Dacorum council election, 2023
Most seats
28
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
51
across 25 wards
Turnout
30.0%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 28 | +9 | 32,870 | 42.0% | +10.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 18 | -13 | 27,174 | 34.7% | -7.9 |
| Labour Party | 3 | +3 | 13,943 | 17.8% | +2.3 |
| Independent | 2 | +1 | 1,061 | 1.4% | +0.6 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 2,832 | 3.6% | -4.3 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 367 | 0.5% | — |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 51 |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 51 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 50 | |
| Labour Party | 50 | |
| Green Party | 14 | |
| Reform UK | 4 | |
| Independent | 2 |
A party standing a full slate could field 51 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Adeyfield East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Williams Elected | 434 | 42.9% | -8.7 |
| Labour Party | Barbara Brucelia Pesch Elected | 423 | 41.8% | +15.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | William Wyatt-Lowe | 417 | 41.2% | — |
| Labour Party | David Taylor | 400 | 39.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Faith Thornhill | 190 | 18.8% | +9.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Thornhill | 161 | 15.9% | — |
| Majority | 6 | |||
| Turnout | 22.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,012 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Adeyfield West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian England Elected | 654 | 63.4% | -2.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ron Tindall Elected | 612 | 59.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Gary Michael Cook | 220 | 21.3% | +4.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Adam Arthur Wyatt-Lowe | 206 | 20.0% | -1.7 |
| Labour Party | Helen Banham Heenan | 187 | 18.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bola Ibrahim | 186 | 18.0% | — |
| Majority | 392 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,032 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Aldbury and Wigginton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul David Reynolds Elected | 471 | 57.3% | -5.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Daryl Richardson | 307 | 37.3% | +0.5 |
| Labour Party | Deborah Charlton | 44 | 5.4% | — |
| Majority | 164 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 822 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Apsley and Corner Hall 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Deacon Elected | 1,053 | 51.7% | +23.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Toni Cox Elected | 990 | 48.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Carrie Proctor-Link Elected | 978 | 48.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Brian Michael Collier | 711 | 34.9% | -13.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Charlotte Ruth Palmer | 647 | 31.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Babita Sinha | 589 | 28.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Samidha Garg | 404 | 19.8% | -10.3 |
| Labour Party | Daniel Thomas Worker | 375 | 18.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Shanmugam Jagatharan | 367 | 18.0% | — |
| Majority | 267 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,038 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Ashridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Terry Douris Elected | 643 | 67.5% | -1.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Waite Jordan | 239 | 25.1% | +1.5 |
| Labour Party | Jody Whitehill | 70 | 7.4% | +0.3 |
| Majority | 404 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 952 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Bennetts End 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Pete Hannell Elected | 500 | 40.6% | +4.8 |
| Independent | John Birnie Elected | 483 | 39.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Lin Greenfield | 391 | 31.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Rogers | 359 | 29.1% | -10.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Muhammad Imran Khan | 313 | 25.4% | — |
| Green Party | Andrew Kevin Lambert | 166 | 13.5% | -4.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Lovell | 129 | 10.5% | -7.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynda Roe | 124 | 10.1% | — |
| Majority | 92 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,232 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Berkhamsted Castle 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Bristow Elected | 1,287 | 65.3% | +11.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rick Freedman Elected | 1,205 | 61.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sue Beardshaw | 477 | 24.2% | -8.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Anthony Armytage | 460 | 23.3% | — |
| Green Party | Leslie Stuart Tate | 189 | 9.6% | -10.5 |
| Labour Party | Kate Meeks | 155 | 7.9% | +0.3 |
| Labour Party | Kevin Dunford | 112 | 5.7% | — |
| Reform UK | Lesley Ann Taylor | 57 | 2.9% | — |
| Majority | 728 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,971 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Berkhamsted East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Garrick Stevens Elected | 1,300 | 69.4% | +5.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Taylor Elected | 1,065 | 56.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ian Reay | 415 | 22.1% | -6.7 |
| Green Party | Kevin Donald Fielding | 298 | 15.9% | -10.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rene Leonard Neville de Silva | 290 | 15.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Michael David Bromberg | 218 | 11.6% | -1.3 |
| Labour Party | Jay Gladdy | 161 | 8.6% | — |
