Hertfordshire County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes took effect in 2017 there have been 78 electoral divisions electing one councillor each.[1]

Elections

Summary of the council composition, click on the year for full details of each election.

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Green BNP Independent Council control
after election 		Notes
1973[2] 35 33 3 0 0 1 No overall control
1977[2] 65 6 0 0 0 1 Conservative
1981[2] 43 29 4 0 0 1 Conservative New ward boundaries[3]
1985[2] 36 27 14 0 0 0 No overall control
1989[2] 45 27 5 0 0 0 Conservative
1993[2] 27 30 19 0 0 1 No overall control
1997[2] 38 30 9 0 0 0 No overall control
2001[4] 40 27 10 0 0 0 Conservative New ward boundaries[5]
2005[6] 46 16 14 1 0 0 Conservative
2009[7] 55 3 17 1 1 0 Conservative
2013[8] 46 15 16 0 0 0 Conservative
2017[9] 51 9 18 0 0 0 Conservative New ward boundaries[1]
2021[10] 46 7 23 1 0 1 Conservative

Result maps

By-election results

By-elections are held for any vacancies that arise between elections.

1993–1997

Cheshunt West By-Election 18 July 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Game 1,067 62.0
Labour Sylvia Courtnage 424 24.6
Liberal Democrats Henry Appiah 231 13.4
Majority 643 37.4
Turnout 1,722 14.83
Conservative hold Swing
Kings Langley By-Election 26 September 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,406 50.9
Labour 1,083 39.2
Liberal Democrats 273 9.9
Majority 323
Turnout 2,762
Conservative hold Swing

1997–2001

South East Hemel Hempstead By-Election 10 June 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,842 47.8 +12.6
Labour 1,642 42.1 -6.0
Liberal Democrats 388 10.1 -6.6
Majority 218 5.7
Turnout 3,854 34.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hitchin North East By-Election 17 February 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,399 50.6 -4.8
Conservative 1,106 40.1 +12.4
Liberal Democrats 166 6.0 -11.0
Natural Law 95 3.4 +3.4
Majority 293 10.5
Turnout 2,766 24.9
Labour hold Swing
Offa By-Election 13 April 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,293 51.7 +11.3
Labour 941 37.6 -5.5
Liberal Democrats 240 9.6 -6.9
Natural Law 27 1.1 +1.1
Majority 352 14.1
Turnout 2,501 27.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bushey Heath By-Election 4 May 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,590 60.3 +5.1
Liberal Democrats 808 30.7 +3.6
Labour 237 9.0 -8.7
Majority 782 29.6
Turnout 2,635 32.7
Conservative hold Swing
Shephall By-Election 4 May 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,434 65.6 +5.1
Conservative 482 22.0 -1.6
Liberal Democrats 270 12.4 +0.3
Majority 952 43.6
Turnout 2,186 23.5
Labour hold Swing

2001–2005

St. Albans North By-Election 12 July 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,445 41.3 +3.9
Liberal Democrats 1,113 31.8 -0.2
Conservative 912 26.1 -4.5
Independent 25 0.7 +0.7
Majority 332 9.5
Turnout 3,495 34.7
Labour hold Swing
Meriden Tudor By-Election 28 November 2002[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Audrey Oaten 1,413 51.0 +35.1
Labour Geoffrey O'Connell 817 29.5 -14.6
Conservative Richard Southern 472 17.0 -15.8
Green Ian West 70 2.5 -0.7
Majority 596 21.5
Turnout 2,772 27.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Hatfield South By-Election 19 June 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,246 48.8 +11.5
Labour 933 36.6 -8.5
Liberal Democrats 372 14.6 -3.0
Majority 313 12.2
Turnout 2,551 26.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Kings Langley By-Election 18 September 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,851 59.9 +8.8
Liberal Democrats 625 20.2 +2.3
Labour 614 19.9 -5.6
Majority 1,226 39.7
Turnout 3,090 30.2
Conservative hold Swing
Hertford All Saints By-Election 5 February 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,064 52.5 +11.4
Labour 559 27.6 -5.6
Liberal Democrats 403 19.9 -5.8
Majority 505 24.9
Turnout 2,026 21.8
Conservative hold Swing

2005–2009

Shephall By-Election 15 September 2005[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Lloyd 1,144 45.5 -5.5
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Knight 994 39.6 +18.8
Conservative Ralph Dimelow 374 14.9 -13.3
Majority 150 5.9
Turnout 2,512 28.1
Labour hold Swing
Knebworth and Codicote By-Election 22 June 2006[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Thake 1,759 69.7 +14.4
Labour Joseph McWalter 322 12.7 -5.6
Liberal Democrats Debra Wilkins 310 12.3 -7.0
Green Stuart Madgin 133 5.2 -1.8
Majority 1,437 57.0
Turnout 2,524 23.0
Conservative hold Swing
Harpenden South West By-Election 7 February 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Teresa Heritage 2,161 66.6 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Alison Steer 819 25.3 -0.4
Labour Linda Spiri 153 4.7 -7.2
Green Annette Tate 110 3.4 -2.8
Majority 1,342 41.3
Turnout 3,243 30.2
Conservative hold Swing
Bedwell By-Election 27 March 2008[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Taylor 1,452 56.5 +1.0
Conservative Leslie Clark 625 24.3 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Len Lambert 329 12.8 -6.8
UKIP Rick Seddon 165 6.4 +6.4
Majority 827 32.2
Turnout 2,571 29.0
Labour hold Swing

