1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election

Council election in England April 2023 April 2023 1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election parliamentary 1994 North Hertfordshire District Council election 1994 1995 5 4 y 1996 North Hertfordshire District Council election 1996 17 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council 26 Con Geoff Woods Conservative Party (UK) 25 22 3 Lab David Kearns Labour Party (UK) 18 21 3 LD Ian Simpson Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 6 1 RA Ratepayers Association 1 0 1 Ind Independent politician 1 1 Leader Geoff WoodsConservative No overall control Policy chairman after election David KearnsLabour No overall control The 1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 4 May 1995, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. There were 17 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) The council remained under no overall control. Prior to the election the council had been run by a Conservative minority administration, with the Conservative leader, Geoff Woods, being leader of the council. At the election, the Conservatives made a net loss of three seats whilst Labour gained three seats and was able to form a minority administration with the support of the Liberal Democrats, although the two parties did not formally consider their arrangement to be a coalition. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 1995 the Labour leader, David Kearns, took the council's most senior political role as chairman of the policy and resources committee, although he was not given the title of leader of the council that all previous policy chairmen had held. Immediately after the election the Conservatives changed their group leader from Geoff Woods to F. John Smith.Council leader expects Tories to hold their own https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers 6 April 2023 Royston and Buntingford Mercury 28 April 1995 2Councillors compromise Letchworth and Baldock Gazette 19 May 1995 3 Overall results The overall results were as follows: 1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election Labour Party (UK) 9 3 52.9 12 21 42.0 13,640 45.6 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) 4 3 23.5 18 22 44.0 8,080 27.0 -4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 1 17.6 3 6 12.0 6,544 21.9 -3.9 Ratepayers Association 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,160 3.9 +1.2 Independent politician 0 0.0 1 1 2.0 482 1.6 +0.5 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 34 0.1 -0.6 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 2023Tories rocked by swing to Labour Hitchin Comet 10 May 1995 7 Arbury wardConservative Party (UK) Andrew Young* 671 57.3 +6.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Pritchard 323 27.6 -9.8 Labour Party (UK) Roger McFall 177 15.1 +3.462.11,887Conservative Party (UK) +8.1 Baldock wardLabour Party (UK) Brian Derbyshire 1,535 53.2 +18.2 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Muir* 919 31.8 -9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vernon Gaskell 433 15.0 -8.440.57,132Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +14.0 Hitchin Bearton wardLabour Party (UK) Donald Hitchcock 1,181 71.8 +9.8 Conservative Party (UK) Michael East 271 16.5 -2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan Newham 192 11.7 +2.836.14,566Labour Party (UK) +6.1 Hitchin Highbury wardLiberal Democrats (UK) Paul Clark 1,041 44.2 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Robin Dartington* 744 31.6 -9.4 Labour Party (UK) April Shelbourn 570 24.2 +4.446.65,066Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +7.2 Hitchin Oughton wardLabour Party (UK) Audrey Carss* 1,157 76.5 +11.7 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Brook 184 12.2 -4.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Victoria Walker(Vicki Walker) 171 11.3 -7.037.54,038Labour Party (UK) +8.2 Hitchin Walsworth wardLabour Party (UK) Peter Terry 1,275 45.9 -4.6 Ratepayers Association Ken Logan* 1,160 41.8 +11.5 Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Lovewell 212 7.6 -2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Penelope Cunningham 128 4.6 -4.246.26,018Labour Party (UK) Ratepayers Association -8.1 Hitchwood wardConservative Party (UK) Rodney Bird* 318 55.4 -7.3 Labour Party (UK) Colin Southward 175 30.5 +12.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Upchurch 81 14.1 -5.441.21,398Conservative Party (UK) -10.0 Hoo wardLabour Party (UK) Roger Wood 403 46.4 +8.9 Conservative Party (UK) David Barnard* 400 46.0 -3.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Martin 66 7.6 -5.959.51,464Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +6.0 Letchworth East wardLabour Party (UK) Anthony Hartley(Tony Hartley) 1,343 65.5 +12.0 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Bloxham 378 18.4 -6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Ellis 296 14.4 -3.8 Green Party of England and Wales Eric Blakeley 34 1.7 -1.541.94,896Labour Party (UK) +9.4 The Letchworth East seat had previously been held by Labour councillor Charles Bifield, but had been vacant since his death on 16 February 1995.Councillor will be sadly missed Letchworth and Baldock Gazette 24 February 1995 Letchworth Grange wardLabour Party (UK) David Morris 1,668 71.7 +12.6 Conservative Party (UK) Evelyn Mitchell 390 16.8 -3.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robin Hall 269 11.6 -8.745.55,122Labour Party (UK) +8.3 Letchworth South East wardLabour Party (UK) Nigel Agar* 1,439 51.0 +10.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Gammell 738 26.2 -8.2 Conservative Party (UK) Carole McNelliey 642 22.8 -2.046.06,149Labour Party (UK) +9.2 Letchworth South West wardLiberal Democrats (UK) Ian Simpson* 1,141 44.6 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Needham 1,007 39.3 -0.4 Labour Party (UK) Edna Patricia Watson-Blake(Pat Watson-Blake) 413 16.1 -0.156.04,579Liberal Democrats (UK) +0.5 Letchworth Wilbury wardLabour Party (UK) David Evans* 975 56.3 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Jessica Thomson 424 24.5 -0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Booton 333 19.2 -3.140.54,275Labour Party (UK) +2.1 Newsells wardConservative Party (UK) Robert Wilkerson*(Bob Wilkerson) 419 54.6 -7.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frank Christopher East(Chris East) 187 24.4 +3.9 Labour Party (UK) Frederick Peacock(Fred Peacock) 161 21.0 +3.759.91,290Conservative Party (UK) -5.8 Offa wardConservative Party (UK) Claire Strong 310 37.7 -10.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sally Jarvis(Sal Jarvis) 275 33.5 -7.2 Labour Party (UK) Jean Wood 237 28.8 +17.353.41,542Conservative Party (UK) -1.4 Royston West wardLiberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Cook* 870 34.7 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Garland(Ken Garland) 844 33.7 +5.8 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Lill 791 31.6 -2.840.06,275Liberal Democrats (UK) -4.4 Sandon wardIndependent politician Edward Faure Walker*(Teddy Faure Walker) 482 84.7 +24.2 Labour Party (UK) Neil Haslam 87 15.3 +11.849.71,151Independent politician +6.2 References Category:1995 English local elections 1995