1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election

1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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17 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab LD Leader Geoff Woods David Kearns Ian Simpson Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 25 18 5 Seats after 22 21 6 Seat change 3 3 1   Fourth party Fifth party   RA Ind Party Ratepayers Independent Seats before 1 1 Seats after 0 1 Seat change 1
Leader before election Geoff Woods Conservative No overall control Policy chairman after election David Kearns Labour No overall control

The 1995 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 4 May 1995, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council.^[1]

The council remained under no overall control. Prior to the election the council had been run by a Conservative minority administration, with the Conservative leader, Geoff Woods, being leader of the council. At the election, the Conservatives made a net loss of three seats whilst Labour gained three seats and was able to form a minority administration with the support of the Liberal Democrats, although the two parties did not formally consider their arrangement to be a coalition. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 1995 the Labour leader, David Kearns, took the council's most senior political role as chairman of the policy and resources committee, although he was not given the title of leader of the council that all previous policy chairmen had held. Immediately after the election the Conservatives changed their group leader from Geoff Woods to F. John Smith.^[2][3]