Dacorum Borough Council elections

Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2007, 51 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1995
Labour	1995–1999
No overall control	1999–2003
Conservative	2003–present

Council elections

1973 Dacorum District Council election
1976 Dacorum District Council election
1979 Dacorum District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[3]
1983 Dacorum District Council election
1987 Dacorum Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
1991 Dacorum Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
1995 Dacorum Borough Council election
1999 Dacorum Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 6)^[6]^[7]
2003 Dacorum Borough Council election
2007 Dacorum Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)^[2]^[8]
2011 Dacorum Borough Council election
2015 Dacorum Borough Council election
2019 Dacorum Borough Council election

By-election results

1995–1999

Leverstock Green By-Election 3 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,338	69.4	+26.6
	Labour	496	25.7	−19.0
	Liberal Democrats	93	4.8	−7.7
Majority		842	43.7
Turnout		1,927	36.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

1999–2003

Highfield St Paul By-Election 3 June 1999 (3)
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	845
	Labour	802
	Labour	743
	Liberal Democrats	415
	Liberal Democrats	372
	Liberal Democrats	322
	Conservative	302
	Conservative	289
	Conservative	277
Turnout		4,367	29.0
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Berkhamsted West By-Election 16 November 2000 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carol Green	699
	Conservative	Ian Reay	695
	Liberal Democrats	Garrick Stevens	559
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Such	521
	Labour	Bertram Bannister	89
	Labour	Beryl Milne	88
Turnout			2,651	32.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Bradnock & Richard Roberts	2,264 & 1,931	56.8	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Griffiths & Carol Richardson	896 & 755	22.5	+2.5
	Labour	Beryl Milnes & Alan Oliver	827 & 769	20.7	+3.3
Majority			1,368	34.3
Turnout			3,987
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodall Farm By-Election 21 November 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Olive	424	40.8	−6.8
	Conservative	Stephen Mark Holmes	398	38.3	−14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Bethune	204	19.6	+19.6
	UKIP	Barry Newton	13	1.3	+1.3
Majority			26	2.5
Turnout			1,039	23.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2003–2007

Bennetts End By-Election 1 April 2004^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Gronert	770	52.7	−5.7
	Conservative	Kevin Minier	516	35.3	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dashwood	176	12.0	−4.0
Majority			254	17.4
Turnout			1,462	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Adeyfield East By-Election 9 June 2005^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hogg	624	43.2	+6.5
	Conservative	Frances Ryan	618	42.8	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Coburn	201	13.9	+0.0
Majority			6	0.4
Turnout			1,443	33.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chaulden & Shrubhill By-Election 20 October 2005^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Guest	552	46.8	+10.2
	Labour	Susan White	514	43.6	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Watkin	113	9.6	−9.2
Majority			38	3.2
Turnout			1,179	30.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Nash Mills By-Election 20 October 2005^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Foster	382	54.3	+9.0
	Labour	Mark Quinn	276	39.2	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Coulter	45	6.4	−5.1
Majority			106	15.1
Turnout			703	33.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highfield St Pauls By-Election 10 November 2005^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Link	835	52.8	+19.0
	Labour	Stephen Fisher	498	31.5	−15.0
	Conservative	Kevin Minier	249	15.7	−3.9
Majority			337	21.3
Turnout			1,582	30.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Warners End By-Election 16 March 2006^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Coxage	570	39.3	−3.9
	Conservative	John Whitman	457	31.5	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Wilson	250	17.2	+4.1
	National Front	Simon Deacon	106	7.3	+7.3
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Paul Harris	42	2.9	+2.9
	UKIP	Barry Newton	26	1.8	+1.8
Majority			113	7.8
Turnout			1,451	40.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2007–2011

Adeyfield West By-Election 11 March 2010^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Wood	486	32.8	−8.6
	Labour	Sue White	429	29.0	−13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wilson	362	24.5	+8.1
	BNP	Janet Price	203	13.7	+13.7
Majority			57	3.8
Turnout			1,480	35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldbury and Wigginton By-Election 27 August 2010^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemarie Hollinghurst	593	64.7	+29
	Conservative	Paul Richardson	305	33.1	−24
	Labour	Thomas Arden Wright	18	1.9	−4
Majority			288	31
Turnout			916	47
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	26%^[16]

