The 2023 Dacorum Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England.[1] This was the same day as other local elections. The election resulted in the Liberal Democrats gaining control of the council from the Conservatives[2]
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 Dacorum Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023 the Liberal Democrat leader Ron Tindall was appointed leader of the council, replacing Conservative leader Andrew Williams who had held the post since 1999.[3]
Summary
editElection result
edit2023 Dacorum Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 51 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 54.9 | 42.3 | 33,077 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | 50 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 35.3 | 34.8 | 27,174 | –8.0 | |
Labour | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5.9 | 17.8 | 13,943 | +2.3 | |
Independent | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 1,061 | +0.6 | |
Green | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 2,524 | –4.8 | ||
Reform UK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 367 | N/A |
Ward results
editThe Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Dacorum Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[4] The results for each ward were as follows:[5]
Adeyfield East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Williams* | 434 | 42.9 | –3.9 | |
Labour | Barbara Pesch | 423 | 41.8 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | William Wyatt-Lowe | 417 | 41.2 | –7.7 | |
Labour | David Taylor | 400 | 39.5 | +16.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Faith Thornhill | 190 | 18.8 | +10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Thornhill | 161 | 15.9 | +8.1 | |
Turnout | 22.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Adeyfield West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Adrian England* | 654 | 63.3 | –0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ron Tindall* | 612 | 59.3 | –0.8 | |
Labour | Gary Cook | 220 | 21.3 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Adam Wyatt-Lowe | 206 | 20.0 | –1.1 | |
Labour | Helen Heenan | 187 | 18.1 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Bola Ibrahim | 186 | 18.0 | +0.3 | |
Turnout | 22.7 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Aldbury and Wigginton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Reynolds | 471 | 57.3 | –5.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Richardson | 307 | 37.3 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Deborah Charlton | 44 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 822 | 38.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.1 |
Apsley and Corner Hall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Deacon | 1,053 | 51.7 | +26.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Toni Cox | 990 | 48.6 | +25.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carrie Link | 978 | 48.0 | +24.8 | |
Conservative | Brian Collier | 711 | 34.9 | –9.4 | |
Conservative | Charlotte Palmer | 647 | 31.7 | –7.7 | |
Conservative | Babita Sinha* | 589 | 28.9 | –9.8 | |
Labour | Samidha Garg | 404 | 19.8 | –7.5 | |
Labour | Daniel Worker | 375 | 18.4 | –7.8 | |
Labour | Shanmugam Jagatharan | 367 | 18.0 | –6.5 | |
Turnout | 29.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Ashridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Douris* | 643 | 67.5 | –1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Jordan | 239 | 25.1 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Jody Whitehall | 70 | 7.4 | +0.4 | |
Turnout | 952 | 39.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Bennetts End
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pete Hannell | 500 | 40.6 | +7.4 | |
Independent | John Birnie* | 483 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Lin Greenfield | 391 | 31.7 | –1.1 | |
Conservative | Mark Rogers* | 359 | 29.1 | –7.1 | |
Conservative | Muhammad Khan | 313 | 25.4 | –11.4 | |
Green | Andy Lambert | 166 | 13.5 | –2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Lovell | 129 | 10.5 | –6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Roe | 124 | 10.1 | –3.0 | |
Turnout | 26.9 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
John Birnie had been elected as a Conservative in 2019, but stood as an independent candidate in this election.
