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
  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