2023 East Hertfordshire District Council election
The 2023 East Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of East Hertfordshire District Council in Hertfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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![]() A map showing the results of the East Hertfordshire District Council election 2023 by ward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The council had been under Conservative majority control since 1999. The incumbent leader of the council, Conservative councillor Linda Haysey, chose not to stand for re-election, having been leader since 2015.[1]
The election left the council under no overall control. The Green Party overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party, winning 19 of the 50 seats on the council whereas the Conservatives only won 16 seats.[2][3] The Green and Liberal Democrat groups on the council subsequently formed a joint administration; the Green group leader Ben Crystall became leader of the council, and the Liberal Democrat group leader Mione Goldspink became deputy leader of the council.[4]
Summary
editElection result
edit2023 East Hertfordshire District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Green | 37 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 38.0 | 28.4 | 22,487 | +13.4 | |
Conservative | 50 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 32.0 | 34.4 | 27,166 | –11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20.0 | 15.7 | 12,417 | –3.3 | |
Labour | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10.0 | 19.8 | 15,626 | +2.5 | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1,136 | –0.5 | ||
Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 218 | N/A | ||
Heritage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.1 | 35 | N/A |
Ward results
editThe Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by East Hertfordshire District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[5] The results for each ward were as follows:[6]
Aston, Datchworth & Walkern
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Tom Deffley | 767 | 52.6 | ||
Conservative | Tony Stowe* | 715 | 49.1 | ||
Labour | Julia Florence | 461 | 31.6 | ||
Green | Lydia Somerville | 356 | 24.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Freddie Jewitt | 272 | 18.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,457 | 38.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,784 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bishop's Stortford All Saints
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martin Adams | 722 | 61.2 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Wilson* | 679 | 57.6 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Laura Snowdon | 220 | 18.7 | –16.0 | |
Conservative | Anu Senanayake | 184 | 15.6 | –14.5 | |
Labour | Sophia Adams Bhatti | 175 | 14.8 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Jane Band | 144 | 12.2 | +0.1 | |
Green | Paul Harding | 92 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Heritage | Barry Hensall | 35 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,179 | 30.9 | –5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,816 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Bishop's Stortford Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yvonne Estop | 811 | 45.9 | +19.2 | |
Labour | David Jacobs | 803 | 45.4 | +19.4 | |
Conservative | George Cutting* | 468 | 26.5 | –6.2 | |
Conservative | Norma Symonds* | 466 | 26.4 | –6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Taylor | 464 | 26.2 | –1.7 | |
Green | Paul Williams | 263 | 14.9 | –7.8 | |
Turnout | 1,768 | 31.9 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,542 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Bishop's Stortford North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Copley | 1,028 | 53.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mione Goldspink* | 986 | 50.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Miriam Swainston | 941 | 48.6 | ||
Conservative | Tim Page* | 488 | 25.2 | ||
Conservative | Dave Anderson | 471 | 24.3 | ||
Conservative | David Moran | 452 | 23.3 | ||
Labour | Matthew Bird | 352 | 18.2 | ||
Labour | Daniel Barnett | 339 | 17.5 | ||
Green | Mark Johnson | 301 | 15.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,938 | 34.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,667 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Bishop's Stortford Parsonage
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Calvin Horner | 921 | 48.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Townsend* | 741 | 39.0 | ||
Independent | Colin Woodward | 469 | 24.7 | ||
Conservative | Shane Manning | 456 | 24.0 | ||
Labour | John Boyle | 383 | 20.2 | ||
Conservative | Andy Van Loen | 326 | 17.2 | ||
Green | Saffron Mackenzie | 176 | 9.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,898 | 39.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,781 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Bishop's Stortford South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon Marlow | 480 | 38.0 | ||
Conservative | Diane Hollebon* | 425 | 33.7 | ||
Labour | Oliver Diffey | 412 | 32.6 | ||
Conservative | David Snowdon* | 387 | 30.6 | ||
Labour | Alex Chapman | 363 | 28.7 | ||
Green | Sally Millican | 296 | 23.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,263 | 34.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,672 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Willcocks | 1,094 | 45.0 | ||
Conservative | Graham McAndrew* | 961 | 39.6 | ||
Conservative | John Wyllie* | 932 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | Steve Smith | 921 | 37.9 | ||
