Dacorum Borough Council

Dacorum Borough Council is the local authority for the Dacorum non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Dacorum is located in the north-west of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The Council itself is based in Hemel Hempstead, the largest settlement in the district.

Dacorum Borough Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Stewart Riddick, Conservative
since 12 May 2021
Leader of the Council
Andrew Williams, Conservative
since 1999
Seats51
Elections
Plurality voting system
Last election
2 May 2019
Meeting place
The Forum, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 1DN
Website
http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/

The Council consists of 51 elected councillors, representing twenty-five electoral wards. 14 of the wards elect two councillors each. Six, denoted below, elect three councillors each. Five, also denoted below, elect one.[1]

Composition and elections

The council consists of 51 elected members; 31 represent the Conservative Party, 19 represent the Liberal Democrats and there is 1 Independent. The most recent elections to the borough council were held on 2 May 2019. The results were as follows:[2]

2019 Dacorum Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 31 1 13 12 60.8 42.8 33,761 1.4
  Liberal Democrats 19 14 0 14 37.3 31.7 25,046 15.5
  Independent 1 0 0 2.0 0.8 600 0.7
  Labour 0 0 2 2 15.5 12,252 1.5
  Green 0 0 0 8.0 6,292 2.9
  UKIP 0 0 0 1.2 954 11.3

Structure

Dacorum Borough Council uses the Leader and Cabinet model for decision making.[3]

Cabinet
OfficeNameTermParty
Leader of the Council Andrew WilliamsConservative
Deputy Leader, Portfolio Holder for Housing Margaret GriffithsConservative
Portfolio Holder for Environmental Sustainability and Regulatory Services Janice MarshallConservative
Portfolio Holder for Finance and Resources Graeme ElliotConservative
Portfolio Holder for Residents and Corporate Services Neil HardenConservative
Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regeneration Graham SuttonConservative

Wards

Dacorum consists of twenty-five wards. Wards electing three members are denoted with asterisks (*). Those electing one member are denoted an obelisk (†).

Arms
Coat of arms of Dacorum Borough Council
Notes
Granted 21st January 1992.
Crest
A sprig of seven oak leaves Proper and acorns Or inflected to the sinister out of a mural crown Or.
Escutcheon
Or seven oak leaves stalks inward Vert radiating from a Tudor rose Proper.
Supporters
Two stags in trian aspect Proper attired and unguled Or gorged with a wreath Or and Gules ribbons flowing outward depending therefrom a bezant charged with oak leaves and a Tudor rose as in the Arms standing on a compartment Vert strewn with sprigs of oak leaves Proper and acorns Or.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Articles of the Constitution" (PDF). Dacorum Borough Council. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. "Dacorum Borough Council Election Results for 2019". Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  3. "Page 1616". Archived from the original on 2011-04-16. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  4. "East of England Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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