title: East Hertfordshire District Council elections
text: # East Hertfordshire District Council elections
  
  East Hertfordshire District Council is elected every four years.
  
  ## Elections Summary and Political control
  
  | Election | Overall control | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat / Liberal / SDP | Green | Independent / Residents |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2023 | No Overall Control | 16 | 5 | 10 | 19 | - |
  | 2019 | Conservative | 40 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - |
  | 2015 | Conservative | 50 | - | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | Conservative | 46 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
  | 2007 | Conservative | 42 | - | 4 | - | 4 |
  | 2003 | Conservative | 41 | - | 7 | - | 2 |
  | 1999 | Conservative | 31 | 8 | 9 | - | 2 |
  | 1995 | No Overall Control | 23 | 8 | 16 | - | 3 |
  | 1991 | Conservative | 32 | 2 | 12 | - | 4 |
  | 1987 | Conservative | 32 | 1 | 5 | - | 12 |
  | 1983 | Conservative | 32 | 2 | 2 | - | 14 |
  | 1979 | Conservative | 30 | 3 | - | - | 17 |
  | 1976 | Conservative | 28 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
  | 1973 | No Overall Control | 16 | 10 | - | - | 22 |
  
  The Council had 48 members at the 1973 and 1976 elections, afterwards the council had 50 members.
  
  ## Council elections
  
  * 1973 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  * 1976 East Hertfordshire District Council election
  * 1979 East Hertfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  * 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)
  * 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)
  * 1999 East Hertfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  * 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
  * 2023 East Hertfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  
  ## By-election results
  
  Braughing By-Election 29 February 2000 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | | 324 | 49.7 | -17.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 247 | 37.9 | +26.5 |
  | | Labour | | 80 | 12.3 | -9.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 77 | 11.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 651 | 33.0 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Bishop's Stortford Central By-Election 27 July 2000 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 30 | 2.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,085 | 16.5 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  Little Hadham By-Election 18 December 2003 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | | 307 | 58.9 | -6.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 194 | 37.2 | +2.2 |
  | | Labour | | 20 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | 21.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 521 | 30.5 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Walkern By-Election 28 July 2005 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 219 | 45.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 482 | 24.5 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Hertford Rural South By-Election 14 October 2005 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Linda Haysey | 317 | 74.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Edwards | 85 | 19.9 |
  | | Labour | Pamela Nicholas | 25 | 5.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 54.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 427 | 23.1 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Great Anwell By-Election 22 June 2006 :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 278 | 69.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 401 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Watton At Stone By-Election 23 August 2018 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Huggins | 238 | 30.0 |
  | | Labour | Veronica Fraser | 23 | 3.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sophie Bell | 531 | 66.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 293 | 36.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 794 | |
  
  Bishop's Stortford All Saints By-Election 6 May 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Thomas Diamond | 392 | 16.3 |
  | | Conservative | Shane Manning | 821 | 34.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Richard Townsend | 1194 | 49.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 373 | 15.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2407 | 40.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  