North Hertfordshire District Council elections

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]

Council elections

Composition of the council ^{[2] [3]}

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats [a]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (48 seats)
1973	23	17	0	8		No overall control
1976	30	11	0	7		Conservative
New ward boundaries (50 seats) [4]
1979	34	12	0	4		Conservative
1980	32	14	0	4		Conservative
1982	32	14	0	4		Conservative
1983	30	15	1	4		Conservative
1984	31	12	2	5		Conservative
1986	26	14	7	3		Conservative
1987	26	13	8	3		Conservative
1988	27	13	7	3		Conservative
1990 [5] [6]	29	15	3	3		Conservative
1991	26	18	2	4		Conservative
1992	26	17	3	4		Conservative
1994	25	18	5	2		No overall control
1995	22	21	6	1		No overall control
1996	16	26	7	1		Labour
1998	17	26	6	1		Labour
New ward boundaries (49 seats) [7]
1999	28	18	3	0		Conservative
2000	29	18	2	0		Conservative
2002	28	17	4	0		Conservative
2003	27	16	6	0		Conservative
2004	28	14	7	0		Conservative
2006	33	9	7	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries (49 seats) [8]
2007	30	10	9	0		Conservative
2008	32	8	9	0		Conservative
2010	33	7	9	0		Conservative
2011	34	7	8	0		Conservative
2012	33	10	6	0		Conservative
2014	34	12	3	0		Conservative
2015	36	11	2	0		Conservative
2016	34	12	3	0		Conservative
2018	29	14	6	0		Conservative
2019	22	16	11	0		No overall control
2021	23	15	11	0		No overall control
2022	19	17	13	0		No overall control
2023	15	19	15	0		No overall control
New ward boundaries (51 seats) [9]
2024	7	25	19	0		No overall control

Borough result maps

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  2002 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-elections

2002-2006

Baldock East By-Election 17 November 2005 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Kirkland [11]	331	48.3	−4.7
	Conservative		324	47.2	+0.2
	Labour		31	4.5	+4.5
Majority			7	1.0
Turnout			686
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2010-2014

Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo By-Election 15 November 2012 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Faye Barnard	774	56.8	−7.4
	UKIP	Peter Robbins	217	15.9	+15.9
	Labour	Jackie McDonald	189	13.9	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Johnson	110	8.1	+0.4
	Green	George Howe	72	5.3	−5.8
Majority			557	40.9
Turnout			1,362
	Conservative hold		Swing

Letchworth South West By-Election 15 November 2012 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Cunningham	761	51.3	−2.7
	Labour	Martin Stears-Handscomb	399	26.9	+7.1
	UKIP	John Barry	184	12.4	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Higbid	88	5.9	−7.6
	Green	Mario May	51	3.4	−9.3
Majority			362	24.4
Turnout			1,483
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hitchin Oughton By-Election 12 September 2013 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Radcliffe	361	48.0	−12.8
	Conservative	Mara MacSeoinin	180	23.9	−0.7
	UKIP	Peter Croft	148	19.7	+19.7
	Green	Jacqueline Greatorex	32	4.3	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Body	31	4.1	−0.7
Majority			181	24.1
Turnout			752
	Labour hold		Swing

2014-2018

Hitchin Oughton By-Election 10 November 2016 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Stears-Handscomb	258	31.9	−17.4
	Independent	Jackie McDonald	200	24.8	+24.8
	Conservative	Serena Farrow	158	19.6	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Peace	150	18.6	+9.9
	Green	George Howe	42	5.2	−4.8
Majority			58	7.2
Turnout			808
	Labour hold		Swing

Hitchin Priory By-Election 4 May 2017 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Shakespeare-Smith	717	41.7	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Hefford	394	22.9	+12.3
	Independent	Jacqueline McDonald	277	16.1	+6.1
	Labour	Dave Winstanley	219	12.7	−5.5
	Green	Des Stephens	114	6.6	−2.6
Majority			323	7.2
Turnout			1,721
	Conservative hold		Swing

Royston Heath By-Election 4 May 2017 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Dingley	844	50.4	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Stanier	470	28.1	+14.7
	Labour	Vaughan West	196	11.7	−4.6
	Green	Katherine Shann	97	5.8	−1.3
	UKIP	Christopher Arquati	68	4.1	−8.0
Majority			374	22.3
Turnout			1,675
	Conservative hold		Swing

2018-2022

Hitchin Highbury By-Election 10 March 2022 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raj Bhakar	1,238	67.0	+18.6
	Conservative	Samuel Forsyth	450	24.3	−3.8
	Green	Deolinda Eltringham	134	7.2	−1.1
	CPA	Leigh Smith	27	1.5	+0.4
Majority			788	42.6
Turnout			1,849
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2022-2026

Royston Palace By-Election 17 October 2024 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Lucas	302	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Lewis	298	25.6
	Conservative	Callum Bartram-Bell	280	24.1
	Reform UK	John Froggett	196	16.8
	Green	Peter Wilkin	88	7.6
Majority			4	0.3
Turnout			1,164
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

1. "North Hertfordshire". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
2. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
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.

External links

• North Hertfordshire District Council