Conservative | Alastair Ward-Booth* | 841 | 34.6 | ||
Green | Connie Deans-Harding | 823 | 33.9 | ||
Green | Martyn Fenner | 620 | 25.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,429 | 34.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,082 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Braughing & Standon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Stan Bull* | 646 | 50.5 | ||
Conservative | Frankie Wolf | 541 | 42.3 | ||
Green | John Howson | 373 | 29.2 | ||
Labour | Frederick Perkins | 372 | 29.1 | ||
Labour | Sam Honey | 332 | 26.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,279 | 27.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,601 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Buntingford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Vicky Burt | 1,151 | 46.5 | +13.3 | |
Green | Sue Nicholls | 1,055 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Green | David Woollcombe | 978 | 39.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jeff Jones* | 960 | 38.8 | –17.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Huggins* | 928 | 37.5 | –13.2 | |
Conservative | Martin Prescott | 809 | 32.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Stephen Wood | 289 | 11.7 | –6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karl Harrington | 271 | 10.9 | –10.9 | |
Labour | Gill Perkins | 260 | 10.5 | N/A | |
Labour | David King | 229 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,475 | 33.2 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 7,455 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
Great Amwell & Stansteads
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Joseph Dumont | 553 | 42.3 | ||
Conservative | Peter Boylan* | 472 | 36.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joe Howlett | 468 | 35.8 | ||
Conservative | Peter Moule | 397 | 30.4 | ||
Labour | John Heighway | 210 | 16.1 | ||
Green | Stuart Moore | 169 | 12.9 | ||
Labour | Graham Watts | 139 | 10.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,306 | 29.4 | |||
Registered electors | 4,442 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hertford Bengeo
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Ben Crystall* | 1,878 | 67.0 | +33.4 | |
Green | Vicky Smith | 1,578 | 56.3 | +29.0 | |
Green | Alex Daar | 1,518 | 54.1 | +34.0 | |
Conservative | Sally Newton* | 734 | 26.2 | –14.8 | |
Conservative | Cassandra Johnson | 615 | 21.9 | –30.9 | |
Conservative | Isse Abdullah | 587 | 20.9 | –12.9 | |
Labour | Fay Adams | 416 | 14.8 | –7.9 | |
Labour | Joseph Chapman | 280 | 10.0 | –6.9 | |
Labour | Alan Nadin | 238 | 8.5 | –7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carole Luck | 156 | 5.6 | –13.6 | |
Turnout | 2,805 | 42.6 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,585 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Hertford Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Rachel Carter | 601 | 34.9 | +2.6 | |
Green | Sarah Hopewell | 561 | 32.5 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Jan Goodeve* | 560 | 32.5 | –7.3 | |
Labour | Josh Dean | 550 | 31.9 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel Chichester-Miles | 544 | 31.6 | –7.4 | |
Labour | Robert Pinkham | 458 | 26.6 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Freja Waterhouse | 83 | 4.8 | –16.0 | |
Turnout | 1,724 | 37.7 | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,573 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Hertford Heath & Brickendon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Green | Tim Hoskin | 414 | 52.1 | ||
Conservative | Tony Roberts | 275 | 34.6 | ||
Labour | Stephen Waller | 74 | 9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nick Belfitt | 32 | 4.0 | ||
Majority | 139 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 797 | 33.6 | |||
Registered electors | 2,372 | ||||
Green win (new seat) |
Hertford Kingsmead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Carl Brittain | 851 | 38.5 | +10.3 | |
Green | Maura Connolly | 782 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Green | Vicky Glover-Ward | 768 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Rosemary Bolton* | 610 | 27.6 | –15.7 | |
Conservative | James Clark | 491 | 22.2 | –14.1 | |
Conservative | Beverley Murray | 488 | 22.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Elif Lewis | 486 | 22.0 | –5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Porrer | 458 | 20.7 | –4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Madge | 377 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Annie Farnley | 366 | 16.5 | –10.9 | |
Labour | Rachel Houghton | 353 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Graham Nickson | 331 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,212 | 33.6 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,583 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
Hertford Rural
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Bob Deering* | 474 | 53.3 | ||
Green | Tony Tarrega | 175 | 19.7 | ||
Labour | Emma Waltham | 130 | 14.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Edwards | 110 | 12.4 | ||
Majority | 299 | 33.6 | |||
Turnout | 898 | 34.5 | |||
Registered electors | 2,603 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hertford Sele
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Clements | 720 | 51.5 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Carolyn Redfern* | 708 | 50.6 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Mohummad Hossain | 347 | 24.8 | –6.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Turvey | 336 | 24.0 | –3.6 | |
