# 2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election

The 2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 28
* Liberal Democrat 7
* Labour 4

## Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 28 seats, while the Liberal Democrats were the main opposition with 6 seats. 15 of the 39 seats were being contested at the election.
The election in Borehamwood Kenilworth ward saw the sitting Labour councillor for the previous 24 years, Frank Ward, stand as an independent against Conservative and Labour candidates. This came after Ward was deselected by the local Labour Party, with Ward accusing local Labour party members of a conspiracy and religious discrimination. However this was denied by Labour, with Labour saying he had "failed to meet the required standards to be considered as a Labour Party candidate".

## Election result

The Conservatives maintained their majority on the council, staying on 28 seats after both gaining and losing a seat. The Liberal Democrats gained Bushey St James from the Conservatives to rise to 7 seats, but the Conservatives also gained a seat from Labour in Borehamwood Kenilworth, meaning that Labour was reduced to 4 councillors.
Conservative Penelope Swallow won in Borehamwood Kenilworth with a 49-vote majority over Labour, with independent Frank Ward having taken 216 votes. Ward said he was pleased with the result as he "was only determined that I would split the Labour vote, so to some extent I did win." However the retiring Labour group leader Leon Reefe said they felt "betrayed" by Ward.
Hertsmere Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 | 56.3 | 12,162 | -1.3% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 20.0 | 16.6 | 3,586 | -4.7% |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 13.3 | 21.3 | 4,608 | +3.2% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 779 | +2.4% |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 234 | +0.3% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 216 | +1.0% |

## Ward results

Aldenham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Goldstein | 854 | 75.2 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Silverman | 100 | 8.8 | −2.8 |
| | Green | Jeanette McDermott | 99 | 8.7 | +8.7 |
| | Labour | Richard Kirk | 83 | 7.3 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 754 | 66.4 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,136 | 39 | −10 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Aldenham West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Daniel Griffin | 834 | 74.3 | +9.1 |
| | Green | Caroline Boydell | 152 | 13.5 | +13.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Halsey | 137 | 12.2 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 682 | 60.7 | +13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,123 | 31 | −7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Borehamwood Brookmeadow (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Darren Solomons | 636 | | |
| | Labour | Ian Feeney | 623 | | |
| | Labour | Richard Butler | 617 | | |
| | Conservative | Farida Turner | 596 | | |
| | Green | David Harris | 227 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,699 | 24 | −13 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Borehamwood Cowley Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ernest Butler | 724 | 49.0 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | Alan Gellatly | 521 | 35.2 | −0.2 |
| | Socialist Labour | James Dry | 234 | 15.8 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 203 | 13.7 | +8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,479 | 26 | −5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Borehamwood Hillside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jean Heywood | 1,019 | 62.4 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Lee Petar | 615 | 37.6 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 404 | 24.7 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,634 | 27 | −8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Borehamwood Kenilworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Penelope Swallow | 467 | 42.4 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Hedges | 418 | 38.0 | −4.4 |
| | Independent | Francis Ward | 216 | 19.6 | +19.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 4.5 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,101 | 28 | −4 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Bushey Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Swerling | 1,308 | 75.3 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Forsyth | 250 | 14.4 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | David Bearfield | 178 | 10.3 | +.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,058 | 60.9 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,736 | 34 | −8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bushey North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Kutchinsky | 748 | 47.7 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | Stephen O'Brien | 607 | 38.7 | +11.4 |
| | Green | Arjuna Krishna-Das | 110 | 7.0 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Samuel Russell | 102 | 6.5 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 9.0 | −22.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,567 | 34 | −8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bushey St James (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anita Gamble | 957 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Richards | 838 | | |
| | Conservative | Abul Choudhury | 789 | | |
| | Conservative | Pervez Choudhury | 754 | | |
| | Green | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 191 | | |
| | Labour | Yue Cheng | 154 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,683 | 38 | −3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Elstree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Morris Bright | 1,029 | 88.3 | +13.0 |
| | Labour | Tim Sandle | 136 | 11.7 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 893 | 76.7 | +14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,165 | 32 | −3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Potters Bar Furzefield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ronald Morris | 890 | 64.7 | +5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Hurd | 277 | 20.1 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | James Fisher | 209 | 15.2 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 613 | 44.5 | +9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,376 | 28 | −14 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Potters Bar Oakmere :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Calcutt | 1,199 | 75.1 | +8.9 |
| | Labour | Russell Ramshaw | 398 | 24.9 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 801 | 50.2 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,597 | 30 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Potters Bar Parkfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Hodgson-Jones | 1,579 | 71.5 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Bonner | 416 | 18.8 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Derek Marcus | 214 | 9.7 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,163 | 52.6 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,209 | 37 | −4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |