2019 Dacorum Borough Council election

The 2019 Dacorum Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Dacorum Borough Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Map showing the winner in each ward for the 2019 Dacorum Borough Council election

Summary Result

2019 Dacorum Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	51	31	1	16	15	60.8	42.8	33,761	–1.4
	Liberal Democrats	51	19	16	0	16	37.3	31.7	25,046	+15.5
	Independent	1	1	1	0	1	2.0	0.8	600	+0.7
	Labour	42	0	0	2	2	0.0	15.5	12,252	–1.5
	Green	20	0	0	0		0.0	8.0	6,292	–2.9
	UKIP	6	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	954	–11.3

Ward Results

Adeyfield East

Adeyfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Birnie	594	48.9	+4.8
	Conservative	Andrew Williams	569	46.8	+3.4
	Labour	Gary Cook	299	24.6	−3.0
	Labour	Helen Heenan	284	23.4	+6.1
	UKIP	Noel Swinford	200	16.5	−7.7
	Green	Samuel Deering	159	13.1	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Wellings Purvis	102	8.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Robinson	95	7.8	+3.5
Turnout				30
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Adeyfield West

Adeyfield West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian England	752	64.1	+45.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Tindall	705	60.1	+31.2
	Conservative	Tony Gallagher	247	21.1	−7.3
	Conservative	Adam Wyatt-Lowe	208	17.7	−13.0
	Labour	Stephen Rees	189	16.1	−2.0
	Labour	Ray York	179	15.3	N/A
Turnout				29.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Aldbury & Wigginton

Aldbury & Wigginton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil McDowell	522	63.1	+22.4
	Conservative	Stan Mills	305	36.9	−6.9
Turnout				44
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Apsley & Corner Hall

Apsley & Corner Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Peter	840	44.3	+7.5
	Conservative	Suqlain Mahmood	747	39.4	+3.6
	Conservative	Babita Sinha	734	38.7	+5.5
	Labour	Emily Jacques	519	27.3	+3.6
	Labour	Jody Whitehill	497	26.2	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Bird	482	25.4	+10.7
	Labour	Sandy Palmer	465	24.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Macey	447	23.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Fran Parkins	440	23.2	N/A
Turnout				28
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashridge

Ashridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Douris	671	69.4	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dina Westenholz-Smith	228	23.6	+15.1
	Labour	Jennifer O'Leary	68	7.0	−4.5
Turnout				46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bennetts End

Bennetts End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sobaan Mahmood	538	36.8	+2.4
	Conservative	Mark Rogers	529	36.2	−4.2
	Labour	Amanda Tattershall	485	33.2	+5.3
	Labour	Ijlal Malik	479	32.8	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bell	248	17.0	+9.2
	Green	David Lillywhite	238	16.3	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lloyd-Staples	192	13.1	N/A
Turnout				33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Berkhamsted Castle

Berkhamsted Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Freedman	1,078	53.4	+19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Claughton	1,004	49.7	+30.5
	Conservative	Sue Beardshaw	640	31.7	−17.8
	Conservative	David Collins	613	30.4	−26.5
	Green	Paul De Hoest	399	19.8	−4.3
	Labour	Gill Spooner	151	7.5	N/A
	Labour	James Spooner	90	4.5	N/A
Turnout				45
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Berkhamsted East

Berkhamsted East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garrick Stevens	1,139	60.9	+29.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Taylor	824	44.1	+23.8
	Conservative	Tracy Porter	515	27.6	−18.3
	Green	Rebecca Mackenzie	469	25.1	+9.1
	Conservative	David Ward	395	21.1	−23.4
	Labour	Sian Cusack	231	12.4	−7.9
Turnout				41
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Berkhamsted West

