2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election

2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 50 seats to East Hertfordshire District Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 50 seats, 58.8% 0 seats, 5.9% Seats won 40 6 Seat change 10 6 Popular vote 28,470 11,833 Percentage 45.7% 19.0% Swing 13.1% 13.1%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Green Last election 0 seats, 17.4% 0 seats, 8.7% Seats won 2 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 10,743 9,355 Percentage 17.3% 15.0% Swing 0.1% 6.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of East Hertfordshire District Council in England.^[1] The Conservatives retained control of the council, but lost 10 seats.

Summary

2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	50	40	0	10	10	80.0	45.7	28,470	–13.1
	Liberal Democrats	26	6	6	0	6	12.0	19.0	11,833	+13.1
	Labour	38	2	2	0	2	4.0	17.3	10,743	–0.1
	Green	27	2	2	0	2	4.0	15.0	9,355	+6.3
	Independent	3	0	0	0		0.0	1.9	1,207	+0.1
	UKIP	3	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	646	–6.4

Ward results

Bishop's Stortford All Saints

Bishop's Stortford All Saints (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wilson	1,042	49.5
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Beckett	995	47.2
	Liberal Democrats	Louie Corpe	979	46.5
	Conservative	Colin Woodward	732	34.7
	Conservative	Patricia Moore	635	30.1
	Conservative	Shane Manning	602	28.6
	Labour	Margaret Barker	281	13.3
	Labour	Eamonn Abbott	255	12.1
	UKIP	Alistair Lindsay	195	9.3
Turnout			2,121	36.28
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bishop's Stortford Central

Bishop's Stortford Central (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norma Symonds	683	32.9
	Conservative	George Cutting	678	32.7
	Conservative	Holly Drake	656	31.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Taylor	579	27.9
	Labour	Thomas Diamond	553	26.7
	Labour	David Jacobs	540	26.0
	Labour	Sotirios Adamopoulos	538	26.0
	Green	Elizabeth Downes	471	22.7
	Green	Lucy Downes	434	20.9
	UKIP	Peter Day	284	13.7
Turnout			2,097	29.39
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bishop's Stortford Meads

Bishop's Stortford Meads (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mione Goldspink	656
	Conservative	David Snowdon	537
	Labour	Jill Sortwell	432
	Conservative	Keith Warnell	417
	Labour	Elif Toker-Turnalar	412
	UKIP	Stewart Trench	167
Turnout				34.21
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bishop's Stortford Silverleys

Bishop's Stortford Silverleys (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Page	766	55.1
	Conservative	Alastair Ward-Booth	741	53.3
	Liberal Democrats	Miriam Swainston	497	35.8
	Labour	Ian Payton	268	19.3
	Labour	Natalie Russell	229	16.5
Turnout			1,420	33.42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bishop's Stortford South

Bishop's Stortford South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Hollebon	929	45.4
	Conservative	Graham McAndrew	898	43.9
	Conservative	John Wyllie	871	42.6
	Liberal Democrats	Calvin Horner	597	29.2
	Green	Laura King	507	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Skinner	505	24.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tenconi	389	19.0
	Labour	Andrew Cowley	387	18.9
	Labour	Shem Jacobs	286	14.0
	Labour	Mohammed Abouharb	280	13.7
Turnout			2,103	31.00
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Braughing

Braughing (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Boylan	450	52.4	−18.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Bromage	290	33.8	N/A
	Green	Patricia Street	66	7.7	−5.5
	Labour	Steven Stone	52	6.1	−10.0
Turnout			872	40.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buntingford

Buntingford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Jones	872	56.6
	Conservative	Stanley Bull	782	50.7
	Green	David Woollcombe	512	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Harrington	336	21.8
	Labour	Anthony Martin	282	18.3
Turnout			1,568	28.83
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Datchworth and Aston

Datchworth and Aston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Stowe	503	62.7	−10.3
	Green	Lydia-Helen Somerville	136	17.0	+4.7
	Labour	Simon Cockle	84	10.5	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Freddie Jewitt	79	9.9	N/A
Turnout			812	42.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Amwell

Great Amwell (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Curtis	344	67.1	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Beaujeux	169	32.9	N/A
Turnout			543	25.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hertford Bengeo

Hertford Bengeo (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Ruffles	1,171	52.8
	Conservative	Sally Newton	908	41.0
	Green	Ben Crystall	744	33.6
	Conservative	Daniel Chichester-Miles	731	33.0
	Green	John Howson	606	27.3
	Labour	Veronica Fraser	503	22.7
	Green	John Warn	445	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Wiggett	426	19.2
	Labour	Tracy Turner	374	16.9
	Labour	Alexander Turner	364	16.4
Turnout			2,260	38.05
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Hertford Castle

Hertford Castle (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Goodeve	828	39.8
	Conservative	Robert Deering	811	39.0
	Conservative	Suzanne Rutland-Barsby	811	39.0
	Green	Rachel Carter	671	32.3
	Labour	Stephen Goodair	509	24.5
	Green	Isabelle Robinson	504	24.2
	Green	Benjamin McKeown	496	23.9
	Labour	Maria Heritier-Porter	480	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Freya Waterhouse	432	20.8
	Labour	Kenneth Warren	398	19.1
Turnout			2,135	30.21
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hertford Heath

