North Herts Council local election results 2024 in full

Liberal Democrats came out fighting and hold 19 seats following North Herts Council's all-out election, which followed Boundary Commission changes.

Ahead of Thursday's polls the council was made up of 49 members, with an additional three seats up for grabs. 

The 49 seats were held by 19 Labour councillors, 15 Liberal Democrat and 15 Conservative following the 2023 election.

Now, the council is made up of 25 Labour councillors, up six, 19 Liberal Democrat up four and seven Conservatives, down eight.

The results in full are as follows:

Arbury

• Nikki Da Costa – Conservative - 380 votes
• Anne Fletcher – Green - 52 votes
• Liz Oliver – Labour - 78 votes
• Tom Tyson – Liberal Democrat - 539 votes - elected

Baldock East

• Rhona Cameron – Labour - 418 votes - elected
• Juan Cowell – Conservative – 323 votes
• Lee Perrott – Conservative - 366 votes
• Steve Thomas – Liberal Democrat - 289 votes
• Phil Weeder – Liberal Democrat - 281 votes
• Stewart Willoughby – Labour - 407 votes - elected

Baldock West

• Jim Barber – Liberal Democrat – 176 votes
• Paul Barber – Liberal Democrat – 138 votes
• Pippa Clayton – Reform UK – 177 votes
• Michael Muir – Conservative 847 votes -elected
• Emma Rowe – Labour – 960 votes - elected
• Richard Salt – Conservative – 664 votes
• David Sims – Liberal Democrat – 231 votes
• James Toone – Labour – 801 votes
• Kruna Vukmirovic – Green – 276 votes
• Alistair Willoughby – Labour – 1,002 votes - elected
• Andrew Young – Conservative – 628 votes

Cadwell

Turnout: 43.20 per cent

• Charles Laing – Conservative - 342 votes
• Roger Nisbet – Green - 39 votes
• Louise Peace – Liberal Democrat 360 votes - elected
• Alan Trangmar – Labour - 121 votes 

Codicote and Kimpton (two former wards joined together)

Two seats for election.

• Davina Anderson – Labour - 382 votes
• Amy Finch – Liberal Democrat - 366 votes
• Mark Lenthall – Labour - 336 votes
• Ralph Muncer – Conservative – 731 votes - elected
• Marilyn Parkin – Liberal Democrat - 279 votes
• Steven Patmore – Conservative - 588 votes - elected

Ermine

Turnout: 39.71 per cent

• Thomas Lingard – Labour - 80 votes
• Hugh Parker – Green - 80 votes
• Martin Prescott – Conservative - 384 votes - elected
• Hugo Rainey – Liberal Democrat - 310 votes

Graveley, St Ippolyts and Wymondley – new ward

• Michael Goddard – Conservative - 263 votes
• Dominic Griffiths – Liberal Democrat –  357 votes - elected
• Caroline McDonnell – Liberal Democrat - 361 votes - elected
• Ian Moody – Conservative – 232 votes
• Emma Newport – Green - 89 votes
• Indie Sunner – Labour - 129 votes
• Gordon White – Labour - 111 votes

Great Ashby – new ward boundary

• Hayley Collins – Liberal Democrat - 485 votes
• Michael Hewitt – Conservative - 264 votes
• Sal Jarvis – Liberal Democrat - 441 votes
• Segun Laniyan – Conservative - 276 votes
• Vijaiya ‘VJ’ Poopalasingham – Labour - 546 votes - elected
• Laura Williams – Labour - 520 votes - elected

Hitchin Bearton

Turnout: 41.88 per cent

• Bob Adams – Christian Peoples Alliance - 58 votes
• Randy Akubue – Christian Peoples Alliance - 38 votes
• Ian Albert – Labour - 1,484 votes - elected
• Val Bryant – Labour – 1,451 votes -elected
• Charles Bunker – Reform UK - 114 votes
• Joanne Collins – Liberal Democrat - 363 votes
• Bukky Cordle – Christian Peoples Alliance - 34 votes
• Deolinda Eltringham – Green - 510 votes
• Sarah Jane Free – Conservative - 362 votes
• Faye Frost – Conservative - 326 votes
• Ayan Halder – Liberal Democrat - 285 votes
• Tim Lee – Green - 389 votes
• Mary Marshall – Green - 502 votes
• Susana Muñoz Maniega – Liberal Democrat - 367 votes
• Mark Scott – Conservative - 321 votes
• Dave Winstanley – Labour - 1,383 votes - elected

