2012 North Hertfordshire District Council election

2012 UK local government election December 2024 November 2013 2012 North Hertfordshire District Council election parliamentary 2011 North Hertfordshire District Council election 2011 2012 5 3 y 2014 North Hertfordshire District Council election 2014 15 of 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council 25 Con Lynda Needham Conservative Party (UK) 34 33 1 9,972 42.4% Lab David Billing Labour Party (UK) 7 10 3 6,729 28.6% LD Steve Jarvis Liberal Democrats (UK) 8 6 2 3,386 14.4% File:North Hertfordshire UK ward map 2012.svg Results of the 2012 North Hertfordshire District Council election Leader Lynda Needham Conservative Party (UK) Leader after election Lynda Needham Conservative Party (UK) The 2012 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 3 May 2012, at the same time as other local elections across England, Scotland and Wales. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council, 15 were up for election.si The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006 2006 3112 4 March 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000099.stm Vote 2012: North Hertfordshire 4 May 2012 1 April 2013 BBC News Labour gained three seats from the Conservatives, whilst the Conservatives gained two seats from the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives retained overall control of the council, whilst Labour overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the second largest party. Overall results The overall results were as follows:Andrew Teale Local Election Results 2012: North Hertfordshire https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/230/ Local Elections Archive Project 6 March 2023 2012 North Hertfordshire District Council election Conservative Party (UK) 9 1 60.0 24 33 67.3 9,972 42.4 -6.0 Labour Party (UK) 5 3 33.3 5 10 20.4 6,729 28.6 +5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 2 6.7 5 6 12.2 3,386 14.4 -3.2 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,341 10.0 +1.8 UKIP 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 850 3.6 +1.7 English Democrats 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 238 1.0 +0.8 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(*). A double dagger (‡) indicates a sitting councillor contesting a different ward.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/North-Hertfordshire-1973-2012.pdf The Elections Centre Plymouth University 4 March 2023Election Results 2012 http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results/election_results_2012.htm North Hertfordshire District Council 6 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20130201133429/http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results/election_results_2012.htm 1 February 2013 Baldock East Conservative Party (UK) John Harris 475 46.8 +2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marilyn Kirkland* 392 38.7 -13.1 Labour Party (UK) Vaughan West 86 8.5 n/a Green Party of England and Wales Sylvia Hutchinson 54 5.3 +1.7 83 8.2 1,014 45.19 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +7.8 Baldock Town Conservative Party (UK) Michael Edwin Weeks* 828 54.7 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) Ken Garland 308 20.3 -2.3 Green Party of England and Wales Arwen Jane Tapping 221 14.6 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Winter 147 9.7 +0.5 520 34.3 1,514 26.1 Conservative Party (UK) -0.5 Chesfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Sally Margaret Jarvis 685 43.9 +9.0 Conservative Party (UK) James Henry 534 34.2 -7.3 Labour Party (UK) Bhavna Joshi 280 17.9 -0.5 Green Party of England and Wales Felicity Ann Power 59 3.8 -0.8 151 9.7 1,562 29.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) +8.2 Hitchin Bearton Labour Party (UK) Deborah Segalini 1,041 52.7 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Alex Stoner 536 27.1 -3.5 Green Party of England and Wales Gavin Nicholson 216 10.9 +2.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael John Lott 175 8.9 -1.0 505 25.6 1,976 31.7 Labour Party (UK) +3.0 Hitchin Highbury Conservative Party (UK) David Leal-Bennett 906 39.7 +5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clare Body* 877 38.4 -1.4 Labour Party (UK) Peter Anthony Mardell 301 13.2 +2.3 Green Party of England and Wales Jackie Greatorex 187 8.2 +2.4 29 1.3 2,283 37.9 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +3.3 Hitchin Oughton Labour Party (UK) Joan Irene Kirby* 638 60.4 +21.7 Conservative Party (UK) Faye Barnard 258 24.4 -10.2 Green Party of England and Wales Alan Brookman 103 9.8 +3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rob Lambie 50 4.7 -15.3 380 36.0 1,056 29.3 Labour Party (UK) +16.0 Hitchin Priory Conservative Party (UK) Richard Thake* 696 49.0 -7.6 Labour Party (UK) Nafisa Sayany 228 16.1 +7.5 UKIP Adrianne Smyth 228 16.1 n/a Liberal Democrats (UK) Liz Willoughby 146 10.3 -17.9 Green Party of England and Wales Ann De Bock 117 8.2 +2.3 468 33.0 1,419 39.6 Conservative Party (UK) -7.5 Hitchin Walsworth Conservative Party (UK) Ray Shakespeare-Smith* 759 38.9 -1.7 Labour Party (UK) Derek Nigel Sheard 756 38.7 +8.6 Green Party of England and Wales Mario May 299 15.3 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Ircha 127 6.5 -1.1 3 0.2 1,952 32.1 Conservative Party (UK) -5.2 Hitchwood, Offa & Hoo Conservative Party (UK) Claire Patricia Strong* 1,230 63.7 -2.6 Labour Party (UK) Louise Helen Chinnery 325 16.8 +1.4 Green Party of England and Wales George Winston Howe 213 11.0 +3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Donald Johnson 147 7.6 -2.5 905 46.9 1,931 34.6 Conservative Party (UK) -2.0 Knebworth