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North Hertfordshire

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

Council composition (approx.)

76 councillors elected across cycles 2023, 2024, 2025, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.

Cycles

Party-control changes between cycles

Cases where the largest party (by seats won) changed from one cycle to the next. Each row shows the new party's vote share in both cycles and the seats they took. A small vote shift paired with a big seat shift is the First-Past-the-Post volatility story.

2024 2025

Labour Party Liberal Democrats

Vote shift (incoming party) −2.3 pts 29.3% → 27.0%
Seat shift (incoming party) +7.2 pts 37.3% → 44.4%
Outgoing party (vote / seats 2024 → 2025) 35.6% → 5.3% seats: 49.0% → 0.0%

Vote share vs seat share

2024
Votes
Seats
2025
Votes
Seats

2023 2024

Liberal Democrats Labour Party

Vote shift (incoming party) +9.7 pts 25.9% → 35.6%
Seat shift (incoming party) +17.8 pts 31.3% → 49.0%
Outgoing party (vote / seats 2023 → 2024) 32.4% → 29.3% seats: 50.0% → 37.3%

Vote share vs seat share

2023
Votes
Seats
2024
Votes
Seats

2022 2023

Labour Party Liberal Democrats

Vote shift (incoming party) +2.4 pts 30.1% → 32.4%
Seat shift (incoming party) +22.2 pts 27.8% → 50.0%
Outgoing party (vote / seats 2022 → 2023) 30.8% → 25.9% seats: 50.0% → 31.3%

Vote share vs seat share

2022
Votes
Seats
2023
Votes
Seats

2021 2022

Conservative and Unionist Party Labour Party

Vote shift (incoming party) +4.6 pts 26.2% → 30.8%
Seat shift (incoming party) +20.8 pts 29.2% → 50.0%
Outgoing party (vote / seats 2021 → 2022) 42.3% → 33.5% seats: 54.2% → 22.2%

Vote share vs seat share

2021
Votes
Seats
2022
Votes
Seats

Caveat for by-thirds councils: only a third of the seats are elected in each cycle, so a flip in the "largest party this cycle" doesn't necessarily mean a flip in overall council control. The vote-vs-seat divergence still tells you something about how First-Past-the-Post allocates the seats that were contested.

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward20212022202320242025
Arbury54%51%
Baldock & Letchworth East45%35%
Baldock East43%20%
Baldock Town48%41%43%
Baldock West17%
Cadwell57%42%
Chesfield43%43%
Codicote59%
Codicote and Kimpton27%
Ermine56%45%
Graveley, St Ippolyts and Wymondley23%
Great Ashby22%
Hitchin Bearton49%54%55%19%
Hitchin Highbury48%67%63%26%
Hitchin North52%42%
Hitchin Oughton39%59%32%
Hitchin Priory42%58%24%
Hitchin Rural48%34%
Hitchin South38%44%
Hitchin Walsworth41%46%50%18%
Hitchwood55%
Hitchwood Offa & Hoo52%53%50%
Kimpton42%
Knebworth58%60%29%
Knebworth & Codicote56%38%
Letchworth East44%60%
Letchworth Grange48%59%44%28%
Letchworth North46%30%
Letchworth Norton26%
Letchworth South48%35%
Letchworth South East46%41%38%19%
Letchworth South West46%42%46%16%
Letchworth Wilbury54%53%34%
Offa25%
Royston East & Ermine51%39%
Royston Heath54%52%30%
Royston Meridian43%52%17%
Royston Palace41%38%21%
Royston West & Rural52%49%
Weston & Sandon79%
Weston and Sandon78%