2003 UK local government election
Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control after previously relying on the mayor's casting vote for control. Overall turnout was 32.87%.[1]
Election result
Dacorum Local Election Result 2003 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 32 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 61.5 | 44.8 | 30,220 | -1.1% |
| Labour | 14 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 26.9 | 29.6 | 19,978 | -7.3% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | 23.7 | 15,998 | +9.6% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 796 | +0.4% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 359 | -1.7% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 66 | +0.1% |
Ward results
Adeyfield East (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Neil Harden | 633 | | |
| Conservative | Stella Kyriazis | 617 | | |
| Labour | Raymond Haverson | 499 | | |
| Labour | Michael Pesch | 491 | | |
Turnout | 2,651 | 31.8 | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Adeyfield West (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Keith White | 574 | | |
| Labour | Elamthalaiva Singam | 554 | | |
| Conservative | Keith Redi | 265 | | |
| Conservative | Belinda Williams | 253 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Lawrence | 153 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Fry | 151 | | |
Turnout | 1,950 | 27.4 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Aldbury & Wigginton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Caroline Craufurd | 327 | 48.8 | -10.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael James | 180 | 26.9 | +5.2 |
| Independent | Anthony MacLaughlin | 101 | 15.1 | +15.1 |
| Labour | Sheraton Shaw | 62 | 9.3 | -9.5 |
Majority | 147 | 21.9 | -15.9 |
Turnout | 670 | 36.1 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Apsley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Brian Ayling | 423 | 54.9 | -11.9 |
| Labour | Frank Burgess | 172 | 22.3 | -10.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Senior | 109 | 14.2 | +14.2 |
| UKIP | Barry Newton | 66 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
Majority | 251 | 32.6 | -1.0 |
Turnout | 770 | 30.4 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ashridge Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nicholas Tiley | 542 | 57.2 | -21.1 |
| Independent | Gerald Brooker | 258 | 27.2 | +27.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Leslie Batchelor | 82 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
| Labour | Mark Ewing | 66 | 7.0 | -14.7 |
Majority | 284 | 30.0 | -26.6 |
Turnout | 948 | 44.1 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bennetts End (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Gary Cook | 651 | | |
| Labour | Paul Eastwood | 634 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Fisher | 286 | | |
| Conservative | Riaz Farooqi | 242 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Roe | 178 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Wilson | 161 | | |
Turnout | 2,152 | 26.3 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Berkhamsted Castle (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Patterson | 760 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Victor Earl | 702 | | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Coleman | 653 | | |
| Conservative | Peter Ginger | 628 | | |
| Green | Marion Baker | 147 | | |
| Labour | Ray Jones | 111 | | |
| Labour | Sharon Greene | 104 | | |
Turnout | 3,105 | 34.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Berkhamsted East (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Gibbs | 642 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Lythgoe | 632 | | |
| Conservative | Norman Cutting | 492 | | |
| Conservative | Jennifer Habib | 416 | | |
| Labour | Bryan Jones | 179 | | |
| Labour | Peter Norman | 173 | | |
Turnout | 2,534 | 32.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Berkhamsted West (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Carol Green | 712 | | |
| Conservative | Ian Reay | 691 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geraldine Corry | 627 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Luc Briand | 382 | | |
| Labour | Neuk Shacklock | 169 | | |
| Labour | Albert Dennison | 154 | | |
Turnout | 2,735 | 36.4 | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Susan Bradnock | 1,181 | | |
| Conservative | Richard Roberts | 1,154 | | |
| Conservative | Gbola Adeleke | 1,050 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Griffiths | 652 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Richardson | 551 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Erik Vischer | 527 | | |
| Labour | Doreen Hills | 249 | | |
| Labour | Martin Smith | 242 | | |
| Labour | Richard Milnes | 231 | | |
| Green | Martin Humphrey | 157 | | |
Turnout | 5,994 | 33.0 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Boxmoor (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Janice Marshall | 921 | | |
| Conservative | Andrew Fairburn | 858 | | |
| Labour | Susan White | 655 | | |
| Labour | Beryl Milnes | 596 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Grayson | 297 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Irving | 210 | | |
| Green | Alan Johnson | 133 | | |
Turnout | 3,670 | 43.5 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chaulden & Shrubill (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Anne-Lise Johnsen | 540 | | |
| Labour | Richard Widger | 527 | | |
| Conservative | Hugh Scott | 443 | | |
| Conservative | Christopher Cadman | 420 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Webb | 227 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Savage | 226 | | |
Turnout | 2,383 | 32.9 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Corner Hall (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Colin Peter | 534 | | |
| Conservative | Michael Clark | 515 | | |
| Labour | Donald Bennett | 469 | | |
| Labour | Frances Howat | 450 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Blackman | 207 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Waugh | 180 | | |
Turnout | 2,355 | 28.2 | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Gadebridge (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Maureen Flint | 625 | | |
