title: North Hertfordshire District Council elections
text: # 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.
  
  ## Elections
  
  The elections have been as follows:
  
  | Year | Seats | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | 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. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  | 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 | |
  
  * ↑ Includes Liberals and SDP prior to 1990.
  