Hertsmere Borough Council elections

Hertsmere Borough Council elections are held every four years to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, the council comprises 39 councillors elected from 16 wards.[1]

Council elections

Composition of the council[2]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (55 seats)
1973 26 17 12 0 No overall control
New ward boundaries (39 seats)[3]
1976 25 10 4 0 Conservative
1978 25 10 4 0 Conservative
1979 24 11 4 0 Conservative
1980 22 12 5 0 Conservative
1982 21 12 6 0 Conservative
1983 21 12 6 0 Conservative
1984 23 12 4 0 Conservative
1986 22 12 5 0 Conservative
1987 22 12 5 0 Conservative
1988 22 12 5 0 Conservative
1990 22 12 4 1 Conservative
1991 22 12 4 1 Conservative
1992 23 12 3 1 Conservative
1994[4][5][6] 19 14 5 1 No overall control
1995 14 19 5 1 No overall control
1996 8 22 8 1 Labour
1998 11 22 6 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (39 seats)[7][8]
1999 20 13 6 0 Conservative
2000 22 13 6 0 Conservative
2002 24 9 5 1 Conservative
2003 25 8 6 0 Conservative
2004 25 7 7 0 Conservative
2006 28 5 6 0 Conservative
2007 28 5 6 0 Conservative
2008 31 3 5 0 Conservative
2010 34 3 2 0 Conservative
2011 35 4 0 0 Conservative
2012 34 5 0 0 Conservative
2014 34 5 0 0 Conservative
2015 37 2 0 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (39 seats)[9]
2019 29 7 3 0 Conservative
2023 16 14 9 0 No overall control

Borough result maps

1976 boundaries

1999 boundaries

2019 boundaries

By-election results

1998-2002

Borehamwood Brookmeadow By-Election 7 June 2001[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leon Reefe 1,386 50.2 −6.9
Conservative Dora O'Sullivan 878 31.8 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Mary Marsh 497 18.0 +18.0
Majority 508 18.4
Turnout 2,761 55.1
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006

Borehamwood Cowley Hill By-Election 5 May 2005[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Hedges 1,519 51.3 +12.5
Conservative Alan Gellatly 1,017 34.4 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Silverman 423 14.3 +14.3
Majority 502 16.9
Turnout 2,959 56.9
Labour hold Swing

2006-2010

Potters Bar Oakmere By-Election 22 October 2009[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tugay Sevincli 679 76.6 +5.4
Labour Paul Tengwo 207 23.4 −5.4
Majority 472 53.2
Turnout 886 17.1
Conservative hold Swing
Bushey Heath By-Election 26 November 2009[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Morris 748 74.8 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Anita Ownsworth 157 15.7 +6.8
Labour Charles George 95 9.5 +1.3
Majority 591 59.1
Turnout 1,000 20.3
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

Borehamwood Hillside By-Election 2 May 2013[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Farida Turner 703 41.8 −4.6
Labour Tony Breslin 518 30.8 −5.4
UKIP Mark Silverman 397 23.6 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Anita Gamble 62 3.7 −1.1
Majority 185 11.0
Turnout 1,680
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Potters Bar Oakmere By-Election 4 May 2017[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Hodgson-Jones 882 59.2 +4.3
Labour John Doolan 445 29.9 −1.4
UKIP Vikki Johnson 163 10.9 +10.9
Majority 437 29.3
Turnout 1,490
Conservative hold Swing
Borehamwood Kenilworth By-Election 5 October 2017[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Newmark 383 37.8 −10.1
Conservative Pat Strack 341 33.7 −19.4
Liberal Democrats Mary Marsh 144 14.2 +14.2
Independent Lawrence Strack 91 9.0 +9.0
UKIP Vikki Johnson 54 5.3 +5.3
Majority 42 4.1
Turnout 1,013
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Borehamwood Cowley Hill By-Election 4 January 2018[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Butler 709 59.8 +3.4
Conservative Sean Moore 381 32.2 −11.4
UKIP David Hoy 57 4.8 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Robinson 20 1.7 +1.7
Green Nicholas Winston 18 1.5 +1.5
Majority 328 4.1
Turnout 1,185
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2019-2023

Borehamwood Kenilworth By-Election 13 February 2020[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brett Rosehill 776 49.0 +3.6
Labour Dan Ozarow 655 41.3 −13.3
Liberal Democrats Andy Lewis 104 6.6 +6.6
Green John Humphries 50 3.2 +3.2
Majority 121 7.6
Turnout 1,585
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Borehamwood Kenilworth By-Election 6 May 2021[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dan Ozarow 1,119 53.3 −1.3
Conservative David Neifeld 828 39.4 −6.0
Liberal Democrats Darren Diamond 152 7.2 +7.2
Majority 291 13.9
Turnout 2,099
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Bushey North By-Election 6 May 2021[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Matthews 1,136 49.2 +9.2
Conservative Jane West 785 34.0 +1.9
Labour John Barratt 265 11.5 −5.9
Green Matt Wheeler 125 5.4 +5.4
Majority 351 15.2
Turnout 2,311
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2023-2027

Borehamwood Brookmeadow By-Election 24 July 2025[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glenn Briski 478 29.6 −13.5
Reform Gus Channer 394 24.4 +24.4
Independent Michelle Vince 339 21.0 +21.0
Labour Bala Mere 295 18.3 −27.9
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Levine 47 2.9 −7.8
Green Madalyn Bielfeld 37 2.3 +2.3
Independent Lawrence Stack 26 1.6 +1.6
Majority 84 5.2
Turnout 1,616
Conservative hold Swing
Bentley Heath and The Royds By-Election 7 May 2026[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Graham 700 33.4 −10.9
Reform Simon Rhodes 607 29.0 +29.0
Labour Lisa Worrell 491 23.4 −20.9
Green John Humphries 205 9.8 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Theresa Smith 93 4.4 +4.4
Majority 93 4.4
Turnout 2,096
Conservative hold Swing
Bushey Park By-Election 25 June 2026[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Silver 947 42.9 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Annabel Hennessy 726 32.9 −19.5
Reform Katie Elman 422 19.1 +19.1
Green John Humphries 61 2.8 +2.8
Labour Robin Short 50 2.3 −5.7
Majority 221 10.0
Turnout 2,206
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

  1. ↑ "The Hertsmere (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/535, retrieved 14 May 2023
  2. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Hertsmere (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex, Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hertsmere". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Hertsmere (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Hertsmere (Electoral Changes) Order 2018". gov.uk. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Election Results". Hertsmere Borough Council. Archived from the original on 22 June 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Election results - 2005". Hertsmere. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  12. ↑ "By-election results October 2009". Hertsmere. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  13. ↑ "Tory victory in by-elections". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  14. ↑ "By-election results November 2009". Hertsmere. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Borehamwood Hillside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Potters Bar Oakmere Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Borehamwood Kenilworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Borehamwood Cowley Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Borehamwood Kenilworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Borehamwood Kenilworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  21. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bushey North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  22. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Borehamwood Brookmeadow Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  23. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bentley Heath and The Royds Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  24. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bushey Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
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