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2023 Dacorum Borough Council election

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]

2023 Dacorum Borough Council election
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All 51 seats to Dacorum Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Ron Tindall Andrew Williams
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 19 seats, 31.7% 31 seats, 42.8%
Seats before 19 31
Seats won 28 18
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 13
Popular vote 33,077 27,174
Percentage 42.3% 34.8%
Swing Increase 10.6% Decrease 8.0%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Labour Independent
Last election 0 seats, 15.5% 1 seat, 0.8%
Seats before 0 1
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1
Popular vote 13,943 1,061
Percentage 17.8 1.4%
Swing Increase 2.3% Increase 0.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Dacorum Borough Council election
Leader before election

Andrew Williams
Conservative

Leader after election

Ron Tindall
Liberal Democrats

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

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Election result

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2023 Dacorum Borough Council election
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

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The 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

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Adeyfield East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Adeyfield West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Aldbury and Wigginton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Apsley and Corner Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Ashridge
Party 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

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Bennetts End (2 seats)
Party 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

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Berkhamsted Castle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Berkhamsted East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Berkhamsted West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Boxmoor (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Chaulden and Warners End (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Gadebridge (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Grovehill (3 seats)
Party 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

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Hemel Hempstead Town (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Highfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Kings Langley (2 seats)
Party 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

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Leverstock Green (3 seats)
Party 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

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Nash Mills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Northchurch
Party 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

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Tring Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Tring East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Tring West and Rural (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Watling (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Woodhall Farm (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Tring West and Rural by-election, 22 February 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
  • Goverdhan Silwal, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent in March 2024,[6] before joining Labour in June 2024.[7]
  • Bennetts End councillor John Birnie died on 24 August 2024,[8] thus leaving the seat vacant. As of 27 September 2024, a by-election has yet to be organised.
  • On 25 September 2024, Claire Hobson announced that she and seven other female councillors: Sammy Barry-Mears, Michela Capozzi, Toni Cox, Lara Pringle, Victoria Santamaria, Carole Weston, and Sheron Wilkie, would be resigning from the local Liberal Democrat group after accusing council leader Adrian England and former council leader Ron Tindall of "failing to deal with allegations of bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment."[9] Subsequently, the Liberal Democrats lost their majority on the council.

References

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  1. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2023: Tories lose Dacorum, Hertsmere, East Herts and Welwyn Hatfield". BBC. BBC. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ^ Durrant, Will (22 May 2023). "Dacorum's first new leader for 24 years vows not to indulge in 'yah-boo' politics". Hemel Today. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Elections 2023". Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  5. ^ Rutherford, Cameron (5 May 2023). "Dacorum local election 2023 results in full as Liberal Democrats earn majority with six seats gained while Tories fall". Herts Live. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. ^ Boothroyd, David (29 March 2024). "Somerset turns another Page". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  7. ^ Whitehill, Lee (4 June 2024). "Grove Hill councillor switches to Labour". Hemel Today. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  8. ^ Soley, Kevin (28 August 2024). "Sad news regarding Councillor John Birnie". Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  9. ^ Day, Christopher (26 September 2024). "Female councillors resign over harassment complaint". BBC News. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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