2023 Dacorum Borough Council election

2023 Dacorum Borough Council election
← 2019 4 May 2023 2027 →
All 51 seats to Dacorum Borough Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Dacorum Borough Council election
Leader before election; Andrew Williams; Conservative	Leader after election ; Ron Tindall; Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Dacorum Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England.^[1] This was the same day as other local elections. The election resulted in the Liberal Democrats gaining control of the council from the Conservatives^[2]

At the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023 the Liberal Democrat leader Ron Tindall was appointed leader of the council, replacing Conservative leader Andrew Williams who had held the post since 1999.^[3]

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2023 Dacorum Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	51	28	9	0	9	54.9	42.0	32,870	+10.4
	Conservative	50	18	0	13	13	35.3	34.7	27,174	–7.9
	Labour	50	3	3	0	3	5.9	17.8	13,943	+2.3
	Green	19	0	0	0		0.0	3.6	2,832	–4.4
	Independent	2	2	1	0	1	3.9	1.4	1,061	+0.6
	Reform UK	4	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	367	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Williams*	434	41.0	–7.9
	Labour	Barbara Pesch	423	39.9	+15.3
	Conservative	William Wyatt-Lowe	417	39.4	–7.4
	Labour	David Taylor	400	37.8	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Faith Thornhill	190	17.9	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Thornhill	161	15.2	+7.4
Turnout			1,059	22.1	–7.9
Registered electors			4,785
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian England*	654	59.1	–2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Tindall*	612	55.3	–2.0
	Labour	Gary Cook	220	19.9	+4.5
	Conservative	Adam Wyatt-Lowe	206	18.6	–1.5
	Labour	Helen Heenan	187	16.9	+2.4
	Conservative	Bolane Ibrahim	186	16.8	–0.1
Turnout			1,106	22.7	–6.7
Registered electors			4,870
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Reynolds	471	57.3	–5.8
	Conservative	Paul Richardson	307	37.3	+0.4
	Labour	Deborah Charlton	44	5.4	N/A
Majority			164	20.0	–6.2
Turnout			822	43.6	–0.4
Registered electors			1,886
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Deacon	1,053	48.0	+23.2
	Liberal Democrats	Toni Cox	990	45.1	+22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carrie Link	978	44.5	+21.9
	Conservative	Brian Collier	711	32.4	–10.8
	Conservative	Charlotte Palmer	647	29.5	–8.9
	Conservative	Babita Sinha*	589	26.8	–10.9
	Labour	Samidha Garg	404	18.4	–8.3
	Labour	Daniel Worker	375	17.1	–8.4
	Labour	Shanmugam Jagatharan	367	16.7	–7.2
Turnout			~2,196	29.8	+1.8
Registered electors			7,368
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

