2022 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)

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18 out of 49 seats to North Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Claire Strong	Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg	Ruth Brown
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	23	15	11
Seats won	4	9	5
Seats after	19	17	13
Seat change	4	2	2
Popular vote	10,927	10,032	9,807
Percentage	33.5%	30.8%	30.1%
Swing	8.0%	3.9%	10.1%

Winner of each seat at the 2022 North Hertfordshire District Council election

Leader before election

Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg
Labour
No overall control

The 2022 North Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect 18 of the 49 members of North Hertfordshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections around the country. The council remained under no overall control, with a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition continuing to run the council. The leader of the council remained the Labour group leader, Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg, and the deputy leader of the council remained the Liberal Democrat group leader, Ruth Brown.

Results summary

2022 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	4	22.2	15	19	38.8	10,927	33.5	-8.0
	Labour	9	2	50.0	8	17	34.7	10,032	30.8	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	27.8	8	13	26.5	9,807	30.1	+10.1
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,698	5.2	-5.5
	CPA	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	70	0.2	±0.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	48	0.1	-0.4
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	32	0.1	New

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. Where the previous incumbent was standing for re-election they are marked with an asterisk(*).

Baldock Town

Baldock Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alistair Kieran Oliver Willoughby	871	40.6	+8.9
	Conservative	Harvey William Baker	806	37.6	−10.7
	Green	Timothy Peter Lee (Tim Lee)	224	10.5	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Paul Thomas (Steve Thomas)	210	9.8	−0.6
	Heritage	Michelle Carine Dray	32	1.5	N/A
Majority			65	3.0
Turnout			2,150	37.9
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	9.8

Codicote

Codicote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Robert Moody*	519	59.0	+2.0
	Labour	Daniel Ian Wright-Mason	250	28.4	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Ian King	110	12.5	+7.2
Majority			269	30.6
Turnout			883	41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.8

Hitchin Bearton

Hitchin Bearton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Valerie Ann Bryant* (Val Bryant)	1,238	54.1	+4.7
	Conservative	Anthony Patrick Strong (Tony Strong)	367	16.0	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Daniel Clayden	358	15.6	+1.4
	Green	Anni Elke Sander	326	14.2	−0.2
Majority			871	38.1
Turnout			2,303	36.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	5.4

Hitchin Highbury

Hitchin Highbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Peter William Collins* (Sam Collins)	1,790	67.4	+19.0
	Conservative	Samuel William Forsyth (Sam Forsyth)	549	20.7	−7.4
	Labour	Angela Jean Griggs	281	10.6	−3.5
	CPA	Leigh Smith	35	1.3	+0.2
Majority			1,241	46.7
Turnout			2,660	42.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	13.2

Hitchin Oughton

Hitchin Oughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Clare Helen Billing*	663	58.8	+19.7
	Conservative	Sarah Jane Free	263	23.3	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Susana Muñoz Maniega	167	14.8	+6.9
	CPA	Sidney Clifford Cordle (Sid Cordle)	35	3.1	N/A
Majority			400	35.5
Turnout			1,130	31.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	12.6

Hitchin Priory

Hitchin Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Francis Lucas (Chris Lucas)	1,080	58.3	+29.1
	Conservative	Dominic John Crean Griffiths	530	28.6	−13.4
	Labour	Peter Malcolm Taylor	140	7.6	−7.7
	Green	Deolinda Maria Eltringham	101	5.5	−6.9
Majority			550	29.7
Turnout			1,859	49.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	21.3

Hitchin Walsworth

Hitchin Walsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	James Howard Denselow	1,109	45.9	+4.5
	Conservative	Nusrat Latif	586	24.3	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Julie Townsend (Liz Townsend)	377	15.6	+4.8
	Green	William Barry Lavin (Will Lavin)	343	14.2	+3.7
Majority			523	21.6
Turnout			2,428	39.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	8.8

