2019 Hertsmere Borough Council election
2 May 2019
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All 39 seats to Hertsmere Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 76,763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 32.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2019 Hertsmere Borough Council election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England.[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
Election result
| 2019 Hertsmere Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 39 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 74.4 | 54.2 | 30,298 | –3.1 | |
| Labour | 39 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17.9 | 28.3 | 15,779 | –1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 6,487 | +6.5 | |
| Independent | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2,381 | +0.2 | ||
| UKIP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 897 | –2.0 | ||
Ward results
Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
Aldenham East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lucy Selby | 1,097 | 70.1 | –9.2 | |
| Conservative | John Graham* | 1,058 | 67.6 | –10.6 | |
| Independent | Sue Dickson | 251 | 16.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Saif al-Saadoon | 204 | 13.1 | +1.3 | |
| Labour | David Harris | 160 | 10.2 | –1.6 | |
| Labour | Sandra Huff | 143 | 9.1 | –1.1 | |
| Turnout | ~1,563 | 40.3 | –34.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,878 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Aldenham West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Caroline Clapper* | 1,001 | 76.9 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | David Lambert* | 845 | 64.9 | –7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Watson | 197 | 15.1 | +0.8 | |
| Labour | Richard Kirk | 175 | 13.4 | –6.6 | |
| Labour | John Maizels | 160 | 12.3 | –4.6 | |
| Turnout | ~1,302 | 33.2 | –37.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,921 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Bentley Heath & The Royds
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Reeve | 833 | 61.8 | ||
| Conservative | Sarah Hodgson-Jones* | 826 | 61.3 | ||
| Labour | Harvey Ward | 408 | 30.3 | ||
| Labour | Austin Harney | 368 | 27.3 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,346 | 30.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,458 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Borehamwood Brookmeadow
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Susan Brown* | 830 | 40.8 | –19.3 | |
| Conservative | Alan Plancey* | 827 | 40.7 | –15.5 | |
| Conservative | Glenn Briski | 731 | 36.0 | –17.1 | |
| Labour | Graeme Alexander | 711 | 35.0 | –9.6 | |
| Labour | Alpha Collins | 681 | 33.5 | –10.6 | |
| Labour | Prabhakar Kaza | 641 | 31.5 | –10.3 | |
| Independent | Gary Silver* | 433 | 21.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Eric Silver | 417 | 20.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Katie Hunter | 301 | 14.8 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~2,031 | 33.1 | –26.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,136 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Borehamwood Cowley Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Butler* | 879 | 55.9 | –6.6 | |
| Labour | Michelle Vince* | 866 | 55.0 | +5.1 | |
| Labour | Jeremy Newmark* | 733 | 46.6 | –1.0 | |
| Conservative | Clive Butchins | 417 | 26.5 | –21.9 | |
| Conservative | Rodney Burt | 408 | 25.9 | –20.0 | |
| Conservative | Andy Grady | 390 | 24.8 | –20.6 | |
| UKIP | Lee Greenfield | 272 | 17.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,571 | 26.4 | –29.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,952 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Borehamwood Hillside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Farida Turner* | 700 | 39.8 | –20.3 | |
| Conservative | Victor Eni* | 698 | 39.7 | –11.2 | |
| Conservative | Meenal Sachdev* | 659 | 37.5 | –10.7 | |
| Labour | Rachel Shaw | 404 | 23.0 | –16.1 | |
| Labour | Mik Levin | 391 | 22.3 | –16.6 | |
| Labour | Henry Okonu | 390 | 22.2 | –16.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Lewis | 315 | 17.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Joe Hunter | 284 | 16.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sophie Aldridge | 262 | 14.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Elliman | 248 | 14.1 | N/A | |
| UKIP | David Appleby | 224 | 12.7 | –11.2 | |
| Turnout | ~1,756 | 32.1 | –30.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,472 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Borehamwood Kenilworth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rebecca Butler* | 987 | 54.6 | +5.8 | |
| Conservative | Cynthia Barker* | 822 | 45.5 | –9.6 | |
| Labour | Kumail Jaffer | 819 | 45.3 | +1.4 | |
| Labour | Dan Ozarow | 819 | 45.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Samantha Evans | 738 | 40.8 | –11.4 | |
| Conservative | Przemek de Skuba | 724 | 40.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,807 | 28.2 | –31.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,409 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Bushey Heath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Morris* | 881 | 72.5 | –13.6 | |
| Conservative | Seamus Quilty* | 870 | 71.6 | –13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Kutchinsky | 183 | 15.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Brass | 170 | 14.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | David Bearfield | 109 | 9.0 | –10.3 | |
| Labour | Abdul Jabarkhail | 80 | 6.6 | –8.9 | |
| Turnout | ~1,215 | 33.1 | –41.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,672 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Bushey North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jerry Evans | 744 | 42.1 | +22.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Melville | 743 | 42.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Richards | 682 | 38.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Lawrence Davis* | 597 | 33.8 | –15.8 | |
