2015 Dacorum Borough Council election

2015 Dacorum Borough Council election
7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)
All 51 seats to Dacorum Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats won 46 3 2
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3 Steady
Popular vote 75,674 21,195 23,447
Percentage 53.8% 15.1% 16.7%
Swing Decrease 0.1% Decrease 2.9% Decrease 8.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2015 Dacorum Borough Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

The 2015 Dacorum Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as the 2015 general election and other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2015 Dacorum Borough Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 51 46 4 1 Increase 3 90.2 53.8 75,674 –0.1
  Liberal Democrats 43 3 1 4 Decrease 3 5.9 15.1 21,195 –2.9
  Labour 35 2 2 2 Steady 3.9 16.7 23,447 –8.7
  UKIP 16 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 7.8 11,004 N/A
  Green 21 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 6.5 9,158 +4.6
  Independent 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 276 –0.3

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Adeyfield East

Adeyfield East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Adshead 1,037 42.0 –10.7
Conservative William Wyatt-Lowe* 1,021 41.4 –9.0
Labour Michael Moore 649 26.3 –5.3
UKIP Noel Swinford 569 23.1 N/A
Labour Peter Scott 407 16.5 –10.2
Green Sam Deering 186 7.5 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Adrian England 152 6.2 –2.5
Liberal Democrats Joe Toovey 101 4.1 –3.3
Turnout 2,467 61.8 +24.6
Registered electors 3,991
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Adeyfield West

Adeyfield West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sharon Adshead 763 28.9 –10.8
Liberal Democrats Ron Tindall 715 27.1 +13.7
Conservative Tony Gallagher 706 26.8 –11.3
UKIP Martyn Adams 672 25.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Wilson 463 17.6 +4.5
Labour Zahoor Iqbal 450 17.1 –22.1
Turnout 2,637 62.1 +24.6
Registered electors 4,245
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Aldbury & Wigginton

Aldbury & Wigginton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stan Mills 642 43.8 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Hollinghurst* 596 40.7 –12.0
Green Charlotte Pardy 129 8.8 N/A
Labour Timothy Perkins 98 6.7 –0.3
Majority 46 3.1 N/A
Turnout 1,465 76.3 +18.3
Registered electors 1,919
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase7.8

Ashridge

Ashridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Douris 1,281 73.6 –2.5
Labour Samira Hotobah-During 201 11.5 –1.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret Colquhoun 148 8.5 –2.8
Green Terri Bailey 111 6.4 N/A
Majority 1,080 62.1 –1.4
Turnout 1,741 79.3 +23.5
Registered electors 2,195
Conservative hold Swing Decrease0.7

Apsley & Corner Hall

Apsley & Corner Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Peter* 1,685 35.3 –20.8
Conservative Tina Howard 1,637 34.3 –12.8
Conservative Michael Clark* 1,518 31.8 –12.7
Labour Matthew Carter 1,084 22.7 –6.5
Labour Norman Jones 1,047 21.9 –5.4
UKIP John Eardley 1,001 21.0 N/A
Green Tom Hart-Shea 739 15.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Bird 671 14.0 +1.3
Turnout 4,776 71.9 +36.4
Registered electors 6,638
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bennetts End

Bennetts End (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Birnie 1,193 38.9 –1.0
Conservative Suqlain Mahmood* 1,014 33.1 –3.3
Labour Mohammad Malik 889 29.0 –4.8
Labour Mandy Tattershall 824 26.9 –2.4
UKIP Alan Goodman 701 22.9 N/A
Green Sofiya Ahmed 281 9.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Lynda Roe 229 7.5 –4.5
Independent Nigel Nutkins 141 4.6 N/A
Turnout 3,065 66.3 +27.7
Registered electors 4,625
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Berkhamsted Castle

Berkhamsted Castle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Collins* 1,933 53.7 +0.7
Conservative Tom Ritchie 1,682 46.7 –4.7
Liberal Democrats Freda Earl 1,154 32.1 –1.6
Green Paul Gregory De Hoest 819 22.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Horton 652 18.1 –7.1
Turnout 3,599 76.0 +25.1
Registered electors 4,733
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Berkhamsted East

