2023 English local election
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]
Summary
Election result
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
42.3
33,077
+10.6
Conservative
50
18
0
13
13
35.3
34.8
27,174
–8.0
Labour
50
3
3
0
3
5.9
17.8
13,943
+2.3
Independent
2
2
1
0
1
3.9
1.4
1,061
+0.6
Green
19
0
0
0
0.0
3.2
2,524
–4.8
Reform UK
4
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
367
N/A
Ward results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Dacorum Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[4] The results for each ward were as follows:[5]
Adeyfield East
Adeyfield West
Aldbury and Wigginton
Apsley and Corner Hall
Ashridge
Bennetts End
John Birnie had been elected as a Conservative in 2019, but stood as an independent candidate in this election.
Berkhamsted Castle
Berkhamsted East
Berkhamsted West
Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield
Boxmoor
Chaulden and Warners End
Gadebridge
Grovehill
Hemel Hempstead Town
Highfield
Kings Langley
Leverstock Green
Nash Mills
Northchurch
Tring Central
Tring East
Tring West and Rural
Watling
Woodhall Farm
Changes 2023–2027
Goverdhan Silwal, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent in March 2024,[6] before joining Labour in June 2024.[7]
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