| Majority | 650 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,874 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Berkhamsted West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Symington Elected | 1,155 | 75.1% | +11.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Stewart Elected | 987 | 64.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Carol Green | 451 | 29.3% | +7.3 |
| Labour Party | Rebecca Mackenzie | 192 | 12.5% | +7.7 |
| Green Party | Bernard Hurley | 179 | 11.6% | +2.6 |
| Labour Party | Christopher Roberts | 112 | 7.3% | — |
| Majority | 536 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,538 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stewart Riddick Elected | 1,116 | 53.7% | -15.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gbola Adeleke Elected | 1,070 | 51.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Philip Anthony Walker Elected | 1,026 | 49.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Jane Bell | 630 | 30.3% | +6.9 |
| Green Party | Wiebke Carr | 493 | 23.7% | -11.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Adam Hawkswood | 462 | 22.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Michael James Buttleman | 420 | 20.2% | +7.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Hollinghurst | 400 | 19.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Antony Fitzgerald | 331 | 15.9% | — |
| Labour Party | James Wignall | 291 | 14.0% | — |
| Majority | 396 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,080 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Boxmoor 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | William Allen Elected | 1,668 | 70.1% | +9.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Hobson Elected | 1,563 | 65.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Simy Dhyani Elected | 1,451 | 61.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter William Allen | 620 | 26.1% | -1.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Grace Elizabeth Froggatt | 551 | 23.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Carole Lynn Levene | 498 | 20.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Andrew Richard Suzmeyan | 273 | 11.5% | +3.6 |
| Labour Party | Lee Whitehill | 262 | 11.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Helen Terry | 252 | 10.6% | — |
| Majority | 831 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,379 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Chaulden and Warners End 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Fiona Guest Elected | 923 | 51.6% | -6.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Graeme Elliot Elected | 835 | 46.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nigel Durrant Elected | 828 | 46.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Kit Wales | 602 | 33.6% | +7.9 |
| Labour Party | Anne Christine Harradine | 594 | 33.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Diane Wilson | 527 | 29.4% | +9.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Allison McKenzie | 516 | 28.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Donald Kennedy | 387 | 21.6% | — |
| Reform UK | Michael Howard Potts | 158 | 8.8% | — |
| Majority | 226 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,790 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Gadebridge 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Angela Mitchell Elected | 451 | 40.9% | +12.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Heather Pound Elected | 421 | 38.1% | -8.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Bignell | 405 | 36.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Gary John Ruff | 370 | 33.5% | — |
| Green Party | Christine Elaine Ridley | 163 | 14.8% | -4.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Owen | 141 | 12.8% | -5.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Angell | 132 | 12.0% | — |
| Green Party | Suzanne Watts | 125 | 11.3% | — |
| Majority | 16 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,104 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Grovehill 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julie Banks Elected | 708 | 52.8% | -3.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alex Bhinder Elected | 689 | 51.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Goverdhan Silwal Elected | 606 | 45.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Jennifer Mary Dickson | 498 | 37.2% | +15.1 |
| Labour Party | Stephen Martin Fisher | 446 | 33.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Pat Dartnell | 413 | 30.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Jane Devina Macey | 246 | 18.4% | +8.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Alan Keay | 175 | 13.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Short | 148 | 11.0% | — |
| Reform UK | Noel Willcox | 91 | 6.8% | — |
| Majority | 108 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,340 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Hemel Hempstead Town 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Katherine Hobson Elected | 621 | 49.1% | +20.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria Elizabeth Santamaria Elected | 555 | 43.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Malik Ijlal | 358 | 28.3% | -0.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rob Beauchamp | 351 | 27.8% | -2.5 |
| Labour Party | Janet Nicola Ventiroso | 337 | 26.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mike Pound | 307 | 24.3% | — |
| Majority | 197 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,264 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Highfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Brenda Link Elected | 464 | 53.6% | +6.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sammy Barry-Mears Elected | 450 | 52.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Vanessa Louise Mitchell | 228 | 26.4% | -2.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Griffiths | 213 | 24.6% | +4.6 |
