2019 Dacorum Borough Council election

The 2019 Dacorum Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Dacorum Borough Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Summary Result

2019 Dacorum Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	51	31	1	16	15	60.8	42.8	33,761	–1.4
	Liberal Democrats	51	19	16	0	16	37.3	31.7	25,046	+15.5
	Independent	1	1	1	0	1	2.0	0.8	600	+0.7
	Labour	42	0	0	2	2	0.0	15.5	12,252	–1.5
	Green	20	0	0	0		0.0	8.0	6,292	–2.9
	UKIP	6	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	954	–11.3

Ward Results

Adeyfield East

Adeyfield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Birnie	594	48.9	+4.8
	Conservative	Andrew Williams	569	46.8	+3.4
	Labour	Gary Cook	299	24.6	−3.0
	Labour	Helen Heenan	284	23.4	+6.1
	UKIP	Noel Swinford	200	16.5	−7.7
	Green	Samuel Deering	159	13.1	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Wellings Purvis	102	8.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Robinson	95	7.8	+3.5
Turnout				30
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Adeyfield West

Adeyfield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian England	752	64.1	+45.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Tindall	705	60.1	+31.2
	Conservative	Tony Gallagher	247	21.1	−7.3
	Conservative	Adam Wyatt-Lowe	208	17.7	−13.0
	Labour	Stephen Rees	189	16.1	−2.0
	Labour	Ray York	179	15.3	N/A
Turnout				29.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Aldbury & Wigginton

Aldbury & Wigginton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil McDowell	522	63.1	+22.4
	Conservative	Stan Mills	305	36.9	−6.9
Turnout				44
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Apsley & Corner Hall

Apsley & Corner Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Peter	840	44.3	+7.5
	Conservative	Suqlain Mahmood	747	39.4	+3.6
	Conservative	Babita Sinha	734	38.7	+5.5
	Labour	Emily Jacques	519	27.3	+3.6
	Labour	Jody Whitehill	497	26.2	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Bird	482	25.4	+10.7
	Labour	Sandy Palmer	465	24.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Macey	447	23.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Fran Parkins	440	23.2	N/A
Turnout				28
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashridge

Ashridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Douris	671	69.4	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dina Westenholz-Smith	228	23.6	+15.1
	Labour	Jennifer O'Leary	68	7.0	−4.5
Turnout				46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bennetts End

Bennetts End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sobaan Mahmood	538	36.8	+2.4
	Conservative	Mark Rogers	529	36.2	−4.2
	Labour	Amanda Tattershall	485	33.2	+5.3
	Labour	Ijlal Malik	479	32.8	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bell	248	17.0	+9.2
	Green	David Lillywhite	238	16.3	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lloyd-Staples	192	13.1	N/A
Turnout				33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Berkhamsted Castle

Berkhamsted Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Freedman	1,078	53.4	+19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Claughton	1,004	49.7	+30.5
	Conservative	Sue Beardshaw	640	31.7	−17.8
	Conservative	David Collins	613	30.4	−26.5
	Green	Paul De Hoest	399	19.8	−4.3
	Labour	Gill Spooner	151	7.5	N/A
	Labour	James Spooner	90	4.5	N/A
Turnout				45
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Berkhamsted East

Berkhamsted East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garrick Stevens	1,139	60.9	+29.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Taylor	824	44.1	+23.8
	Conservative	Tracy Porter	515	27.6	−18.3
	Green	Rebecca Mackenzie	469	25.1	+9.1
	Conservative	David Ward	395	21.1	−23.4
	Labour	Sian Cusack	231	12.4	−7.9
Turnout				41
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Berkhamsted West

Berkhamsted West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Symington	966	54.6	+34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Woolner	871	49.3	+32.9
	Conservative	Anthony Armytage	533	30.1	−24.8
	Conservative	Peter Matthews	482	27.3	−24.1
	Green	Mary Hardinge	286	16.2	+1.9
	Labour	Patrick Emery	140	7.9	−10.0
	Labour	Steve Burdekin	121	6.8	−6.7
Turnout				38
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Barrett	1,311	62.1	−5.2
	Conservative	Stewart Riddick	1,196	56.6	−5.0
	Conservative	Gbola Adeleke	1,075	50.9	−9.5
	Green	Wiebke Carr	671	31.8	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Rance	445	21.1	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Townsend	415	19.6	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Rogers	365	17.3	+9.8
	Labour	Gerard Wilkinson	238	11.3	−4.3
Turnout				33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boxmoor

Boxmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Allen	1,285	45.2	+27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Hobson	1,232	43.3	+30.6
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Uttley	1,117	39.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Janice Marshall	968	34.0	−15.7
	Conservative	Neil Harden	898	31.6	−11.3
	Conservative	William Wyatt-Lowe	848	29.8	−9.8
	Labour	Cameron Brady-Turner	427	15.0	−6.9
	Green	Sherief Hassan	367	12.9	−4.6
	Labour	Barbara Pesch	326	11.5	−4.9
	Green	Bernard Hurley	281	9.9	N/A
	Labour	Michael Pesch	260	9.1	N/A
	Green	Robert Theophile	255	9.0	N/A
Turnout				42
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chaulden & Warners End

Chaulden & Warners End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Guest	1,168	52.7	+7.8
	Conservative	Nigel Durrant	1,071	48.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Graeme Elliot	1,060	47.9	+6.1
	Labour	Jean Langdon	516	23.3	−3.4
	Labour	Clive Mills	469	21.2	−2.7
	Labour	Rachael Frost	413	18.6	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Wilson	405	18.3	+11.2
	Green	Sam Buckton	353	15.9	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Nicholls	280	12.6	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Broadbent	276	12.5	+8.5
Turnout				34
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gadebridge

Gadebridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isy Imarni	482	43.3	+8.1
	Conservative	Pearl Oguchi	463	41.6	−1.1
	Labour	Lee Whitehill	290	26.1	−0.7
	Labour	Zahoor Iqbal	268	24.1	−0.1
	Green	Suzanne Watts	198	17.8	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Angell	186	16.7	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Roe	180	16.2	+12.9
Turnout				27
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grovehill

Grovehill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Banks	851	54.6	+7.5
	Conservative	Alexander Bhinder	846	54.3	+10.6
	Conservative	Goverdhan Silwal	724	46.4	+11.4
	Labour	Pat Dartnell	332	21.3	−5.1
	Labour	Vicky Martin	325	20.8	−3.2
	UKIP	Karen Hall	266	17.1	−13.4
	Labour	Helen Whitworth	263	16.9	N/A
	Green	Paul Sandford	241	15.5	+2.7
	UKIP	Silvi Sutherland	238	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Colquhoun	153	9.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Thornhill	141	9.0	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Thurstan	139	8.9	N/A
Turnout				29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hemel Hempstead Town

Hemel Hempstead Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Arslan	364	28.3	−14.8
	Conservative	Rob Beauchamp	356	27.6	−4.6
	Labour	Anne Fisher	349	27.1	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Toovey	345	27.0	+14.7
	Labour	Samidha Garg	314	24.5	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wilson	306	23.9	+13.6
	Green	Joe Pitts-Cunningham	193	15.1	N/A
	UKIP	Michelle Smith	177	13.8	−5.3
Turnout				28
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Highfield

Highfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Link	541	42.3	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sammy Barry	504	39.4	+21.3
	Labour	Luke Jordan	337	26.3	−2.2
	Labour	Vanessa Mitchell	311	24.3	N/A
	Conservative	Louise Douris	230	18.0	−5.0
	UKIP	James Froggatt	194	15.2	−10.4
	Conservative	Charlotte Palmer	185	14.5	−8.2
Turnout				32
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kings Langley

Kings Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Anderson	745	53.0	−6.5
	Conservative	Alan Johnson	738	52.5	+2.5
	Green	Ashley Lawrence	394	28.0	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Senior	285	20.3	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Faith Thornhill	166	11.8	N/A
	Labour	John Collisson	140	10.0	−17.2
	Labour	Dominic Hook	131	9.3	N/A
Turnout				35
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leverstock Green

