East Hertfordshire District Council elections

East Hertfordshire District Council is elected every four years.

Political control
Party in controlYears
No overall control1973 - 1976
Conservative1976 - 1995
No overall control1995 - 1999
Conservative1999–present

Council elections
  • 1973 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  • 1976 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  • 1979 East Hertfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[1]
  • 1983 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  • 1987 East Hertfordshire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[2][3][4]
  • 1991 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  • 1995 East Hertfordshire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
  • 1999 East Hertfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[6]
  • 2003 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  • 2007 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  • 2011 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  • 2015 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  • 2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election

By-election results
Braughing By-Election 29 February 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 324 49.7 -17.0
Liberal Democrats 247 37.9 +26.5
Labour 80 12.3 -9.6
Majority 77 11.8
Turnout 651 33.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bishop's Stortford Central By-Election 27 July 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 325 30.0 +10.9
Labour 295 27.2 +4.5
Liberal Democrats 230 21.2 +3.0
Independent 172 15.9 -12.0
Green 63 5.8 -6.1
Majority 30 2.8
Turnout 1,085 16.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Little Hadham By-Election 18 December 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 307 58.9 -6.1
Liberal Democrats 194 37.2 +2.2
Labour 20 3.8 +3.8
Majority 113 21.7
Turnout 521 30.5
Conservative hold Swing
Walkern By-Election 28 July 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Giles Scrivener 308 64.0 -2.5
Labour Maureen Marr 89 18.5 -15.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony Gubb 65 13.5 +13.5
Green Lydia Somerville 20 4.1 +4.1
Majority 219 45.5
Turnout 482 24.5
Conservative hold Swing
Hertford Rural South By-Election 14 October 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Haysey 317 74.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Edwards 85 19.9
Labour Pamela Nicholas 25 5.9
Majority 232 54.3
Turnout 427 23.1
Conservative hold Swing
Great Anwell By-Election 22 June 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Mayes 314 78.3
Labour Richard Cooke 36 9.0
Green Glen Baker 26 6.5
Liberal Democrats David Davies 25 6.2
Majority 278 69.3
Turnout 401
Conservative hold Swing
Watton At Stone By-Election 23 August 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Huggins 238 30.0
Labour Veronica Fraser 23 3.0
Liberal Democrats Sophie Bell 531 66.9
Majority 293 36.9
Turnout 794

References
  1. The District of East Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  2. The East Hertfordshire and Stevenage (Areas) Order 1984
  3. The East Hertfordshire and Welwyn Hatfield (Areas) Order 1985
  4. The Hertfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The District of East Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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