Hertfordshire County Council elections
Hertfordshire County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes, that took effect for the 2001 election, 77 councillors are elected for single member districts.[1]
Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
No overall control | 1973 - 1977 |
Conservative | 1977 - 1985 |
No overall control | 1985 - 1989 |
Conservative | 1989 - 1993 |
No overall control | 1993 - 2001 |
Conservative | 2001–present |
Council elections
- Hertfordshire County Council election, 1993 - Labour 30, Conservative 27, Liberal Democrat 19, Independent 1
- Hertfordshire County Council election, 1997 - Conservative 38, Labour 30, Liberal Democrat 9,
- Hertfordshire County Council election, 2001 - Conservative 40, Labour 27, Liberal Democrat 10 (boundary changes took place for this election)[3]
- Hertfordshire County Council election, 2005 - Conservative 46, Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 14, Green 1
- Hertfordshire Council election, 2009 - Conservative 55, Liberal Democrat 17, Labour 3, Green 1, BNP 1
- Hertfordshire Council election, 2013 - Conservative 46, Liberal Democrat 16, Labour 15
County result maps
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2013 results map
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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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[4] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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[5] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Lloyd | 1,144 | 45.5 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Richard Thake | 1,759 | 69.7 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Joseph McWalter | 322 | 12.7 | -5.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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[7] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sharon Taylor | 1,452 | 56.5 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Leslie Clark | 625 | 24.3 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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[8] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Alan Plancey | 982 | 44.5 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Leon Reefe | 928 | 42.1 | +13.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Bishops Stortford West By-Election 5 May 2011 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Colin Bernard Woodward | 2,483 | 52.7% | +7.6% | |
Liberal Democrat | 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[10][11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Democrat | 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[12][13] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Election caused by the resignation of previous incumbent.
Hemel Hempstead Town By-Election 21 June 2012[14] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | William Wyatt-Lowe | 1413 | 47.8 | -3.0 | |
Labour | Mike Bromberg | 693 | 23.5 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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.[15] Percentage change is since June 2009.
2013-2017
Hitchin North By-Election 12 September 2013 [16] [17] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Judi Candida BILLING | 1250 | 47.8 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Alan MILLARD | 673 | 25.7 | -7.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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.
References
- ↑ "Your County Councillors". Hertfordshire. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "Hertfordshire". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "Hertfordshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "Election Results - County By-election 28 November 2002". Watford Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "Labour and lucky Tories make council gains". London: guardian.co.uk. 2005-09-16. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "Result of poll" (PDF). North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "Election Results - Bedwell Division and Pin Green Ward". Stevenage Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "Tory victory in by-elections". This Is Local London. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "Liberal Democrats retain both seats in by election". St Albans & Harpenden Review. 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ http://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/elections_and_voting/waltham_cross_election_2012.aspx
- ↑ http://www.hertsdirect.org/your-council/councillors/hccelections/bielect/2012byelect/walthamcrossbyel220312/
- ↑ http://www.hertsdirect.org/your-council/councillors/hccelections/bielect/2012byelect/meridentudor/results/
- ↑ http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/9689716.County_by_election__Lib_Dems_retain_Tudor_and_Meriden/
- ↑ http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/pdf/declaration%20results%20HCC.pdf
- ↑ http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/local/by-elections-date-is-set-after-former-mayor-s-shock-porn-arrest-1-3853800
- ↑ http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/hitchin_north_declaration_of_result_of_poll.pdf
- ↑ http://www.englishelections.org.uk/england/lby/east/hitchinnorth.php
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