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1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election parliamentary 1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election 1990 1991 5 2 y 1992 North Hertfordshire District Council election 1992 16 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council 26 Con Bob Flatman Conservative Party (UK) 29 26 3 Lab Labour Party (UK) 16 18 2 RA Ratepayers Association 3 3 LD Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 2 Ind Independent politician 0 1 1 Leader Bob Flatman Conservative Leader after election Bob Flatman Conservative Party (UK)
The 1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 1991, 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 Conservatives made a net loss of three seats, and only narrowly retained their majority on the council.All set for poll battle Letchworth and Baldock Gazette 26 April 1991 11Hard-hit Tories hold on Letchworth and Baldock Gazette 10 May 1991 13
Overall results
The overall results were as follows:
1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Conservative Party (UK)
7
3
41.2
19
26
52.0
11,692
35.2
-2.5
Labour Party (UK)
6
2
35.3
12
18
36.0
11,100
33.5
-10.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
2
11.8
0
2
4.0
7,431
22.4
+13.8
Ratepayers Association
1
5.9
2
3
6.0
2,320
7.0
+3.2
Green Party (UK)
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
211
0.6
-1.5
Independent politician
1
1
5.9
0
1
2.0
416
1.3
+0.7
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
Arbury wardConservative Party (UK) Andrew Dempster Young 566 50.9 +6.6
Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Eluned Waide 416 37.4 -8.7
Labour Party (UK) Ann Strickland-Clark 130 11.7 +2.162.71,779Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +7.7
Baldock wardConservative Party (UK) Michael Robert McKenzie Muir 1,509 46.7 -1.1
Labour Party (UK) Rodney Jack Leete 1,124 34.8 -17.4
Liberal Democrats (UK) Sally Margaret Jarvis(Sal Jarvis) 597 18.5 +18.545.57,093Conservative Party (UK) +8.2
Hitchin Bearton wardLabour Party (UK) David John Whitlock 1,064 51.3 -12.6
Conservative Party (UK) Stephen John Kenneth Archer 691 33.3 +8.0
Liberal Democrats (UK) Lucy Jane Harbron 321 15.5 +4.646.24,506Labour Party (UK) -10.3
Hitchin Highbury wardConservative Party (UK) Robin Edward Anthony Dartington 977 39.8 +2.5
Ratepayers Association Evelyn Mary Burton(Mary Burton) 693 28.2 +28.2
Labour Party (UK) David John Tizzard 466 19.0 -6.9
Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Clark 318 13.0 +13.048.55,061Conservative Party (UK) -12.9
Hitchin Oughton wardLabour Party (UK) Audrey Emmie Carss* 1,122 65.7 -2.6
Conservative Party (UK) Penelope Mary Lambourne 370 21.7 +3.3
Liberal Democrats (UK) Victoria Ellen Walker 215 12.6 -0.742.54,017Labour Party (UK) -3.0
Hitchin Walsworth wardRatepayers Association Kenneth William Logan*(Ken Logan) 1,627 57.4 +9.9
Labour Party (UK) David Edward Billing 914 32.2 -10.8
Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Paul Newby 294 10.4 +0.947.26,022Ratepayers Association +10.4
Hitchwood wardConservative Party (UK) Rodney James Bird 433 62.7 -5.2
Liberal Democrats (UK) Penelope Jean Cunningham 135 19.5 +3.5
Labour Party (UK) Colin Southward 123 17.8 +1.751.11,357Conservative Party (UK) -4.4
Hoo wardConservative Party (UK) David John Barnard 410 49.0 +0.1
Labour Party (UK) Roger Aubrey Wood 313 37.4 +10.5
Liberal Democrats (UK) Douglas Thomas Llewelyn 113 13.5 -10.656.91,468Conservative Party (UK) -5.2
Letchworth East wardLabour Party (UK) William Charles Bifield*(Charles Bifield) 1,108 50.1 -7.6
Conservative Party (UK) Gloria June Storer 638 28.8 +4.9
Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Gammell 360 16.3 +6.3
Green Party (UK) Eric Morris Blakeley 106 4.8 -3.645.74,855Labour Party (UK) -6.3
Letchworth Grange wardLabour Party (UK) Thomas Reade 1,404 54.3 -3.4
Conservative Party (UK) Carole Anne McNelliey 730 28.2 +4.3
Liberal Democrats (UK) Cathleen Jean Worcester 451 17.4 +7.549.95,190Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) -3.9
Letchworth South East wardLabour Party (UK) Nigel Edward Agar 1,136 37.4 -10.4
Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Lawrence Shakespeare-Smith 1,123 37.0 +4.0
Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison Elaine Kingman 672 22.1 +22.1
Green Party (UK) Sylvia Fraser-Andrews 105 3.5 -5.450.16,066Labour Party (UK) -7.2
The Letchworth South East seat was previously held by Tony Quinn, who had been elected in 1987 as an SDP councillor. Following the demise of the continuing SDP in 1990, he had joined Labour for the last year of his term.
Letchworth South West wardLiberal Democrats (UK) Ian Simpson 1,257 46.6 +17.8
Conservative Party (UK) David Alfred Jones* 1,061 39.4 -8.9
Labour Party (UK) Linda Grimes 377 14.0 -8.959.74,521Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +13.4
Letchworth Wilbury wardLabour Party (UK) David Evans 908 43.5 -15.9
Conservative Party (UK) Keith Fletcher Emsall* 847 40.6 +10.5
Liberal Democrats (UK) Sara Louise Tustin 333 15.9 +5.553.53,911Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -13.2
Newsells wardConservative Party (UK) Robert Ellis Wilkerson*(Bob Wilkerson) 448 62.3 +0.2
Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Charles Martin 147 20.4 -12.1
Labour Party (UK) Catherine Judith Hurst 124 17.2 +12.058.51,231Conservative Party (UK) +6.2
Offa wardConservative Party (UK) Lynne Kathleen Faulkner* 474 47.7 +4.5
Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Kenneth Harbron 404 40.7 -1.7
Labour Party (UK) John Saunders 115 11.6 -2.863.41,567Conservative Party (UK) +3.1
Royston West wardLiberal Democrats (UK) Stuart John Cook 1,366 42.5 +11.3
Conservative Party (UK) Jeffrey John Perry 1,199 37.3 -0.4
Labour Party (UK) Leslie Baker 648 20.2 -10.952.36,167Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +5.9
Sandon wardIndependent politician Edward William Faure Walker(Teddy Faure Walker) 416 60.5 +60.5
Conservative Party (UK) Harold Albert Greenfield* 216 31.4 -27.5
Liberal Democrats (UK) Julie Dawn Martin 32 4.7 -31.0
Labour Party (UK) Caroline Rebecca Karen Doyle 24 3.5 -2.061.91,115Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) +44.0
References
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