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The2014 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 22 May 2014, at the same time as otherlocal elections and theEuropean Parliament election. Of the 49 seats onNorth Hertfordshire District Council, 18 were up for election.[1][2]
TheConservatives increased their majority on the council.Labour also increased their number of seats, whilst theLiberal Democrats lost both of the seats they were defending at this election.[2]
The overall results were as follows:[3]
| 2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 13 | 72.2 | 21 | 34 | 69.4 | 12,302 | 40.1 | -2.3 | ||
| Labour | 5 | 27.8 | 7 | 12 | 24.5 | 7,173 | 23.4 | -5.2 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,760 | 18.8 | +15.2 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,009 | 9.8 | -0.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 6.1 | 2,441 | 8.0 | -6.4 | ||
The results for each ward were as follows. Where the previous incumbent was standing for re-election they are marked with an asterisk(*). A double dagger(‡) indicates a sitting councillor contesting a different ward.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jim McNally | 927 | 45.6% | −9.1 | |
| Labour | Rachel Danae Burgin | 349 | 17.2% | −3.2 | |
| Green | Arwen Jane Tapping | 173 | 8.5% | −6.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Roberta Kirkland | 138 | 6.8% | −2.9 | |
| Turnout | 2,033 | 34.5% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jane Elizabeth Gray ‡ | 511 | 52.8% | −8.2 | |
| UKIP | Nick Brooke | 225 | 23.2% | +23.2 | |
| Labour | Bhavna Joshi | 129 | 13.3% | −0.4 | |
| Green | Ann Karen De Bock | 89 | 9.2% | +1.9 | |
| Turnout | 968 | 45.3% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -15.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Adrian Smith | 936 | 39.6% | −13.1 | |
| Conservative | Nicola Harris | 549 | 23.2% | −3.9 | |
| Green | Sarah Pond | 318 | 13.5% | +2.5 | |
| UKIP | Peter Croft | 279 | 11.8% | +11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lisa Courts* | 275 | 11.6% | +2.8 | |
| Turnout | 2,363 | 36.7% | |||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | -4.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Harwood | 945 | 35.3% | −4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael John Lott | 757 | 28.3% | −10.1 | |
| UKIP | Jim Groves | 395 | 14.8% | +14.8 | |
| Labour | Min Birdsey | 366 | 13.7% | +0.5 | |
| Green | Heida Shona Mollart-Griffin | 198 | 7.4% | −0.8 | |
| Turnout | 2,677 | 43.2% | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | +2.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Radcliffe* | 450 | 39.5% | −8.5 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Joseph Bartlett | 278 | 24.4% | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | Mara MacSeoinin | 252 | 22.1% | −1.8 | |
| Green | George Winston Howe | 89 | 7.8% | +3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Stephen White | 55 | 4.8% | +0.7 | |
| Turnout | 1,140 | 31% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | -6.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Allison Ashley* | 785 | 48.8% | −0.3 | |
| UKIP | Adrianne Fairfax Smyth | 266 | 16.5% | +0.5 | |
| Labour | June Le Sueur | 222 | 13.8% | −2.3 | |
| Green | Gillian Langley | 184 | 11.4% | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Gideon Alder | 147 | 9.1% | −1.2 | |
| Turnout | 1,609 | 43.8% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Millard* | 792 | 33.7% | −5.2 | |
| Labour | Nafisa Sayany | 698 | 29.7% | −9.0 | |
| UKIP | Raymond John Parsons | 352 | 15% | +15.0 | |
| Green | Gavin Nicholson | 349 | 14.8% | −0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ircha | 154 | 6.6% | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 2,351 | 38.3% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Faye Barnard* | 734 | 62.0% | +5.5 | |
| UKIP | Colin John Rafferty | 203 | 17.1% | +1.3 | |