Hitchin Highbury

Turnout: 46.43 per cent 

• Jon Clayden – Liberal Democrat - 919 votes - elected
• Sam Collins – Liberal Democrat – 1,074 votes - elected
• Will Dunlop – Conservative - 431 votes
• Angela Griggs – Labour - 544 votes
• Tom Hogan – Labour - 456
• David Leal-Bennett – Reform UK - 126 votes
• Gulshan Mangat – Conservative - 374 votes
• Julie Rackham – Green - 163 votes
• Leigh Smith – Christian Peoples Alliance - 47 votes 

Hitchin Oughton

• Daisy Appoh – Christian Peoples Alliance – 56 votes
• Clare Billing – Labour –846 votes - elected
• Matthew Ellinger – Conservative – 263 votes
• Gary Hammond – Liberal Democrat – 211 votes
• Hollison James – Christian Peoples Alliance – 53 votes
• Michael Leach – Conservative – 220 votes
• Nigel Mason – Labour – 787 votes - elected
• Anne Senechal – Liberal Democrat – 212 votes

Hitchin Priory

• Bella Callow-Robinson – Labour - 483 votes
• Sue Dearden – Labour - 538 votes
• Laura Douglas-Hamilton – Conservative - 543 votes
• Keith Hoskins – Liberal Democrat – 974 votes - elected
• Chris Lucas – Liberal Democrat – 820 votes - elected
• Roger Piepenstock – Conservative - 454 votes
• Grace Woodward – Green - 202 votes

Council leader Elizabeth Dennis (Image: Rebecca Stewart)

Hitchin Walsworth

• Sid Cordle – Christian Peoples Alliance - 91 votes
• Elizabeth Dennis – Labour – 1,256 votes - elected
• Victoria Dunlop – Conservative - 512 votes
• Andrew Ircha – Liberal Democrat - 458 votes
• Anthony John-Goodman – Conservative - 456 votes
• Roger King – Liberal Democrat - 387 votes
• William Lavin – Green - 576 votes
• Gary Morley – Conservative - 443 votes
• Liz Townsend – Liberal Democrat - 511 votes
• Donna Wright – Labour - 1,188 votes - elected
• Daniel Wright-Mason – Labour - 1,132 votes - elected

Hitchwood

• Frank Carr – Labour - 204 votes
• Joe Graziano – Conservative - 472 votes - elected
• Carol Stanier – Liberal Democrat - 190 votes

Knebworth

• Paul Balbi – Labour - 176 votes
• Jamie Crofts – Conservative - 595 votes
• Jan Gosling – Labour - 224 votes 
• Davina Malcolm – Green - 170 votes
• Mohammad Miah – Conservative - 580 votes
• Lisa Nash – Liberal Democrat – 997 votes - elected
• Paul Ward – Liberal Democrat - 664 votes - elected

Letchworth Grange

• Steve Adelantado – Reform UK - 154 votes
• Cory Bloxham – Conservative - 277 votes
• Harrison Edwards – Conservative - 211 votes
• Emma Fernandes – Labour - 637 votes - elected
• Elizabeth Freeman – Liberal Democrat - 126 votes
• Ian Mantle – Labour - 614 votes - elected
• Samick Sofat – Liberal Democrat - 73 votes
• Andrew Wallis – Green - 160 votes
• Mark Webb – Christian Peoples Alliance - 33 votes

Letchworth Norton 

• Daniel Allen – Labour – 794 votes - elected
• Tina Bhartwas – Labour - 665 votes - elected
• Simon Bloxham – Conservative - 521 votes
• Morgan Derbyshire – Conservative - 452 votes
• David Morris – Green - 266 votes
• Roy Thompson – Liberal Democrat - 187 votes
• Sharon Weeder – Liberal Democrat - 158 votes

