Hertfordshire County Council elections

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Hertfordshire County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes took effect in 2017 there have been 78 electoral divisions electing one councillor each.[1]

Elections

Summary of the council composition, click on the year for full details of each election.

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Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Reform Green Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (72 seats)
1973[2] 35 33 3 – – 1 No overall control
1977[2] 65 6 0 – 0 1 Conservative
New division boundaries; increased seats from 72 to 77[3]
1981[2] 43 29 4 – 0 1 Conservative
1985[2] 36 27 14 – 0 0 No overall control
1989[2] 45 27 5 – 0 0 Conservative
1993[2] 27 30 19 – 0 1 No overall control
1997[2] 38 30 9 – 0 0 No overall control
New division boundaries[4]
2001[5] 40 27 10 – 0 0 Conservative
2005[6] 46 16 14 – 1 0 Conservative
2009[7] 55 3 17 – 1 1[b] Conservative
2013[8] 46 15 16 – 0 0 Conservative
New division boundaries[1]
2017[9] 51 9 18 – 0 0 Conservative
2021[10] 46 7 23 0 1 1 Conservative
2025[11] 22 5 31 14 5 1 No overall control
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By-election results

By-elections are held for any vacancies that arise between elections.

1993–1997

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Cheshunt West By-Election 18 July 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Game 1,067 62.0
Labour Sylvia Courtnage 424 24.6
Liberal Democrats Henry Appiah 231 13.4
Majority 643 37.4
Turnout 1,722 14.83
Conservative hold Swing
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Kings Langley By-Election 26 September 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,406 50.9
Labour 1,083 39.2
Liberal Democrats 273 9.9
Majority 323
Turnout 2,762
Conservative hold Swing
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1997–2001

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South East Hemel Hempstead By-Election 10 June 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,842 47.8 +12.6
Labour 1,642 42.1 −6.0
Liberal Democrats 388 10.1 −6.6
Majority 218 5.7
Turnout 3,854 34.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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Hitchin North East By-Election 17 February 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,399 50.6 −4.8
Conservative 1,106 40.1 +12.4
Liberal Democrats 166 6.0 −11.0
Natural Law 95 3.4 +3.4
Majority 293 10.5
Turnout 2,766 24.9
Labour hold Swing
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Offa By-Election 13 April 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,293 51.7 +11.3
Labour 941 37.6 −5.5
Liberal Democrats 240 9.6 −6.9
Natural Law 27 1.1 +1.1
Majority 352 14.1
Turnout 2,501 27.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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Bushey Heath By-Election 4 May 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,590 60.3 +5.1
Liberal Democrats 808 30.7 +3.6
Labour 237 9.0 −8.7
Majority 782 29.6
Turnout 2,635 32.7
Conservative hold Swing
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Shephall By-Election 4 May 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,434 65.6 +5.1
Conservative 482 22.0 −1.6
Liberal Democrats 270 12.4 +0.3
Majority 952 43.6
Turnout 2,186 23.5
Labour hold Swing
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2001–2005

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St. Albans North By-Election 12 July 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,445 41.3 +3.9
Liberal Democrats 1,113 31.8 −0.2
Conservative 912 26.1 −4.5
Independent 25 0.7 +0.7
Majority 332 9.5
Turnout 3,495 34.7
Labour hold Swing
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Meriden Tudor By-Election 28 November 2002[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Audrey Oaten 1,413 51.0 +35.1
Labour Geoffrey O'Connell 817 29.5 −14.6
Conservative Richard Southern 472 17.0 −15.8
Green Ian West 70 2.5 −0.7
Majority 596 21.5
Turnout 2,772 27.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
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Hatfield South By-Election 19 June 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,246 48.8 +11.5
Labour 933 36.6 −8.5
Liberal Democrats 372 14.6 −3.0
Majority 313 12.2
Turnout 2,551 26.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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Kings Langley By-Election 18 September 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,851 59.9 +8.8
Liberal Democrats 625 20.2 +2.3
Labour 614 19.9 −5.6
Majority 1,226 39.7
Turnout 3,090 30.2
Conservative hold Swing
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Hertford All Saints By-Election 5 February 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,064 52.5 +11.4
Labour 559 27.6 −5.6
Liberal Democrats 403 19.9 −5.8
Majority 505 24.9
Turnout 2,026 21.8
Conservative hold Swing
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2005–2009

