North Hertfordshire District Council elections

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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. [1]

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Elections

The elections have been as follows: [2] [3]

YearSeats Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] Ratepayers Independent Notes
1973 482317017
1976 483011025
1979 503412022New ward boundaries. [4]
1980 503214022
1982 503214022
1983 503015122
1984 503112232
1986 502614730
1987 502613830
1988 502713730
1990 502915330District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same. [5] [6]
1991 502618231
1992 502617331
1994 502518511
1995 502221601
1996 501626701
1998 501726601
1999 492818300New ward boundaries. [7]
2000 492918200
2002 492817400
2003 492716600
2004 492814700
2006 49339700
2007 493010900New ward boundaries. [8]
2008 49328900
2010 49337900
2011 49347800
2012 493310600
2014 493412300
2015 493611200
2016 493412300
2018 492914600
2019 4922161100
2021 4923151100
2022 4919171300
2023 4915191500
2024 517251900New ward boundaries. [9]
  1. ↑ Includes Liberals and SDP prior to 1990.

Borough result maps

By-elections

2002-2006

Baldock East By-Election 17 November 2005 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Kirkland [11] 33148.3−4.7
Conservative 32447.2+0.2
Labour 314.5+4.5
Majority71.0
Turnout 686
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2010-2014

Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo By-Election 15 November 2012 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Faye Barnard77456.8−7.4
UKIP Peter Robbins21715.9+15.9
Labour Jackie McDonald18913.9−3.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Johnson1108.1+0.4
Green George Howe725.3−5.8
Majority55740.9
Turnout 1,362
Conservative hold Swing
Letchworth South West By-Election 15 November 2012 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Cunningham76151.3−2.7
Labour Martin Stears-Handscomb39926.9+7.1
UKIP John Barry18412.4+12.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret Higbid885.9−7.6
Green Mario May513.4−9.3
Majority36224.4
Turnout 1,483
Conservative hold Swing
Hitchin Oughton By-Election 12 September 2013 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Radcliffe36148.0−12.8
Conservative Mara MacSeoinin18023.9−0.7
UKIP Peter Croft14819.7+19.7
Green Jacqueline Greatorex324.3−5.5
Liberal Democrats Clare Body314.1−0.7
Majority18124.1
Turnout 752
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018

Hitchin Oughton By-Election 10 November 2016 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Stears-Handscomb25831.9−17.4
Independent Jackie McDonald20024.8+24.8
Conservative Serena Farrow15819.6−12.4
Liberal Democrats Louise Peace15018.6+9.9
Green George Howe425.2−4.8
Majority587.2
Turnout 808
Labour hold Swing
Hitchin Priory By-Election 4 May 2017 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Shakespeare-Smith71741.7−2.6
Liberal Democrats John Hefford39422.9+12.3
Independent Jacqueline McDonald27716.1+6.1
Labour Dave Winstanley21912.7−5.5
Green Des Stephens1146.6−2.6
Majority3237.2
Turnout 1,721
Conservative hold Swing
Royston Heath By-Election 4 May 2017 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Dingley84450.4−0.6
Liberal Democrats Carol Stanier47028.1+14.7
Labour Vaughan West19611.7−4.6
Green Katherine Shann975.8−1.3
UKIP Christopher Arquati684.1−8.0
Majority37422.3
Turnout 1,675
Conservative hold Swing

2018-2022

Hitchin Highbury By-Election 10 March 2022 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Raj Bhakar1,23867.0+18.6
Conservative Samuel Forsyth45024.3−3.8
Green Deolinda Eltringham1347.2−1.1
CPA Leigh Smith271.5+0.4
Majority78842.6
Turnout 1,849
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2022-2026

Royston Palace By-Election 17 October 2024 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Lucas30225.9
Liberal Democrats Gill Lewis29825.6
Conservative Callum Bartram-Bell28024.1
Reform UK John Froggett19616.8
Green Peter Wilkin887.6
Majority40.3
Turnout 1,164
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "North Hertfordshire". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "North Hertfordshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. ↑ The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
  5. ↑ "The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1989/284, retrieved 5 November 2015
  6. ↑ "The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1939", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1989/133, retrieved 5 November 2015
  7. ↑ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1998/2555, retrieved 4 October 2015
  8. ↑ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2006/3112, retrieved 3 November 2015
  9. ↑ "The North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2023/1024, retrieved 12 May 2024
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Baldock East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Meeting of the Council held in the Council Chamber, Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth Garden City on Thursday, 8 December 2005 at 7.30 p.m" (PDF). North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Letchworth South West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hitchin Oughton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hitchin Oughton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hitchin Priory Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Royston Heath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hitchin Highbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Royston Palace Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
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