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[a] Ratepayers Independent Notes
1973 48 23 17 0 1 7
1976 48 30 11 0 2 5
1979 50 34 12 0 2 2 New ward boundaries.[4]
1980 50 32 14 0 2 2
1982 50 32 14 0 2 2
1983 50 30 15 1 2 2
1984 50 31 12 2 3 2
1986 50 26 14 7 3 0
1987 50 26 13 8 3 0
1988 50 27 13 7 3 0
1990 50 29 15 3 3 0 District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[5][6]
1991 50 26 18 2 3 1
1992 50 26 17 3 3 1
1994 50 25 18 5 1 1
1995 50 22 21 6 0 1
1996 50 16 26 7 0 1
1998 50 17 26 6 0 1
1999 49 28 18 3 0 0 New ward boundaries.[7]
2000 49 29 18 2 0 0
2002 49 28 17 4 0 0
2003 49 27 16 6 0 0
2004 49 28 14 7 0 0
2006 49 33 9 7 0 0
2007 49 30 10 9 0 0 New ward boundaries.[8]
2008 49 32 8 9 0 0
2010 49 33 7 9 0 0
2011 49 34 7 8 0 0
2012 49 33 10 6 0 0
2014 49 34 12 3 0 0
2015 49 36 11 2 0 0
2016 49 34 12 3 0 0
2018 49 29 14 6 0 0
2019 49 22 16 11 0 0
2021 49 23 15 11 0 0
2022 49 19 17 13 0 0
2023 49 15 19 15 0 0
2024 51 7 25 19 0 0 New ward boundaries.[9]
  1. ^ Includes Liberals and SDP prior to 1990.

Borough result maps

  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2016 results map
    2016 results map
  • 2018 results map
    2018 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map
  • 2022 results map
    2022 results map
  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map
  • 2024 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.