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The1984 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 3 May 1984, at the same time as otherlocal elections across England and Scotland. There were 17 out of 50 seats onNorth Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council.[1]
TheConservatives remained in overall control of the council, increasing their majority by one seat.Labour lost three seats, despite its share of the vote actually increasing compared to the 1983 election. The Labour group leader, Ian Mantle, was one of those who lost his seat.[2]
The overall results were as follows:[3]
| 1984 North Hertfordshire District Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 9 | 52.9 | 22 | 31 | 62.0 | 13,805 | 39.0 | -3.1 | ||
| Labour | 5 | 29.4 | 7 | 12 | 24.0 | 11,434 | 32.3 | +3.2 | ||
| Alliance | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 | 8,517 | 24.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Ratepayers | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 3 | 6.0 | 1,094 | 3.1 | -1.6 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 | 525 | 1.5 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal andSDP votes are counted together in the summary above as part of the Alliance. In the ward results below, where the individual party affiliation of Alliance candidates was reported it is shown instead.
The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk (*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Tatham* | 633 | 55.4 | −6.8 | |
| Labour | Keith Brydon | 311 | 27.2 | −10.6 | |
| Alliance | John Seabrook | 199 | 17.4 | +17.4 | |
| Turnout | 55.6 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,057 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Moir | 1,163 | 40.8 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | Alan Ford | 1,050 | 36.9 | −10.4 | |
| Alliance | Bill Gore | 636 | 22.3 | +5.2 | |
| Turnout | 48.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,839 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ron Lodge | 525 | 61.0 | +1.7 | |
| Labour | Mark Baker | 205 | 23.8 | +5.3 | |
| SDP | Ann Milner | 130 | 15.1 | +15.1 | |
| Turnout | 48.5 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,773 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Judi Billing*[a] | 1,056 | 47.0 | +9.5 | |
| Conservative | Jean Saunders | 893 | 39.7 | −1.9 | |
| SDP | Harry Shipley | 299 | 13.3 | −3.5 | |
| Turnout | 50.5 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,450 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Phillip MacCormack* | 1,247 | 51.9 | −13.8 | |
| SDP | Mary Burton | 772 | 32.1 | +11.8 | |
| Labour | Teresa Trangmar | 386 | 16.0 | +1.9 | |
| Turnout | 47.1 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,105 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -12.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Stears* | 1,096 | 60.4 | +6.1 | |
| Conservative | Derrick Ashley | 459 | 25.3 | −7.2 | |
| Alliance | Lorna Maclean | 260 | 14.3 | +1.2 | |
| Turnout | 41.5 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,377 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frank Howett* | 858 | 67.7 | +2.7 | |
| SDP | Aileen Burford-Mason | 275 | 21.7 | −6.5 | |
| Labour | Nigel Agar | 135 | 10.6 | +3.8 | |
| Turnout | 45.8 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,769 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayers | Chris Parker | 1,094 | 36.2 | −10.2 | |
| Labour | Veronica Sharp | 938 | 31.0 | +6.2 | |
| Conservative | Julian Glynne Jones (Glynne Jones) | 595 | 19.7 | +1.0 | |
| Alliance | Jenny Sefton | 397 | 13.1 | +3.1 | |
| Turnout | 50.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,941 | ||||
| Ratepayersgain fromLabour | Swing | -8.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Hilton | 797 | 52.1 | −5.9 | |
| Alliance | Andy Hudson | 445 | 29.1 | +8.8 | |
| Labour | Brian Kelly | 288 | 18.8 | −1.1 | |
| Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,188 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -7.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Headley Parkins* | 1,073 | 43.3 | +3.2 | |
| Alliance | Martin Fisher | 871 | 35.1 | +2.9 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas King | 536 | 21.6 | −6.1 | |
| Turnout | 42.5 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,841 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Kearns* | 1,122 | 41.1 | +3.9 | |
| SDP | Brian Nicholson | 934 | 34.2 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Richard Sturman | 673 | 24.7 | −3.3 | |
| Turnout | 52.7 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,179 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gordon Whalley | 1,173 | 34.2 | −2.1 | |
| SDP | David Attwood | 1,150 | 33.5 | −4.1 | |
| Labour | David Evans* | 1,107 | 32.3 | +6.2 | |
| Turnout | 57.6 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,954 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | +1.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoffrey Woods* | 1,294 | 54.3 | −0.7 | |
| Labour | John Preston | 596 | 25.0 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal | Rosemary Ryden | 494 | 20.7 | −0.1 | |
| Turnout | 53.1 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,491 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ray Bloxham | 1,062 | 44.4 | +2.4 | |
| Labour | Ian Mantle* | 1,007 | 42.1 | −3.1 | |
| Alliance | Hans Mulder | 325 | 13.6 | +0.7 | |
| Turnout | 59.6 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,016 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | +2.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Francis John Smith* (John Smith) | 1,133 | 72.4 | +17.3 | |
| Labour | Mandy Webb | 432 | 27.6 | +16.7 | |
| Turnout | 39.2 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,996 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Harold Margolis | 1,157 | 46.3 | +3.0 | |
| Conservative | Terence Bernard Botfield* (Terry Botfield) | 943 | 37.8 | −5.8 | |
| Labour | Eunice King | 397 | 15.9 | +2.8 | |
| Turnout | 46.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,319 | ||||
| Liberalgain fromConservative | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Evans* | 459 | 60.9 | −3.6 | |
| Alliance | Gary Barker | 173 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
| Labour | Roger McFall | 122 | 16.2 | −19.3 | |
| Turnout | 54.0 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,396 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -13.3 | |||
Two by-elections were held on 28 March 1985. The by-election in Cadwell ward was triggered by the death of independent councillor Ron Lodge, and the by-election in Letchworth South West ward was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor John Talbot. TheSDP–Liberal Alliance won the Letchworth South West seat from the Conservatives. In Cadwell ward the Conservatives won the seat which had previously been independent.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Linda Turner | 293 | 37.7 | −23.4 | |
| SDP | John Seabrook | 275 | 35.3 | +11.5 | |
| Labour | Jan Gosling | 210 | 27.0 | +11.9 | |
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | -17.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Armitage | 1,202 | 45.5 | +24.7 | |
| Conservative | Ron Edwards | 937 | 35.4 | −18.8 | |
| Labour | Bill Miller | 505 | 19.1 | −5.9 | |
| Liberalgain fromConservative | Swing | +21.8 | |||