Green | Sophie Missenden | 320 | 22.9 | –9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Edwards | 129 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,399 | 32.2 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,345 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Hunsdon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | John Dunlop | 363 | 65.9 | +18.9 | |
Conservative | Salvatore Pagdades | 90 | 16.3 | –36.7 | |
Labour | Hilary Durbin | 50 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Davies | 48 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 273 | 49.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 551 | 34.6 | +8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,593 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | 27.8 |
Little Hadham & The Pelhams
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Williamson* | 482 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dave Bromage | 230 | 24.5 | ||
Green | Felix Rennie | 142 | 15.1 | ||
Labour | Jillian Nelmes | 86 | 9.1 | ||
Majority | 252 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 895 | 36.4 | |||
Registered electors | 2,459 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Much Hadham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Devonshire* | 418 | 59.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Dawn Newell | 126 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Green | Valerie Fenner | 86 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Katharine Macy | 69 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 292 | 41.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 715 | 32.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,220 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Sawbridgeworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Buckmaster* | 1,311 | 57.7 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | Ruth Buckmaster* | 1,056 | 46.5 | –7.8 | |
Conservative | Angus Parsad-Wyatt | 760 | 33.5 | –7.0 | |
Independent | Greg Rattey | 667 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Rob Furber | 518 | 22.8 | +11.3 | |
Labour | Paul Newell | 500 | 22.0 | +12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Macy | 398 | 17.5 | –17.9 | |
Labour | Natasha Plowman | 389 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Green | Elizabeth Downes | 383 | 16.9 | N/A | |
Reform UK | John Burmicz* | 218 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,272 | 32.8 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,799 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
The Mundens
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Aubrey Holt | 436 | 59.7 | ||
Green | Sarah Jupp | 152 | 20.8 | ||
Labour | John Agar | 142 | 19.5 | ||
Majority | 284 | 38.9 | |||
Turnout | 737 | 33.4 | |||
Registered electors | 2,207 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ware Priory
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Green | George Williams | 892 | 48.2 | ||
Green | Graeme Hill | 796 | 43.0 | ||
Conservative | Mark Pope* | 498 | 26.9 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Kaye* | 495 | 26.8 | ||
Labour | Sarah Chapman | 320 | 17.3 | ||
Labour | Jane Guinn | 264 | 14.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Shaw | 162 | 8.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Wade | 78 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,850 | 34.0 | |||
Registered electors | 5,441 | ||||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
Ware Rural
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | David Andrews* | 318 | 46.5 | ||
Green | Andrew Zsibrita | 181 | 26.5 | ||
Labour | Suzie Langdon-Shreeve | 108 | 15.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Davies | 77 | 11.3 | ||
Majority | 137 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 689 | 30.8 | |||
Registered electors | 2,237 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ware St Mary's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Martin Butcher | 973 | 56.1 | +25.3 | |
Green | Steven Watson | 857 | 49.4 | +26.9 | |
Conservative | Phyllis Ballam | 551 | 31.8 | –16.5 | |
Conservative | Rishi Fernando* | 536 | 30.9 | –10.6 | |
Labour | Paul O'Neill | 234 | 13.5 | –2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Gubb | 134 | 7.7 | –9.0 | |
Turnout | 1,735 | 35.7 | +8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,860 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Ware Trinity
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Chris Hart | 797 | 60.6 | +18.5 | |
Green | Nick Cox | 713 | 54.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ian Kemp* | 334 | 25.4 | –10.7 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Parker | 237 | 18.0 | –14.1 | |
Labour | Richard Mowbray | 176 | 13.4 | –4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cropper | 89 | 6.8 | –23.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sean Shaw | 86 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,315 | 30.0 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,483 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Watton-at-Stone
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Joe Thomas | 689 | 64.6 | –6.3 | |
Conservative | Jane Dodson | 325 | 30.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | André Correira Dos Santos | 53 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 364 | 34.1 | –1.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,071 | 40.3 | –1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,658 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.9 |
Changes 2023–2027
editReferences
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