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2008 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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15 of 49 seats onNorth Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Con	LD	Lab
Leader	F. John Smith	Steve Jarvis	David Kearns
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Seats before	30	9	10
Seats after	32	9	8
Seat change	2		2
Popular vote	13,576	5,308	5,634
Percentage	49.6%	19.4%	20.6%

Results of the 2008 North Hertfordshire District Council election

Leader before election

F. John Smith
Conservative

Leader after election

F. John Smith
Conservative

The2008 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 1 May 2008, at the same time as otherlocal elections across England and Wales. Of the 49 seats onNorth Hertfordshire District Council, 15 were up for election.^[1]

Only two seats changed party at the election, both of which were won by theConservatives fromLabour. The Conservatives therefore increased their majority on the council and their leader, F. John Smith, remainedleader of the council. Whilst Labour's share of the vote increased, they were overtaken in seat numbers by theLiberal Democrats, who became the second largest party on the council. Prior to the election Labour was led by David Kearns, who was replaced after the election by Martin Stears.^[2]

Overall results

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The overall results were as follows:^[3]

2008 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	2	66.7	22	32	65.3	13,576	49.6	+2.6
	Labour	2	2	13.3	6	8	16.3	5,634	20.6	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	3		20.0	6	9	18.4	5,308	19.4	-6.3
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,065	7.5	+0.1
	BNP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	408	1.5	n/a
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	351	1.3	+0.4
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	21	0.1	-0.4

Ward results

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The results for each ward were as follows. Where the previous incumbent was standing for re-election they are marked with an asterisk(*).^[4]^[5]

Baldock East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Roberta Kirkland*	535	51.8%	−1.8
	Conservative	June Smith	459	44.5%	−1.6
	Green	Karen Julie Harmel	37	3.6%	n/a
Turnout			1,032	47.1%
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing	-0.1

Baldock Town ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Edwin Weeks*	1,148	61.4%	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Alan Young	317	16.9%	−5.1
	Labour	Debbie Tara Hicks	302	16.1%	−3.9
	Green	Sarah Elaine Pond	96	5.1%	n/a
Turnout			1,871	34.2%
	Conservativehold		Swing	+1.9

Chesfield ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Downie*	746	43.6%	−16.0
	Conservative	Emma Denise Pelling	700	40.9%	+1.7
	Labour	Bhavna Joshi	212	12.4%	n/a
	Green	Ann Karen De Bock	50	2.9%	n/a
Turnout			1,711	37.6%
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing	-8.9

Hitchin Bearton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deepak Singh Sangha*	748	36.5%	−7.3
	Conservative	Charles Spencer Bunker	700	34.2%	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Helen Maynard	302	14.7%	+1.2
	Green	Mark Ashley Walker	284	13.9%	−5.0
Turnout			2,048	34.2%
	Labourhold		Swing	-7.5

Hitchin Highbury ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Louise Body*	1,186	47.3%	−8.3
	Conservative	Mark Hanson	1,056	42.1%	+2.0
	Labour	Mark Francis Crawley	141	5.6%	−1.4
	Green	Robert John Mardon	118	4.7%	−5.6
Turnout			2,508	43.3%
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing	-5.2

Hitchin Oughton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Irene Kirby*	640	50.8%	−2.7
	Conservative	Stephen Parker	410	32.6%	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Clark	108	8.6%	−1.7
	Green	George Howe	99	7.9%	−2.0
Turnout			1,259	33.6%
	Labourhold		Swing	-4.1

Hitchin Priory ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Arthur Charles Thake*	954	63.4%	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Victoria Courts	262	17.4%	−2.8
	Green	Christopher James Honey	148	9.8%	−3.5
	Labour	Araminta Jane Birdsey	138	9.2%	−0.5
Turnout			1,504	42.6%
	Conservativehold		Swing	+1.9

Hitchin Walsworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Lawrence Shakespeare-Smith*	995	42.7%	−0.6
	Labour	Ryan Ottis Johnson	660	28.4%	−5.4
	Green	Giles Colin Woodruff	418	18.0%	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Darley	249	10.7%	−5.8
Turnout			2,328	39.1%
	Conservativehold		Swing	+3.0

Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claire Patricia Annette Strong*	1,705	72.9%	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Donald Johnson	243	10.4%	−10.4
	Labour	Clare Helen Billing	226	9.7%	−6.5
	Green	Harold Bland	160	6.8%	−13.3
Turnout			2,340	41.9%
	Conservativehold		Swing	+8.5

Knebworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Bardett*	1,071	70.1%	+4.0
	Labour	John Brian Burnell	241	15.8%	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Winder	113	7.4%	−12.4
	Green	William Nicholas Huggonson Berrington	94	6.2%	−6.0
Turnout			1,528	37.9%
	Conservativehold		Swing	+1.8

Letchworth East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Paterson	519	37.3%	+0.8
	Labour	Arthur Jarman*	508	36.5%	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Carole Greener	129	9.3%	−6.9
	Green	Eric Morris Blakeley	92	6.6%	n/a
	BNP	Thomas Godfrey	89	6.4%	n/a
	UKIP	Julie Dawn Savage	44	3.2%	n/a
Turnout			1,391	35.9%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing	+4.1

Letchworth Grange ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Anthony James Marment	808	36.9%	−6.3
	Labour	Jean Andrews	727	33.2%	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Geoffrey Penny	237	10.8%	−5.2
	BNP	Barry Gillespie	184	8.4%	n/a
	UKIP	Susan Anne Mary Keeler	135	6.2%	n/a
	Green	Luke Jack Alfred Gouldstone	95	4.3%	n/a
Turnout			2,192	38.4%
	Conservativehold		Swing	+2.0

Letchworth South East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Charles Levett*	1,084	53.6%	+6.8
	Labour	Nicholas Frederick Henry Kissen	376	18.6%	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Winter	295	14.6%	−7.1
	UKIP	John Finbarr Barry	172	8.5%	−9.1
	Green	Heidi Shona Mollart-Griffin	83	4.1%	n/a
Turnout			2,022	35.4%
	Conservativehold		Swing	+5.5

Letchworth South West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence William Hone*	1,465	61.2%	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Paul Winder	464	19.4%	−4.1
	Labour	Headley Valentine Parkins	240	10.0%	−1.1
	Green	Jonathan Guy Hart	215	9.0%	−1.4
Turnout			2,393	40.5%
	Conservativehold		Swing	+2.3

Letchworth Wilbury ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elliot Needham	502	37.6%	−4.5
	Labour	Ian Mantle*	475	35.6%	−10.2
	BNP	Reginald Frank Norgan	135	10.1%	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	John Stephen White	122	9.1%	−14.6
	Green	Susan Elizabeth Dye	78	5.8%	n/a
	Independent	Jiten Bardwaj	21	1.6%	n/a
Turnout			1,334	33.2%
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing	+2.9

References

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^"The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006",legislation.gov.uk,The National Archives, SI 2006/3112, retrieved4 March 2023
^"Council minutes, 15 May 2008"(PDF).North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved5 March 2023.
^Andrew, Teale."Local Election Results 2008: North Hertfordshire".Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved5 March 2023.
^Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael."North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012"(PDF).The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved4 March 2023.
^"Election Results 2008".North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived fromthe original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved5 March 2023.

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