East Hertfordshire council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 26 wards · 51 seats contested

Most seats
19
Green Party
Seats contested
51
across 26 wards
Turnout
34.2%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Green Party 19 +17 22,497 28.2% +13.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 17 -21 27,926 35.0% -10.8
Liberal Democrats 10 +4 12,417 15.5% -3.5
Labour Party 5 +3 15,626 19.6% +2.3
Independent 0 +0 1,136 1.4% -0.5
Reform UK 0 +0 218 0.3% —
Heritage Party 0 +0 35 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 51
Conservative and Unionist Party 51
Labour Party 43
Green Party 37
Liberal Democrats 32
Independent 2
Heritage Party 1
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 51 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Aston, Datchworth & Walkern 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Deffley Elected 767 59.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Stowe Elected 715 55.6% —
Labour Party Julia Anne Florence 461 35.8% —
Green Party Lydia Helen Somerville 356 27.7% —
Liberal Democrats Freddie David Thomas Jewitt 272 21.2% —
Majority254
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,286

Bishop's Stortford All Saints 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Martin Paul Adams Elected 722 64.1% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Wilson Elected 679 60.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Laura Naomi Jayne Snowdon 220 19.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anu Senanayake 184 16.3% —
Labour Party Jane Band 175 15.5% —
Labour Party Sophia Adams Bhatti 144 12.8% —
Green Party Paul William Harding 92 8.2% —
Heritage Party Barry Hensall 35 3.1% —
Majority459
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,126

Bishop's Stortford Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Yvonne Roger Estop Elected 811 49.5% —
Labour Party David John Jacobs Elected 803 49.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Cutting 468 28.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Norma Jean Symonds 466 28.4% —
Liberal Democrats Bob Taylor 464 28.3% —
Green Party Paul Martin Williams 263 16.1% —
Majority335
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,638

Bishop's Stortford North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ann Copley Elected 1,028 57.6% —
Liberal Democrats Mione Goldspink Elected 986 55.2% —
Liberal Democrats Miriam Joy Swainston Elected 941 52.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Page 488 27.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dave Anderson 471 26.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David John Moran 452 25.3% —
Labour Party Matthew George Bird 352 19.7% —
Labour Party Daniel Sebastian Barnett 339 19.0% —
Green Party Mark Alexander Johnson 301 16.9% —
Majority453
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,786

Bishop's Stortford Parsonage 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Calvin Laurie Horner Elected 921 48.8% —
Liberal Democrats Richard George Victor Townsend Elected 741 39.3% —
Independent Colin Bernard Woodward 469 24.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shane Manning 456 24.2% —
Labour Party John Sidney Boyle 383 20.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Van Loen 326 17.3% —
Green Party Saffron Wilding MacKenzie 176 9.3% —
Majority272
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors4,745
Ballots cast1,886

Bishop's Stortford South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Simon Marlow Elected 480 38.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Diane Lavinia Elizabeth Hollebon Elected 425 33.9% —
Labour Party Oliver Charles Diffey 412 32.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Andrew Snowdon 387 30.9% —
Labour Party Alex Chapman 363 29.0% —
Green Party Sally Heather Millican 296 23.6% —
Majority13
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors3,715
Ballots cast1,252

Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Edward John Willcocks Elected 1,094 53.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham McAndrew Elected 961 46.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Fraser Wyllie Elected 932 45.2% —
Labour Party Steve Smith 921 44.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alastair Ward-Booth 841 40.7% —
Green Party Connie Deans-Harding 823 39.9% —
Green Party Martyn Fenner 620 30.0% —
Majority11
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,064

Braughing & Standon 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stan Bull Elected 646 50.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Frankie Woolf Elected 541 42.7% —
Green Party John Howson 373 29.4% —
Labour Party Frederick James David Alexandri Perkins 372 29.3% —
Labour Party Sam Honey 332 26.2% —
Majority168
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,568
Ballots cast1,268

Buntingford 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Vicky Burt Elected 1,151 49.8% —
Green Party Sue Nicholls Elected 1,055 45.7% —
Green Party David Rupert Woollcombe Elected 978 42.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeff Jones 960 41.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Huggins 928 40.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Lawrence Prescott 809 35.0% —
Labour Party Stephen John William Wood 289 12.5% —
Liberal Democrats Karl Ambrose Harrington 271 11.7% —
Labour Party Gill Perkins 260 11.3% —
Labour Party David James Walter King 229 9.9% —
Majority18
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,310

Great Amwell & Stansteads 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Joseph Charlie Dumont Elected 553 42.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Boylan Elected 472 36.6% —
Liberal Democrats Joe Howlett 468 36.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter John Moule 397 30.8% —
Labour Party John Heighway 210 16.3% —
Green Party Stuart Moore 169 13.1% —
Labour Party Graham Watts 139 10.8% —
Majority4
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,503
Ballots cast1,291

Hertford Bengeo 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ben Crystall Elected 1,878 70.4% —
Green Party Vicky Smith Elected 1,578 59.2% —
Green Party Alex Daar Elected 1,518 56.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sally Newton 734 27.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Cassandra Tolulope Johnson 615 23.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Isse Abdullah 587 22.0% —
Labour Party Fay Adams 416 15.6% —
Labour Party Joseph MacGregor Albert Chapman 280 10.5% —
Labour Party Alan John Nadin 238 8.9% —
Liberal Democrats Carole Vivienne Luck 156 5.8% —
Majority784
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,667

