- Dacorum Council election, 1999
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Elections to Dacorum Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 6 May 1999. The election in Highfield St Paul was delayed after the death of a Conservative candidate until a by-election was held on 3 June. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995 reducing the number of seats by 6. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control, although it would fall back to no overall control after the by-election in June.
Election result
Dacorum Local Election Result 1999 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Conservative 26 +6 53.1 45.9 31,029 Labour 17 -8 34.7 36.9 24,922 Liberal Democrat 6 +2 12.2 14.1 9,499 Independent 0 -6 0 2.2 1,524 Green 0 0 0 0.8 553 Left Alliance 0 0 0 0.07 54 Natural Law 0 0 0 0.03 23 Ward results
Adeyfield East (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Pesch 741 Labour Raymond Haverson 736 Conservative Peter Channell 579 Conservative Eliot Tyler-Waddington 533 Turnout 2,589 Adeyfield West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Keith White 610 Labour Navaratnam Singam 609 Conservative Michael Barry 408 Conservative Hugh Scott 403 Turnout 2,030 Aldbury & Wigginton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Tobias Ellwood 382 59.5 Liberal Democrat Michael James 139 21.7 Labour Hugh Wilson 121 18.8 Majority 243 37.8 Turnout 642 Apsley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jennifer Beesley 563 66.8 Labour Rosemary Eastwood 280 33.2 Majority 283 33.6 Turnout 843 Ashridge Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Frank Seely 771 78.3 Labour William Glennon 214 21.7 Majority 557 56.6 Turnout 985 Bennetts End (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gary Cook 856 Labour Paul Eastwood 821 Conservative Robert Fisher 347 Conservative Arthur Craigen 344 Liberal Democrat Colin Roe 140 Liberal Democrat Roger Wilson 113 Turnout 2,621 Berkhamsted Castle (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Kenneth Coleman 577 Conservative Peter Ginger 542 Liberal Democrat Betty Patterson 502 Liberal Democrat Geraldine Corry 490 Independent Ian Johnston 342 Independent Edward Dyer 278 Labour Dorothy Franks 173 Labour Neil Shacklock 172 Turnout 3,076 Berkhamsted East (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat John Lythgoe 629 Liberal Democrat Philip Gibbs 610 Conservative Peter Davis 497 Conservative Jane Sewell 477 Labour Gill Bellamy 287 Labour Michael Bromberg 239 Independent Norman Cutting 179 Green Diana Jones 77 Turnout 2,995 Berkhamsted West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Stanley Sharpe 604 Liberal Democrat John Brooks 581 Conservative Ian Reay 572 Conservative Carol Green 566 Labour Jane Gilbert 203 Labour David Franks 182 Turnout 2,708 Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Patricia Beale 1,315 Conservative Brian O'Sullivan 1,277 Conservative Anne Janes 1,267 Liberal Democrat David Griffiths 471 Liberal Democrat Carol Richardson 418 Labour Susan Cerins 373 Labour Anne Janes 361 Labour Alan Olive 347 Liberal Democrat Garrick Stevens 345 Turnout 6,174 Boxmoor (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Janice Marshall 1,015 Conservative Andrew Fairburn 950 Labour Marie Hutchison 940 Labour Albert Dennison 921 Turnout 3,826 Central (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Catherine Appleby 580 Conservative Andrew Williams 573 Labour Robert Hutchison 487 Labour Israel Berkovitch 479 Liberal Democrat Jean Blackman 132 Liberal Democrat Michael Kingsnorth 114 Turnout 2,365 Chaulden & Shrubill (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Anne-Lise Johnsen 857 Labour Richard Widger 824 Conservative Ann Richardson 432 Conservative Brenda Griffiths 428 Independent William Killen 267 Turnout 2,808 Corner Hall (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Donald Bennett 732 Labour Andrew Inchley 657 Conservative John Hanson 481 Conservative Christopher Cadman 469 Liberal Democrat John Blackman 145 Liberal Democrat Margaret Waugh 128 Left Alliance Stephen Harrison 54 Turnout 2,666 Gadebridge (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Maureen Flint 780 Labour Ronald Coxage 677 Independent Maurice Young 288 Conservative Jean Reid 284 Conservative Louis Pouyanne 281 Independent Mark Presland 199 Natural Law Diana Harding 23 Turnout 2,532 Grovehill (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Anne Fisher 766 Labour Michael Maloney 710 Labour Richard Walsh 681 Conservative Janet Higgs 331 Conservative Keith Reid 326 Conservative Colin Peter 324 Liberal Democrat Wendy Savage 173 Liberal Democrat Michael Bethune 149 Liberal Democrat Roger Gooden 147 Turnout 3,607 Kings Langley (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alan Anderson 764 Conservative Alexander McGregor 696 Labour Maureen Sedlacek 647 Labour Martin Smith 631 Liberal Democrat Gerald Coulter 259 Liberal Democrat Michael Morton 250 Turnout 3,247 Leverstock Green (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Hazel Bassadine 1,355 Conservative Lois Blythe 1,303 Conservative Margaret Griffiths 1,262 Labour Richard Hebborn 832 Labour Ora Warren 774 Labour Alan Dickson 756 Liberal Democrat Sheila Daly 173 Liberal Democrat Lynda Roe 162 Liberal Democrat Rodney Cottrell 131 Turnout 6,748 Nash Mill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Semdley 352 48.2 Labour Stephen Fisher 317 43.4 Liberal Democrat Alan Waugh 62 8.5 Majority 35 4.8 Turnout 731 Northchurch Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Janette Dunbavand 537 67.9 Liberal Democrat Leslie Batchelor 145 18.3 Labour John Collisson 109 13.8 Majority 392 49.6 Turnout 791 Tring Central (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Denise Rance 639 Liberal Democrat Nicholas Hollinghurst 581 Conservative William Barnett 530 Conservative Jacqueline Dawson 509 Labour Dilys Carter 239 Labour James Maple 215 Green Colin Kruger 116 Turnout 2,829 Tring East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Jameson 592 64.6 Labour Rosemarie Hollinghurst 209 22.8 Liberal Democrat Richard Lovelace 116 12.6 Majority 383 41.8 Turnout 917 Tring West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Derek Townsend 769 Conservative Stanley Mills 741 Liberal Democrat Barry Batchelor 505 Liberal Democrat Paul Elley 446 Green John Hall 258 Labour Daniel Carroll 249 Labour Paul Stanton 212 Turnout 3,180 Warners End (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Margaret Coxage 772 Labour Rebecca Dickenson 697 Conservative Fiona Guest 579 Conservative Anthony Gallagher 538 Green Martin Humphrey 102 Independent David Clarke 102 Independent Moya Presland 69 Turnout 2,859 Watling (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Herbert Chapman 830 Conservative Julian Taunton 829 Labour Gilian Edwards 310 Labour Judith Molloy 266 Turnout 2,235 Woodhall (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Christopher Denmead 476 Conservative Michael Griffiths 473 Labour Brian Fisher 432 Labour Simon Gluck 419 Turnout 1,800 References
- "How the nations voted", The Times 8 May 1999 page 48
- 1999 Dacorum election result
- Ward results
Preceded by
Dacorum Council election, 1995Dacorum local elections Succeeded by
Dacorum Council election, 2003Categories:- English local elections, 1999
- Politics of Dacorum
- Council elections in Hertfordshire
- English District Council elections
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