2003 Dacorum Borough Council 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

1. "TORIES IN CONTROL". Hemeltoday. 1 May 2003. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2008.

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