Berkhamsted West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Symington	966	54.6	+34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Woolner	871	49.3	+32.9
	Conservative	Anthony Armytage	533	30.1	−24.8
	Conservative	Peter Matthews	482	27.3	−24.1
	Green	Mary Hardinge	286	16.2	+1.9
	Labour	Patrick Emery	140	7.9	−10.0
	Labour	Steve Burdekin	121	6.8	−6.7
Turnout				38
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Barrett	1,311	62.1	−5.2
	Conservative	Stewart Riddick	1,196	56.6	−5.0
	Conservative	Gbola Adeleke	1,075	50.9	−9.5
	Green	Wiebke Carr	671	31.8	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Rance	445	21.1	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Townsend	415	19.6	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Rogers	365	17.3	+9.8
	Labour	Gerard Wilkinson	238	11.3	−4.3
Turnout				33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boxmoor

Boxmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Allen	1,285	45.2	+27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Hobson	1,232	43.3	+30.6
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Uttley	1,117	39.3	N/A
	Conservative	Janice Marshall	968	34.0	−15.7
	Conservative	Neil Harden	898	31.6	−11.3
	Conservative	William Wyatt-Lowe	848	29.8	−9.8
	Labour	Cameron Brady-Turner	427	15.0	−6.9
	Green	Sherief Hassan	367	12.9	−4.6
	Labour	Barbara Pesch	326	11.5	−4.9
	Green	Bernard Hurley	281	9.9	N/A
	Labour	Michael Pesch	260	9.1	N/A
	Green	Robert Theophile	255	9.0	N/A
Turnout				42
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chaulden & Warners End

Chaulden & Warners End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Guest	1,168	52.7	+7.8
	Conservative	Nigel Durrant	1,071	48.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Graeme Elliot	1,060	47.9	+6.1
	Labour	Jean Langdon	516	23.3	−3.4
	Labour	Clive Mills	469	21.2	−2.7
	Labour	Rachael Frost	413	18.6	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Wilson	405	18.3	+11.2
	Green	Sam Buckton	353	15.9	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Nicholls	280	12.6	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Broadbent	276	12.5	+8.5
Turnout				34
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gadebridge

Gadebridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isy Imarni	482	43.3	+8.1
	Conservative	Pearl Oguchi	463	41.6	−1.1
	Labour	Lee Whitehill	290	26.1	−0.7
	Labour	Zahoor Iqbal	268	24.1	−0.1
	Green	Suzanne Watts	198	17.8	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Angell	186	16.7	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Roe	180	16.2	+12.9
Turnout				27
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grovehill

Grovehill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Banks	851	54.6	+7.5
	Conservative	Alexander Bhinder	846	54.3	+10.6
	Conservative	Goverdhan Silwal	724	46.4	+11.4
	Labour	Pat Dartnell	332	21.3	−5.1
	Labour	Vicky Martin	325	20.8	−3.2
	UKIP	Karen Hall	266	17.1	−13.4
	Labour	Helen Whitworth	263	16.9	N/A
	Green	Paul Sandford	241	15.5	+2.7
	UKIP	Silvi Sutherland	238	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Colquhoun	153	9.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Thornhill	141	9.0	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Thurstan	139	8.9	N/A
Turnout				29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hemel Hempstead Town

Hemel Hempstead Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Arslan	364	28.3	−14.8
	Conservative	Rob Beauchamp	356	27.6	−4.6
	Labour	Anne Fisher	349	27.1	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Toovey	345	27.0	+14.7
	Labour	Samidha Garg	314	24.5	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wilson	306	23.9	+13.6
	Green	Joe Pitts-Cunningham	193	15.1	N/A
	UKIP	Michelle Smith	177	13.8	−5.3
Turnout				28
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Highfield

Highfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Link	541	42.3	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sammy Barry	504	39.4	+21.3
	Labour	Luke Jordan	337	26.3	−2.2
	Labour	Vanessa Mitchell	311	24.3	N/A
	Conservative	Louise Douris	230	18.0	−5.0
	UKIP	James Froggatt	194	15.2	−10.4
	Conservative	Charlotte Palmer	185	14.5	−8.2
Turnout				32
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kings Langley

Kings Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Anderson	745	53.0	−6.5
	Conservative	Alan Johnson	738	52.5	+2.5
	Green	Ashley Lawrence	394	28.0	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Senior	285	20.3	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Faith Thornhill	166	11.8	N/A
	Labour	John Collisson	140	10.0	−17.2
	Labour	Dominic Hook	131	9.3	N/A
Turnout				35
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leverstock Green

