Hertsmere Borough Council elects all its councillors on a four-year cycle, with the next elections in 2023. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 39 councillors have been elected from 15 wards. [1]
Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973-1976 | |
Conservative | 1976-1994 | |
No overall control | 1994-1996 | |
Labour | 1996-1999 | |
Conservative | 1999–2023 | |
No overall control | 2023-present |
The leaders of the council since 1999 have been: [3]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stuart Nagler | Conservative | 26 May 1999 | 17 Oct 2001 | |
Neil Payne | Conservative | 17 Oct 2001 | 20 Sep 2006 | |
John Graham | Conservative | 20 Sep 2006 | 8 Oct 2007 | |
Morris Bright | Conservative | 8 Oct 2007 | 5 May 2023 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leon Reefe | 1,386 | 50.2 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | Dora O'Sullivan | 878 | 31.8 | -11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Marsh | 497 | 18.0 | +18.0 | |
Majority | 508 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,761 | 55.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Hedges | 1,519 | 51.3 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Alan Gellatly | 1,017 | 34.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Silverman | 423 | 14.3 | +14.3 | |
Majority | 502 | 16.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,959 | 56.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tugay Sevincli | 679 | 76.6 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Paul Tengwo | 207 | 23.4 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 472 | 53.2 | |||
Turnout | 886 | 17.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Morris | 748 | 74.8 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anita Ownsworth | 157 | 15.7 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Charles George | 95 | 9.5 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 591 | 59.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,000 | 20.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy Newmark | 383 | 37.8 | -10.1 | |
Conservative | Pat Strack | 341 | 33.7 | -19.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Marsh | 144 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Lawrence Strack | 91 | 9.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Vikki Johnson | 54 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 42 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 21.84 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Jeremy Newmark was the Labour Party candidate for the seat of Finchley & Golders Green at the 2017 General Election.
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