Leverstock Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Bassadone	1,211	55.0	+1.1
	Conservative	Margaret Griffiths	1,133	51.5	+11.2
	Conservative	Graham Sutton	1,092	49.6	+5.3
	Labour	Ann Lang	514	23.4	−3.2
	Labour	Emma Reed	435	19.8	N/A
	Green	Mark Rutherford	409	18.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Heylin	404	18.4	+2.4
	Labour	Michael Sheehan	374	17.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Heylin	335	15.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Waymont	245	11.1	N/A
Turnout				31
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nash Mills

Nash Mills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jan Maddern	600	64.0	+12.7
	Conservative	Rene De Silva	156	16.6	−34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Bell	95	10.1	+4.5
	Labour	Bernard Gronert	86	9.2	−14.1
Turnout				34
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Northchurch

Northchurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lara Pringle	623	65.9	+47.1
	Conservative	Tina Howard	220	23.3	−37.0
	Green	Malcolm Cathcart	61	6.5	−2.2
	Labour	Gwendoline Scott	41	4.3	−7.9
Turnout				42
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Tring Central

Tring Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roxanne Ransley	730	50.6	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Bowden	570	39.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Stephen Hearn	461	31.9	−18.2
	Conservative	Phil Hills	350	24.2	−15.7
	Green	Mary Hodgskiss	319	22.1	+5.5
	UKIP	Mark Anderson	145	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Geraint Cooksley	135	9.3	N/A
Turnout				37
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tring East

Tring East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Hearn	484	47.5	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elley	375	36.8	+1.2
	Green	Joe Stopps	161	15.8	N/A
Turnout				44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tring West & Rural

Tring West & Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Hollinghurst	899	50.7	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Townsend	824	46.5	+18.1
	Conservative	Olive Conway	529	29.9	−11.3
	Conservative	Mike Hicks	507	28.6	−9.9
	Green	Roger Oliver	438	24.7	+11.5
	Labour	Peter Scott	171	9.7	−0.7
Turnout				42
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Watling

Watling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Chapman	726	53.0	−11.7
	Conservative	Jane Timmis	720	52.5	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Erica Hodges	449	32.7	+22.5
	Green	Emily Spry	400	29.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lloyd Harris	195	14.2	+6.9
Turnout				31
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodhall Farm

Woodhall Farm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosie Sutton	739	56.7	+1.3
	Conservative	Colette Wyatt-Lowe	707	54.2	−3.1
	Labour	Jennifer Dickson	318	24.4	N/A
	Labour	Paul Bryant	272	20.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Egerton	230	17.6	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Short	211	16.2	+2.8
Turnout				29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

Leverstock Green

Leverstock Green: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Harden	1,459	60.5	+10.9
	Labour	Ijlal Malik	470	19.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Wellings Purvis	298	12.4	−6.0
	Green	Sherief Hassan	185	7.7	−10.9
Majority			989	41.0
Turnout			2,412
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Tring Central

Tring Central: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheron Wilkie	925	55.3	+15.8
	Conservative	Joseph Vardon-Hynard	438	26.2	−5.7
	Green	Joe Stopps	172	10.3	−11.8
	Labour	Jim Lawler	137	8.2	−1.1
Majority			487	29.1
Turnout			1,672
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.1

Boxmoor

Boxmoor: 3 February 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simi Dhyani	1,319	60.5	+21.2
	Conservative	Brandon Geary	599	27.5	−6.5
	Labour	Cameron Brady-Turner	171	7.8	−7.2
	Green	Sherief Hassan	92	4.2	−8.7
Majority			720	33.0
Turnout			2,181	32.0	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Berkhamsted West

Berkhamsted West: 3 February 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Foster	924	64.1	+14.8
	Conservative	Gary Moore	318	22.1	−8.0
	Green	Kevin Fielding	130	9.0	−7.2
	Labour	Peter Scott	69	4.8	−3.1
Majority			606	42.0
Turnout			1,441	31.2	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "Election results: Conservatives lose control in St Albans". Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Dacorum Borough Council election results 2019". Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[1] "Election results: Conservatives lose control in St Albans". Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[2] "Dacorum Borough Council election results 2019". Retrieved 13 May 2019.

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