2025 Hertfordshire County Council election

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2025 Hertfordshire County Council election
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  2021 1 May 2025

The 2025 Hertfordshire County Council election is due to take place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Hertfordshire County Council in Hertfordshire, England. [1] All 78 seats will be elected. This will be on the same day as other local elections.

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Background

At the 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats. [2]

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References

  1. "Election timetable in England". Electoral Commission. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. "Elections 2021: Hertfordshire councils change hands". BBC News. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2024-11-29.

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