Dacorum Borough Council elections

Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2007, 51 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1995
Labour	1995–1999
No overall control	1999–2003
Conservative	2003–present

Council elections

Dacorum Borough Council election, 1999 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 6)^[3]
Dacorum Borough Council election, 2003
Dacorum Borough Council election, 2007 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)^[2]
Dacorum Borough Council election, 2011
Dacorum Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Leverstock Green By-Election 3 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,338	69.4	+26.6
	Labour	496	25.7	-19.0
	Liberal Democrat	93	4.8	-7.7
Majority		842	43.7
Turnout		1,927	36.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

1999-2003

Highfield St Paul By-Election 3 June 1999 (3)
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	845
	Labour	802
	Labour	743
	Liberal Democrat	415
	Liberal Democrat	372
	Liberal Democrat	322
	Conservative	302
	Conservative	289
	Conservative	277
Turnout		4,367	29.0
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Berkhamsted West By-Election 16 November 2000 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carol Green	699
	Conservative	Ian Reay	695
	Liberal Democrat	Garrick Stevens	559
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Such	521
	Labour	Bertram Bannister	89
	Labour	Beryl Milne	88
Turnout			2,651	32.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Bradnock & Richard Roberts	2,264 & 1,931	56.8	-5.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Griffiths & Carol Richardson	896 & 755	22.5	+2.5
	Labour	Beryl Milnes & Alan Oliver	827 & 769	20.7	+3.3
Majority			1,368	34.3
Turnout			3,987
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodall Farm By-Election 21 November 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Olive	424	40.8	-6.8
	Conservative	Stephen Mark Holmes	398	38.3	-14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Michael John Bethune	204	19.6	+19.6
	UKIP	Barry Newton	13	1.3	+1.3
Majority			26	2.5
Turnout			1,039	23.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2003-2007

Bennetts End By-Election 1 April 2004^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Gronert	770	52.7	-5.7
	Conservative	Kevin Minier	516	35.3	+9.6
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Dashwood	176	12.0	-4.0
Majority			254	17.4
Turnout			1,462	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Adeyfield East By-Election 9 June 2005^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hogg	624	43.2	+6.5
	Conservative	Frances Ryan	618	42.8	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Coburn	201	13.9	+0.0
Majority			6	0.4
Turnout			1,443	33.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chaulden & Shrubhill By-Election 20 October 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Guest	552	46.8	+10.2
	Labour	Susan White	514	43.6	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Watkin	113	9.6	-9.2
Majority			38	3.2
Turnout			1,179	30.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Nash Mills By-Election 20 October 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Foster	382	54.3	+9.0
	Labour	Mark Quinn	276	39.2	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gerald Coulter	45	6.4	-5.1
Majority			106	15.1
Turnout			703	33.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highfield St Pauls By-Election 10 November 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brenda Link	835	52.8	+19.0
	Labour	Stephen Fisher	498	31.5	-15.0
	Conservative	Kevin Minier	249	15.7	-3.9
Majority			337	21.3
Turnout			1,582	30.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Warners End By-Election 16 March 2006^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Coxage	570	39.3	-3.9
	Conservative	John Whitman	457	31.5	-12.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Wilson	250	17.2	+4.1
	National Front	Simon Deacon	106	7.3	+7.3
	Green	Paul Harris	42	2.9	+2.9
	UKIP	Barry Newton	26	1.8	+1.8
Majority			113	7.8
Turnout			1,451	40.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2007-2011

Adeyfield West By-Election 11 March 2010^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Wood	486	32.8	-8.6
	Labour	Sue White	429	29.0	-13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Wilson	362	24.5	+8.1
	BNP	Janet Price	203	13.7	+13.7
Majority			57	3.8
Turnout			1,480	35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldbury and Wigginton By-Election 27 August 2010^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemarie Hollinghurst	593	64.7	+29
	Conservative	Paul Richardson	305	33.1	-24
	Labour	Thomas Arden Wright	18	1.9	-4
Majority			288	31
Turnout			916	47
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	26% ^[11]

2011-2015

Woodhall Farm By-Election 21 June 2012 ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rosie Sutton	566	49.0
	Labour	Paul Eastwood	406	35.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nitesh Dave	70	6.1
	English Democrats	Simon Deacon	47	4.1
	UKIP	Howard Koch	43	3.7
	Green	Paul De Hoest	24	2.1
Majority			160	13.8
Turnout			1159	27.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vacancy caused by resignation of Conservative incumbent Stephen Holmes. ^[13]

Adeyfield West By-Election 21 March 2013^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ron TINDALL	363	32.6	+18.1
	Labour	Mike MOORE	278	25.0	-17.5
	Conservative	Barry NEWTON	229	20.6	-22.5
	UKIP	Noel SWINFORD	193	17.3	+17.3
	English Democrats	Simon DEACON	51	4.6	+4.6
Majority			85
Turnout			4174	26.68
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Vacancy caused by resignation of Labour incumbent. Percentage changes are since May 2011

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By-election results

External links

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v t e Council elections in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
Broxbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Dacorum Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
East Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Hertsmere Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
North Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016
St Albans City and District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Stevenage Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Three Rivers District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Watford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
See also: Wards Boundary changes Middlesex County Council elections

Dacorum Borough Council elections

Contents

Political control

Council elections

By-election results

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015

References

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