Letchworth South East

• Hammad Baig – Conservative - 504 votes
• Sadie Billing – Labour - 1,067 votes - elected
• Mick Debenham – Labour – 937 votes - elected
• James Durston – Conservative - 532 votes
• Maryla Hart – Green - 370 votes
• David Levett – Conservative – 583 votes
• Heather Macmillan – Liberal Democrat - 283 votes
• Paul Marment – Liberal Democrat - 317 votes
• Barry Neale – Liberal Democrat - 172 votes
• Tamsin Thomas – Labour - 997 votes - elected

Sean Prendergast and colleagues awaiting Letchworth South West result (Image: Will Durrant, LDRs)

Letchworth South West

• Edward Birdsall – Reform UK - 203 votes
• Stephen Boakes – Conservative - 780 votes
• David Chalmers – Liberal Democrat - 1,197 votes - elected
• Andrew Clare – Conservative - 765 votes
• Tom Coates – Reform UK - 205 votes
• Terry Hone – Conservative – 859 votes 
• Rebecca Kirk – Labour - 456 votes
• Dugald Muir – Green - 298 votes 
• Sean Prendergast – Liberal Democrat 1,301 votes - elected
• Martin Stears-Handscomb – Labour - 449 votes
• Garry Warren – Reform UK - 236 votes
• Jeryl Willoughby – Labour - 331 votes
• Claire Winchester – Liberal Democrat - 1,244 - elected

Letchworth Wilbury

• Amy Allen – Labour – 739 votes - elected
• Monica Bloxham – Conservative - 267 votes
• David May – Liberal Democrat - 150 votes
• Sean Nolan – Labour – 688 votes - elected
• Janine Paterson – Conservative - 185 votes
• Louise Phillips – Liberal Democrat - 150 votes

Offa

• David Barnard – Conservative – 558 votes - elected
• Stewart Bryant – Labour – 245 votes
• Nicky Clark – Green – 136 votes
• Bridget Duffy – Labour – 200 votes
• Neil Stevenson – Liberal Democrat – 325 votes
• Claire Strong – Conservative – 470 votes - elected
• Natali Topliff – Liberal Democrat – 323 votes

Ruth Brown, deputy council leader (Image: Georgia Barrow, Newsquest)

Royston Heath

• Ruth Brown – Liberal Democrat- 791 votes - elected
• Shirley Clark – Labour - 213 votes
• Mark Crowley – Conservative - 306 votes
• Ken Garland – Labour - 178 votes
• Martin Lewis – Conservative - 326 votes
• Bryony May – Liberal Democrat – 690 votes - elected
• Des Stephens – Green - 117 votes

Royston Meridian

• Matt Barnes – Liberal Democrat – 958 votes - elected
• Callum Bartram-Bell – Conservative - 608 votes
• Suzy Brandes – Conservative - 616 votes
• Ruth Clifton – Liberal Democrat - 796 votes - elected
• Tim Johnson – Liberal Democrat - 827 votes - elected
• Stephen Lockett – Labour - 358 votes
• Sarah Lucas – Labour - 396 votes
• Roman Mamatov – Conservative - 508 votes
• Francis Sedgemore – Green - 215 votes
• Vaughan West – Labour - 395 votes

Royston Palace

• Lisa Adams – Independent - 195 votes
• Catherine Brownjohn – Labour – 581 votes - elected
• Paul Fletcher – Conservative - 337 votes
• Jean Green – Conservative - 376 votes 
• Chris Hinchliff – Labour – 546 votes - elected 
• Gill Lewis – Liberal Democrat - 334 votes
• Emma Squire-Smith – Liberal Democrat - 362 votes

Weston and Sandon

• Steve Jarvis – Liberal Democrat – 540 votes - elected
• Martin Kristensen – Conservative - 85 votes 
• Rhys Lancaster – Labour - 37 votes
• Elizabeth Ryder Ford – Green - 28 votes