27.5	+2.8
Turnout			1,884	28.5	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Seamus Quilty	1,561	78.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Brass	177	8.9	-5.5
	Labour	David Bearfield	162	8.2	-2.1
	Green	Karen Ward	83	4.2	+4.2
Majority			1,384	69.8	+8.9
Turnout			1,983	37.5	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve O'Brien	783	48.5	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Gamble	601	37.2	-10.5
	Labour	Jim Sowerbutts	132	8.2	+1.7
	Green	Arjuna Krishna-Das	100	6.2	-0.8
Majority			182	11.3
Turnout			1,616	34.1	0.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Silver	864	62.3	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Richards-Gray	522	37.7	-13.8
Majority			342	24.6
Turnout			1,386	39.0	-9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pervez Choudhury	984	50.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Elliot	730	37.2
	Labour	Yue Cheng	150	7.6
	Green	Edward Canfor-Dumas	97	4.9
Majority			254	13.0
Turnout			1,961	36.0	-2.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Knell	1,303	77.9	+13.2
	Labour	James Fisher	369	22.1	+6.9
Majority			934	55.9	+11.4
Turnout			1,672	34.3	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Heywood	1,187	71.2	-3.9
	Labour	Russell Ramshaw	480	28.8	+3.9
Majority			707	42.4	-7.8
Turnout			1,667	30.1	0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Donne	1,903	84.5	+13.0
	Labour	Pierre Tengwo	350	15.5	+5.8
Majority			1,553	68.9	+16.3
Turnout			2,253	38.1	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Wayne	972	74.5	+5.2
	Labour	Richard Butler	332	25.5	+8.0
Majority			640	49.1	-2.8
Turnout			1,304	38.1	+6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Election result

Ward results

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