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 [lower-alpha 1] 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
  1. ↑ Includes Liberals and SDP prior to 1990.

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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
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