2023 Broxbourne Borough Council election

2023 Broxbourne Borough Council election

4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
10 out of 30 seats to Broxbourne Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	17216
First party Second party   Leader Lewis Cocking Carol Bowman Party Conservative Labour Seats before 27[a] 3 Seats after 27 3 Seat change
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Broxbourne Borough Council election
Leader before election Lewis Cocking Conservative Leader after election Lewis Cocking Conservative

The 2023 Broxbourne Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect 10 members (one-third) of Broxbourne Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England.[2] All contested seats were held by the original party.

Results

Following the results,[3] the council remained under Conservative control.[4]

2023 Broxbourne Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9		90	18	27	90	8654	50.3	2.1
	Labour	1		10	2	3	10	5081	29.5	0.2
	Green	0		0	0	0	0	1789	10.4	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0	1418	8.2	0.3
	Independent	0		0	0	0	0	214	1.2	0.1
	TUSC	0		0	0	0	0	60	0.3	0.1

Candidates

Candidates by ward:[5]

Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South

Broxbourne & Hoddesdon South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Mason	1,269	54.3	4.7
	Green	Sally Kemp	668	28.6	9.7
	Labour	Roy Wareham	255	10.9	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kiran Thomas	146	6.2	2.3
Majority			601	25.7	14.4
Turnout			2,338	31.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheshunt North

Cheshunt North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sacha Kanatli	719	45.9	5.7
	Labour	Zahra Spencer	587	37.5	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kostas Inchenko	156	10.0	0.8
	Green	Madela Baddock	104	6.6	1.4
Majority			132	8.4	9.2
Turnout			1,566	23.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheshunt South & Theobalds

Cheshunt South & Theobalds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Siracusa	805	45.5	0.4
	Labour	Ian Dust	654	36.9	0.6
	Independent	Cody McCormick	214	12.1	1.0
	Green	Beth Charley	97	5.5	2.0
Majority			151	8.6	0.2
Turnout			1,770	25.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flamstead End

Flamstead End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Seeby	856	60.3	0.4
	Labour	Lisa Newby	361	25.4	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kypros Savopoulos	100	7.0	0.7
	Green	Rishi Mehta	91	6.4	1.3
	TUSC	Aaron Smith	11	0.8	New
Majority			495	34.9	1.8
Turnout			1,419	21.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goffs Oak

Goffs Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Corina Gander	910	51.2	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Payne	569	32.0	7.1
	Labour	Kathy Condon	200	11.3	3.9
	Green	Trevor Griffiths	97	5.5	0.1
Majority			341	19.2	10.4
Turnout			1,776	24.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoddesdon North

Hoddesdon North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Wortley	1,196	61.8	0.2
	Labour	Janet Wareham	436	22.5	0.6
	Green	Ian Kemp	154	8.0	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kemp	149	7.7	1.0
Majority			760	39.3	0.8
Turnout			1,935	26.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park

Hoddesdon Town & Rye Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Curtis	746	50.9	1.1
	Labour	Glynis Evans	447	30.5	0.8
	Green	Roy Clements	159	10.8	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Vizer	114	7.8	0.2
Majority			299	20.4	1.9
Turnout			1,466	20.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rosedale and Bury Green

Rosedale & Bury Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Greensmyth	732	48.7	3.0
	Labour	James Spencer	571	38.0	5.7
	Green	Karen Brett	201	13.4	4.0
Majority			161	10.7	8.7
Turnout			1,504	22.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Cross

Waltham Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Selina Norgrove	1,000	56.1	2.3
	Conservative	David McPadden	530	29.7	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fabio Bonfante	114	6.4	2.0
	Green	Bob Gledhill	90	5.0	0.2
	TUSC	Christine Thomas	49	2.7	0.8
Majority			470	26.4	1.6
Turnout			1,783	22.37
	Labour hold		Swing

Wormley and Turnford

Wormley & Turnford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Nicholson	891	53.7	3.7
	Labour	Mario Angeli	570	34.4	3.4
	Green	Owen Brett	128	7.7	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Seema Rajani	70	4.2	1.4
Majority			321	19.3	7.1
Turnout			1,659	21.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. Including one vacant seat in the Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park ward previously held by Conservative councillor Aran Banks prior to his resignation in January 2023.[1]

1. Boothroyd, David (13 January 2023). "Did you insinuate we'd lost three seats on Plymouth". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
2. "Borough Council election results 2023". Borough of Broxbourne Council. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
3. "Borough of Broxbourne Results of Election". Broxbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
4. Rutherford, Cameron (2023-05-05). "Broxbourne full local election results as Tories retain 9 seats". HertsLive. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
5. Durrant, Will (2023-04-05). "All candidates standing in the Broxbourne local election 2023". HertsLive. Retrieved 2023-05-07.