Hertford Heath (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Rowley	330	45.7	+0.4
	Independent	James Thornton	305	42.2	N/A
	Labour	David Barnett	87	12.0	−0.5
Turnout			730	31.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hertford Kingsmead

Hertford Kingsmead (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Bolton	532	43.3
	Conservative	Marilyn Stevenson	446	36.3
	Green	Steven Watson	347	28.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Hunt	337	27.4
	Labour	Mary Nesbitt-Larking	337	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Porrer	313	25.5
Turnout			1,248	28.93
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hertford Rural North

Hertford Rural North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael McMullen	423	68.4	−9.3
	Green	Alexandra Daar	134	21.7	+10.5
	Labour	Catherine Henderson	61	9.9	−1.2
Turnout			628	34.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hertford Rural South

Hertford Rural South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Haysey	436	63.0	+0.4
	Green	Claire Goodman	132	19.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Edwards	124	17.9	+9.8
Turnout			713	34.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hertford Sele

Hertford Sele (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Brady	497	44.4
	Labour	Carolyn Redfern	494	44.1
	Green	Anthony Tarrega	365	32.6
	Conservative	Chantal Geall	349	31.2
	Conservative	Christopher White	309	27.6
Turnout			1,141	28.06
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hunsdon

Hunsdon (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Buckmaster	345	53.0	+11.7
	Green	Hilary Cullen	306	47.0	N/A
Turnout			670	26.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Hadham

Little Hadham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Williamson	420	64.4	−9.2
	Green	Louise Lumb	232	35.6	+9.2
Turnout			665	34.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Much Hadham

Much Hadham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Devonshire	Unopposed	N/A	−58.4
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mundens and Cottered

Mundens and Cottered (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Huggins	459	68.2	−10.4
	Green	Madela Baddock	153	22.7	N/A
	Labour	David King	61	9.1	−12.3
Turnout			694	35.25
	Conservative hold		Swing

Puckeridge

Puckeridge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Hall	297	53.8	−13.7
	Green	Tabitha Evans	142	25.7	+13.1
	Labour	Janette Cuthbert	113	20.5	+0.6
Turnout			574	26.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Buckmaster	1,116	54.3
	Conservative	John Burmicz	836	40.7
	Conservative	Angela Alder	832	40.5
	Independent	David Royle	744	36.2
	Liberal Democrats	Annelise Berendt Furnace	728	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Davies	309	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Breach	271	13.2
	Labour	Susan Hills	236	11.5
	Labour	Colette Slater	194	9.4
Turnout			2,071	30.80
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanstead Abbotts

Stanstead Abbotts (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Dumont	315	42.6	+25.8
	Conservative	Michael Allen	240	32.4	−32.3
	Green	Nicholas Cox	118	15.9	−2.6
	Labour	Sarah Chapman	67	9.1	N/A
Turnout			751	32.57
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Thundridge and Standon

Thundridge and Standon (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Andrews	473	61.6	−16.4
	Green	Robert Street	229	29.8	N/A
	Labour	Jack Kidston	66	8.6	−13.4
Turnout			789	32.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walkern

Walkern (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Crofton	Unopposed	N/A	−77.5
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ware Chadwell

Ware Chadwell (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Pope	387	52.4	−14.8
	Green	Thomas Day	182	24.6	+11.6
	Labour	Joshua Dean	170	23.0	+3.2
Turnout			755	30.69
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ware Christchurch

Ware Christchurch (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Kaye	486	43.8
	Conservative	Rishi Fernando	420	37.8
	Green	Glen Baker	372	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Shaw	367	33.1
	Labour	Fay Adams	195	17.6
	Labour	Robert Pinkham	158	14.2
Turnout			1,136	27.45
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ware St Mary's

Ware St Mary's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Kemp	527	48.3
	Conservative	Judith Ranger	453	41.5
	Green	Martin Butcher	336	30.8
	Green	David Short	246	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Heuvelmans	182	16.7
	Labour	Graham MacArthur	178	16.3
	Labour	Brian Rogers	124	11.4
Turnout			1,111	27.71
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ware Trinity

Ware Trinity (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	James Frecknall	469	42.1
	Conservative	Stephen Reed	402	36.1
	Conservative	Nina Villa	357	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Shaw	333	29.9
	Labour	Alan Wilkins	198	17.8
	Independent	Geoffrey Miles	158	14.2
Turnout			1,121	27.91
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Watton-at-Stone

Watton-at-Stone (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Bell	583	70.9	N/A
	Conservative	Adam Compton	239	29.1	−37.3
Turnout			836	42.01
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections

Bishop's Stortford All Saints

Bishop's Stortford All Saints: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Townsend	1,194	49.6
	Conservative	Shane Manning	821	34.1
	Labour	Thomas Diamond	392	16.3
Majority			373	15.5
Turnout			2,407
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "East Hertfordshire District Council". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
2. "Election Results" (PDF). East Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 27 February 2019.