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]

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Elections

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

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Green BNP IndependentCouncil control
after election
Notes
1973 [2] 35333001No overall control
1977 [2] 6560001Conservative
1981 [2] 43294001ConservativeNew ward boundaries [3]
1985 [2] 362714000No overall control
1989 [2] 45275000Conservative
1993 [2] 273019001No overall control
1997 [2] 38309000No overall control
2001 [4] 402710000ConservativeNew ward boundaries [5]
2005 [6] 461614100Conservative
2009 [7] 55317110Conservative
2013 [8] 461516000Conservative
2017 [9] 51918000ConservativeNew ward boundaries [1]
2021 [10] 46723101Conservative

Result maps

By-election results

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

1993–1997

Cheshunt West By-Election 18 July 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Game1,06762.0
Labour Sylvia Courtnage42424.6
Liberal Democrats Henry Appiah23113.4
Majority64337.4
Turnout 1,72214.83
Conservative hold Swing
Kings Langley By-Election 26 September 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,40650.9
Labour 1,08339.2
Liberal Democrats 2739.9
Majority323
Turnout 2,762
Conservative hold Swing

1997–2001

South East Hemel Hempstead By-Election 10 June 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,84247.8+12.6
Labour 1,64242.1-6.0
Liberal Democrats 38810.1-6.6
Majority2185.7
Turnout 3,85434.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hitchin North East By-Election 17 February 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,39950.6-4.8
Conservative 1,10640.1+12.4
Liberal Democrats 1666.0-11.0
Natural Law 953.4+3.4
Majority29310.5
Turnout 2,76624.9
Labour hold Swing
Offa By-Election 13 April 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,29351.7+11.3
Labour 94137.6-5.5
Liberal Democrats 2409.6-6.9
Natural Law 271.1+1.1
Majority35214.1
Turnout 2,50127.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bushey Heath By-Election 4 May 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,59060.3+5.1
Liberal Democrats 80830.7+3.6
Labour 2379.0-8.7
Majority78229.6
Turnout 2,63532.7
Conservative hold Swing
Shephall By-Election 4 May 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,43465.6+5.1
Conservative 48222.0-1.6
Liberal Democrats 27012.4+0.3
Majority95243.6
Turnout 2,18623.5
Labour hold Swing

2001–2005

St. Albans North By-Election 12 July 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,44541.3+3.9
Liberal Democrats 1,11331.8-0.2
Conservative 91226.1-4.5
Independent 250.7+0.7
Majority3329.5
Turnout 3,49534.7
Labour hold Swing
Meriden Tudor By-Election 28 November 2002 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Audrey Oaten1,41351.0+35.1
Labour Geoffrey O'Connell81729.5-14.6
Conservative Richard Southern47217.0-15.8
Green Ian West702.5-0.7
Majority59621.5
Turnout 2,77227.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Hatfield South By-Election 19 June 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,24648.8+11.5
Labour 93336.6-8.5
Liberal Democrats 37214.6-3.0
Majority31312.2
Turnout 2,55126.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Kings Langley By-Election 18 September 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,85159.9+8.8
Liberal Democrats 62520.2+2.3
Labour 61419.9-5.6
Majority1,22639.7
Turnout 3,09030.2
Conservative hold Swing
Hertford All Saints By-Election 5 February 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,06452.5+11.4
Labour 55927.6-5.6
Liberal Democrats 40319.9-5.8
Majority50524.9
Turnout 2,02621.8
Conservative hold Swing

2005–2009

Shephall By-Election 15 September 2005 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Lloyd1,14445.5-5.5
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Knight99439.6+18.8
Conservative Ralph Dimelow37414.9-13.3
Majority1505.9
Turnout 2,51228.1
Labour hold Swing
Knebworth and Codicote By-Election 22 June 2006 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Thake1,75969.7+14.4
Labour Joseph McWalter32212.7-5.6
Liberal Democrats Debra Wilkins31012.3-7.0
Green Stuart Madgin1335.2-1.8
Majority1,43757.0
Turnout 2,52423.0
Conservative hold Swing
Harpenden South West By-Election 7 February 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Teresa Heritage2,16166.6+10.4
Liberal Democrats Alison Steer81925.3-0.4
Labour Linda Spiri1534.7-7.2
Green Annette Tate1103.4-2.8
Majority1,34241.3
Turnout 3,24330.2
Conservative hold Swing
Bedwell By-Election 27 March 2008 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Taylor 1,45256.5+1.0
Conservative Leslie Clark62524.3-0.6
Liberal Democrats Len Lambert32912.8-6.8
UKIP Rick Seddon1656.4+6.4
Majority82732.2
Turnout 2,57129.0
Labour hold Swing