2009–2013

Borehamwood North By-Election 22 October 2009[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Plancey 982 44.5 +5.5
Labour Leon Reefe 928 42.1 +13.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Gamble 170 7.7 -4.6
Independent Frank Ward 125 5.7 -0.1
Majority 54 2.4
Turnout 2,205 18.5
Conservative hold Swing
St Albans South By-Election 3 June 2010[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Frearson 1,482 42.1 +2.6
Conservative Salih Gaygusuz 1,250 35.5 +4.1
Labour Iain Grant 540 15.3 -0.1
Green Kate Metcalf 249 7.1 -6.7
Majority 232 6.6
Turnout 3,521 33.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bishops Stortford West By-Election 5 May 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Bernard Woodward 2,483 52.7% +7.6%
Liberal Democrats Robert Ian Taylor 1,256 26.6% +0.6%
Labour Alexander Julian Young 977 20.7% +10.5%
Majority 1,227
Turnout 4,716
Conservative hold Swing

At the preceding election there had also been candidates for the British National Party (307 votes, 8.0%) and for the Green Party (392 votes, 10.3%).

Waltham Cross By-Election 22 March 2012[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dee Hart 1,389 56.44 +14.54
Labour Malcolm Aitken 837 34.01 +6.91
UKIP Albert Nicholas 159 6.46 +6.46
Liberal Democrats Peter Huse 76 3.09 -10.51
Majority 552 22.43
Turnout 2,461 22.88
Conservative hold Swing
Meriden Tudor By-Election 3 May 2012[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kareen Mary Hastrick 1231 40.2 -3.3%
Labour Diana Mary Ivory 791 25.8 +13.1%
Conservative Richard Lloyd Vaughan Southern 534 17.4 -10.2%
UKIP Nicholas Richard Lincoln 351 11.5 n/a
Green Paula Mary Evelyn Broadhurst 154 5.0 -2.5%
Majority 440 12.6%
Turnout 3061 33.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Election caused by the resignation of previous incumbent.

Hemel Hempstead Town By-Election 21 June 2012[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wyatt-Lowe 1413 47.8 -3.0
Labour Mike Bromberg 693 23.5 +8.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Angell 456 15.4 -5.8
Green Paul Harris 180 6.1 -7.2
UKIP Howard Koch 151 5.1 +5.1
Independent Rodney Tucker 61 2.1 +2.1
Majority 720
Turnout 23.8
Conservative hold Swing

Election caused by the resignation of previous incumbent.[22] Percentage change is since June 2009.

2013–2017

Hitchin North By-Election 12 September 2013[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Judi Candida BILLING 1250 47.8 +1.8
Conservative Alan MILLARD 673 25.7 -7.0
Liberal Democrats Lisa Victoria COURTS 246 9.4 +2.8
UKIP John Finbarr BARRY 235 9.0 +9.0
Green Gavin NICHOLSON 212 8.1 -6.6
Majority 577
Turnout 2621 22.42
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Caused by the death of the previous incumbent.

2017–2021

Council leader and Conservative councillor Robert Gordon CBE (Goffs Oak and Bury Green) died in October 2017.[25] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Lesley Greensmith in the by-election on 22 February 2018.[26]

Goffs Oak & Bury Green By Election 22 February 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Greensmyth 1,390 59.6 -5.3
Liberal Democrats David Payne 482 20.7 +14.9
Labour Selina Norgrove 393 16.8 -0.8
Green Sally Kemp 69 3.0 N/A
Majority 1,536
Turnout 2,334 19 -8
Conservative hold Swing

Liberal Democrat councillor Charlotte Hogg (St Albans North) resigned from the council in March 2018.[27] A by-election was held on 3 May, where Roma Mills from the Labour Party captured the seat from the Liberal Democrats.[26]

St Albans North By-Election 3 May 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roma Mills 1,779 36.6 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Karen Young 1,460 30.1 -5.2
Conservative Salih Gaygusuz 1,361 28.0 +1.9
Green Simon Grover 258 5.3 +2.2
Majority 319 6.5
Turnout 4,858 48
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Three Rivers Rural By-Election 25 October 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Williams 1,846 53.4 +9.6
Conservative Angela Killick 1,315 38.0 -9.0
Labour Jenni Gillet 144 4.2 ±0.0
UKIP David Bennett 86 2.5 +0.6
Green Roan Alder 68 2.0 -1.0
Majority
Turnout 3,463 30
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2021–2025

Hitchin South: 10 March 2022[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Hoskins 2,401 71.7 +34.0
Conservative Claire Strong 690 20.6 -16.3
Green Deolinda Eltringham 223 6.7 -2.2
CPA Leigh Smith 35 1.0 ±0.0
Majority 1,711 51.1
Turnout 3,363 31.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase25.2

The by-election was caused by the death of the incumbent Liberal Democrat, Paul Clark in December 2021. The Lib Dems won with an increased majority with Labour opting not to nominate a candidate.

Hitchin North: 9 February 2023[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Clive Albert 1992 65.8 +12.7
Conservative Ralph Gerald Muncer 526 17.4 -9.5
Green Deolinda Maria Eltringham 415 13.7 +3.3
CPA Leigh Smith 93 3.1 +3.1
Majority 1466 48.4
Turnout 3036 26.4 -17
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of the Labour incumbent, Judi Billing in November 2022. Labour won with an increased majority with the Lib Dems opting not to nominate a candidate.

Harpenden Rural: 7 December 2023[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Allison Wren 1,474 58.2 +32.9
Conservative Claudio Duran 766 30.3 -26.8
Labour Symon Vegro 168 6.7 -4.0
Green Mario May 119 4.8 -2.1
Majority 708 27.9 N/A
Turnout 2,538 22.6 -21.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase29.8

This by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent Conservative, Annie Brewster.

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