Berkhamsted Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Bristow | 1,287 | 65.3 | +15.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rick Freedman* | 1,205 | 61.1 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Sue Beardshaw | 477 | 24.2 | –7.5 | |
Conservative | Anthony Armytage | 460 | 23.3 | –7.1 | |
Green | Leslie Tate | 189 | 9.6 | –10.2 | |
Labour | Kae Meeks | 155 | 7.9 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Kevin Dunford | 112 | 5.7 | +1.2 | |
Reform UK | Lesley Taylor | 57 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 37.5 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Berkhamsted East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Garrick Stevens* | 1,300 | 69.4 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Taylor* | 1,065 | 56.8 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Ian Reay | 415 | 22.2 | –5.4 | |
Green | Kevin Fielding | 298 | 15.5 | –5.6 | |
Conservative | Rene De Silva | 290 | 15.5 | –5.6 | |
Labour | Michael Bromberg | 218 | 11.6 | –0.8 | |
Labour | Jay Gladdy | 161 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 36.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Berkhamsted West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sally Symington* | 1,155 | 75.1 | +20.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Stewart | 987 | 64.2 | +14.9 | |
Conservative | Carol Green | 451 | 29.3 | –0.8 | |
Labour | Rebecca Mackenzie | 192 | 12.5 | +4.6 | |
Green | Bernard Hurley | 179 | 11.6 | –4.6 | |
Labour | Christopher Roberts | 112 | 7.3 | +0.5 | |
Turnout | 31.1 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stewart Riddick* | 1,116 | 53.7 | –2.9 | |
Conservative | Gbola Adeleke* | 1,070 | 51.5 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Philip Walker | 1,026 | 49.3 | –12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Bell | 630 | 30.3 | +9.2 | |
Green | Wiebke Carr | 493 | 23.7 | –8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Hawkswood | 462 | 22.2 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Michael Buttleman | 420 | 20.2 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Hollinghurst | 400 | 19.2 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Antony Fitzgerald | 331 | 15.9 | N/A | |
Labour | James Wignall | 291 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 28.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Boxmoor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | William Allen* | 1,668 | 70.1 | +24.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Hobson* | 1,563 | 65.7 | +22.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simy Dhyani* | 1,451 | 61.0 | +21.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Allen | 620 | 26.1 | –7.9 | |
Conservative | Grace Froggatt | 551 | 23.2 | –8.4 | |
Conservative | Carole Levene | 498 | 20.9 | –8.9 | |
Labour | Andrew Suzmeyan | 273 | 11.5 | –3.5 | |
Labour | Lee Whitehill | 262 | 11.0 | –0.5 | |
Labour | Helen Terry | 252 | 10.6 | +1.5 | |
Turnout | 31.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Chaulden and Warners End
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Fiona Guest* | 923 | 49.6 | –3.1 | |
Conservative | Graeme Elliot* | 835 | 44.9 | –3.0 | |
Conservative | Nigel Durrant* | 828 | 44.9 | –3.5 | |
Labour | Kit Wales | 602 | 32.3 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Anne Harradine | 594 | 31.9 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Kennedy | 594 | 31.9 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diane Wilson | 527 | 28.3 | +15.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Allison Mackenzie | 516 | 27.7 | +15.2 | |
Reform UK | Michael Potts | 158 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 26.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Gadebridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Mitchell | 451 | 40.9 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Heather Pound | 421 | 38.1 | –5.2 | |
Conservative | Mark Bignell | 405 | 36.7 | –4.9 | |
Labour | Gary Ruff | 370 | 33.5 | +9.4 | |
Green | Christine Ridley | 163 | 14.8 | –3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Owen | 141 | 12.8 | –3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Angell | 132 | 12.0 | –4.2 | |
Green | Suzanne Watts | 125 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 25.9 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Grovehill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Banks* | 708 | 52.8 | –1.8 | |
Conservative | Alex Bhinder* | 689 | 51.4 | –2.9 | |
Conservative | Goverdhan Silwal* | 606 | 45.2 | –1.2 | |
Labour | Jennifer Dickson | 498 | 37.2 | +15.9 | |
Labour | Stephen Fisher | 446 | 33.3 | +12.5 | |
Labour | Pat Dartnell | 413 | 30.8 | +13.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Emma Macey | 246 | 18.4 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Keay | 175 | 13.1 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Short | 148 | 11.0 | +2.1 | |
Reform UK | Noel Willcox | 91 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 23.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Hemel Hempstead Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sadie Hobson | 621 | 49.1 | +22.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Santamaria | 555 | 43.9 | +20.0 | |
Labour | Malik Ijlal | 358 | 28.3 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Rob Beauchamp* | 351 | 27.8 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Janet Ventiroso | 337 | 26.7 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Mike Pound | 307 | 24.3 | –4.0 | |
