The 2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
Summary
Background
Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 28 seats, while the Liberal Democrats were the main opposition with 6 seats.[3] 15 of the 39 seats were being contested at the election.[3]
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.[4][5] This came after Ward was deselected by the local Labour Party, with Ward accusing local Labour party members of a conspiracy and religious discrimination.[4][5] 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".[4][5]
Election result
The Conservatives maintained their majority on the council, staying on 28 seats after both gaining and losing a seat.[6] 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.[6]
Conservative Penelope Swallow won in Borehamwood Kenilworth with a 49-vote majority over Labour, with independent Frank Ward having taken 216 votes.[6] 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."[6] However the retiring Labour group leader Leon Reefe said they felt "betrayed" by Ward.[6]
| 2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election[7][8][9] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 10 |  |
66.7 | 18 | 28 | 71.8 | 11,961 | 60.8 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 |  1 |
20.0 | 4 | 7 | 17.9 | 2,128 | 10.8 | –10.5 | |
| Labour | 2 |  1 |
13.3 | 2 | 4 | 10.3 | 4,006 | 20.4 | +2.3 | |
| Green | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 889 | 4.5 | +3.3 | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 468 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 216 | 1.1 | N/A | |
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 | Charles Goldstein* | 854 | 75.2 | –5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Silverman | 100 | 8.8 | –2.8 | |
| Green | Jeanette McDermott | 99 | 8.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Richard Kirk | 83 | 7.3 | –0.9 | |
| Majority | 754 | 66.4 | –2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,136 | 31.2 | –17.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,645 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.2 |
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Aldenham West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Daniel Griffin | 834 | 74.3 | +9.1 | |
| Green | Caroline Boydell | 152 | 13.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Peter Halsey | 137 | 12.2 | –4.7 | |
| Majority | 682 | 60.7 | +13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,123 | 31.3 | –6.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,539 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Borehamwood Brookmeadow
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Darren Solomons | 636 | 42.1 | –3.8 | |
| Labour | Ian Feeney* | 623 | 41.2 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Richard Butler | 617 | 40.8 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Farida Turner | 596 | 39.4 | –6.5 | |
| Green | David Harris | 227 | 15.0 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,511 | 29.2 | –7.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,175 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Borehamwood Cowley Hill
| 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 | 203 | 13.7 | +8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,479 | 25.8 | –5.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,862 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.2 |
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Borehamwood Hillside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jean Heywood* | 1,019 | 62.4 | –0.3 | |
| Labour | Lee Petar | 615 | 37.6 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 404 | 24.7 | –0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,634 | 26.6 | –7.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,248 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.3 |
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Borehamwood Kenilworth
| 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 | N/A | |
| Majority | 49 | 4.5 | +3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,101 | 28.2 | –3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,949 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 1.7 |
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Bushey Heath
| 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 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 1,058 | 60.9 | +5.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,736 | 33.9 | –7.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,135 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.8 |
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Bushey North
| 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 | 141 | 9.0 | –22.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,567 | 34.5 | –7.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,551 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 11.2 |
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Bushey St. James
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anita Gamble* | 957 | 47.6 | +7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Laura Richards | 838 | 41.7 | +1.2 | |
| Conservative | Abul Choudhury | 789 | 39.3 | –4.5 | |
| Conservative | Pervez Choudhury | 754 | 37.5 | –6.3 | |
| Green | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 191 | 9.5 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Yue Ting Cheng | 154 | 7.7 | +0.7 | |
| Turnout | ~2,009 | 37.7 | –3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,328 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Elstree
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Morris Bright* | 1,029 | 88.3 | +13.0 | |
| Labour | Tim Sandle | 136 | 11.7 | –0.2 | |
| Majority | 893 | 76.7 | +14.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,165 | 32.1 | –2.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,665 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.6 |
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Potters Bar Furzefield
| 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 | 613 | 44.5 | +9.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,376 | 28.2 | –14.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,888 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 5.0 |
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Potters Bar Oakmere
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Calcutt* | 1,199 | 75.1 | +8.9 | |
| Labour | Russell Ramshaw | 398 | 24.9 | +8.1 | |
| Majority | 801 | 50.2 | +1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,597 | 29.9 | –6.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,406 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.4 |
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Potters Bar Parkfield
| 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 | 1,163 | 52.6 | +2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,209 | 37.5 | –3.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,931 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.4 |
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References
- ↑ "Hertsmere Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ↑ "Hertsmere". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- 1 2 Hutchings, Emma (27 April 2007). "Can anyone get near the dominant Tories?". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Ward goes independent". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- 1 2 3 Hutchings, Emma (12 April 2007). "Labour Party breaks its silence in election dispute". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Hutchings, Emma (4 May 2007). "Former Labour councillor celebrates Tory borough victory". News Shopper. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Election results - 2007". Hertsmere Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
