1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election

Council election in England April 2023 April 2023 1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election parliamentary 1988 North Hertfordshire District Council election 1988 1990 5 3 y 1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election 1991 16 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council 26 Con Bob Flatman Conservative Party (UK) 28 29 1 Lab Labour Party (UK) 13 15 2 RA Ratepayers Association 3 3 LD Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 2 SDP Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) 4 1 3 Leader Bob Flatman Conservative Leader after election Bob Flatman Conservative Party (UK) The 1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 3 May 1990, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. There were 16 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council.The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442) Labour took most votes, gaining two extra seats. The Conservatives also gained a seat, increasing their majority on the council. The continuing Social Democratic Party lost every seat it was defending, leaving it with just one seat on the council. With poor results across the country the party disbanded shortly after the election. The one remaining SDP councillor in North Hertfordshire was Tony Quinn, whose term ran until 1991; following the demise of his party he joined Labour for the remainder of his term.Rivals set for votes battle Letchworth and Baldock Gazette 6 April 1990 18Hunter John Labour gains town victory Letchworth and Baldock Gazette 11 May 1990 13 Overall results The overall results were as follows: 1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election Labour Party (UK) 7 2 43.8 8 15 30.0 16,522 43.8 +11.6 Conservative Party (UK) 8 1 50.0 21 29 58.0 14,248 37.8 -3.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0.0 2 2 4.0 3,263 8.6 -8.5 Ratepayers Association 1 6.3 2 3 6.0 1,423 3.8 -1.5 Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) 0 3 0.0 1 1 2.0 1,278 3.4 -0.5 Green Party (UK) 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 799 2.1 +1.7 Independent politician 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 204 0.5 New Ward results The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk (*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.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 18 March 2023 Baldock wardLabour Party (UK) Michael John Parlour(Mick Parlour) 1,713 52.2 +10.0 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Wilfred Seaman Hill 1,569 47.8 -2.947.26,953Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +6.5 Codicote wardConservative Party (UK) Edward Ian Smith* 763 57.3 -18.6 Labour Party (UK) Peter Charles Read 569 42.7 +18.656.02,381Conservative Party (UK) -18.6 Hitchin Bearton wardLabour Party (UK) Jennifer Alice Marr* 1,375 63.8 +9.8 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Francis Porter 545 25.3 -3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Oliver Canning 235 10.9 +3.048.24,475Labour Party (UK) +6.6 Hitchin Highbury wardConservative Party (UK) Stephen Peter Boddey 964 37.3 -8.9 Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) Evelyn Mary Burton*(Mary Burton) 747 28.9 +9.0 Labour Party (UK) David John Tizzard 670 25.9 +10.7 Independent politician Norman Vincent Hyde 204 7.9 +7.950.85,086Conservative Party (UK) Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) -9.0 Hitchin Oughton wardLabour Party (UK) Harold Alexander Smith*(Harry Smith) 1,368 68.4 -2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Penelope Mary Lambourne 367 18.3 +18.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Clark 266 13.3 -16.247.94,175Labour Party (UK) -10.3 Hitchin Priory wardConservative Party (UK) Robert Stanley Flatman*(Bob Flatman) 822 53.9 -12.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Kenneth Harbron 455 29.8 +8.9 Labour Party (UK) Janet Lynne Gosling 249 16.3 +3.155.72,741Conservative Party (UK) -10.5 Hitchin Walsworth wardRatepayers Association Jack Swain* 1,423 47.5 -14.5 Labour Party (UK) Martin John Stears 1,289 43.0 +16.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Elizabeth Sefton 284 9.5 +1.149.96,004Ratepayers Association -15.3 Kimpton wardConservative Party (UK) Alison Kathryn Martin 509 59.8 +59.8 Labour Party (UK) John Saunders 342 40.2 +21.052.01,636Conservative Party (UK) Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) +19.4 Knebworth wardConservative Party (UK) Gordon Cartwright Dumelow* 1,013 56.3 -6.1 Labour Party (UK) Caroline Rebecca Doyle 415 23.1 +4.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael John Stiff 202 11.2 -8.2 Green Party (UK) Stuart Wanstall Madgin 170 9.4 +9.452.63,419Conservative Party (UK) -5.5 Letchworth East wardLabour Party (UK) Arthur Jarman 1,435 57.7 +4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Gloria June Storer 595 23.9 -6.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Gammell 247 9.9 -6.9 Green Party (UK) Eric Morris Blakeley 209 8.4 +8.454.04,600Labour Party (UK) +5.3 Letchworth Grange wardLabour Party (UK) Donald Kitchiner* 1,826 65.2 +22.6 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Douglas Muir 604 21.6 -6.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Victor Alan Streeter 245 8.7 -15.1 Green Party (UK) Ian Thomassen Barrett 126 4.5 +4.555.15,083Labour Party (UK) +14.6 Letchworth South East wardLabour Party (UK) John James Wilkinson(Jack Wilkinson) 1,591 47.8 +20.4 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Raymond Whalley 1,097 33.0 -6.1 Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) Graham Leigh Wellfare 347 10.4 -13.4 Green Party (UK) Sylvia Stevens 294 8.8 +8.854.76,091Labour Party (UK) Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) +13.3 Letchworth South East had previously been held by SDP councillor Geoff Williams, although the seat had been vacant since his resignation in November 1989. Letchworth South West wardConservative Party (UK) Lynda Ann Needham 1,341 48.3 0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Simpson 800 28.8 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Edward Agar 637 22.9 +6.260.54,592Conservative Party (UK) -0.4 Letchworth Wilbury wardLabour Party (UK) Ian Mantle* 1,320 59.4 +13.4 Conservative Party (UK) Hilary Elizabeth Wilkins 668 30.1 -12.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sara Louise Tustin 233 10.5 -0.555.63,996Labour Party (UK) +13.1 Royston East wardConservative Party (UK) Douglas Drake 1,087 48.2 -10.0 Labour Party (UK) Jessie Etheridge 686 30.4 +13.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gillian Waterhouse 296 13.1 -11.9 Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) Michael Harrison 184 8.2 +8.254.04,170Conservative Party (UK) -11.9 Royston West wardConservative Party (UK) Timothy Doyle*(Tim Doyle) 1,261 37.7 -9.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Cook 1,043 31.2 -1.7 Labour Party (UK) Leslie Baker 1,037 31.0 +10.854.66,125Conservative Party (UK) -3.7 References Category:1990 English local elections 1990