1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
LD
Leader F. John Smith David Kearns Ian Simpson
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 17 26 6
Seats after 28 18 3
Seat change Increase11 Decrease8 Decrease3
Leader before election

David Kearns
Labour

Leader after election

F. John Smith
Conservative

The 1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 6 May 1999, at the same time as other local elections across Britain. All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election following changes to ward boundaries.[1]

Labour lost control of the council to the Conservatives at the election, with the Conservative leader, F. John Smith, becoming leader of the council, taking the role from the Labour leader, David Kearns. The Liberal Democrat leader, Ian Simpson, lost his seat at the election and was replaced as group leader after the election by Steve Jarvis.[2]

Overall results[edit]

The overall results were as follows:[3]

North Hertfordshire District Council Election, 1999
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 28 Increase11 57.1 43.8 15,710 +2.8
  Labour 18 Decrease8 36.7 31.9 11,420 -5.1
  Liberal Democrats 3 Decrease3 6.1 20.2 7,247 -0.3
  Green 0 0 1.8 655 +0.7
  Independent 0 Decrease1 0 1.8 631 +1.8
  Natural Law 0 0 0.5 170 +0.1

Ward Results[edit]

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[2][3][4][5]

Arbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Dempster Young* 703 65.5
Liberal Democrats Roger Lindsay Pritchard 241 22.5
Labour Joanna Ruth White 129 12.0
Turnout 54.16
Registered electors 1,981
Conservative hold Swing
Baldock East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Edwin Weeks 256 56.4
Labour John Merson 101 22.2
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Roberta Kirkland 97 21.4
Turnout 25.6
Registered electors 1,767
Conservative win (new seat)
Baldock Town ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Crow* 1,025 43.7
Conservative Michael Robert Mackenzie Muir 859
Conservative Ian Knighton 842
Labour Brian Derbyshire* 787 33.5
Labour Roger Miller McFall* 706
Labour Andrew Robert Milne* 577
Independent Peter Alan Deacon 317 13.5
Liberal Democrats John Stephen White 217 9.2
Liberal Democrats Samantha Turner 177
Turnout 32.9
Registered electors 5,702
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Cadwell ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Winifred Gibbs
(Tricia Gibbs) 		450 51.1
Labour Anne Elizabeth Sobek* 318 36.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Mark Derwent 113 12.8
Turnout 48.14
Registered electors 1,832
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Codicote ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Luke Michael Joseph La Plain* 565 66.2
Labour Frederick George Peacock 195 22.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Stephen Grant Stanley 93 10.9
Turnout 41.9
Registered electors 2,039
Conservative hold Swing
Ermine ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard Maycroft Marshall 621 63.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Pooley 233 23.8
Labour Dorothy Fryer 127 12.9
Turnout 50.7
Registered electors 1,940
Conservative win (new seat)
Graveley and Wymondley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Margaret Jarvis
(Sal Jarvis) 		379 60.5
Conservative Cheryl Kathleen Peers 192 30.7
Labour Robert Fergus Whatson 55 8.8
Turnout 48.6
Registered electors 1,289
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Hitchin Bearton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judi Billing* 933 49.2
Labour Jennifer Alice Marr*
(Jenny Marr) 		892
Labour Martin John Stears* 764
Conservative Patricia Ann Cherry 504 26.6
Conservative Charles Spencer Bunker 502
Conservative Mark Philip Spencer Bunker 498
Green Nigel Peter Howitt 179 9.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Catchpole 173 9.1
Natural Law David Richard Hunter Cooke 108 5.7
Natural Law Donna Louise Hawkins 66
Natural Law Lesley Susan Relph 58
Turnout 30.32
Registered electors 5,142
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hitchin Highbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alvaro Damiani*
(Al Damiani) 		1,248 46.4
Conservative Paul Nigel Dee 1,199
Conservative Lesley Avril Lambourn Greenwood 1,153
Liberal Democrats Paul Clark* 830 30.9
Liberal Democrats Robert George Lord 772
Liberal Democrats David Shirley 673
Labour Jonathan Victor Newham 454 16.9
Green Lydia Helen Howitt 156 5.8
Turnout 5.8
Registered electors 5,492
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Hitchin Oughton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Audrey Emmie Carss* 721 65.0
Labour Joan Irene Kirby* 678
Conservative Nigel Kenneth Brook 222 20.0
Conservative Penelope Mary Brook 209
Liberal Democrats Ingeborg Gudrun Sutcliffe 100 9.0
Green Stuart Madgin 66 6.0
Turnout 26.4
Registered electors 3,778
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hitchin Priory ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derrick Alan Ashley* 1,099 58.7
Conservative Richard Arthur Charles Thake* 1,041
Labour David Edward Billing 417 22.3
Liberal Democrats John Paul Winder 355 19.0
Turnout 34.3
Registered electors 4,015
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hitchin Walsworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Ashmore 876 40.6
Labour Sandra May Lunn* 855 39.6
Conservative Bernard Frank James Lovewell 852
Conservative Anthony Patrick Strong 825
Labour Derek Nigel Sheard 792
Labour Peter Simon Terry* 779
Liberal Democrats Margaret Cecily Thomas 203 9.4
Green George Winston Howe 163 7.5
Liberal Democrats Ethel Edith Westoby 162
Natural Law Russell Pearson Howard 62 2.9
Turnout 35.5
Registered electors 5,528