Hertford Castle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Rachel Carter Elected 601 35.8% —
Green Party Sarah Jane Hopewell Elected 561 33.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jan Goodeve 560 33.4% —
Labour Party Josh Dean 550 32.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel James Chichester-Miles 544 32.4% —
Labour Party Rob Pinkham 458 27.3% —
Liberal Democrats Freja Waterhouse 83 4.9% —
Majority1
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,678

Hertford Heath & Brickendon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Tim Hoskin Elected 424 52.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Roberts 275 34.2% —
Labour Party Stephen David Andrews Waller 74 9.2% —
Liberal Democrats Nick Belfitt 32 4.0% —
Majority149
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast805

Hertford Kingsmead 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Carl Andrew Brittain Elected 851 40.1% —
Green Party Maura Catherine Connolly Elected 782 36.9% —
Green Party Vicky Glover-Ward Elected 768 36.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rosemary Ann Bolton 610 28.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Clark 491 23.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Beverley Ann Murray 488 23.0% —
Liberal Democrats Elif Nergis Lewis 486 22.9% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew James Robert Porrer 458 21.6% —
Liberal Democrats Geoff Madge 377 17.8% —
Labour Party Anne Margaret Farnley 366 17.3% —
Labour Party Rachel Louise Houghton 353 16.7% —
Labour Party Graham Peter Nickson 331 15.6% —
Majority158
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,120

Hertford Rural

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Deering Elected 474 53.3% —
Green Party Tony Tarrega 175 19.7% —
Labour Party Emma Waltham 130 14.6% —
Liberal Democrats Catherine Gerran Edwards 110 12.4% —
Majority299
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast889

Hertford Sele 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nahum Clements Elected 720 56.2% —
Labour Party Carolyn Ann Redfern Elected 708 55.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain 347 27.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Rowan Turvey 336 26.2% —
Green Party Sophie Ann Missenden 320 25.0% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Gwynfryn Edwards 129 10.1% —
Majority361
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,280

Hunsdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party John Nevin Dunlop Elected 363 65.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Salvatore Pagdades 90 16.3% —
Labour Party Hilary Priscilla Durbin 50 9.1% —
Liberal Democrats Julia Mary Davies 48 8.7% —
Majority273
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors1,583
Ballots cast552

Little Hadham & The Pelhams

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Geoffrey Alan Williamson Elected 428 48.3% —
Liberal Democrats Dave Bromage 230 25.9% —
Green Party Felix Alastair Heaton Rennie 142 16.0% —
Labour Party Jillian Patricia Nelmes 86 9.7% —
Majority198
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors2,486
Ballots cast887

Much Hadham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Devonshire Elected 418 59.5% —
Labour Party Dawn Kathleen Anne Newell 126 17.9% —
Green Party Valerie Fenner 86 12.3% —
Liberal Democrats Katharine Macy 69 9.8% —
Majority292
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors2,167
Ballots cast702

Sawbridgeworth 4 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Buckmaster Elected 1,311 75.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Eric Henry Buckmaster Elected 1,056 60.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Angus James Parsad-Wyatt Elected 760 43.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Angus James Wyatt Elected 760 43.7% —
Independent Greg Rattey 667 38.3% —
Labour Party Rob Furber 518 29.8% —
Labour Party Paul Newell 500 28.7% —
Liberal Democrats Timothy Macy 398 22.9% —
Labour Party Natasha Plowman 389 22.4% —
Green Party Elizabeth Downes 383 22.0% —
Reform UK John Stefan Burmicz 218 12.5% —
Majority93
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,740

The Mundens

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Aubrey Holt Elected 436 59.6% —
Green Party Sarah Santos 152 20.8% —
Labour Party John Stephen Agar 142 19.4% —
Majority284
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors2,233
Ballots cast731

Ware Priory 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party George Robert Kenneth Williams Elected 892 50.9% —
Green Party Graeme Crerar Hill Elected 796 45.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Pope 498 28.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Stephen Kaye 495 28.3% —
Labour Party Sarah Jane Chapman 320 18.3% —
Labour Party Jane Lousie Guinn 264 15.1% —
Liberal Democrats Victoria Shaw 162 9.2% —
Liberal Democrats Roger Nicholas Wade 78 4.5% —
Majority298
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,752

Ware Rural

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Andrews Elected 318 46.5% —
Green Party Andrew David Zsibrita 181 26.5% —
Labour Party Suzie Langdon- Shreeve 108 15.8% —
Liberal Democrats David John Davies 77 11.3% —
Majority137
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast684

Ware St Mary's 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Martin Francis Butcher Elected 973 59.3% —
Green Party Steven Watson Elected 857 52.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Phyllis Rose Ballam 551 33.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rishi Fernando 536 32.6% —
Labour Party Paul Anthony O'Neill 234 14.3% —
Liberal Democrats Tony Paul Gubb 134 8.2% —
Majority306
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,642

Ware Trinity 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Chris Hart Elected 797 65.5% —
Green Party Nick Cox Elected 713 58.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Kemp 334 27.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Benjamin Jonathan Parker 237 19.5% —
Labour Party Richard Bassett Mowbray 176 14.5% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cropper 89 7.3% —
Liberal Democrats Sean Michael Shaw 86 7.1% —
Majority379
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,216

Watton-at-Stone

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Joe Daniel Thomas Elected 689 64.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Grace Dodson 325 30.4% —
Green Party André Correia Dos Santos 53 5.0% —
Majority364
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors2,678
Ballots cast1,068

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