Leverstock Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Bassadone	1,211	55.0	+1.1
	Conservative	Margaret Griffiths	1,133	51.5	+11.2
	Conservative	Graham Sutton	1,092	49.6	+5.3
	Labour	Ann Lang	514	23.4	−3.2
	Labour	Emma Reed	435	19.8	N/A
	Green	Mark Rutherford	409	18.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Heylin	404	18.4	+2.4
	Labour	Michael Sheehan	374	17.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Heylin	335	15.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Waymont	245	11.1	N/A
Turnout				31
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nash Mills

Nash Mills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jan Maddern	600	64.0	+12.7
	Conservative	Rene De Silva	156	16.6	−34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Bell	95	10.1	+4.5
	Labour	Bernard Gronert	86	9.2	−14.1
Turnout				34
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Northchurch

Northchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lara Pringle	623	65.9	+47.1
	Conservative	Tina Howard	220	23.3	−37.0
	Green	Malcolm Cathcart	61	6.5	−2.2
	Labour	Gwendoline Scott	41	4.3	−7.9
Turnout				42
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Tring Central

Tring Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roxanne Ransley	730	50.6	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Bowden	570	39.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Stephen Hearn	461	31.9	−18.2
	Conservative	Phil Hills	350	24.2	−15.7
	Green	Mary Hodgskiss	319	22.1	+5.5
	UKIP	Mark Anderson	145	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Geraint Cooksley	135	9.3	N/A
Turnout				37
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tring East

Tring East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Hearn	484	47.5	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elley	375	36.8	+1.2
	Green	Joe Stopps	161	15.8	N/A
Turnout				44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tring West & Rural

Tring West & Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Hollinghurst	899	50.7	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Townsend	824	46.5	+18.1
	Conservative	Olive Conway	529	29.9	−11.3
	Conservative	Mike Hicks	507	28.6	−9.9
	Green	Roger Oliver	438	24.7	+11.5
	Labour	Peter Scott	171	9.7	−0.7
Turnout				42
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Watling

Watling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Chapman	726	53.0	−11.7
	Conservative	Jane Timmis	720	52.5	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Erica Hodges	449	32.7	+22.5
	Green	Emily Spry	400	29.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lloyd Harris	195	14.2	+6.9
Turnout				31
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodhall Farm

Woodhall Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosie Sutton	739	56.7	+1.3
	Conservative	Colette Wyatt-Lowe	707	54.2	−3.1
	Labour	Jennifer Dickson	318	24.4	N/A
	Labour	Paul Bryant	272	20.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Egerton	230	17.6	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Short	211	16.2	+2.8
Turnout				29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[2]

By-elections

Leverstock Green

Leverstock Green: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Harden	1,459	60.5	+10.9
	Labour	Ijlal Malik	470	19.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Wellings Purvis	298	12.4	−6.0
	Green	Sherief Hassan	185	7.7	−10.9
Majority			989	41.0
Turnout			2,412
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Tring Central

Tring Central: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheron Wilkie	925	55.3	+15.8
	Conservative	Joseph Vardon-Hynard	438	26.2	−5.7
	Green	Joe Stopps	172	10.3	−11.8
	Labour	Jim Lawler	137	8.2	−1.1
Majority			487	29.1
Turnout			1,672
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.1

Boxmoor

Boxmoor: 3 February 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simi Dhyani	1,319	60.5	+21.2
	Conservative	Brandon Geary	599	27.5	−6.5
	Labour	Cameron Brady-Turner	171	7.8	−7.2
	Green	Sherief Hassan	92	4.2	−8.7
Majority			720	33.0
Turnout			2,181	32.0	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Berkhamsted West

Berkhamsted West: 3 February 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Foster	924	64.1	+14.8
	Conservative	Gary Moore	318	22.1	−8.0
	Green	Kevin Fielding	130	9.0	−7.2
	Labour	Peter Scott	69	4.8	−3.1
Majority			606	42.0
Turnout			1,441	31.2	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Election results: Conservatives lose control in St Albans". Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "Dacorum Borough Council election results 2019". Retrieved 13 May 2019.