Hertsmere Borough Council elections

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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]

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Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1973-1976
Conservative 1976-1994
No overall control 1994-1996
Labour 1996-1999
Conservative 1999–2023
No overall control 2023-present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1999 have been: [3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Stuart Nagler Conservative 26 May 199917 Oct 2001
Neil Payne Conservative 17 Oct 200120 Sep 2006
John Graham Conservative 20 Sep 20068 Oct 2007
Morris Bright Conservative 8 Oct 20075 May 2023

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

Borehamwood Brookmeadow By-Election 7 June 2001 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leon Reefe1,38650.2-6.9
Conservative Dora O'Sullivan87831.8-11.1
Liberal Democrats Mary Marsh49718.0+18.0
Majority50818.4
Turnout 2,76155.1
Labour hold Swing
Borehamwood Cowley Hill By-Election 5 May 2005 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Hedges1,51951.3+12.5
Conservative Alan Gellatly1,01734.4+0.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Silverman42314.3+14.3
Majority50216.9
Turnout 2,95956.9
Labour hold Swing
Potters Bar Oakmere By-Election 22 October 2009 [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tugay Sevincli67976.6+5.4
Labour Paul Tengwo20723.4-5.4
Majority47253.2
Turnout 88617.1
Conservative hold Swing
Bushey Heath By-Election 26 November 2009 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Morris74874.8-3.9
Liberal Democrats Anita Ownsworth15715.7+6.8
Labour Charles George959.5+1.3
Majority59159.1
Turnout 1,00020.3
Conservative hold Swing
Borehamwood Kenilworth By-Election 5 October 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Newmark38337.8-10.1
Conservative Pat Strack34133.7-19.4
Liberal Democrats Mary Marsh14414.2N/A
Independent Lawrence Strack919.0N/A
UKIP Vikki Johnson545.3N/A
Majority424.1
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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