North Hertfordshire District Council elections
Local government elections in Hertfordshire, England
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One third of North Hertfordshire District Council in England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. A boundary review is underway to allow the council to instead be elected all at once every four years from 2024 onwards[needs update].[1]
Council elections
| Year | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats[a] | Independents & Others |
Council control after election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local government reorganisation; council established (48 seats) | ||||||||
| 1973 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 8 | No overall control | |||
| 1976 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 7 | Conservative | |||
| New ward boundaries (50 seats)[4] | ||||||||
| 1979 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 4 | Conservative | |||
| 1980 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 4 | Conservative | |||
| 1982 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 4 | Conservative | |||
| 1983 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 4 | Conservative | |||
| 1984 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 5 | Conservative | |||
| 1986 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 3 | Conservative | |||
| 1987 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | Conservative | |||
| 1988 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | Conservative | |||
| 1990[5][6] | 29 | 15 | 3 | 3 | Conservative | |||
| 1991 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 4 | Conservative | |||
| 1992 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | Conservative | |||
| 1994 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | No overall control | |||
| 1995 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 1 | No overall control | |||
| 1996 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | Labour | |||
| 1998 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | Labour | |||
| New ward boundaries (49 seats)[7] | ||||||||
| 1999 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2000 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2002 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2003 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2004 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2006 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| New ward boundaries (49 seats)[8] | ||||||||
| 2007 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2008 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2010 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2011 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2012 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2014 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2015 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2016 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2018 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2019 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 0 | No overall control | |||
| 2021 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 0 | No overall control | |||
| 2022 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 0 | No overall control | |||
| 2023 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 0 | No overall control | |||
| New ward boundaries (51 seats)[9] | ||||||||
| 2024 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 0 | No overall control | |||
Borough result maps
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- 2004 results map
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- 2021 results map
- 2022 results map
- 2023 results map
- 2024 results map
By-elections
2002-2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Kirkland[11] | 331 | 48.3 | −4.7 | |
| Conservative | 324 | 47.2 | +0.2 | ||
| Labour | 31 | 4.5 | +4.5 | ||
| Majority | 7 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 686 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2010-2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Faye Barnard | 774 | 56.8 | −7.4 | |
| UKIP | Peter Robbins | 217 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
| Labour | Jackie McDonald | 189 | 13.9 | −3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Johnson | 110 | 8.1 | +0.4 | |
| Green | George Howe | 72 | 5.3 | −5.8 | |
| Majority | 557 | 40.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,362 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Julian Cunningham | 761 | 51.3 | −2.7 | |
| Labour | Martin Stears-Handscomb | 399 | 26.9 | +7.1 | |
| UKIP | John Barry | 184 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Higbid | 88 | 5.9 | −7.6 | |
| Green | Mario May | 51 | 3.4 | −9.3 | |
| Majority | 362 | 24.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,483 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Radcliffe | 361 | 48.0 | −12.8 | |
| Conservative | Mara MacSeoinin | 180 | 23.9 | −0.7 | |
| UKIP | Peter Croft | 148 | 19.7 | +19.7 | |
| Green | Jacqueline Greatorex | 32 | 4.3 | −5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Body | 31 | 4.1 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 181 | 24.1 | |||
| Turnout | 752 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2014-2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Stears-Handscomb | 258 | 31.9 | −17.4 | |
| Independent | Jackie McDonald | 200 | 24.8 | +24.8 | |
| Conservative | Serena Farrow | 158 | 19.6 | −12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Peace | 150 | 18.6 | +9.9 | |
| Green | George Howe | 42 | 5.2 | −4.8 | |
| Majority | 58 | 7.2 | |||
| Turnout | 808 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Raymond Shakespeare-Smith | 717 | 41.7 | −2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Hefford | 394 | 22.9 | +12.3 | |
| Independent | Jacqueline McDonald | 277 | 16.1 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | Dave Winstanley | 219 | 12.7 | −5.5 | |
| Green | Des Stephens | 114 | 6.6 | −2.6 | |
| Majority | 323 | 7.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,721 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sarah Dingley | 844 | 50.4 | −0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Stanier | 470 | 28.1 | +14.7 | |
| Labour | Vaughan West | 196 | 11.7 | −4.6 | |
| Green | Katherine Shann | 97 | 5.8 | −1.3 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Arquati | 68 | 4.1 | −8.0 | |
| Majority | 374 | 22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,675 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2018-2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Raj Bhakar | 1,238 | 67.0 | +18.6 | |
| Conservative | Samuel Forsyth | 450 | 24.3 | −3.8 | |
| Green | Deolinda Eltringham | 134 | 7.2 | −1.1 | |
| CPA | Leigh Smith | 27 | 1.5 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 788 | 42.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,849 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2022-2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sarah Lucas | 302 | 25.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gill Lewis | 298 | 25.6 | ||
| Conservative | Callum Bartram-Bell | 280 | 24.1 | ||
| Reform | John Froggett | 196 | 16.8 | ||
| Green | Peter Wilkin | 88 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | 4 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,164 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||