| Labour Party | Ray York | 207 | 23.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bindu Gupta | 168 | 19.4% | — |
| Majority | 222 | |||
| Turnout | 21.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 865 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Kings Langley 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan James Johnson Elected | 673 | 54.5% | -2.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan Anderson Elected | 646 | 52.4% | — |
| Green Party | Ashley Lawrence | 308 | 25.0% | -5.3 |
| Labour Party | Julia Mary Coleman | 270 | 21.9% | +11.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Fran Parkins | 201 | 16.3% | -5.6 |
| Labour Party | Dominic Terence Hook | 185 | 15.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Holli Pandit | 184 | 14.9% | — |
| Majority | 338 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,234 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Leverstock Green 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Bromham Elected | 1,098 | 47.0% | +34.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Gale Elected | 1,060 | 45.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Ann McArevey Elected | 966 | 41.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Margaret Patricia Griffiths | 937 | 40.1% | -20.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rosie Sutton | 928 | 39.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Neil Harden | 883 | 37.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Stephen Alexander | 349 | 14.9% | -4.5 |
| Labour Party | Ian Hilary Laidlaw-Dickson | 320 | 13.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Mandi Tattershall | 305 | 13.1% | — |
| Green Party | Paul Gregory De Hoest | 158 | 6.8% | -0.9 |
| Majority | 29 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,335 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Nash Mills
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jan Maddern Elected | 578 | 65.7% | +1.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sanjay Jamuar | 149 | 16.9% | +0.3 |
| Labour Party | Jane Clare Gibbons | 107 | 12.2% | +3.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander David Bell | 46 | 5.2% | -4.9 |
| Majority | 429 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 880 | |||
Independent hold
Northchurch
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lara Pringle Elected | 707 | 70.2% | +4.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jackie Jones | 214 | 21.3% | -2.0 |
| Green Party | Rose Mary Sheridan | 47 | 4.7% | -1.8 |
| Labour Party | Steve Ritchie | 39 | 3.9% | -0.5 |
| Majority | 493 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,007 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Tring Central 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sheron Wilkie Elected | 902 | 63.5% | +8.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carole Anne Weston Elected | 780 | 54.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keith Anthony Baker | 317 | 22.3% | -3.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Phil Hills | 305 | 21.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Jim Lawler | 153 | 10.8% | +2.6 |
| Green Party | Roger John Freeman Oliver | 140 | 9.9% | -0.4 |
| Green Party | Mark Rutherford | 130 | 9.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Jacob Ellett | 115 | 8.1% | — |
| Majority | 463 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,421 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Tring East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michela Capozzi Elected | 580 | 51.0% | +14.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Penny Hearn | 435 | 38.2% | -9.2 |
| Labour Party | Jack Curham | 63 | 5.5% | — |
| Green Party | William Jeffrey Burgar | 60 | 5.3% | -10.5 |
| Majority | 145 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,138 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Tring West and Rural 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Patterson Elected | 1,035 | 58.5% | +5.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Mottershead Elected | 844 | 47.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mike Hicks | 501 | 28.3% | -3.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Justin Alexander Charlton-Jones | 462 | 26.1% | — |
| Green Party | Joe Stopps | 376 | 21.3% | -4.7 |
| Labour Party | Colin Barry Phillips | 164 | 9.3% | -0.9 |
| Labour Party | Mark Rutherford | 153 | 8.7% | — |
| Majority | 343 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,768 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Watling 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jane Timmis Elected | 686 | 50.3% | -8.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Edward Michael John Barradell Elected | 608 | 44.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Symington | 489 | 35.8% | -0.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Harris | 478 | 35.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Emma Jane Reed | 253 | 18.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Alan Olive | 216 | 15.8% | — |
| Majority | 119 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,365 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Woodhall Farm 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Colette Wyatt-Lowe Elected | 614 | 55.8% | -3.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Belinda Ann Williams Elected | 576 | 52.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Alan Dickson | 299 | 27.2% | +1.5 |
| Labour Party | Amanda Elizabeth Pollard | 288 | 26.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | David Egerton | 201 | 18.3% | -0.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Deborah Curtis-England | 163 | 14.8% | — |
| Reform UK | Saba Poursaeedi | 61 | 5.5% | — |
| Majority | 277 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,101 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold