1999 Dacorum Borough Council election

Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 6 May 1999. The election in Highfield St Paul was delayed after the death of a Conservative candidate until a by-election was held on 3 June. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last Dacorum Council election, 1995 reducing the number of seats by 6. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control, although it would fall back to no overall control after the by-election in June.

Election result

Dacorum Local Election Result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	26			7	53.1	45.9	31,029	+14.2
	Labour	17			16	34.7	36.9	24,922	-10.2
	Liberal Democrats	6			2	12.2	14.1	9,499	-5.1
	Independent	0			2	0	2.2	1,524	+1.5
	Green	0				0.0	0.8	553	+0.1
	Left Alliance	0				0.0	0.1	54	N/A
	Natural Law	0				0.0	<0.1	23	-0.1

Ward results

Adeyfield East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Pesch	741
	Labour	Raymond Haverson	736
	Conservative	Peter Channell	579
	Conservative	Eliot Tyler-Waddington	533
Turnout			2,589

Adeyfield West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith White	610
	Labour	Navaratnam Singam	609
	Conservative	Michael Barry	408
	Conservative	Hugh Scott	403
Turnout			2,030

Aldbury & Wigginton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tobias Ellwood	382	59.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael James	139	21.7
	Labour	Hugh Wilson	121	18.8
Majority			243	37.8
Turnout			642

Apsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Beesley	563	66.8
	Labour	Rosemary Eastwood	280	33.2
Majority			283	33.6
Turnout			843

Ashridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Seely	771	78.3
	Labour	William Glennon	214	21.7
Majority			557	56.6
Turnout			985

Bennetts End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Cook	856
	Labour	Paul Eastwood	821
	Conservative	Robert Fisher	347
	Conservative	Arthur Craigen	344
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Roe	140
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Wilson	113
Turnout			2,621

Berkhamsted Castle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Coleman	577
	Conservative	Peter Ginger	542
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Patterson	502
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Corry	490
	Independent	Ian Johnston	342
	Independent	Edward Dyer	278
	Labour	Dorothy Franks	173
	Labour	Neil Shacklock	172
Turnout			3,076

Berkhamsted East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Lythgoe	629
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Gibbs	610
	Conservative	Peter Davis	497
	Conservative	Jane Sewell	477
	Labour	Gill Bellamy	287
	Labour	Michael Bromberg	239
	Independent	Norman Cutting	179
	Green	Diana Jones	77
Turnout			2,995

Berkhamsted West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Sharpe	604
	Liberal Democrats	John Brooks	581
	Conservative	Ian Reay	572
	Conservative	Carol Green	566
	Labour	Jane Gilbert	203
	Labour	David Franks	182
Turnout			2,708

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Beale	1,315
	Conservative	Brian O'Sullivan	1,277
	Conservative	Anne Janes	1,267
	Liberal Democrats	David Griffiths	471
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Richardson	418
	Labour	Susan Cerins	373
	Labour	Anne Janes	361
	Labour	Alan Olive	347
	Liberal Democrats	Garrick Stevens	345
Turnout			6,174

Boxmoor (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janice Marshall	1,015
	Conservative	Andrew Fairburn	950
	Labour	Marie Hutchison	940
	Labour	Albert Dennison	921
Turnout			3,826

Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Appleby	580
	Conservative	Andrew Williams	573
	Labour	Robert Hutchison	487
	Labour	Israel Berkovitch	479
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Blackman	132
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Kingsnorth	114
Turnout			2,365

Chaulden & Shrubill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne-Lise Johnsen	857
	Labour	Richard Widger	824
	Conservative	Ann Richardson	432
	Conservative	Brenda Griffiths	428
	Independent	William Killen	267
Turnout			2,808

Corner Hall (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Bennett	732
	Labour	Andrew Inchley	657
	Conservative	John Hanson	481
	Conservative	Christopher Cadman	469
	Liberal Democrats	John Blackman	145
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Waugh	128
	Left Alliance	Stephen Harrison	54
Turnout			2,666

Gadebridge (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Flint	780
	Labour	Ronald Coxage	677
	Independent	Maurice Young	288
	Conservative	Jean Reid	284
	Conservative	Louis Pouyanne	281
	Independent	Mark Presland	199
	Natural Law	Diana Harding	23
Turnout			2,532

Grovehill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Fisher	766
	Labour	Michael Maloney	710
	Labour	Richard Walsh	681
	Conservative	Janet Higgs	331
	Conservative	Keith Reid	326
	Conservative	Colin Peter	324
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Savage	173
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bethune	149
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Gooden	147
Turnout			3,607

Kings Langley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Anderson	764
	Conservative	Alexander McGregor	696
	Labour	Maureen Sedlacek	647
	Labour	Martin Smith	631
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Coulter	259
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Morton	250
Turnout			3,247

Leverstock Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Bassadine	1,355
	Conservative	Lois Blythe	1,303
	Conservative	Margaret Griffiths	1,262
	Labour	Richard Hebborn	832
	Labour	Ora Warren	774
	Labour	Alan Dickson	756
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Daly	173
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Roe	162
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Cottrell	131
Turnout			6,748

Nash Mill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Semdley	352	48.2
	Labour	Stephen Fisher	317	43.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Waugh	62	8.5
Majority			35	4.8
Turnout			731

Northchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janette Dunbavand	537	67.9
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Batchelor	145	18.3
	Labour	John Collisson	109	13.8
Majority			392	49.6
Turnout			791

Tring Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Rance	639
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Hollinghurst	581
	Conservative	William Barnett	530
	Conservative	Jacqueline Dawson	509
	Labour	Dilys Carter	239
	Labour	James Maple	215
	Green	Colin Kruger	116
Turnout			2,829

Tring East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jameson	592	64.6
	Labour	Rosemarie Hollinghurst	209	22.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Lovelace	116	12.6
Majority			383	41.8
Turnout			917

Tring West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Townsend	769
	Conservative	Stanley Mills	741
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Batchelor	505
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elley	446
	Green	John Hall	258
	Labour	Daniel Carroll	249
	Labour	Paul Stanton	212
Turnout			3,180

Warners End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Coxage	772
	Labour	Rebecca Dickenson	697
	Conservative	Fiona Guest	579
	Conservative	Anthony Gallagher	538
	Green	Martin Humphrey	102
	Independent	David Clarke	102
	Independent	Moya Presland	69
Turnout			2,859

Watling (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Chapman	830
	Conservative	Julian Taunton	829
	Labour	Gilian Edwards	310
	Labour	Judith Molloy	266
Turnout			2,235

Woodhall (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Denmead	476
	Conservative	Michael Griffiths	473
	Labour	Brian Fisher	432
	Labour	Simon Gluck	419
Turnout			1,800

References

• "How the nations voted", The Times 8 May 1999 page 48
• 1999 Dacorum election result
• Ward results