2009–2013

Borehamwood North By-Election 22 October 2009 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Plancey98244.5+5.5
Labour Leon Reefe92842.1+13.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Gamble1707.7-4.6
Independent Frank Ward1255.7-0.1
Majority542.4
Turnout 2,20518.5
Conservative hold Swing
St Albans South By-Election 3 June 2010 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Frearson1,48242.1+2.6
Conservative Salih Gaygusuz1,25035.5+4.1
Labour Iain Grant54015.3-0.1
Green Kate Metcalf2497.1-6.7
Majority2326.6
Turnout 3,52133.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bishops Stortford West By-Election 5 May 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Bernard Woodward2,48352.7%+7.6%
Liberal Democrats Robert Ian Taylor1,25626.6%+0.6%
Labour Alexander Julian Young97720.7%+10.5%
Majority1,227
Turnout 4,716
Conservative hold Swing

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%).

Waltham Cross By-Election 22 March 2012 [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dee Hart1,38956.44+14.54
Labour Malcolm Aitken83734.01+6.91
UKIP Albert Nicholas1596.46+6.46
Liberal Democrats Peter Huse763.09-10.51
Majority55222.43
Turnout 2,46122.88
Conservative hold Swing
Meriden Tudor By-Election 3 May 2012 [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kareen Mary Hastrick123140.2-3.3%
Labour Diana Mary Ivory79125.8+13.1%
Conservative Richard Lloyd Vaughan Southern53417.4-10.2%
UKIP Nicholas Richard Lincoln35111.5n/a
Green Paula Mary Evelyn Broadhurst1545.0-2.5%
Majority44012.6%
Turnout 306133.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Election caused by the resignation of previous incumbent.

Hemel Hempstead Town By-Election 21 June 2012 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Wyatt-Lowe141347.8-3.0
Labour Mike Bromberg69323.5+8.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Angell45615.4-5.8
Green Paul Harris1806.1-7.2
UKIP Howard Koch1515.1+5.1
Independent Rodney Tucker612.1+2.1
Majority720
Turnout 23.8
Conservative hold Swing

Election caused by the resignation of previous incumbent. [22] Percentage change is since June 2009.

2013–2017

Hitchin North By-Election 12 September 2013 [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Judi Candida BILLING125047.8+1.8
Conservative Alan MILLARD67325.7-7.0
Liberal Democrats Lisa Victoria COURTS2469.4+2.8
UKIP John Finbarr BARRY2359.0+9.0
Green Gavin NICHOLSON2128.1-6.6
Majority577
Turnout 262122.42
Labour Co-op hold Swing

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. [25] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Lesley Greensmith in the by-election on 22 February 2018. [26]

Goffs Oak & Bury Green By Election 22 February 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lesley Greensmyth 1,390 59.6 -5.3
Liberal Democrats David Payne48220.7+14.9
Labour Selina Norgrove39316.8-0.8
Green Sally Kemp693.0N/A
Majority1,536
Turnout 2,33419-8
Conservative hold Swing

Liberal Democrat councillor Charlotte Hogg (St Albans North) resigned from the council in March 2018. [27] A by-election was held on 3 May, where Roma Mills from the Labour Party captured the seat from the Liberal Democrats. [26]

St Albans North By-Election 3 May 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roma Mills 1,779 36.6 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Karen Young1,46030.1-5.2
Conservative Salih Gaygusuz1,36128.0+1.9
Green Simon Grover2585.3+2.2
Majority3196.5
Turnout 4,85848
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Three Rivers Rural By-Election 25 October 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Williams 1,846 53.4 +9.6
Conservative Angela Killick1,31538.0-9.0
Labour Jenni Gillet1444.2±0.0
UKIP David Bennett862.5+0.6
Green Roan Alder682.0-1.0
Majority
Turnout 3,46330
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2021 - Present

Hitchin South: 10 March 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Hoskins 2,401 71.7 +34.0
Conservative Claire Strong69020.6-16.3
Green Deolinda Eltringham2236.7-2.2
CPA Leigh Smith351.0±0.0
Majority1,71151.1
Turnout 3,36331.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg25.2

The by-election was caused by the death of the incumbent Liberal Democrat, Paul Clark in December 2021. The Lib Dem’s won with an increased majority with Labour opting not to nominate a candidate.

Hitchin North: 9 February 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Clive Albert199265.8+12.7
Conservative Ralph Gerald Muncer52617.4-9.5
Green Deolinda Maria Eltringham41513.7+3.3
CPA Leigh Smith933.1+3.1
Majority146648.4
Turnout 303626.4-17
Labour hold Swing

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 Dem’s opting not to nominate a candidate.

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