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Shephall By-Election 15 September 2005[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Lloyd 1,144 45.5 −5.5
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Knight 994 39.6 +18.8
Conservative Ralph Dimelow 374 14.9 −13.3
Majority 150 5.9
Turnout 2,512 28.1
Labour hold Swing
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Knebworth and Codicote By-Election 22 June 2006[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Thake 1,759 69.7 +14.4
Labour Joseph McWalter 322 12.7 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Debra Wilkins 310 12.3 −7.0
Green Stuart Madgin 133 5.2 −1.8
Majority 1,437 57.0
Turnout 2,524 23.0
Conservative hold Swing
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Harpenden South West By-Election 7 February 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Teresa Heritage 2,161 66.6 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Alison Steer 819 25.3 −0.4
Labour Linda Spiri 153 4.7 −7.2
Green Annette Tate 110 3.4 −2.8
Majority 1,342 41.3
Turnout 3,243 30.2
Conservative hold Swing
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Bedwell By-Election 27 March 2008[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Taylor 1,452 56.5 +1.0
Conservative Leslie Clark 625 24.3 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Len Lambert 329 12.8 −6.8
UKIP Rick Seddon 165 6.4 +6.4
Majority 827 32.2
Turnout 2,571 29.0
Labour hold Swing
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2009–2013

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Borehamwood North By-Election 22 October 2009[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Plancey 982 44.5 +5.5
Labour Leon Reefe 928 42.1 +13.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Gamble 170 7.7 −4.6
Independent Frank Ward 125 5.7 −0.1
Majority 54 2.4
Turnout 2,205 18.5
Conservative hold Swing
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St Albans South By-Election 3 June 2010[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Frearson 1,482 42.1 +2.6
Conservative Salih Gaygusuz 1,250 35.5 +4.1
Labour Iain Grant 540 15.3 −0.1
Green Kate Metcalf 249 7.1 −6.7
Majority 232 6.6
Turnout 3,521 33.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Bishops Stortford West By-Election 5 May 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Bernard Woodward 2,483 52.7% +7.6%
Liberal Democrats Robert Ian Taylor 1,256 26.6% +0.6%
Labour Alexander Julian Young 977 20.7% +10.5%
Majority 1,227
Turnout 4,716
Conservative hold Swing
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At the preceding election there had also been candidates for the British National Party (307 votes, 8.0%) and for the Green Party (392 votes, 10.3%).

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Waltham Cross By-Election 22 March 2012[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dee Hart 1,389 56.44 +14.54
Labour Malcolm Aitken 837 34.01 +6.91
UKIP Albert Nicholas 159 6.46 +6.46
Liberal Democrats Peter Huse 76 3.09 −10.51
Majority 552 22.43
Turnout 2,461 22.88
Conservative hold Swing
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Meriden Tudor By-Election 3 May 2012[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kareen Mary Hastrick 1231 40.2 −3.3%
Labour Diana Mary Ivory 791 25.8 +13.1%
Conservative Richard Lloyd Vaughan Southern 534 17.4 −10.2%
UKIP Nicholas Richard Lincoln 351 11.5 n/a
Green Paula Mary Evelyn Broadhurst 154 5.0 −2.5%
Majority 440 12.6%
Turnout 3061 33.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Election caused by the resignation of previous incumbent.

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Hemel Hempstead Town By-Election 21 June 2012[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wyatt-Lowe 1413 47.8 −3.0
Labour Mike Bromberg 693 23.5 +8.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Angell 456 15.4 −5.8
Green Paul Harris 180 6.1 −7.2
UKIP Howard Koch 151 5.1 +5.1
Independent Rodney Tucker 61 2.1 +2.1
Majority 720
Turnout 23.8
Conservative hold Swing
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Election caused by the resignation of previous incumbent.[23] Percentage change is since June 2009.

2013–2017

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Hitchin North By-Election 12 September 2013[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Judi Candida BILLING 1250 47.8 +1.8
Conservative Alan MILLARD 673 25.7 −7.0
Liberal Democrats Lisa Victoria COURTS 246 9.4 +2.8
UKIP John Finbarr BARRY 235 9.0 +9.0
Green Gavin NICHOLSON 212 8.1 −6.6
Majority 577
Turnout 2621 22.42
Labour Co-op hold Swing
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Caused by the death of the previous incumbent.

