- Dacorum Council election, 2003
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Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control after previously relying on the mayor's casting vote for control. Overall turnout was 32.87%.[1]
Election result
Dacorum Local Election Result 2003 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Conservative 32 8 2 +6 61.5 44.8 30,220 -1.1% Labour 14 0 8 -8 26.9 29.6 19,978 -7.3% Liberal Democrat 6 2 0 +2 11.5 23.7 15,998 +9.6% Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 796 +0.4% Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 359 -1.7% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 66 +0.1% Ward results
Adeyfield East (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Neil Harden 633 Conservative Stella Kyriazis 617 Labour Raymond Haverson 499 Labour Michael Pesch 491 Turnout 2,651 31.8 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing Adeyfield West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Keith White 574 Labour Elamthalaiva Singam 554 Conservative Keith Redi 265 Conservative Belinda Williams 253 Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Lawrence 153 Liberal Democrat Sylvia Fry 151 Turnout 1,950 27.4 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Aldbury & Wigginton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Caroline Craufurd 327 48.8 -10.7 Liberal Democrat Michael James 180 26.9 +5.2 Independent Anthony MacLaughlin 101 15.1 +15.1 Labour Sheraton Shaw 62 9.3 -9.5 Majority 147 21.9 -15.9 Turnout 670 36.1 Conservative hold Swing Apsley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Ayling 423 54.9 -11.9 Labour Frank Burgess 172 22.3 -10.9 Liberal Democrat Ian Senior 109 14.2 +14.2 UKIP Barry Newton 66 8.6 +8.6 Majority 251 32.6 -1.0 Turnout 770 30.4 Conservative hold Swing Ashridge Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Nicholas Tiley 542 57.2 -21.1 Independent Gerald Brooker 258 27.2 +27.2 Liberal Democrat Leslie Batchelor 82 8.6 +8.6 Labour Mark Ewing 66 7.0 -14.7 Majority 284 30.0 -26.6 Turnout 948 44.1 Conservative hold Swing Bennetts End (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gary Cook 651 Labour Paul Eastwood 634 Conservative Robert Fisher 286 Conservative Riaz Farooqi 242 Liberal Democrat Colin Roe 178 Liberal Democrat Stephen Wilson 161 Turnout 2,152 26.3 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Berkhamsted Castle (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Patterson 760 Liberal Democrat Victor Earl 702 Conservative Kenneth Coleman 653 Conservative Peter Ginger 628 Green Marion Baker 147 Labour Ray Jones 111 Labour Sharon Greene 104 Turnout 3,105 34.4 Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Berkhamsted East (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Philip Gibbs 642 Liberal Democrat John Lythgoe 632 Conservative Norman Cutting 492 Conservative Jennifer Habib 416 Labour Bryan Jones 179 Labour Peter Norman 173 Turnout 2,534 32.1 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Liberal Democrat hold Swing Berkhamsted West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Carol Green 712 Conservative Ian Reay 691 Liberal Democrat Geraldine Corry 627 Liberal Democrat Luc Briand 382 Labour Neuk Shacklock 169 Labour Albert Dennison 154 Turnout 2,735 36.4 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Susan Bradnock 1,181 Conservative Richard Roberts 1,154 Conservative Gbola Adeleke 1,050 Liberal Democrat David Griffiths 652 Liberal Democrat Carol Richardson 551 Liberal Democrat Erik Vischer 527 Labour Doreen Hills 249 Labour Martin Smith 242 Labour Richard Milnes 231 Green Martin Humphrey 157 Turnout 5,994 33.0 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Boxmoor (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Janice Marshall 921 Conservative Andrew Fairburn 858 Labour Susan White 655 Labour Beryl Milnes 596 Liberal Democrat Lucy Grayson 297 Liberal Democrat Robert Irving 210 Green Alan Johnson 133 Turnout 3,670 43.5 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Chaulden & Shrubill (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Anne-Lise Johnsen 540 Labour Richard Widger 527 Conservative Hugh Scott 443 Conservative Christopher Cadman 420 Liberal Democrat Matthew Webb 227 Liberal Democrat Wendy Savage 226 Turnout 2,383 32.9 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Corner Hall (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colin Peter 534 Conservative Michael Clark 515 Labour Donald Bennett 469 Labour Frances Howat 450 Liberal Democrat John Blackman 207 Liberal Democrat Margaret Waugh 180 Turnout 2,355 28.2 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing Gadebridge (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Maureen Flint 625 Labour Ronald Coxage 547 Conservative Roger Montgomerie 282 Conservative Doris Shaw 