| Labour | Simon Watson | 116 | 9.8% | −4.0 | |
| Green | Orla Nicholls | 74 | 6.3% | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Donald Johnson | 57 | 4.8% | −3.2 | |
| Turnout | 1,184 | 21.1% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
The election in Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward was delayed due to the death of one of the original candidates.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Bishop* | 417 | 65.4% | +2.1 | |
| Green | Orla Nicholls | 123 | 19.3% | +16.1 | |
| Labour | Sadie Laura Billing | 92 | 14.4% | +5.5 | |
| Turnout | 638 | 36.8% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Hemingway | 944 | 57.1% | −0.3 | |
| UKIP | James Alan Orme-Kirby | 297 | 18.0% | +6.6 | |
| Labour | Gary Hills | 226 | 13.7% | −5.8 | |
| Green | Harold Bland | 172 | 10.4% | −0.6 | |
| Turnout | 1,654 | 40.1% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lorna Kercher* | 594 | 40.7% | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Michael Paterson | 387 | 26.5% | −6.1 | |
| UKIP | John Finbarr Barry | 301 | 20.6% | +11.4 | |
| Green | Eric Blakeley | 168 | 11.5% | +3.3 | |
| Turnout | 1,458 | 32.6% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sandra Lunn | 700 | 32.7% | −10.4 | |
| Conservative | Paul Marment | 640 | 29.9% | +0.8 | |
| UKIP | Andrew Hamilton Scuoler | 512 | 23.9% | +23.9 | |
| Green | Rosemary Ann Bland | 159 | 7.4% | −0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Geoffrey Penny | 115 | 5.4% | −2.0 | |
| Turnout | 2,140 | 37.2% | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | -5.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Leo Dobson Booth* | 769 | 39% | +0.3 | |
| Labour | Martin John Stears-Handscomb | 483 | 24.5% | −5.6 | |
| UKIP | Sidney Arthur Start | 453 | 23% | +8.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Carole Greener | 126 | 6.4% | −1.8 | |
| Green | Dean Cartwright | 125 | 6.3% | −1.3 | |
| Turnout | 1,970 | 34.5% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Rice* | 1,086 | 46.1% | −7.7 | |
| Labour | Jean Andrews | 367 | 15.6% | −4.2 | |
| UKIP | Gemma Hughes | 356 | 15.1% | +15.1 | |
| Green | Mario May | 274 | 11.6% | −1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Paul Winder | 257 | 10.9% | −2.5 | |
| Turnout | 2,357 | 38.1% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gary Grindal* | 624 | 42.3% | +4.6 | |
| Conservative | Andy Frankland | 497 | 33.7% | −2.5 | |
| UKIP | Michael Richard Rodgers | 225 | 15.2% | +3.7 | |
| Green | Maryla Hart | 122 | 8.3% | −2.3 | |
| Turnout | 1,476 | 35.1% | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Fiona Hill* | 827 | 47.9% | −5.8 | |
| UKIP | Pat Albone | 331 | 19.2% | +19.2 | |
| Labour | Ken Garland | 246 | 14.2% | −4.8 | |
| Green | Phil Oddy | 166 | 9.6% | −2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Robert May | 146 | 8.5% | −5.8 | |
| Turnout | 1,727 | 39.8% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -12.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Davidson* | 740 | 44.8% | −13.5 | |
| UKIP | Paula McGlynn | 468 | 28.4% | +28.4 | |
| Labour | Amy Bourke | 193 | 11.7% | −6.7 | |
| Green | Karen Julie Harmel | 134 | 8.1% | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Raymond Ledden | 108 | 6.5% | −7.9 | |
| Turnout | 1,650 | 39.9% | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -20.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Benjamin Lewis | 500 | 34.2% | −7.9 | |
| Labour | Robert Inwood* | 382 | 26.1% | +0.8 | |
| UKIP | Mark James Hughes | 374 | 25.6% | +25.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerald Jackson | 106 | 7.3% | −15.7 | |
| Green | Peter Groves | 92 | 6.3% | −1.7 | |
| Turnout | 1,461 | 35.1% | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | -4.3 | |||
Robert Inwood had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2010, but had defected to Labour in 2012.[5]