Local Election Results 2003
East Hertfordshire
Whole council up for election. Two Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.
Other results for East Hertfordshire:20072011201520192023
By-elections for East Hertfordshire (may be incomplete): 18th December 2003 (Little Hadham) — 28th July 2005 (Walkern) — 14th October 2005 (Hertford Rural S.) — 22nd June 2006 (Great Amwell) — 4th June 2009 (Ware Christchurch) — 11th November 2010 (Hunsdon) — 23rd December 2010 (Sawbridgeworth) — 2nd May 2013 (Bishop's Stortford Meads;Buntingford;Hertford Castle;Watton-at-Stone) — 22nd May 2014 (Bishop's Stortford C.) — 17th December 2015 (Hertford Heath) — 15th September 2016 (Puckeridge) — 9th March 2017 (Hertford Castle) — 4th May 2017 (Datchworth & Aston) — 23rd August 2018 (Watton-at-Stone) — 6th May 2021 (Bishop's Stortford All Saints) — 1st May 2025 (Braughing & Standon)
Results for Hertfordshire county council:200520092013201720212025
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
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| Conservative | 15808 | 50.2% | 41 |
| Liberal Democrat | 7420 | 23.5% | 7 |
| Labour | 5846 | 18.5% | 0 |
| Independent | 1628 | 5.2% | 2 |
| Green Party | 817 | 2.6% | 0 |
| Michael Wood | LD | 930 | 49.7% |
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| Andrew Graham | LD | 868 | |
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| Leslie Pinnell | LD | 788 | |
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| Colin Woodward | C | 698 | 37.3% |
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| Charles Jackson | C | 644 | |
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| Janet Boyd | Lab | 245 | 13.1% |
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| Mione Goldspink | LD | 697 | 27.9% |
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| Keith Barnes | Ind | 686 | 27.4% |
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| Gerard Francis | LD | 658 | |
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| Norma Symonds | C | 459 | 18.4% |
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| Timothy Page | C | 429 | |
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| John Wyllie | Lab | 399 | 16.0% |
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| Ruth Fox | Lab | 367 | |
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| John Battersby | Lab | 330 | |
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| Graham White | Grn | 260 | 10.4% |
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| Ralph Gilbert | C | 592 | 55.3% |
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| Jill Demonti | C | 558 | |
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| Jam Morlok | LD | 478 | 44.7% |
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| John Mullarkey | LD | 477 | |
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| Duncan Peek | C | 603 | 56.8% |
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| Graham McAndrew | C | 585 | |
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| Nigel Cryer | LD | 315 | 29.7% |
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| Peter Gray | LD | 285 | |
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| Philip Sortwell | Lab | 143 | 13.5% |
|---|
| Diane Hollebon | C | 791 | 39.1% |
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| Allen Burlton | C | 751 | |
|---|
| Robert Parker | C | 733 | |
|---|
| Martin Adams | LD | 554 | 27.4% |
|---|
| Clifford Leggett | Grn | 344 | 17.0% |
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| Heather Deegan | Lab | 332 | 16.4% |
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| Jo Cain | C | 426 | 45.3% |
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| Michael Bennett | Ind | 377 | 40.1% |
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| Steven Stone | Lab | 94 | 10.0% |
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| Hugh Annand | LD | 43 | 4.6% |
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| Stanley Bull | C | 582 | 39.3% |
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| John Warren | Ind | 565 | 38.1% |
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| Anthony Martin | Lab | 335 | 22.6% |
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| Anthony Jackson | C | 535 | 64.1% |
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| Maureen Marr | Lab | 199 | 23.8% |
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| Lydia Howitt | Grn | 101 | 12.1% |
|---|
| Peter Ruffles | C | 1195 | 50.5% |
|---|
| Sarah Newton | C | 955 | |
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| Matthew Port | C | 887 | |
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| Patricia Board | Lab | 670 | 28.3% |
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| Graham Kennard | Lab | 604 | |
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| Martin Hurst | LD | 500 | 21.1% |
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| Roger Morris | LD | 448 | |
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| James Thornton | C | 911 | 45.6% |
|---|
| Dorothy Hone | C | 850 | |
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| Suzanne Rutland-Barsby | C | 804 | |
|---|
| Colin Harris | Lab | 701 | 35.1% |
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| John Page | Lab | 604 | |
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| Kate Scarth | Lab | 551 | |
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| Patricia Davies | LD | 388 | 19.4% |
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| William Ashley | C | 528 | 72.6% |
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| Richard Cooke | Lab | 109 | 15.0% |
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| Dorothy Thomas | LD | 90 | 12.4% |
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| Robert Conway | C | 423 | 38.6% |
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| Nicholas Wilson | C | 393 | |
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| Beryl Wrangles | LD | 379 | 34.5% |
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| Jack Coote | LD | 318 | |
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| Alan White | Lab | 295 | 26.9% |
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| John Foster | Lab | 285 | |
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| Michael McMullen | C | 511 | 74.7% |
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| David King | Lab | 173 | 25.3% |
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| Timothy Robertson | C | 470 | 74.6% |
|---|
| Terence Wrangles | LD | 160 | 25.4% |
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| John Hedley | C | 562 | 51.0% |
|---|
| Helle Penson | C | 546 | |
|---|
| Hilary Durbin | Lab | 541 | 49.0% |
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| Norman Board | Lab | 516 | |
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| Deborah Clark | C | 405 | 61.9% |
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| David Davies | LD | 157 | 24.0% |
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| Linda Harvey | Lab | 92 | 14.1% |
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| Francis Escott | C | 345 | 65.0% |
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| Andrew MacPherson | LD | 186 | 35.0% |
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| James Ranger | C | 506 | 74.3% |
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| David Metcald | Lab | 175 | 25.7% |
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| Andrew Dearman | C | 394 | 68.9% |
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| Catherine McGrath | Lab | 178 | 31.1% |
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| Nicola Burdett | C | 1043 | 56.3% |
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| Diana Richards | C | 1037 | |
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| Anthony Dodd | C | 1016 | |
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| Angela Alder | LD | 811 | 43.7% |
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| Richard Copping | C | 343 | 69.4% |
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| Julia Davies | LD | 78 | 15.8% |
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| Georgina Meech | Lab | 73 | 14.8% |
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| Hedley Banks | C | 521 | 74.4% |
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| David Bell | Lab | 179 | 25.6% |
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| Toni Schweizer | C | 523 | 66.5% |
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| Alison Warren | Lab | 263 | 33.5% |
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| Phyllis Ballam | C | 379 | 64.5% |
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| Steven Lock | LD | 209 | 35.5% |
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| Barry Sapsford | LD | 465 | 41.4% |
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| David Atkins | LD | 441 | |
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| Roy Lester | C | 350 | 31.1% |
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| George Powell | C | 343 | |
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| Neal Underwood | Lab | 197 | 17.5% |
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| Alexander Young | Lab | 184 | |
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| Peter Hart | Grn | 112 | 10.0% |
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| Jeanette Taylor | C | 566 | 47.3% |
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| Alan Warman | C | 544 | |
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| Anthony Gubb | LD | 484 | 40.4% |
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| Jay Salter | LD | 482 | |
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| Justin Booth | Lab | 147 | 12.3% |
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| Donna Chamberlain | Lab | 128 | |
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| Malcolm Alexander | C | 564 | 43.3% |
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| Terence Milner | C | 553 | |
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| Mary Sapsford | LD | 496 | 38.0% |
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| Neil White | LD | 413 | |
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| Michael Murphy | Lab | 244 | 18.7% |
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| John Stapleton | Lab | 235 | |
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| Nigel Poulton | C | 583 | 90.4% |
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| Nikki O'Reilly | Lab | 62 | 9.6% |
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