2023 Dacorum Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Adeyfield East

Adeyfield West

Aldbury & Wigginton

Apsley & Corner Hall

Ashridge

Bennetts End

Berkhamsted Castle

Berkhamsted East

Berkhamsted West

Bovingdon, Flaunden & Chipperfield

Boxmoor

Chaulden & Warners End

Gadebridge

Grovehill

Hemel Hempstead Town

Highfield

Kings Langley

Leverstock Green

Nash Mills

Northchurch

Tring Central

Tring East

Tring West & Rural

Watling

Woodhall Farm

Changes 2023–2027

Affiliation changes

By-elections

Tring West & Rural

Bennetts End

Hemel Hempstead Town

Berkhamsted West

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Douris*	643	67.6	–1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Jordan	239	25.1	+1.5
	Labour	Jody Whitehall	70	7.4	+0.4
Majority			404	42.5	–3.4
Turnout			951	45.5	–0.5
Registered electors			2,091
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pete Hannell	500	41.1	+8.5
	Independent	John Birnie*	483	39.7	*N/A*
	Labour	Lin Greenfield	391	32.1	–0.1
	Conservative	Mark Rogers*	359	29.5	–6.6
	Conservative	Muhammad Khan	313	25.7	–9.8
	Green	Andy Lambert	166	13.6	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Lovell	129	10.6	–6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Roe	124	10.2	–2.7
Turnout			~1,217	26.9	–6.1
Registered electors			4,523
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bristow	1,287	75.8	+23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Freedman*	1,205	71.0	+22.6
	Conservative	Sue Beardshaw	477	28.1	–2.7
	Conservative	Anthony Armytage	460	27.1	–2.4
	Green	Leslie Tate	189	11.1	–8.1
	Labour	Kae Meeks	155	9.1	+1.8
	Labour	Kevin Dunford	112	6.6	+2.3
	Reform UK	Lesley Taylor	57	3.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,698	37.5	–7.5
Registered electors			4,527
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garrick Stevens*	1,300	77.3	+17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Taylor*	1,065	63.3	+20.2
	Conservative	Ian Reay	415	24.7	–2.2
	Green	Kevin Fielding	298	17.7	–6.8
	Conservative	Rene De Silva	290	17.2	–3.5
	Labour	Michael Bromberg	218	13.0	+0.9
	Labour	Jay Gladdy	161	9.6	N/A
Turnout			~1,682	36.0	–5.0
Registered electors			4,673
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Symington*	1,155	80.1	+26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Stewart	987	68.4	+20.0
	Conservative	Carol Green	451	31.3	+1.7
	Labour	Rebecca Mackenzie	192	13.3	+5.5
	Green	Bernard Hurley	179	12.4	–3.5
	Labour	Christopher Roberts	112	7.8	+1.1
Turnout			~1,442	31.1	–6.9
Registered electors			4,636
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stewart Riddick*	1,116	57.7	–3.4
	Conservative	Gbola Adeleke*	1,070	55.3	–0.4
	Conservative	Philip Walker	1,026	53.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bell	630	32.6	+11.9
	Green	Wiebke Carr	493	25.5	–5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Hawkswood	462	23.9	+4.5
	Labour	Michael Buttleman	420	21.7	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Hollinghurst*	400	20.7	+3.7
	Labour	Antony Fitzgerald	331	17.1	N/A
	Labour	James Wignall	291	15.1	N/A
Turnout			~1,933	28.8	–4.2
Registered electors			6,711
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Allen*	1,668	77.2	+32.4
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Hobson*	1,563	72.4	+29.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simy Dhyani*	1,451	67.2	+28.3
	Conservative	Peter Allen	620	28.7	–5.0
	Conservative	Grace Froggatt	551	25.5	–5.8
	Conservative	Carole Levene	498	23.1	–6.4
	Labour	Andrew Suzmeyan	273	12.6	–2.3
	Labour	Lee Whitehill	262	12.1	+0.7
	Labour	Helen Terry	252	11.7	+2.6
Turnout			~2,160	31.4	–9.6
Registered electors			6,879
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Guest*	923	51.8	+0.1
	Conservative	Graeme Elliot*	835	46.8	–0.7
	Conservative	Nigel Durrant*	828	46.4	–0.6
	Labour	Kit Wales	602	33.8	+10.9
	Labour	Anne Harradine	594	33.3	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Wilson	527	29.6	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Allison McKenzie	516	28.9	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Kennedy	387	21.7	+9.5
	Reform UK	Michael Potts	158	8.9	N/A
Turnout			~1,783	26.7	–7.3
Registered electors			6,679
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Mitchell	451	43.5	+17.9
	Conservative	Heather Pound	421	40.6	–2.0
	Conservative	Mark Bignell	405	39.1	–1.8
	Labour	Gary Ruff	370	35.7	+12.0
	Green	Christine Ridley	163	15.7	–1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Owen	141	13.6	–2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Angell	132	12.7	–3.2
	Green	Suzanne Watts	125	12.1	–1.8
Turnout			~1,036	25.9	–1.1
Registered electors			3,996
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Banks*	708	55.1	+4.0
	Conservative	Alex Bhinder*	689	53.6	+2.8
	Conservative	Goverdhan Silwal*	606	47.2	+3.7
	Labour	Jennifer Dickson	498	38.8	+18.8
	Labour	Stephen Fisher	446	34.7	+15.2
	Labour	Pat Dartnell	413	32.1	+16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Macey	246	19.1	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Keay	175	13.6	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Short	148	11.5	+3.1
	Reform UK	Noel Willcox	91	7.1	N/A
Turnout			~1,285	23.0	–6.0
Registered electors			5,586
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hemel Hempstead Town (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sadie Hobson	621	52.1	+25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Santamaria	555	46.5	+22.9
	Labour	Malik Ijlal	358	30.0	+3.1
	Conservative	Rob Beauchamp*	351	29.4	+1.3
	Labour	Janet Ventiroso	337	28.3	+4.0
	Conservative	Mike Pound	307	25.7	–1.8
Turnout			~1,193	23.4	–4.6