| Conservative | Jane West* | 590 | 33.4 | –13.7 | |
| Conservative | Kashif Merchant* | 477 | 27.0 | –10.3 | |
| Labour | John Barratt | 324 | 18.3 | –12.4 | |
| Labour | Sandy Mercado | 271 | 15.3 | –11.3 | |
| Labour | Fikile Mkoyana | 264 | 14.9 | –11.4 | |
| UKIP | Vikki Johnson | 196 | 11.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,764 | 30.5 | –34.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,783 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Bushey Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Linda Silver* | 1,241 | 63.2 | –12.4 | |
| Conservative | David Carter | 1,232 | 62.7 | –2.6 | |
| Conservative | Anne Swerling* | 1,153 | 58.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Diamond | 327 | 16.7 | –0.5 | |
| Labour | Nik Oakley | 309 | 15.7 | –6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Silverman | 296 | 15.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Melinek | 290 | 14.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Di Hoeksma | 286 | 14.6 | –5.2 | |
| Labour | Matthew McHale | 245 | 12.5 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,961 | 35.0 | –36.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,604 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Bushey St James
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Rutledge* | 790 | 56.4 | –7.6 | |
| Conservative | Pervez Choudhury* | 779 | 55.7 | –8.0 | |
| Conservative | Harry Mortimer | 762 | 54.4 | –7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Holly Gunning | 363 | 25.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Yue Cheng | 313 | 22.4 | –10.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Scobie | 312 | 22.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Uri | 307 | 21.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | David McGregor | 291 | 20.8 | –9.2 | |
| Labour | Mary Reid | 282 | 20.1 | –7.4 | |
| Turnout | ~2,111 | 39.4 | –30.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,357 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elstree
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Harvey Cohen* | 956 | 70.2 | –11.9 | |
| Conservative | Morris Bright* | 927 | 68.1 | –8.4 | |
| Labour | Caroline Pitrakou | 202 | 14.8 | –6.1 | |
| Labour | Elsa Reyes Maguina | 194 | 14.2 | –6.3 | |
| Independent | Stella Hunter | 172 | 12.6 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,362 | 35.5 | –33.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,835 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Potters Bar Furzefield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christian Gray | 611 | 44.7 | +13.1 | |
| Labour | Chris Myers | 583 | 42.7 | +13.7 | |
| Conservative | Peter Knell* | 543 | 39.8 | –23.8 | |
| Conservative | Martin Worster* | 508 | 37.2 | –16.4 | |
| UKIP | David Hoy | 205 | 15.0 | –13.3 | |
| Turnout | ~1,368 | 32.2 | –36.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,249 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Potters Bar Oakmere
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jean Heywood* | 665 | 55.6 | –11.4 | |
| Conservative | Christine Lyon* | 645 | 53.9 | –1.3 | |
| Labour | John Doolan | 459 | 38.4 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | Ann Harrison | 450 | 37.6 | +2.0 | |
| Turnout | ~1,197 | 28.0 | –34.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,276 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Potters Bar Parkfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Hodgson-Jones* | 754 | 53.6 | –23.5 | |
| Conservative | Abhishek Sachdev* | 683 | 48.5 | –25.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Brett | 447 | 31.8 | +14.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sachin Saggar | 397 | 28.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Lynda Stoker | 190 | 13.5 | –12.0 | |
| Labour | Chris Shellard | 168 | 11.9 | –9.7 | |
| Turnout | ~1,407 | 36.7 | –34.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,832 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Shenley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Natalie Susman | 776 | 55.2 | –17.3 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Spencer* | 765 | 54.4 | –5.1 | |
| Independent | Rosemary Gilligan | 523 | 37.2 | +9.1 | |
| Labour | Ray Edge | 238 | 16.9 | –7.6 | |
| Labour | Helen Yenilmez | 175 | 12.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,407 | 35.8 | –33.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,929 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
By-elections
Borehamwood Kenilworth (February 2020)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brett Rosehill | 776 | 49.0 | +8.6 | |
| Labour | Dan Ozarow | 655 | 41.3 | −3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Lewis | 104 | 6.6 | N/A | |
| Green | John Humphries | 50 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 121 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,585 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Borehamwood Kenilworth (May 2021)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dan Ozarow | 1,119 | 53.3 | +12.0 | |
| Conservative | David Neifeld | 828 | 39.4 | −9.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Darren Diamond | 152 | 7.2 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 291 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,099 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Bushey North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Matthews | 1,136 | 49.2 | +6.7 | |
| Conservative | Jane West | 785 | 34.0 | +0.3 | |
| Labour | John Barratt | 265 | 11.5 | −7.0 | |
| Green | Matt Wheeler | 125 | 5.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 351 | 15.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,311 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Local Elections Handbook 2019" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. p. 157. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "Hertsmere Borough Council Election Results 2019". Hertsmere Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2026.