1997 Hertfordshire County Council election

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1997 Hertfordshire County Council election

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1 May 1997

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All 77 seats to Hertfordshire County Council
39 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Con	Lab	LD
Leader	Robert Ellis	John Metcalf	Chris White
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Seats won	38	30	9
Seat change	11		10
Popular vote	229,983	201,619	138,692
Percentage	40.1%	35.2%	24.2%

Leader before election

John Metcalf
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

John Metcalf
Labour
No overall control

Hertfordshire County Council elections was held on 1 May 1997, with all 77 seats contested. The Council remained under no overall control. The Conservatives formed the largest political group, but the Labour and Liberal Democrat groups formed a coalition to run the council.^[1]^[2]

	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	38	+11	49.35	40.10	229,983
Labour	30	0	38.96	35.16	201,619
Liberal Democrats	9	-10	11.69	24.19	138,692
Independent	0	-1	0.00	0.42	2,390
Green	0	0	0.00	0.04	518
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0.00	0.04	253

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	6	100.00	50.83	22,186
Labour	0	0.00	33.85	14,777
Liberal Democrats	0	0.00	15.32	6,688

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	6	60.00	42.12	33,182
Labour	4	40.00	35.96	28,329
Liberal Democrats	0	0.00	21.92	17,271

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	7	77.78	45.07	32,240
Labour	1	11.11	26.99	19,306
Liberal Democrats	1	11.11	25.41	18,179
Independent	0	0.00	1.81	1,293
Green	0	0.00	0.72	518

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	4	57.15	43.80	22,066
Labour	2	28.57	34.42	17,340
Liberal Democrats	1	14.28	21.77	10,968

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	5	55.55	41.19	27,702
Labour	4	44.45	36.98	24,873
Liberal Democrats	0	0.00	21.83	14,684

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	3	30.00	36.27	27,669
Liberal Democrats	3	30.00	34.06	25,981
Labour	4	40.00	29.67	22,631

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	6	100.00	56.22	23,866
Conservative	0	0.00	27.82	11,811
Liberal Democrats	0	0.00	15.36	6,519
Socialist Alliance	0	0.00	0.60	253

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	3	50.00	40.22	18,234
Liberal Democrats	2	33.33	35.45	16,062
Labour	1	16.67	24.33	11,032

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	3	50.00	39.79	16,899
Conservative	1	16.67	32.01	13,593
Liberal Democrats	2	33.33	28.20	11,975

Cheshunt Central 1 May 1997 Broxbourne District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Janes	3,171	51.09
	Labour	Christopher Simonovitch	2,140	34.48
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Campbell	896	14.43
Majority			1,031	16.61
Turnout			6,207	69.08

Cheshunt North 1 May 1997 Broxbourne District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Searing	3,208	48.27
	Labour	Linda Dambrauskas	2,586	38.91
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Guy	852	12.82
Majority			622	9.36
Turnout			6,646	66.21

Cheshunt West 1 May 1997 Broxbourne District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Game	4,721	56.50
	Labour	James Meadows	2,376	28.43
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Huse	1,259	15.07
Majority			2,345	28.07
Turnout			8,356	72.23

Hoddesdon North 1 May 1997 Broxbourne District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Morton	3,417	48.23
	Labour	Neil Harvey	2,485	35.07
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Fey	1,183	16.70
Majority			932	13.16
Turnout			7,085	71.41

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	5	62.50	40.80	22,566
Conservative	3	37.50	38.50	21,292
Liberal Democrats	0	0.00	18.72	10,355
Independent	0	0.00	1.98	1,097

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Moyra O'Neill	4,259	55.32
	Labour	James Emslie	1,929	25.06
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Bassill	1,511	19.62
Majority			2,330	30.26
Turnout			7,699	71.41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Russell Thomas	3,418	44.59
	Labour	Mark Farrington	3,261	42.54
	Liberal Democrats	John Doolan	987	12.87
Majority			157	2.05
Turnout			7,666	66.88

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Coleman	3,999	41.48
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Horton	3,485	36.15
	Labour	Paul Dyett	2,157	22.37
Majority			514	5.33
Turnout			9,641	78.05

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julian Taunton	3,709	57.27
	Labour	Brian Fisher	1,527	23.58
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hawgood	1,240	19.15
Majority			2,182	33.69
Turnout			6,476	78.78

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Channell	3,234	45.23
	Labour	Christina Letanka	2,837	39.67
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Richardson	1,080	15.10
Majority			397	5.56
Turnout			7,151	78.96

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Wing	3,301	44.49
	Conservative	Sonia Sullivan	2,640	35.59
	Liberal Democrats	John Blackman	1,478	19.92
Majority			661	8.90
Turnout			7,419	70.13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Laidlaw-Dickson	4,014	48.98
	Conservative	Anthony Gallagher	2,863	34.93
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Hardy	1,319	16.09
Majority			1,151	14.05
Turnout			8,196	78.35

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Hebborn	3,394	52.65
	Conservative	Janice Marshall	1,663	25.79
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Lawrence	1,390	21.56
Majority			1,731	26.86
Turnout			6,447	73.73

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Aldis	3,979	48.07
	Conservative	John Jameson	2,915	35.21
	Liberal Democrats	John Witt	1,384	16.72
Majority			1,064	12.86
Turnout			8,278	75.57

Results

By district

Division Results

Broxbourne (6 Seats)

Dacorum (10 Seats)

East Herts (9 Seats)

Hertsmere (7 Seats)

North Herts (9 Seats)

St Albans (10 Seats)

Stevenage (6 Seats)

Three Rivers (6 Seats)

Watford (6 Seats)

Welwyn Hatfield (8 Seats)

Changes 1997–2001

References

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jennifer Beesley	4,149	45.69
	Labour	Robert Hutchinson	3,292	36.25
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Pexton	1,640	18.06
Majority			857	9.44
Turnout			9,081	76.75

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet Anderson	3,825	53.72
	Labour	Peter Kraft	2,007	28.18
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Ayrton	1,289	18.10
Majority			1,818	25.54
Turnout			7,121	80.25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stanley Mills	4,185	46.64
	Liberal Democrats	John Brooks	2,966	33.06
	Labour	Dilys Carter	1,821	20.30
Majority			1,219	13.58
Turnout			8,972	77.95

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Francis Escott	2,888	37.59
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Knott	2,643	34.40
	Labour	Barbara Lerner	2,152	28.01
Majority			245	3.19
Turnout			7,683	77.94

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Francis	3,055	37.67
	Conservative	John Wyllie	2,894	35.69
	Labour	Philip Tripp	2,160	26.64
Majority			161	1.98
Turnout			8,109	73.48

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Engel	4,686	49.65
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Graham	2,555	27.07
	Labour	Richard Bayliss	1,941	20.57
	Green	Richard Goate	256	2.71
Majority			2,131	22.58
Turnout			9,438	76.10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jane Pitman	4,121	54.26
	Labour	Amanda Porter	1,928	25.38
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Harris	1,546	20.36
Majority			2,193	28.88
Turnout			7,595	78.39

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryan Hammond	4,557	52.33
	Labour	Thomas McNicholas	2,527	29.01
	Liberal Democrats	John Wing	1,625	18.66
Majority			2,030	23.32
Turnout			8,709	79.46

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Norman Lindop	2,838	44.55
	Conservative	James Thornton	2,426	38.08
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Coote	1,106	17.37
Majority			412	6.47
Turnout			6,370	75.43

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary Bayes	3,405	41.83
	Labour	Julia Madell	1,666	20.47
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew MacPherson	1,514	18.60
	Independent	Bryan Smalley	1,293	15.88
	Green	Suzanne Mackenzie	262	3.22
Majority			1,739	21.36
Turnout			8,140	75.92