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hitchwood ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Thomas Calder 656 75.1
Labour Paul John Charles Hetherington 218 24.9
Turnout 43.6
Registered electors 2,006
Conservative hold Swing
Hoo ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Barnard* 538 55.8
Labour Roger Aubrey Wood* 426 44.2
Turnout 53.6
Registered electors 1,797
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Kimpton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Horrell* 485 79.1
Labour Rene Rae Gardner 128 20.9
Turnout 35.8
Registered electors 1,709
Conservative hold Swing
Knebworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Elizabeth Gray* 919 58.5
Conservative Ferrers Robin Bruce Wordsworth
(Robin Wordsworth) 		892
Labour Timothy Liddy 352 22.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Stiff 300 19.1
Turnout 31.02
Registered electors 3,970
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Letchworth East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Jarman* 861 50.7
Labour Anthony Robert Hartley* 849
Labour Lorna Rose Kercher* 824
Conservative Elizabeth Allen 486 28.6
Conservative Robin Charles Maurice Harbord 486
Conservative Adam Joshua Wilson 437
Liberal Democrats Martin Gammell 261 15.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Francis Booton 256
Liberal Democrats Arthur Gilbert Ramsay Thomson 222
Green Eric Morris Blakeley 91 5.4
Turnout 29.6
Registered electors 5,337
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Letchworth Grange ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Peter Kearns* 991 61.1
Labour Peter Anthony Mardell* 909
Labour David Morris* 896
Conservative Judith Lindsey Gower 416 25.6
Conservative George Brunton Reith 405
Conservative Richard Edward Markiewicz 388
Liberal Democrats Robin Hall 216 13.3
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Butcher 202
Liberal Democrats Natasha Winder 183
Turnout 29.6
Registered electors 5,177
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Letchworth South East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John James Wilkinson*
(Jack Wilkinson) 		847 45.1
Labour Nigel Edward Agar* 812
Labour Jean Andrews* 802
Conservative John Finbarr Barry 645 34.3
Conservative Carole Anne McNelliey 643
Conservative Gordon Raymond Whalley 616
Liberal Democrats Jean Phyllis Leonard 386 20.6
Liberal Democrats John Winder 348
Liberal Democrats Murray Frank Turner 333
Turnout 34.6
Registered electors 5,229
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Letchworth South West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynda Ann Needham* 1,380 45.1
Conservative Neil Alexander Redfern 1,239
Liberal Democrats Alison Elaine Kingman* 1,229 40.2
Conservative Raymond Lawrence Shakespeare-Smith 1,190
Liberal Democrats Ian Simpson* 1,129
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ircha 1,039
Labour Jacqueline Brigitte Hartley 452 14.8
Turnout 50.9
Registered electors 5,615
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Letchworth Wilbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Mantle* 729 63.0
Labour Gary Thomas Grindal* 720
Conservative Stephen Laurence Paul 302 26.1
Conservative Jessica Christian Dorothy Thomson 289
Liberal Democrats Marion Evelyn Minards-Gammell 127 11.0
Liberal Democrats Ursula Winder 114
Turnout 28.29
Registered electors 4,032
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Offa ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claire Patricia Annette Strong* 459 60.1
Labour Jean Elizabeth Ann Wood 161 21.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Donald Johnson 144 18.8
Turnout 48.34
Registered electors 1,597
Conservative hold Swing
Royston Heath ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Colin Weston Burt* 671 50.1
Conservative Rodney Victor Kennedy
(Rod Kennedy) 		657
Liberal Democrats John Raymond Ledden 338 25.2
Labour Maureen Dale-Molloy 331 24.7
Labour Kenneth Garland 327
Liberal Democrats John Noel Rose 266
Turnout 33.04
Registered electors 3,919
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Royston Meridian ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Frederick Hunter
(Tony Hunter) 		561 47.9
Conservative Francis John Smith*
(John Smith) 		560
Labour Robin King 338 28.9
Labour Joan Herbert 336
Liberal Democrats Patricia Anne Baxter 271 23.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony William Johnson 215
Turnout 34.1
Registered electors 3,324
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Royston Palace ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Baker*
(Les Baker) 		463 37.9
Conservative Martin John Beaver 431 35.2
Conservative Fiona Ronan Greenwood 418
Labour Vaughan West 361
Liberal Democrats Caroline Elizabeth Coates 329 26.9
Liberal Democrats Eric Clifford Harlow 289
Turnout 30.3
Registered electors 3,780
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Weston and Sandon ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Kenneth Jarvis*
(Steve Jarvis) 		612 64.5
Independent John Peter Cherry 314 33.1
Labour Natasha Louise Hetherington 23 2.4
Turnout 59.4
Registered electors 1,599
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1998/2555, retrieved 14 March 2023
  2. ^ a b "Triumphant Tories in the driving seat again". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 14 May 1999. p. 4. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ "How the candidates line up". Royston and Buntingford Mercury. 23 April 1999. p. 5. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Results". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2001. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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