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[edit]
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 | |||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "North Hertfordshire". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "North Hertfordshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
- ^ "The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1989/284, retrieved 5 November 2015
- ^ "The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1939", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1989/133, retrieved 5 November 2015
- ^ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1998/2555, retrieved 4 October 2015
- ^ "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2006", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2006/3112, retrieved 3 November 2015