Berkhamsted East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elaine Collins 1,482 43.7 –1.8
Conservative Stephen Bateman* 1,438 42.4 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Garrick Stevens 1,008 29.7 –1.3
Labour Gwendoline Scott 655 19.3 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Gordon Yearwood 655 19.3 –8.0
Green Paul Harris 517 15.2 N/A
Labour Dominic Hook 465 13.7 –0.2
Turnout 3,392 73.5 +25.4
Registered electors 4,612
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Berkhamsted West

Berkhamsted West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Ashbourn 1,697 51.6 –0.6
Conservative Peter Matthews 1,591 48.3 –3.3
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Corry 616 18.7 –5.3
Labour Peter Jones 554 16.8 –0.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Holditch 507 15.4 –3.1
Green Mary Hardinge 442 13.4 +1.0
Labour Alexander Matthews 419 12.7 –0.9
Turnout 3,294 71.9 +23.6
Registered electors 4,584
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Barnes 3,090 64.2 –5.7
Conservative Stewart Riddick 2,827 58.8 –5.0
Conservative Gbola Adeleke* 2,772 57.6 –1.8
Green Wiebke Carr 933 19.4 +7.6
Labour Beryl Milnes 714 14.8 +0.5
Labour Richard Milnes 650 13.5 –0.7
Liberal Democrats Gloria Crellin 520 10.8 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Elley 400 8.3 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Rogers 344 7.2 –0.3
Turnout 4,810 72.8 +25.4
Registered electors 6,610
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Boxmoor

Boxmoor (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janice Marshall* 2,355 47.9 –6.2
Conservative Neil Harden* 2,032 41.4 –11.6
Conservative Andrew Williams* 1,876 38.2 –10.2
UKIP Vic Cole 1,200 24.4 N/A
Labour Ian Laidlaw-Dickson 1,035 21.1 –5.3
Liberal Democrats John Allen 849 17.3 +1.1
Green Sherief Mamoun Hassan 831 16.9 +8.3
Labour Julia Coleman 778 15.8 –8.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Angell 601 12.2 +3.3
UKIP Christopher Wright 522 10.6 N/A
Turnout 4,913 71.8 +23.5
Registered electors 6,848
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Chauldon & Warners End

Chauldon & Warners End (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Guest* 2,002 43.0 –2.5
Conservative John Whitman* 1,921 41.2 –2.2
Conservative Graeme Elliot 1,863 40.0 –3.1
Labour Margaret Coxage 1,191 25.6 –12.1
UKIP Anne-Marie Bacon 1,079 23.2 N/A
Labour Ron Coxage 1,066 22.9 –11.4
Labour Michael Bromberg 1,025 22.0 –12.3
Green Jane Cousins 507 10.9 –1.1
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Simmons 367 7.9 1.4
Liberal Democrats Diane Wilson 317 6.8 –0.4
Liberal Democrats Beth Townsend 178 3.8 –2.4
Turnout 4,658 67.6 +22.4
Registered electors 6,888
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Gadebridge

Gadebridge (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Taylor* 1,120 41.1 +3.1
Conservative Isy Imarni 921 33.8 +1.4
Labour Vanessa Mitchell 702 25.8 –18.8
Labour Angela Terry 635 23.3 –12.9
UKIP James Froggatt 595 21.8 N/A
Green Suzanne Watts 226 8.3 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Stuart Watkin 137 5.0 –1.7
Independent Brian Hall 125 4.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Frances Turan 86 3.2 –1.7
Turnout 2,724 66.0 +21.3
Registered electors 4,130
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Grovehill

Grovehill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Banks 1,535 44.6 –5.4
Conservative Alex Bhinder 1,424 41.4 –3.7
Conservative Goverdhan Silwal 1,142 33.2 –11.4
UKIP Karen Hall 996 29.0 N/A
Labour Dawn Green 860 25.0 –10.9
Labour Jean Langdon 782 22.7 –7.1
Green Paul Sandford 417 12.1 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Geoff Lawrence 293 8.5 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Rance 168 4.9 –2.1
Turnout 3,440 60.4 +23.9
Registered electors 5,696
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hemel Hempstead Town

Hemel Hempstead Town (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christina Brown 998 40.2 –0.1
Labour Anne Fisher 790 31.8 –5.8
Conservative Sanjay Jamuar 746 30.0 –8.7
Labour Stefan Fisher 696 28.0 –8.6
UKIP Howard Koch 442 17.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Angela Tindall 287 11.6 –5.4
Liberal Democrats Rob Irving 239 9.6 –5.5
Turnout 2,484 58.2 +23.3
Registered electors 4,270
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Highfield

Highfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Fethney 706 28.4 –4.7
Liberal Democrats Brenda Link* 684 27.5 –14.4
UKIP Elena Naidoo 632 25.4 N/A
Conservative Adam Wyatt-Lowe 568 22.8 –1.1
Conservative Christopher Griffiths 561 22.6 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Stuart Pope 448 18.0 –26.7
Green Ky Wilkinson 230 9.3 N/A
Turnout 2,486 59.8 =19.2
Registered electors 4,161
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Kings Langley

Kings Langley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Anderson* 1,713 56.7 –6.0
Conservative Robert McLean* 1,438 47.6 –8.7
Labour Gerald Angiolini 782 25.9 +0.6
Green Victoria Bate 573 18.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ian Senior 471 15.6 +1.2
Turnout 3,023 73.1 +24.4
Registered electors 4,137
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Leverstock Green

Leverstock Green (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hazel Bassadone* 2,493 52.0 –9.3
Conservative Graham Sutton* 2,052 42.8 –11.9
Conservative Margaret Griffiths* 1,865 38.9 –14.8
Labour Lee Whitehall 1,230 25.6 +0.1
UKIP Rachel Catherine Biggs 1,095 22.8 N/A
Green Angela May Lynch 777 16.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sheila Daly 740 15.4 +2.1
Turnout 4,797 68.1 +25.4
Registered electors 7,045
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Nash Mills

Nash Mills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jan Maddern 846 51.3 –14.3
Labour Bernard Gronert 385 23.3 –0.4
UKIP Gillian Adams 242 14.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan Waugh 92 5.6 –5.1
Green Gail Gregory 85 5.2 N/A
Majority 461 28.0 –13.9
Turnout 1,650 67.2 +23.5
Registered electors 2,456
Conservative hold Swing Decrease7.0

Northchurch

Northchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Fantham* 980 60.3 –8.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Somervail 305 18.8 +1.0
Labour Jody Whitehill 199 12.2 –1.3
Green Ian Bell 141 8.7 N/A
Majority 675 41.5 –9.3
Turnout 1,625 73.7 +25.0
Registered electors 2,205
Conservative hold Swing Decrease4.7

Tring Central

Tring Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Hearn 1,344 47.3 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Roxanne Ransley 1,083 38.1 –13.4
Conservative Phil Hills 1,071 37.7 +6.7
Liberal Democrats John Bowden 1,033 36.4 –11.5
Green Kevin Fielding 444 15.6 N/A
Turnout 2,839 71.0 +24.2
Registered electors 3,998
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Tring East

Tring East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Penny Hearn* 904 53.2 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Denise Rance 604 35.6 –4.6
UKIP Mark Anderson 191 11.2 N/A
Majority 300 17.6 +5.3
Turnout 1,699 77.4 +17.7
Registered electors 2,196
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.7

Tring West & Rural

Tring West & Rural (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Olive Conway* 1,244 39.6 –3.1
Conservative Mike Hicks 1,162 37.0 –1.8
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Hollinghurst 1,076 34.2 –12.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Townsend* 859 27.3 –13.1
UKIP Amy Anderson 419 13.3 N/A
Green Roger Oliver 400 12.7 N/A
Labour Emma Reed 313 10.0 ±0.0
Labour Sylvia Shaw 209 6.7 –3.0
Turnout 3,145 75.4 +22.2
Registered electors 4,172
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Watling

Watling (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Chapman* 1,910 62.3 –2.8
Conservative Jane Timmis 1,713 55.9 –6.1
Labour Gillian Edwards 570 18.6 +1.9
Labour Sandra Palmer 387 12.6 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Irving 301 9.8 –4.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Waugh 216 7.0 +1.0
Turnout 3,065 71.0 +26.5
Registered electors 4,317
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Woodhall Farm

Woodhall Farm (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colette Wyatt-Lowe* 1,457 54.9 –7.3
Conservative Rosie Sutton 1,409 53.1 –5.9
UKIP Steven Jones 648 24.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Arno Andreasen 489 18.4 +9.0
Green Bernard Hurley 370 14.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Lloyd Harris 341 12.9 +5.7
Turnout 2,653 62.8 +26.0
Registered electors 4,227
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

References

  1. ^ "Dacorum District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
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