Registered electors			5,097
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Highfield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Link*	464	56.0	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sammy Barry-Mears*	450	54.3	+15.2
	Labour	Vanessa Mitchell	228	27.5	+1.4
	Conservative	Chris Griffiths	213	25.7	+7.9
	Labour	Raymond York	207	25.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Bindu Gupta	168	20.3	+5.9
Turnout			~827	20.5	–9.5
Registered electors			4,035
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Kings Langley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Johnson*	673	59.2	+6.7
	Conservative	Alan Anderson*	646	56.8	+4.8
	Green	Ashley Lawrence	308	27.1	–0.7
	Labour	Julia Coleman	270	23.7	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Parkins	201	17.7	–2.4
	Labour	Dominic Hook	185	16.3	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Holli Pandit	184	16.2	+4.5
Turnout			~1,137	28.1	–6.9
Registered electors			4,045
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Leverstock Green (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Bromham	1,098	50.7	+32.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Gale	1,060	48.9	+34.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine McArevey	966	44.6	+33.7
	Conservative	Margaret Griffiths*	937	43.3	–11.2
	Conservative	Rosie Sutton*	928	42.8	–8.2
	Conservative	Neil Harden*	883	40.8	–8.3
	Labour	Stephen Alexander	349	16.1	–7.1
	Labour	Ian Laidlaw-Dickson	320	14.8	–4.8
	Labour	Mandi Tattershall	305	14.1	–2.8
	Green	Paul De Hoest	158	7.3	–11.1
Turnout			~2,161	30.8	–0.2
Registered electors			7,014
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jan Maddern*	578	65.7	+1.7
	Conservative	Sanjay Jamuar	149	16.9	+0.3
	Labour	Jane Gibbons	107	12.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Bell	46	5.2	–4.9
Majority			429	48.8	+1.4
Turnout			880	28.4	–5.6
Registered electors			2,704
	Independent hold		Swing	0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lara Pringle*	707	70.2	+4.3
	Conservative	Jackie Jones	214	21.3	–2.0
	Green	Rose Sheridan	47	4.7	–1.8
	Labour	Steve Ritchie	39	3.9	–0.4
Majority			493	48.9	+6.3
Turnout			1,007	43.1	+1.1
Registered electors			2,336
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheron Wilkie*	902	69.1	+18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Weston	780	59.7	+20.5
	Conservative	Keith Baker	317	24.3	–7.4
	Conservative	Phil Hills	305	23.4	–0.7
	Labour	Jim Lawler	153	11.7	+2.4
	Green	Roger Oliver	140	10.7	–11.3
	Green	Mark Rutherford	130	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Jacob Ellett	115	8.8	N/A
Turnout			~1,306	33.8	–3.2
Registered electors			3,864
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michela Capozzi	580	51.0	+14.2
	Conservative	Penny Hearn*	435	38.2	–9.3
	Labour	Jack Curham	63	5.5	N/A
	Green	William Burgar	60	5.3	–10.5
Majority			145	12.8	N/A
Turnout			1,139	49.5	+5.5
Registered electors			2,300
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	11.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Patterson	1,035	63.4	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Mottershead	844	51.7	+5.4
	Conservative	Mike Hicks	501	30.7	+1.1
	Conservative	Justin Charlton-Jones	462	28.3	–0.2
	Green	Joe Stopps	376	23.0	–1.5
	Labour	Colin Phillips	164	10.0	+0.5
	Labour	Mark Rutherford	153	9.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,631	36.3	–5.7
Registered electors			4,491
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Timmis*	686	54.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Edward Barradell	608	48.7	–3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Symington	489	39.1	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lloyd Harris	478	38.2	+24.2
	Labour	Emma Reed	253	20.2	N/A
	Labour	Alan Olive	216	17.3	N/A
Turnout			~1,251	28.7	–2.3
Registered electors			4,356
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colette Wyatt-Lowe*	614	57.8	+2.5
	Conservative	Belinda Williams	576	54.2	+1.3
	Labour	Alan Dickson	299	28.1	+4.3
	Labour	Amanda Pollard	288	27.1	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Egerton	201	18.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Curtis-England	163	15.3	–0.5
	Reform UK	Saba Poursaeedi	61	5.7	N/A
Turnout			~1,063	23.1	–5.9
Registered electors			4,602
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Smith-Wright	899	62.7	+12.9
	Conservative	Mike Hicks	303	21.1	−3.0
	Green	Joe Stopps	122	8.5	−9.6
	Labour	Jim Lawler	109	7.6	−0.3
Majority			596	41.6	+15.9
Turnout			1,433	27.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lin Greenfield	318	37.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Margaret Griffiths	313	36.5	+14.6
	Green	Andrew Lambert	102	11.9	+1.8
	Reform UK	Christopher Morris	92	10.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lloyd Harris	32	3.7	–4.2
Majority			5	0.6	N/A
Turnout			858	18.6	–8.3
Registered electors			4,614
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Harden	347	43.7	+17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Aatish Pattni	174	21.9	–24.8
	Labour	Mohamed Fawzi	147	18.5	–8.4
	Reform UK	Silvi Sutherland	79	9.9	N/A
	Green	Christine Talbot	47	5.9	N/A
Majority			173	21.8	N/A
Turnout			795	15.0	–8.4
Registered electors			5,301
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	21.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Jankowski	643	56.4	–2.0
	Conservative	Ben Rolfe	357	31.3	+8.5
	Green	Rose Sheridan	99	8.7	–0.4
	Labour	Jim Lawler	41	3.6	–6.1
Majority			286	25.1	N/A
Turnout			1,156	24.5	–6.6
Registered electors			4,725
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.3

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