Hitchwood, Offa & Hoo

Hitchwood, Offa & Hoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Faye Susan Frost*	1,196	52.9	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Margaret Parkin	672	29.7	+21.9
	Labour	David James Winstanley (Dave Winstanley)	395	17.5	+6.4
Majority			524	23.2
Turnout			2,278	38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.7

Kimpton

Kimpton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Gerald Muncer	349	41.5	−21.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Miranda Campbell Jackman (Nicky Jackman)	276	32.9	+18.2
	Labour	Douglas Arthur Jenner (Doug Jenner)	106	12.6	−1.8
	Green	Davina Ruth Malcolm	61	7.3	−0.4
	Independent	John Cyril Bishop*	48	5.7	N/A
Majority			73	8.6
Turnout			843	47.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.0

John Bishop had previously held the Kimpton seat as a Conservative, but resigned from the party shortly before the 2022 election and stood as an independent candidate.

Knebworth

Knebworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Lisa Nash* (Lisa Nash)	1,206	60.4	+31.1
	Conservative	Lee Jonathan Chapman	621	31.1	−26.4
	Labour	Alan Garth Trangmar	170	8.5	±0.0
Majority			585	29.3
Turnout			2,010	48.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	28.8

Letchworth East

Letchworth East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Tamsin Le Ann Scott Thomas	833	60.5	+16.1
	Conservative	Helen Denise Derbyshire	365	26.5	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Margaret Jarvis (Sal Jarvis)	179	13.0	+5.8
Majority			468	34.0
Turnout			1,388	31.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	9.4

This Letchworth East seat had been vacant since October 2021 following the resignation of the previous Labour councillor, Sue Ngwala.

Letchworth Grange

Letchworth Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Daniel Peter Mark Allen*	1,185	58.7	+25.5
	Conservative	Stephen Robert Boakes	835	41.3	−6.7
Majority			350	17.4
Turnout			2,048	36.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	16.1

Letchworth South East

Letchworth South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sean Nolan	784	40.5	+5.6
	Conservative	Andrew Clare	776	40.1	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Anthony James Marment	248	12.8	+4.4
	Green	Hazel Tracy Middleton	126	6.5	−0.9
Majority			8	0.4
Turnout			1,953	36.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	6.0

Letchworth South West

Letchworth South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Christopher Weeder (Phil Weeder)	1,067	41.8	+15.5
	Conservative	James Durston	965	37.8	−8.5
	Labour	Leo James Chapman	351	13.8	−3.4
	Green	Alan Edmund Borgars	169	6.6	−2.3
Majority			102	4.0
Turnout			2,567	43.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	12.0

Letchworth Wilbury

Letchworth Wilbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Thomas Joseph Plater (Tom Plater)	675	53.5	−0.5
	Conservative	Harrison Michael Edwards	352	27.9	−9.6
	Green	Ian Huw John Clayfield	147	11.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ircha	88	7.0	−1.5
Majority			323	25.6
Turnout			1,269	32.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	4.6

Royston Heath

Royston Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Gillian Brown*	988	54.0	+19.4
	Conservative	Mark James Hughes	536	29.3	−5.3
	Labour Co-op	Kenneth Garland (Ken Garland)	196	10.7	−1.4
	Green	Hugh David Parker	111	6.1	−2.6
Majority			452	24.7
Turnout			1,853	41.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.4

Royston Meridian

Royston Meridian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Compton*	749	43.3	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Chesterton Di Capite	694	40.2	+17.2
	Labour	Stephen Lockett	195	11.3	+1.4
	Green	John Briggs Hully	90	5.2	−4.3
Majority			55	3.1
Turnout			1,734	40.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.6

Royston Palace

Royston Palace
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Christopher Volante Hinchliff (Chris Hinchliff)	590	40.7	+7.6
	Conservative	Sarah Anne Dingley*	563	38.8	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bryony Clare May	297	20.5	+6.1
Majority			27	1.9
Turnout			1,468	33.6
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	3.3

References

^ "Election results 2022". North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
"Council minutes, 26 May 2022" (PDF). North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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