2017–2021

Council leader and Conservative councillor Robert Gordon CBE (Goffs Oak and Bury Green) died in October 2017.[26] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Lesley Greensmith in the by-election on 22 February 2018.[27]

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Goffs Oak & Bury Green By Election 22 February 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Greensmyth 1,390 59.6 −5.3
Liberal Democrats David Payne 482 20.7 +14.9
Labour Selina Norgrove 393 16.8 −0.8
Green Sally Kemp 69 3.0 N/A
Majority 1,536
Turnout 2,334 19 −8
Conservative hold Swing
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Liberal Democrat councillor Charlotte Hogg (St Albans North) resigned from the council in March 2018.[28] A by-election was held on 3 May, where Roma Mills from the Labour Party captured the seat from the Liberal Democrats.[27]

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St Albans North By-Election 3 May 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roma Mills 1,779 36.6 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Karen Young 1,460 30.1 −5.2
Conservative Salih Gaygusuz 1,361 28.0 +1.9
Green Simon Grover 258 5.3 +2.2
Majority 319 6.5
Turnout 4,858 48
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
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Three Rivers Rural By-Election 25 October 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Williams 1,846 53.4 +9.6
Conservative Angela Killick 1,315 38.0 −9.0
Labour Jenni Gillet 144 4.2 ±0.0
UKIP David Bennett 86 2.5 +0.6
Green Roan Alder 68 2.0 −1.0
Majority
Turnout 3,463 30
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
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2021–2025

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Hitchin South: 10 March 2022[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Hoskins 2,401 71.7 +34.0
Conservative Claire Strong 690 20.6 −16.3
Green Deolinda Eltringham 223 6.7 −2.2
CPA Leigh Smith 35 1.0 ±0.0
Majority 1,711 51.1
Turnout 3,363 31.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase25.2
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The by-election was caused by the death of the incumbent Liberal Democrat, Paul Clark in December 2021. The Lib Dems won with an increased majority with Labour opting not to nominate a candidate.

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Hitchin North: 9 February 2023[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Clive Albert 1,992 65.8 +12.7
Conservative Ralph Gerald Muncer 526 17.4 −9.5
Green Deolinda Maria Eltringham 415 13.7 +3.3
CPA Leigh Smith 93 3.1 +3.1
Majority 1466 48.4
Turnout 3036 26.4 −17
Labour hold Swing
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The by-election was caused by the death of the Labour incumbent, Judi Billing in November 2022. Labour won with an increased majority with the Lib Dems opting not to nominate a candidate.

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Harpenden Rural: 7 December 2023[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Allison Wren 1,474 58.2 +32.9
Conservative Claudio Duran 766 30.3 −26.8
Labour Symon Vegro 168 6.7 −4.0
Green Mario May 119 4.8 −2.1
Majority 708 27.9 N/A
Turnout 2,538 22.6 −21.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase29.8
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This by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent Conservative, Annie Brewster.

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Bedwell: 29 August 2024[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ellie Plater 962 46.9 −0.6
Conservative Harry Curtis 470 22.9 −11.7
Reform Janet Bainbridge 352 17.2 +17.2
Liberal Democrats Riad Mannan 134 6.5 −3.2
Green Balgiisa Ahmed 133 6.5 +0.5
Majority 492 24.0
Turnout 2,051
Labour hold Swing
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This by-election was caused by the resignation of the Labour incumbent, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage.

2025–2029

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Flamstead End and Turnford: 7 May 2026[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Greensmyth 1,729 39.9 +2.8
Reform Christopher Bush 1,530 35.3 −2.7
Green Owen Brett 493 11.4 +6.4
Labour Madeline McFadden 438 10.1 −3.0
Liberal Democrats David Payne 147 3.4 +0.0
Majority 199 4.6
Turnout 4,337
Conservative gain from Reform Swing
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This by-election was caused by the resignation of the Reform incumbent, Tony Hill.[34]

Notes

  1. [a]
    Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. [b]
    1 British National Party

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