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2015 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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2015 UK local government election
April 2015
April 2015
2015 North Hertfordshire District Council election parliamentary 2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election 2014 2015 5 7 y 2016 North Hertfordshire District Council election 2016 16 of 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council 25 Con Lynda Needham Conservative Party (UK) 34 36 2 24,555 47.8% Lab Judi Billing Labour Party (UK) 12 11 1 11,191 21.8% LD Steve Jarvis Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 2 1 5,893 11.5% Leader Lynda Needham Conservative Party (UK) Leader after election Lynda Needham Conservative Party (UK)
The 2015 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 7 May 2015, at the same time as other local elections and the general election. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council, 16 were up for election.si The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006 2006 3112 4 March 2023
The Conservatives increased their majority on the council. They gained two seats, one from Labour and one from the Liberal Democrats. The Conservative leader, Lynda Needham, continued to serve as leader of the council.Council minutes, 21 May 2015 https://democracy.north-herts.gov.uk/CeListDocuments.aspx?CommitteeId=136&MeetingId=503&DF=21%2f05%2f2015&Ver=2 North Hertfordshire District Council 8 March 2023 Shortly after the election, Labour changed its leader from Judi Billing to Frank Radcliffe.Prominent politicians from Stevenage and North Herts think Yvette Cooper will be Labour's next leader https://www.thecomet.net/news/22441279.prominent-politicians-stevenage-north-herts-think-yvette-cooper-will-labours-next-leader/ 8 March 2023 The Comet 23 June 2015
Overall results
The overall results were as follows:Andrew Teale Local Election Results 2015: North Hertfordshire https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2015/230/ Local Elections Archive Project 8 March 2023
2015 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Conservative Party (UK)
14
2
87.5
22
36
73.5
24,555
47.8
+7.7
Labour Party (UK)
1
1
6.3
10
11
22.4
11,191
21.8
-1.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
1
1
6.3
1
2
4.1
5,893
11.5
+3.5
Green Party of England and Wales
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
4,886
9.5
-0.3
UKIP
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
4,865
9.5
-9.3
Ward results
The results for each ward were as follows. Where the previous incumbent was standing for re-election they are marked with an asterisk(*).Election Results 2015 http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/home/elections-and-voting/election-results/election-results-2015 North Hertfordshire District Council 8 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910132611/http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/home/elections-and-voting/election-results/election-results-2015 10 September 2015
Arbury wardConservative Party (UK) Janine Ann Paterson 1066 63.9% +4.4
Green Party of England and Wales Jane Louise Smith 214 12.8% +9.5
Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael John Lott 191 11.5% -18.6
Labour Party (UK) Rhona Ann Cameron 174 10.4% +3.81,668 80.2%Conservative Party (UK) -2.5
Baldock Town wardConservative Party (UK) Michael Douglas MacKenzie Muir* 2081 54.8% +9.2
Labour Party (UK) Wayne Thornton 768 20.2% +3.1
UK Independence Party Brian Munnery 533 14.0% +14.0
Green Party of England and Wales Arwen Jane Tapping 402 10.6% +2.13,796 65.0%Conservative Party (UK) +3.1
Cadwell wardConservative Party (UK) Harry Spencer-Smith 770 58.0% +0.8
Labour Party (UK) Dave Winstanley 261 19.7% -5.8
Green Party of England and Wales Rosamund Brigid McGuire 141 10.6% +4.7
Liberal Democrats (UK) John Stephen White 131 9.9% -0.71,328 73.6%Conservative Party (UK) +3.3
Chesfield wardConservative Party (UK) Cathryn Henry* 1682 47.3% +13.1
Labour Party (UK) Simon Peter Watson 647 18.2% +0.3
Liberal Democrats (UK) Terry Tyler 564 15.9% -28.0
UK Independence Party Colin Rafferty 497 14.0% +14.0