Conservative Party (UK) Alan Bardett* 741 57.4 -4.4 Labour Party (UK) Jonathan Holman 251 19.4 +2.7 UKIP Andrew Scuoler 147 11.4 n/a Green Party of England and Wales Harold Bland 142 11.0 +6.8 490 37.9 1,292 31.3 Conservative Party (UK) -3.5 Letchworth East Labour Party (UK) Ian Mantle 472 40.2 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Paterson* 383 32.6 -4.3 UKIP John Barry 108 9.2 -0.4 Green Party of England and Wales Eric Morris Blakeley 97 8.3 -5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mertsi Fisher 73 6.2 n/a English Democrats Tim Vickers 36 3.1 n/a 89 7.6 1,174 27.6 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +2.7 Letchworth Grange Labour Party (UK) Clare Helen Billing 721 43.1 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Marment* 487 29.1 -6.5 English Democrats Charles Vickers 202 12.1 +9.3 Green Party of England and Wales Rosemary Bland 131 7.8 +2.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Geoffrey Penny 123 7.3 +0.2 234 14.0 1,674 29.1 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +3.9 Letchworth South East Conservative Party (UK) David Charles Levett* 627 38.8 -9.1 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Kissen 487 30.1 +3.7 UKIP Philip Martin Stevens 235 14.5 +5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Winder 132 8.2 -0.5 Green Party of England and Wales James Drew 124 7.7 +0.5 140 8.7 1,617 28.6 Conservative Party (UK) -6.4 Letchworth South West Conservative Party (UK) Terry Hone* 1,097 53.8 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) Jean Andrews 403 19.8 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Paul Winder 274 13.4 -1.0 Green Party of England and Wales Rebecca Leek 257 12.6 -0.4 694 34.0 2,039 34.0 Conservative Party (UK) -3.0 Letchworth Wilbury Labour Party (UK) Deepak Singh Sangha ‡ 432 37.7 -9.5 Conservative Party (UK) Andy Frankland 415 36.2 +1.8 UKIP Michael Rodgers 132 11.5 n/a Green Party of England and Wales Jonathan Guy Hart 121 10.5 -1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Stephen White 38 3.3 n/a 17 1.5 1,147 27.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -5.7 Changes 2012–2014 Immediately after the 2012 elections, Robert Inwood, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat for the Royston Palace ward in 2010, defected to Labour.Foskett Ewan Former mayor and district councillor defects to Labour from Lib Dems https://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/22085080.former-mayor-district-councillor-defects-labour-lib-dems/ 6 March 2023 Royston Crow 17 May 2012 Two by-elections were held on 15 November 2012. The by-election in Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor David Miller, who had been most recently elected in 2010. The by-election in Letchworth South East ward was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Richard Harman, who had been elected in 2011, after being charged with various offences; he was subsequently convicted of burglary.Burge Laura By-election to be held after councillor accused of rape https://www.thecomet.net/news/22207052.by-election-held-councillor-accused-rape/ 6 March 2023 The Comet 5 October 2012Tanna Chandni Former Letchworth councillor guilty of burglary https://www.thecomet.net/news/22472089.former-letchworth-councillor-guilty-burglary/ 6 March 2023 The Comet 4 November 2013 Neither seat changed party at the resulting by-elections.Election Results November 2012 http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results/election_results_2012/election_results_2012-2.htm North Hertfordshire District Council 6 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20130201143345/http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/elections/election_results/election_results_2012/election_results_2012-2.htm 1 February 2013 Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo ward by-election, 15 November 2012 Conservative Party (UK) Faye Susan Barnard 774 56.5 -7.2 UK Independence Party Peter Robbins 217 15.8 n/a Labour Party (UK) Jackie McDonald 189 13.8 -3.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Donald Johnson 110 8.0 +0.4 Green Party of England and Wales George Winston Howe 72 5.3 -5.8 557 40.7 1,370 24.6Conservative Party (UK) n/a Letchworth South East ward by election, 15 November 2012Conservative Party (UK) Julian Michael Cunningham 761 50.9 +12.1 Labour Party (UK) Martin Stears-Handscomb 399 26.7 -3.4 UK Independence Party John Finbarr Barry 184 12.3 -2.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Anne Higbid 88 5.9 -2.3 Green Party of England and Wales Mario Alexander May 51 3.4 -4.3 362 24.2 1,496 26.5Conservative Party (UK) +7.8 A by-election in Hitchin Oughton ward was held on 12 September 2013 following the death of Labour councillor David Billing, who was also the party's leader on the council, and had most recently been elected in 2010. Labour retained the seat.Tanna Chandni Labour wins in Hitchin by-election https://www.thecomet.net/news/22473178.labour-wins-hitchin-by-election/ 6 March 2023 The Comet 13 September 2013Teale Andrew Hitchin Oughton Ward – North Hertfordshire https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/3190/#2013-09-12 Local Elections Archive Project 6 March 2023 Hitchin Oughton ward by election, 12 September 2013Labour Party (UK) Frank Radcliffe 361 48.0 -12.4 Conservative Party (UK) Mara MacSeoinin 180 23.9 -0.5 UK Independence Party Peter Croft 148 19.7 n/a Green Party of England and Wales Jacqueline Greatorex 32 4.3 -5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clare Body 31 4.1 -0.6 181 24.1 20.8Labour Party (UK) -6.0 References North Hertfordshire 2012 Category:2010s in Hertfordshire