270 Liberal Democrat Alison Batchelor 129 Liberal Democrat Margaret Colquhoun 121 Green Paul Harris 89 Turnout 2,063 27.8 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Grovehill (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Anne Fisher 681 Labour Michael Maloney 628 Labour Richard Walsh 613 Conservative Roger Andrews 506 Conservative Ronald Brown 474 Conservative Frances Ryan 472 Liberal Democrat Janet Dashwood 183 Liberal Democrat Alan Waugh 179 Liberal Democrat Steven Weston 165 Turnout 3,901 24.1 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Hemel Hempstead Central (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Catherine Appleby 530 Conservative Andrew Williams 502 Labour Martin Rogers 444 Labour Bernard Gronert 443 Liberal Democrat David Angell 246 Liberal Democrat Ashley Burton 195 Green Hazel Johnson 99 Turnout 2,459 34.2 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Highfield and St Pauls (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Dobie 666 Labour Bertram Bannister 663 Labour Elio Gomez 639 Liberal Democrat Brenda Link 484 Liberal Democrat Ryan Cullen 476 Liberal Democrat Lesley Murray 427 Conservative Kevin Minier 281 Conservative Linda Holmes 278 Conservative Miriam Wiedman-Smith 253 Turnout 4,167 28.9 Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Labour hold Swing Kings Langley (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alan Anderson 849 Conservative Alexander McGregor 758 Labour Elizabeth Rafferty 659 Labour Maureen Sedlacek 538 Liberal Democrat Michael Morton 241 Liberal Democrat Gerald Coulter 217 Turnout 3,262 43.8 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Leverstock Green (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Hazel Bassadone 1,085 Conservative Margaret Griffiths 1,027 Conservative Graham Sutton 1,002 Labour Chris Twydell 461 Labour James Hopkins 451 Labour Hans Seelig 422 Liberal Democrat Sheila Daly 303 Liberal Democrat Stuart Watkin 261 Liberal Democrat Lynda Roe 243 Turnout 5,255 33.9 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing Nash Mill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Semdley 351 45.3 -2.9 Labour Mark Quinn 335 43.2 -0.2 Liberal Democrat Roger Willson 89 11.5 +3.0 Majority 16 2.1 -2.7 Turnout 775 36.9 Conservative hold Swing Northchurch Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alan Fantham 403 57.3 -10.6 Liberal Democrat Garrick Stevens 247 35.1 +16.8 Labour Richard Hebborn 53 7.5 -6.3 Majority 156 22.2 -27.4 Turnout 703 33.3 Conservative hold Swing Tring Central (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Denise Rance 745 Liberal Democrat Nicholas Hollinghurst 721 Conservative Penelope Hearn 532 Conservative Ronald Lanning 462 Labour Roger Oliver 119 Labour Barbara Gronert 104 Turnout 2,683 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Liberal Democrat hold Swing Tring East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Olive Conway 418 56.3 -8.3 Liberal Democrat Rosemarie Hollinghurst 225 30.3 +17.7 Labour Susan Aldis 69 9.3 -13.5 Green Colin Kruger 30 4.0 +4.0 Majority 193 26.0 -15.8 Turnout 742 35.8 Conservative hold Swing Tring West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Derek Townsend 747 Conservative Stanley Mills 716 Liberal Democrat Barry Batchelor 704 Liberal Democrat Lloyd Harris 591 Green Paul Sandford 141 Labour Daniel Carroll 139 Turnout 3,038 38.7 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Warners End (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Janice Speaight 538 Conservative Robert Gillespie 535 Labour Margaret Coxage 532 Labour Rebecca Dickenson 472 Liberal Democrat Ann Fryd 162 Liberal Democrat Martin Rance 155 Turnout 2,394 34.3 Conservative gain from Labour Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing Watling (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Herbert Chapman 873 Conservative Julian Taunton 862 Labour Gillian Edwards 182 Labour Edward Dillon 158 Liberal Democrat Garfield Jones 146 Liberal Democrat Paul Elley 128 Turnout 2,349 30.1 Conservative hold Swing Conservative hold Swing Woodhall (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Stephen Holmes 522 Conservative Colette Wyatt-Lowe 436 Labour Alan Olive 394 Labour Stephen Fisher 389 Liberal Democrat Michael Bethune 215 Liberal Democrat David Hardingham 164 Turnout 2,120 26.5 Conservative hold Swing Conservative gain from Labour Swing References
- ^ "TORIES IN CONTROL". Hemeltoday. 2003-05-01. http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/TORIES-IN-CONTROL.495975.jp. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
Preceded by
Dacorum Council election, 1999Dacorum local elections Succeeded by
Dacorum Council election, 2007(2002 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2003 (→ 2004)
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