General Election 2015

National and local government elections take place on Thursday 7th May 2015.

As well as selecting an MP for the constituency of Hertford & Stortford, electors will be choosing who will represent them on the town and district councils

Parliamentary Election

Parliament was dissolved on Monday 30th March 2015. Nominations close on Thursday 9th April 2015.

Those candidates known to be standing so far are listed below.

	Name	Party	Website	Votes	Share %
	Katherine Chibah	Labour	www.ks4hs.org.uk	10,084	17.9
	Sophie Christophy	Green Party	eastherts.greenparty.org.uk	2,681	4.8
	Mark Prisk	Conservative	www.markprisk.com	31,593	56.1
	Adrian Baker	UK Independence Party	www.ukiphertfordstortford.org.uk	7,534	13.4
	Michael Green	Liberals Democrats	bishops-stortfordlibdems.org.uk	4,385	7.8

District Election

Hertford is represented by ten district councillors in four wards. Nominations closed on Thursday 9th April 2015 and those confirmed as standing in each ward are shown below.

Bengeo

Bengeo Ward elects two councillors for the District Council.

	Name	Party
	Tony Bodley	Labour
	Myra Campbell	Labour
	Ben Crystall	Green
	Moses Gonzalez	UK Independence Party
	Patricia Moore	Conservative
	Paul Phillips	Conservative
	Peter Ruffles	Conservative
	Alec Turner	Labour

Castle

Castle Ward elects three councillors for the District Council.

	Name	Party
	Kevin Brush	Conservative
	Bob Deering	Conservative
	Adam Gill	Labour
	Catherine Henderson	Labour
	Isabelle Robinson	Green
	Suzanne Rutland-Barsby	Conservative
	Jim Thornton	Independent
	Tracy Turner	Labour

Kingsmead

Kinsmead Ward elects two councillors for the District Council.

	Name	Party
	Victoria Glover-Ward	Green
	Jan Goodeve	Conservative
	Hani Latif	Labour
	Jane Mair	Labour
	Mari Stevenson	Conservative
	Freya Waterhouse	Liberal Democrats
	Carolyn Westlake	Green

Sele

Sele Ward elects two councillors for the District Council.

	Name	Party
	Peter Boyle	Labour
	Steve Cousins	Conservative
	Ryan Henson	Conservative
	Peter Nickson	Labour
	Tony Tarrega	Green

Town Council Election

Hertford is represented by 16 town councillors in four wards. Nominations closed on Thursday 9th April 2015 and those confirmed as standing in each ward are shown below.

Bengeo

Bengeo Ward elects four councillors for the Town Council.

	Name	Party	Votes
	Tony Bodley	Labour	1314
	Myra Campbell	Labour	1232
	Sue Dunkley	Conservative	2435
	Hilary Durbin	Labour	1251
	Sally Newton	Conservative	2375
	Linda Radford	Conservative	2241
	Peter Ruffles	Conservative	2890
	Alec Turner	Labour	1237

The following persons have been elected to the Town Council:
Sue Dunkley
Sally Newton
Linda Radford
Peter Ruffles

Castle

Castle Ward elects four councillors for the Town Council.

	Name	Party	Votes
	Chantal Geall	Conservative	2470
	Bob Hodgson	Labour	1,374
	John Page	Labour	1450
	Suzanne Rutland-Barsby	Conservative	2379
	Jane Sartin	Conservative	2372
	Tracy Turner	Labour	1,362
	Malwina Tybinka	Conservative	2099

The following persons have been elected to the Town Council:
Chantal Geall
Suzanne Rutland-Barsby
Jane Sartin
Malwina Tybinka

Kingsmead

Kinsmead Ward elects four councillors for the Town Council.

	Name	Party	Votes
	David Abbott	Conservative	1367
	Matthew Deards	Conservative	1359
	Veronica Fraser	Labour	690
	Victoria Glover Ward	Green	519
	Brenda Haddock	Conservative	1353
	Hani Latif	Labour	596
	Andrew Stevenson	Conservative	1291
	Dom Trendall	Labour	600
	Freya Waterhouse	Liberal Democrats	521
	Carolyn Westlake	Green	411

The following persons have been elected to the Town Council:
David Abbot
Matthew Deards
Brenda Haddock
Andrew Stevenson

Sele

Sele Ward elects four councillors for the Town Council.

	Name	Party	Votes
	Peter Boyle	Labour	1059
	Steve Cousins	Conservative	1280
	Bob Deering	Conservative	1057
	Jacqueline Downs	Conservative	1220
	Adam Gill	Labour	789
	Amanda Mair	Labour	806
	Alexander Wilson	Labour	749

The following persons have been elected to the Town Council:
Peter Boyle
Steve VCousins
Bob Deering
Jacqueline Downs