| Labour | Ronald Coxage | 547 | | |
| Conservative | Roger Montgomerie | 282 | | |
| Conservative | Doris Shaw | 270 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Batchelor | 129 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Colquhoun | 121 | | |
| Green | Paul Harris | 89 | | |
Turnout | 2,063 | 27.8 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Grovehill (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Anne Fisher | 681 | | |
| Labour | Michael Maloney | 628 | | |
| Labour | Richard Walsh | 613 | | |
| Conservative | Roger Andrews | 506 | | |
| Conservative | Ronald Brown | 474 | | |
| Conservative | Frances Ryan | 472 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Dashwood | 183 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Waugh | 179 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Weston | 165 | | |
Turnout | 3,901 | 24.1 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hemel Hempstead Central (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Catherine Appleby | 530 | | |
| Conservative | Andrew Williams | 502 | | |
| Labour | Martin Rogers | 444 | | |
| Labour | Bernard Gronert | 443 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Angell | 246 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ashley Burton | 195 | | |
| Green | Hazel Johnson | 99 | | |
Turnout | 2,459 | 34.2 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Highfield and St Pauls (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Dobie | 666 | | |
| Labour | Bertram Bannister | 663 | | |
| Labour | Elio Gomez | 639 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brenda Link | 484 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Cullen | 476 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Murray | 427 | | |
| Conservative | Kevin Minier | 281 | | |
| Conservative | Linda Holmes | 278 | | |
| Conservative | Miriam Wiedman-Smith | 253 | | |
Turnout | 4,167 | 28.9 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Kings Langley (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alan Anderson | 849 | | |
| Conservative | Alexander McGregor | 758 | | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Rafferty | 659 | | |
| Labour | Maureen Sedlacek | 538 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Morton | 241 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerald Coulter | 217 | | |
Turnout | 3,262 | 43.8 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Leverstock Green (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Hazel Bassadone | 1,085 | | |
| Conservative | Margaret Griffiths | 1,027 | | |
| Conservative | Graham Sutton | 1,002 | | |
| Labour | Chris Twydell | 461 | | |
| Labour | James Hopkins | 451 | | |
| Labour | Hans Seelig | 422 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Daly | 303 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Watkin | 261 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynda Roe | 243 | | |
Turnout | 5,255 | 33.9 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Nash Mill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Semdley | 351 | 45.3 | -2.9 |
| Labour | Mark Quinn | 335 | 43.2 | -0.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Willson | 89 | 11.5 | +3.0 |
Majority | 16 | 2.1 | -2.7 |
Turnout | 775 | 36.9 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Northchurch Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alan Fantham | 403 | 57.3 | -10.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Garrick Stevens | 247 | 35.1 | +16.8 |
| Labour | Richard Hebborn | 53 | 7.5 | -6.3 |
Majority | 156 | 22.2 | -27.4 |
Turnout | 703 | 33.3 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tring Central (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Denise Rance | 745 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Hollinghurst | 721 | | |
| Conservative | Penelope Hearn | 532 | | |
| Conservative | Ronald Lanning | 462 | | |
| Labour | Roger Oliver | 119 | | |
| Labour | Barbara Gronert | 104 | | |
Turnout | 2,683 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Tring East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Olive Conway | 418 | 56.3 | -8.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemarie Hollinghurst | 225 | 30.3 | +17.7 |
| Labour | Susan Aldis | 69 | 9.3 | -13.5 |
| Green | Colin Kruger | 30 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
Majority | 193 | 26.0 | -15.8 |
Turnout | 742 | 35.8 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tring West (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Derek Townsend | 747 | | |
| Conservative | Stanley Mills | 716 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Batchelor | 704 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Harris | 591 | | |
| Green | Paul Sandford | 141 | | |
| Labour | Daniel Carroll | 139 | | |
Turnout | 3,038 | 38.7 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Warners End (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Janice Speaight | 538 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Gillespie | 535 | | |
| Labour | Margaret Coxage | 532 | | |
| Labour | Rebecca Dickenson | 472 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Fryd | 162 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Rance | 155 | | |
Turnout | 2,394 | 34.3 | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Watling (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Herbert Chapman | 873 | | |
| Conservative | Julian Taunton | 862 | | |
| Labour | Gillian Edwards | 182 | | |
| Labour | Edward Dillon | 158 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Garfield Jones | 146 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Elley | 128 | | |
Turnout | 2,349 | 30.1 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Woodhall (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Stephen Holmes | 522 | | |
| Conservative | Colette Wyatt-Lowe | 436 | | |
| Labour | Alan Olive | 394 | | |
| Labour | Stephen Fisher | 389 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Bethune | 215 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Hardingham | 164 | | |
Turnout | 2,120 | 26.5 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "TORIES IN CONTROL". Hemeltoday. 1 May 2003. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- 2003 Dacorum election result
- Ward results with map
- Ward results[permanent dead link]