Turnout | 23.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Highfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brenda Link* | 464 | 53.6 | +11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sammy Barry-Mears* | 450 | 52.0 | +12.6 | |
Labour | Vanessa Mitchell | 228 | 26.4 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Chris Griffiths | 213 | 24.6 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Raymond York | 207 | 23.9 | –0.4 | |
Conservative | Bindu Gupta | 168 | 19.4 | +4.9 | |
Turnout | 20.5 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Kings Langley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Johnson* | 673 | 54.6 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Alan Anderson* | 646 | 52.4 | –0.1 | |
Green | Ashley Lawrence | 308 | 25.0 | –3.0 | |
Labour | Julia Coleman | 270 | 21.9 | +11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frances Parkins | 201 | 16.3 | –4.0 | |
Labour | Dominic Hook | 185 | 15.0 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Holli Pandit | 184 | 14.9 | +3.1 | |
Turnout | 28.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Leverstock Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robin Bromham | 1,098 | 47.0 | +28.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Gale | 1,060 | 45.4 | +30.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine McArevey | 966 | 41.4 | +30.3 | |
Conservative | Margaret Griffiths* | 937 | 40.1 | –11.4 | |
Conservative | Rosie Sutton* | 928 | 39.7 | –9.9 | |
Conservative | Neil Harden* | 883 | 37.8 | –17.2 | |
Labour | Stephen Alexander | 349 | 14.9 | –8.5 | |
Labour | Ian Laidlaw-Dickson | 320 | 13.7 | –6.1 | |
Labour | Mandi Tattershall | 305 | 13.1 | –3.9 | |
Green | Paul De Hoest | 158 | 6.8 | –11.8 | |
Turnout | 30.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Nash Mills
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jan Maddern* | 578 | 65.7 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Sanjay Jamuar | 149 | 16.9 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Jane Gibbons | 107 | 12.2 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Bell | 46 | 5.2 | –4.9 | |
Turnout | 880 | 28.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | 0.7 |
Northchurch
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lara Pringle* | 707 | 70.2 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Jackie Jones | 214 | 21.3 | –2.0 | |
Green | Rose Sheridan | 47 | 4.7 | –1.8 | |
Labour | Steve Ritchie | 39 | 3.9 | –0.4 | |
Turnout | 1,007 | 37.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.2 |
Tring Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sheron Wilkie* | 902 | 63.5 | +12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carole Weston | 780 | 54.9 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | Keith Baker | 317 | 22.3 | –9.6 | |
Conservative | Phil Hills | 305 | 21.5 | –2.7 | |
Labour | Jim Lawler | 153 | 10.8 | +1.5 | |
Green | Roger Oliver | 140 | 9.9 | –12.2 | |
Green | Mark Rutherford | 130 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Jacob Ellett | 115 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 33.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Tring East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michela Capozzi | 580 | 51.0 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Penny Hearn* | 435 | 38.2 | –9.3 | |
Labour | Jack Curham | 63 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Green | William Burgar | 60 | 5.3 | –10.5 | |
Turnout | 1,138 | 40.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 11.8 |
Tring West and Rural
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brian Patterson | 1,035 | 58.6 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Mottershead | 844 | 47.8 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Mike Hicks | 501 | 28.3 | –1.6 | |
Conservative | Justin Charlton-Jones | 462 | 26.1 | –2.5 | |
Green | Joe Stopps | 376 | 21.3 | –3.4 | |
Labour | Colin Phillips | 164 | 9.3 | –0.4 | |
Labour | Mark Rutherford | 153 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 36.3 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Watling
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jane Timmis* | 686 | 49.2 | –3.3 | |
Conservative | Edward Barradell | 608 | 43.6 | –9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Symington | 489 | 35.0 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Harris | 478 | 34.3 | +20.1 | |
Labour | Emma Reed | 253 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Alan Olive | 216 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 28.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Woodhall Farm
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Colette Wyatt-Lowe* | 614 | 55.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Belinda Williams | 576 | 52.3 | –4.4 | |
Labour | Alan Dickson | 299 | 27.2 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Amanda Pollard | 288 | 26.2 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Egerton | 201 | 18.3 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Deborah Curtis-England | 163 | 14.8 | –1.4 | |
Reform UK | Saba Poursaeedi | 61 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 23.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Changes 2023–2027
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Caroline Smith-Wright | 899 | 62.7 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Mike Hicks | 303 | 21.1 | −3.0 | |
Green | Joe Stopps | 122 | 8.5 | −9.6 | |
Labour | Jim Lawler | 109 | 7.6 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 596 | 41.6 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,433 | 27.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.9 |
References
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