1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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16 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
RA
Leader Bob Flatman
Party Conservative Labour Ratepayers
Seats before 29 16 3
Seats after 26 18 3
Seat change Decrease3 Increase2 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
LD
Ind
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats before 2 0
Seats after 2 1
Seat change Steady Increase1
Leader before election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

Leader after election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

The 1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 1991, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council.[1]

The Conservatives made a net loss of three seats, and only narrowly retained their majority on the council.[2][3]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows:[4]

1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 7 Decrease3 41.2 19 26 52.0 11,692 35.2 -2.5
  Labour 6 Increase2 35.3 12 18 36.0 11,100 33.5 -10.3
  Liberal Democrats 2 Steady 11.8 0 2 4.0 7,431 22.4 +13.8
  Ratepayers 1 Steady 5.9 2 3 6.0 2,320 7.0 +3.2
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 211 0.6 -1.5
  Independent 1 Increase1 5.9 0 1 2.0 416 1.3 +0.7

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[4]

Arbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Dempster Young 566 50.9 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Eluned Waide 416 37.4 -8.7
Labour Ann Strickland-Clark 130 11.7 +2.1
Turnout 62.7
Registered electors 1,779
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +7.7
Baldock ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Robert McKenzie Muir 1,509 46.7 -1.1
Labour Rodney Jack Leete 1,124 34.8 -17.4
Liberal Democrats Sally Margaret Jarvis
(Sal Jarvis) 		597 18.5 +18.5
Turnout 45.5
Registered electors 7,093
Conservative hold Swing +8.2
Hitchin Bearton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David John Whitlock 1,064 51.3 -12.6
Conservative Stephen John Kenneth Archer 691 33.3 +8.0
Liberal Democrats Lucy Jane Harbron 321 15.5 +4.6
Turnout 46.2
Registered electors 4,506
Labour hold Swing -10.3
Hitchin Highbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Edward Anthony Dartington 977 39.8 +2.5
Ratepayers Evelyn Mary Burton
(Mary Burton) 		693 28.2 +28.2
Labour David John Tizzard 466 19.0 -6.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Clark 318 13.0 +13.0
Turnout 48.5
Registered electors 5,061
Conservative hold Swing -12.9
Hitchin Oughton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Audrey Emmie Carss* 1,122 65.7 -2.6
Conservative Penelope Mary Lambourne 370 21.7 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Victoria Ellen Walker 215 12.6 -0.7
Turnout 42.5
Registered electors 4,017
Labour hold Swing -3.0
Hitchin Walsworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers Kenneth William Logan*
(Ken Logan) 		1,627 57.4 +9.9
Labour David Edward Billing 914 32.2 -10.8
Liberal Democrats Roger Paul Newby 294 10.4 +0.9
Turnout 47.2
Registered electors 6,022
Ratepayers hold Swing +10.4
Hitchwood ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rodney James Bird 433 62.7 -5.2
Liberal Democrats Penelope Jean Cunningham 135 19.5 +3.5
Labour Colin Southward 123 17.8 +1.7
Turnout 51.1
Registered electors 1,357
Conservative hold Swing -4.4
Hoo ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Barnard 410 49.0 +0.1
Labour Roger Aubrey Wood 313 37.4 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Douglas Thomas Llewelyn 113 13.5 -10.6
Turnout 56.9
Registered electors 1,468
Conservative hold Swing -5.2
Letchworth East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Charles Bifield*
(Charles Bifield) 		1,108 50.1 -7.6
Conservative Gloria June Storer 638 28.8 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Gammell 360 16.3 +6.3
Green Eric Morris Blakeley 106 4.8 -3.6
Turnout 45.7
Registered electors 4,855
Labour hold Swing -6.3
Letchworth Grange ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Reade 1,404 54.3 -3.4
Conservative Carole Anne McNelliey 730 28.2 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Cathleen Jean Worcester 451 17.4 +7.5
Turnout 49.9
Registered electors 5,190
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -3.9
Letchworth South East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Edward Agar 1,136 37.4 -10.4
Conservative Raymond Lawrence Shakespeare-Smith 1,123 37.0 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Alison Elaine Kingman 672 22.1 +22.1
Green Sylvia Fraser-Andrews 105 3.5 -5.4
Turnout 50.1
Registered electors 6,066
Labour hold Swing -7.2

The Letchworth South East seat was previously held by Tony Quinn, who had been elected in 1987 as an SDP councillor. Following the demise of the continuing SDP in 1990, he had joined Labour for the last year of his term.

Letchworth South West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Simpson 1,257 46.6 +17.8
Conservative David Alfred Jones* 1,061 39.4 -8.9
Labour Linda Grimes 377 14.0 -8.9
Turnout 59.7
Registered electors 4,521
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +13.4
Letchworth Wilbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Evans 908 43.5 -15.9
Conservative Keith Fletcher Emsall* 847 40.6 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Sara Louise Tustin 333 15.9 +5.5
Turnout 53.5
Registered electors 3,911
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -13.2
Newsells ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Ellis Wilkerson*
(Bob Wilkerson) 		448 62.3 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Charles Martin 147 20.4 -12.1
Labour Catherine Judith Hurst 124 17.2 +12.0
Turnout 58.5
Registered electors 1,231
Conservative hold Swing +6.2
Offa ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynne Kathleen Faulkner* 474 47.7 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Kenneth Harbron 404 40.7 -1.7
Labour John Saunders 115 11.6 -2.8
Turnout 63.4
Registered electors 1,567
Conservative hold Swing +3.1
Royston West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart John Cook 1,366 42.5 +11.3
Conservative Jeffrey John Perry 1,199 37.3 -0.4
Labour Leslie Baker 648 20.2 -10.9
Turnout 52.3
Registered electors 6,167
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +5.9
Sandon ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward William Faure Walker
(Teddy Faure Walker) 		416 60.5 +60.5
Conservative Harold Albert Greenfield* 216 31.4 -27.5
Liberal Democrats Julie Dawn Martin 32 4.7 -31.0
Labour Caroline Rebecca Karen Doyle 24 3.5 -2.0
Turnout 61.9
Registered electors 1,115
Independent gain from Conservative Swing +44.0

References

  1. ^ The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
  2. ^ "All set for poll battle". Letchworth and Baldock Gazette. 26 April 1991. p. 11.
  3. ^ "Hard-hit Tories hold on". Letchworth and Baldock Gazette. 10 May 1991. p. 13.
  4. ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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