# 2007 Dacorum Borough Council election

Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by one. The Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council after winning 44 of the 51 seats which they partly attributed to national events, while the Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats but were pleased to become the official opposition.

## Election result

Dacorum Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 44 | +13 | 86.3 | 54.2 | 45,226 | +9.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | -2 | 9.8 | 20.5 | 17,136 | -3.2% |
| Labour | 2 | -12 | 3.9 | 20.3 | 16,928 | -9.3% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2,516 | +1.8% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1,083 | +0.8% |
| National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 541 | +0.6% |

## Ward results

Adeyfield East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Allan Lawson | 785 | |
| | Conservative | William Wyatt-Lowe | 752 | |
| | Labour | Dawn Barnes | 410 | |
| | Labour | Helen Leach | 370 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Coburn | 155 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Hardy | 138 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,610 | 35.8 |
Adeyfield West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Keith White | 518 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Reid | 508 | |
| | Labour | Susan White | 502 | |
| | Conservative | Angela Ashdown | 481 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Fry | 200 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Lawrence | 178 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,387 | 31.1 |
Aldbury & Wigginton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mike Edwards | 475 | 57.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael James | 306 | 36.7 |
| | Labour | Tony Shaw | 53 | 6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 834 | 44.8 |
Apsley and Corner Hall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Ayling | 1,201 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Peter | 1,087 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Clark | 1,084 | |
| | Labour | Hazel Mackie | 367 | |
| | Labour | Beryl Milnes | 335 | |
| | Labour | Michael Sheehan | 321 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashley Burton | 258 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Waugh | 234 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Senior | 212 | |
| | Green | Jeffrey Fanstone | 206 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,305 | 31.3 |
Ashridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Tiley | 791 | 74.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Irving | 184 | 17.4 |
| | Labour | Sharon Greene | 83 | 7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 607 | 57.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,058 | 50.0 |
Bennetts End (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michelle Lancaster | 721 | |
| | Conservative | Suqlain Mahmood | 655 | |
| | Labour | Gary Cook | 537 | |
| | Labour | Bernard Gronert | 525 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicole Daly | 206 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Waugh | 175 | |
| | Green | Malcolm Waterton | 128 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,947 | 35.7 |
Berkhamsted Castle (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Fairburn | 1,049 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Mole | 965 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Patterson | 721 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Earl | 690 | |
| | Labour | James Mackie | 113 | |
| | Labour | Alan Olive | 104 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,642 | 40.4 |
Berkhamsted East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Julie Laws | 722 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Bateman | 698 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Gibbs | 627 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Lythgoe | 603 | |
| | Independent | Norman Cutting | 341 | |
| | Green | Anne Duvall | 152 | |
| | Labour | Sylvia Shaw | 74 | |
| | Labour | Mary Khamis | 73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,290 | 38.7 |
Berkhamsted West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carol Green | 860 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Reay | 837 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geraldine Corry | 615 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garrick Stevens | 601 | |
| | Labour | Peter Norman | 154 | |
| | Labour | Natasha Littlechild | 123 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,190 | 39.0 |
Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Roberts | 1,734 | |
| | Conservative | Gill Chapman | 1,711 | |
| | Conservative | Gbola Adeleke | 1,450 | |
| | Independent | Sharon Sims | 417 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Griffiths | 385 | |
| | Green | Martin Humphrew | 280 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rick Martin | 252 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Batchelor | 243 | |
| | Labour | Richard Milnes | 230 | |
| | Labour | Stephanie Barnes | 218 | |
| | Labour | Scott Stimpson | 174 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,094 | 40.2 |
Boxmoor (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Janice Marshall | 1,470 | |
| | Conservative | Neil Harden | 1,430 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Williams | 1,306 | |
| | Labour | Julia Coleman | 520 | |
| | Labour | Helen Heenan | 429 | |
| | Labour | Tim Lyle | 416 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Simmons | 402 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Watkin | 375 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Tindall | 352 | |
| | Green | Alan Johnson | 231 | |
| | Green | Hazel Johnson | 216 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,147 | 41.7 |
Chaulden and Warners End (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Fiona Guest | 981 | |
| | Conservative | John Whitman | 935 | |
| | Conservative | Janice Speaight | 931 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Coxage | 915 | |
| | Labour | Ronald Coxage | 824 | |
| | Labour | Anne-Lise Johnsen | 781 | |
| | Green | Jane Cousins | 327 | |
| | National Front | Bernard Franklin | 327 | |
| | Independent | Julie James | 325 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Wilson | 280 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Kennedy | 257 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynda Roe | 256 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,139 | 39.5 |
Gadebridge (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Taylor | 623 | |
| | Conservative | Jai Restall | 554 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Flint | 527 | |
| | Labour | Stefan Fisher | 434 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Michie | 161 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Colquhoun | 124 | |
| | Green | Paul Harris | 124 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,547 | 34.3 |
Grovehill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ann Ryan | 956 | |
| | Conservative | Alexander Bhinder | 901 | |
| | Conservative | Terence Douris | 889 | |
| | Labour | An Fisher | 609 | |
| | Labour | Michael Maloney | 514 | |
| | Labour | Richard Walsh | 497 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Blackman | 229 | |
| | National Front | Simon Deacon | 214 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Fryd | 154 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Rance | 147 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,110 | 32.6 |
Hemel Hempstead Town (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Moore | 404 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Wright | 396 | |
| | Labour | Ellen Halden | 388 | |
| | Conservative | Adam Wyatt-Lowe | 358 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Angell | 183 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Blackman | 181 | |
| | Green | Paul Sandford | 112 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,022 | 29.4 |
Highfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brenda Link | 739 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Harris | 604 | |
| | Labour | Elio Gomez | 522 | |
| | Labour | Bert Bannister | 488 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Minier | 293 | |
| | Conservative | Miriam Wiedman-Smith | 237 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,883 | 38.4 |
Kings Langley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Anderson | 1,048 | |
| | Conservative | Bob Mclean | 958 | |
| | Labour | Gerald Angiolini | 376 | |
| | Labour | Eira Mills | 309 | |
| | Green | Jenna Selby | 254 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Morton | 187 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerald Coulter | 173 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,305 | 44.0 |
Leverstock Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Hazel Bassadone | 1,624 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Griffiths | 1,523 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Sutton | 1,506 | |
| | Labour | Douglas Jones | 463 | |
| | Labour | Alan Dickson | 448 | |
| | Labour | Jean Langdon | 432 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Potter | 290 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Daly | 271 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Roe | 234 | |
| | Green | Gillian Storey | 192 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,983 | 37.0 |
Nash Mill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lucy Foster | 511 | 64.8 |
| | Labour | Norman Jones | 182 | 23.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Roe | 95 | 12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 329 | 41.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 788 | 37.8 |
Northchurch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Fantham | 627 | 70.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Critcher | 203 | 22.7 |
| | Labour | Doreen Hills | 66 | 7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 424 | 47.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 896 | 41.2 |
Tring Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Hollinghurst | 824 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denise Rance | 793 | |
| | Conservative | John Bowden | 661 | |
| | Conservative | Stan Mills | 651 | |
| | Green | Colin Kruger | 156 | |
| | Labour | Douglas Drury | 76 | |
| | Labour | Fran Howat | 72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,233 | 41.5 |
Tring East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Penelope Hearn | 660 | 63.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemarie Hollinghurst | 349 | 33.5 |
| | Labour | Philip Gonzalez | 33 | 3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 311 | 29.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,042 | 47.7 |
Tring West and Rural (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derek Townsend | 919 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Townsend | 895 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Allan | 883 | |
| | Conservative | Olive Conway | 866 | |
| | Labour | Jan Kalaher | 93 | |
| | Labour | Frank Burgess | 88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,744 | 47.8 |
Watling (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert Chapman | 1,093 | |
| | Conservative | David Lloyd | 1,068 | |
| | Labour | Joseph Wales | 167 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Murray | 153 | |
| | Labour | Kit Wales | 152 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Tindall | 141 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,774 | 36.2 |
Woodhall Farm (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Holmes | 808 | |
| | Conservative | Colette Wyatt-Lowe | 743 | |
| | Labour | Sally Anderson | 215 | |
| | Labour | Barbara Gronert | 204 | |
| | Green | Helen Batchelor | 138 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Bonnett | 115 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Elley | 103 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,326 | 29.2 |