2011–2015

Woodhall Farm By-Election 21 June 2012^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rosie Sutton	566	49.0
	Labour	Paul Eastwood	406	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nitesh Dave	70	6.1
	English Democrat	Simon Deacon	47	4.1
	UKIP	Howard Koch	43	3.7
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Paul De Hoest	24	2.1
Majority			160	13.8
Turnout			1159	27.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vacancy caused by resignation of Conservative incumbent Stephen Holmes.^[18]

Adeyfield West By-Election 21 March 2013^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ron TINDALL	363	32.6	+18.1
	Labour	Mike MOORE	278	25.0	−17.5
	Conservative	Barry NEWTON	229	20.6	−22.5
	UKIP	Noel SWINFORD	193	17.3	+17.3
	English Democrat	Simon DEACON	51	4.6	+4.6
Majority			85
Turnout			4174	26.68
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Vacancy caused by resignation of Labour incumbent. Percentage changes are since May 2011

2015–present

Adyfield West By-Election 29 September 2016^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian England	520
	Conservative	Tony Gallagher	233
	Labour	Gary Michael Cook	166
	UKIP	Rachel Catherine Biggs	115
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Angela May Lynch	17
Majority			287
Turnout			1051	24.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Northchurch By-Election 8 March 2018^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Lara Pringle	545
	Conservative	Rob McCarthy	260
	Labour	Harry Hawden	97
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Joe Pitts	19
Majority			285
Turnout			921	40.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "May 2007 Election Results". Dacorum Borough Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Dacorum". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ The District of Dacorum (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
^ The Dacorum and Three Rivers (Areas) Order 1985
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ "Dacorum". BBC Online. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Dacorum (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Dacorum (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ "Bennetts End" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Adeyfield East June 2005" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "October 2005 By-elections" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Highfield and St Pauls Result" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Warners End Result" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Tories win in Adeyfield". Hemelhempstead Today. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
^ "Results of the Aldbury & Wigginton by election". Dacorum Borough Council. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^ http://www.swhertslibdems.org.uk/news/000181/welldeserved_win_for_lib_dem_rosemarie_hollinghurst_in_aldbury_and_wigginton_byelection_on_dacorum_bc.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home%5Ccouncil-democracy/elections-and-voting/elections-2016
^ https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home%5Ccouncil-democracy/elections-and-voting/elections-2018

By-election results

External links

Dacorum Borough Council

[election-1] "May 2007 Election Results". Dacorum Borough Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[hold-2] "Dacorum". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[3] The District of Dacorum (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976

[4] The Dacorum and Three Rivers (Areas) Order 1985

[5] slation.gov.uk – The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[dacorum-6] "Dacorum". BBC Online. Retrieved 27 December 2008.

[7] slation.gov.uk – The Borough of Dacorum (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[8] slation.gov.uk – The Borough of Dacorum (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[bennetts-9] "Bennetts End" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[adeyfield-10] "Adeyfield East June 2005" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[october-11] "October 2005 By-elections" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[highfield-12] "Highfield and St Pauls Result" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[warners-13] "Warners End Result" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[adeyfieldwest-14] "Tories win in Adeyfield". Hemelhempstead Today. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2010.

[15] "Results of the Aldbury & Wigginton by election". Dacorum Borough Council. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

[16] ttp://www.swhertslibdems.org.uk/news/000181/welldeserved_win_for_lib_dem_rosemarie_hollinghurst_in_aldbury_and_wigginton_byelection_on_dacorum_bc.html^{[permanent dead link]}

[17] "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[18] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[19] "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[20] ttps://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home%5Ccouncil-democracy/elections-and-voting/elections-2016

[21] ttps://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home%5Ccouncil-democracy/elections-and-voting/elections-2018

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