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]

Elections

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

Year Seats Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[lower-alpha 1] Ratepayers Independent Notes
1973482317017
1976483011025
1979503412022New ward boundaries.[4]
1980503214022
1982503214022
1983503015122
1984503112232
1986502614730
1987502613830
1988502713730
1990502915330District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[5][6]
1991502618231
1992502617331
1994502518511
1995502221601
1996501626701
1998501726601
1999492818300New ward boundaries.[7]
2000492918200
2002492817400
2003492716600
2004492814700
200649339700
2007493010900New ward boundaries.[8]
200849328900
201049337900
201149347800
2012493310600
2014493412300
2015493611200
2016493412300
2018492914600
20194922161100
20214923151100
20224919171300
20234915191500
2024517251900New ward boundaries.[9]
  1. Includes Liberals and SDP prior to 1990.

Borough result maps
  • 2015 results map
  • 2016 results map
  • 2018 results map
  • 2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
  • 2022 results map
  • 2023 results map
  • 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

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.
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