Green Party of England and Wales Felicity Power 149 4.2% +0.43,557 68.0%Conservative Party (UK) +6.4
Ermine wardConservative Party (UK) Gerald Edward Morris* 1146 73.7% 0.0
Green Party of England and Wales Mark Gamon 376 24.2% +11.81,554 77.6%Conservative Party (UK) -5.9
Hitchin Bearton wardLabour Party (UK) Judi Billing* 1960 42.8% +3.2
Conservative Party (UK) Peter Saville 1,365 29.8% +6.6
Liberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Alder 484 10.6% -1.1
Green Party of England and Wales Martin Burke 465 10.2% -3.3
UK Independence Party Allan Paul Newey 283 6.2% -5.64,577 70.7%Labour Party (UK) -1.7
Hitchin Highbury wardConservative Party (UK) Nicola Harris 1791 39.1% +3.8
Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Clark* 1,409 30.8% +2.5
Labour Party (UK) Araminta Birdsey 687 15.0% +1.3
UK Independence Party Jeremy Groves 350 7.6% -7.1
Green Party of England and Wales Mark Whitby 326 7.1% -0.34,582 74.0%Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +0.7
Hitchin Walsworth wardConservative Party (UK) Bernard Lovewell* 1710 39.9% +6.2
Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Louise Dennis 1,332 31.1% +1.4
Green Party of England and Wales Richard Alexander Cano 533 12.4% -2.4
UK Independence Party Peter Croft 388 9.1% -5.9
Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Ircha 310 7.2% +0.74,285 69.9%Conservative Party (UK) +2.4
Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo wardConservative Party (UK) David Barnard* 2486 58.0% -4.0
Labour Party (UK) Nicola Eleanor Yates 550 12.8% +3.0
UK Independence Party Gary Jones 543 12.7% -4.5
Green Party of England and Wales Rick Cadger 353 8.2% +2.0
Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Donald Johnson 343 8.0% 3.24,287 76.0%Conservative Party (UK) -3.5
Letchworth Grange wardConservative Party (UK) Paul Anthony James Marment 1547 40.4% +10.5
Labour Party (UK) David Kearns* 1,270 33.2% +0.5
UK Independence Party Andrew Hamilton Scuoler 474 12.4% -11.5
Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Susan Hancock 298 7.8% +0.4
Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Geoffrey Penny 224 5.9% +0.53,827 66.7%Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +5.0
Letchworth South East wardConservative Party (UK) Julian Michael Cunningham* 1,717 46% +6.9
Labour Party (UK) Martin Stears-Handscomb 1,193 31.9% +7.4
UK Independence Party Sidney Arthur Start 535 14.3% -8.7
Green Party of England and Wales Sam Evison 270 7.2% +0.93,734 66.2%Conservative Party (UK) -0.2
Letchworth South West wardConservative Party (UK) Lynda Ann Needham* 2128 48.6% +2.6
Labour Party (UK) Jean Andrews 774 17.7% +2.1
Green Party of England and Wales Mario May 557 12.7% +1.1
Liberal Democrats (UK) Rebecca Carole Greener 458 10.5% -0.4
UK Independence Party John Finbarr Barry 431 9.8% -5.34,376 70.8%Conservative Party (UK) +0.2
Royston Heath wardConservative Party (UK) Peter Colin Weston Burt* 1560 50.8% +2.9
Labour Party (UK) Ken Garland 499 16.2% +2.0
Liberal Democrats (UK) David Robert May 411 13.4% +4.9
UK Independence Party Sean Ulick Howlett 370 12.0% -7.1
Green Party of England and Wales Katherine Marie Shann 216 7.0% -2.63,071 70.6%Conservative Party (UK) +0.5
Royston Meridian wardConservative Party (UK) Tony Hunter* 1924 62.9% +18.0
Labour Party (UK) Robin Edward Todd 442 14.4% +2.7
Liberal Democrats (UK) Joe Jordan 381 12.5% +5.9
Green Party of England and Wales Karen Julie Harmel 285 9.3% +1.23,060 73.6%Conservative Party (UK) +7.6
Royston Palace wardConservative Party (UK) Jean Margaret Green* 1155 43.1% +8.8
Labour Party (UK) Amy Jane Bourke 634 23.6% -2.5
UK Independence Party Gemma Margaret Rosina Hughes 461 17.2% -8.4
Liberal Democrats (UK) Gerald Charles Denis Jackson 236 8.8% +1.5
Green Party of England and Wales Angela Clark 177 6.6% +0.32,682 64.7%Conservative Party (UK) +5.7
Weston and Sandon wardLiberal Democrats (UK) Steve Jarvis* 751 57.5% -1.0
Conservative Party (UK) Leighton James Hughes 427 32.7% -0.7
Green Party of England and Wales Annmarie Brinsley 124 9.5% +6.01,307 78.4%Liberal Democrats (UK) -0.1
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