# 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 | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Michael Pesch | 741 |
| | Labour | Raymond Haverson | 736 |
| | Conservative | Peter Channell | 579 |
| | Conservative | Eliot Tyler-Waddington | 533 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,589 |
Adeyfield West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Keith White | 610 |
| | Labour | Navaratnam Singam | 609 |
| | Conservative | Michael Barry | 408 |
| | Conservative | Hugh Scott | 403 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,030 |
Aldbury & Wigginton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 382 | 59.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael James | 139 | 21.7 |
| | Labour | Hugh Wilson | 121 | 18.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 243 | 37.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 642 | |
Apsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Beesley | 563 | 66.8 |
| | Labour | Rosemary Eastwood | 280 | 33.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 283 | 33.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 843 | |
Ashridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frank Seely | 771 | 78.3 |
| | Labour | William Glennon | 214 | 21.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 557 | 56.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 985 | |
Bennetts End (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,621 |
Berkhamsted Castle (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,076 |
Berkhamsted East (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,995 |
Berkhamsted West (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,708 |
Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 6,174 |
Boxmoor (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Janice Marshall | 1,015 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Fairburn | 950 |
| | Labour | Marie Hutchison | 940 |
| | Labour | Albert Dennison | 921 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,826 |
Central (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,365 |
Chaulden & Shrubill (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,808 |
Corner Hall (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,666 |
Gadebridge (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,532 |
Grovehill (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,607 |
Highfield & St. Pauls (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | M. Ewing | 845 |
| | Labour | J. Dobie | 802 |
| | Labour | A. Maclaughlin | 734 |
| | Liberal Democrats | G. Lawrence | 415 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Hardy | 372 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Pexton | 322 |
| | Conservative | A. Scott-Lindley | 302 |
| | Conservative | J. Speight | 289 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Mole | 277 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,036 |
Kings Langley (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,247 |
Leverstock Green (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 6,748 |
Nash Mill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Semdley | 352 | 48.2 |
| | Labour | Stephen Fisher | 317 | 43.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Waugh | 62 | 8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35 | 4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 731 | |
Northchurch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Janette Dunbavand | 537 | 67.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Batchelor | 145 | 18.3 |
| | Labour | John Collisson | 109 | 13.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 392 | 49.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 791 | |
Tring Central (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,829 |
Tring East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Jameson | 592 | 64.6 |
| | Labour | Rosemarie Hollinghurst | 209 | 22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Lovelace | 116 | 12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 383 | 41.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 917 | |
Tring West (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,180 |
Warners End (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,859 |
Watling (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Herbert Chapman | 830 |
| | Conservative | Julian Taunton | 829 |
| | Labour | Gilian Edwards | 310 |
| | Labour | Judith Molloy | 266 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,235 |
Woodhall (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Christopher Denmead | 476 |
| | Conservative | Michael Griffiths | 473 |
| | Labour | Brian Fisher | 432 |
| | Labour | Simon Gluck | 419 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,800 |