2012_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_election

2012 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

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The Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council elections, 2012 were held to elect council members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, the local government authority of Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.

The elections were contested in 16 of the 17 wards. In each ward, one seat was up for election. Welham Green was not contested as it is represented by two councillors and 2012 was not an election year.

Ward results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	8	0	3	-3	50	46.48	10,595
Labour	6	2	0	+2	37.5	30.24	6,894
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	6.25	10.71	2,441
Independent	1	1	0	+1	6.25	2.45	559
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	149
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	53

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Boulton	1,194	71.41
	Labour	Donald Mahon	151	9.03
	UKIP	William Braithwate	149	8.91
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Blumsom	101	6.04
	Green	John-Paul Rea	77	4.61
Majority			1,043	62.38
Turnout			1,672	36.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Benjamin Yetts	725	49.93
	Conservative	Howard Hughes	508	34.99
	Green	Berenice Dowlen	138	9.50
	Liberal Democrats	Konrad Basch	81	5.58
Majority			217	14.94
Turnout			1,452	29.94
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Bromley	1,130	48.44
	Liberal Democrats	Bobby Bridgeman	673	28.85
	Labour	Sarah Carthew	354	15.17
	Green	Ian Nendick	176	7.54
Majority			457	19.59
Turnout			2,333	43.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maureen Cook	653	52.83
	Conservative	Frank Bowron	390	31.55
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Bailey	99	8.01
	Green	Cecile Raw	94	7.61
Majority			263	21.28
Turnout			1,236	24.85
	Labour hold		Swing

2012_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_election

2012 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

Wards contested

Election summary

Ward results

Brookmans Park & Little Heath

Haldens

Handside

Hatfield Central

Hatfield East

Hatfield Villages

Hatfield South

Hatfield West

Hollybush

Howlands

Northaw & Cuffley

Panshanger

Peartree

Sherrards

Welwyn East

Welwyn West

References

External links

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mick Long	692	47.24
	Labour	Asteroid Thorpe	453	30.92
	Liberal Democrats	Lis Meyland-Smith	138	9.42
	Green	Colin Jeffery	129	8.81
	TUSC	Craig Huteson-Stewart	53	3.62
Majority			239	16.31
Turnout			1,465	28.96
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Bell	446	48.96
	Labour	Bridie Croft	250	27.44
	Liberal Democrats	Ayesha Rohale	126	13.83
	Green	Roy Bettles	89	9.77
Majority			196	21.51
Turnout			196	21.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keiran Thorpe	545	60.29
	Conservative	Stan Laver-Walton	234	25.88
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Archer	74	8.19
	Green	Noel Taylor	51	5.64
Majority			311	34.40
Turnout			904	22.66
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Cathy Watson	670	41.46
	Conservative	Nick Atkinson	644	39.85
	Green	Barry Cross	169	10.46
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Laming	133	8.23
Majority			26	1.61
Turnout			1,616	25.71
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lynn Chesterman	678	53.51
	Conservative	Roy Newman	439	34.65
	Liberal Democrats	Gilian Armstrong-Bridges	77	6.08
	Green	Veryan Weston	73	5.76
Majority			239	18.86
Turnout			1,267	23.99
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Chesterman	480	35.48
	Conservative	Stan Tunstall	455	33.63
	Green	Jill Weston	349	25.79
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Cowan	69	5.10
Majority			25	1.85
Turnout			1,353	30.04
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Couch	1,023	76.00
	Labour	Mike Alder	133	9.88
	Green	Brian Edwards	127	9.44
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bain	63	4.68
Majority			890	66.12
Turnout			1,346	31.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sara Johnston	709	55.09
	Labour	James Broach	360	27.97
	Green	Mark Knight	143	11.11
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Shaw	75	5.83
Majority			349	27.12
Turnout			1,287	35.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Cowan	474	36.69
	Labour	Mark Biddle	469	36.30
	Conservative	Steve Jackson	242	18.73
	Green	Louise Lotz	107	8.28
Majority			5	0.39
Turnout			1,292	24.24
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Franey	835	47.96
	Labour	Tony Crump	574	32.97
	Green	Susan Groom	200	11.49
	Liberal Democrats	Jonquil Basch	132	7.58
Majority			261	14.99
Turnout			1,741	39.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welwyn East Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julie Cragg	1,144	68.67
	Labour	Shelly Harris	280	16.81
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Walkington	126	7.56
	Green	Adrian Toole	116	6.96
Majority			864	51.86
Turnout			1,666	34.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Sandra Kyriakides	559	44.51
	Conservative	Paul Smith	510	40.61
	Labour	Margaret White	119	9.47
	Green	William Berrington	68	5.41
Majority			49	3.90
Turnout			1,256	38.19
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing