4:54pm Friday 5th June 2009
By Michael Pickard
The Conservatives took control of Bushey in the Hertfordshire County Council elections.
LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS IN FULL >>
In Bushey North, Steve O'Brien was elected with 1,510 votes, with Liberal Democrat candidate Lynne Hodgson taking 1,257 votes.
Councillor O'Brien replaces fellow Tory Michael Colne.
Arjuna Krishna-Das (Green) received 277 votes, and James Sowerbutts (Labour) had 234 votes.
There was a 33.3 per cent turnout, with 22 spoilt ballots.
It was a similar picture in Bushey South, where Conservatives again beat the Liberal Democrats into first place, though by a much larger margin.
Seamus Quilty was re-elected in the ward with 2,690 votes, compared to Robert Gamble's tally of 779.
David Bearfield (Labour) took 323 votes, narrowly ahead of Green Party candidate Edward Canfor-Dumas with 320 votes.
There was a 45.3 per cent turnout, with 22 spoilt ballots.
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