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2023 East Hertfordshire District Council election

The 2023 East Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of East Hertfordshire District Council in Hertfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The council had been under Conservative majority control since 1999. The incumbent leader of the council, Conservative councillor Linda Haysey, chose not to stand for re-election, having been leader since 2015.

The election left the council under no overall control. The Green Party overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party, winning 19 of the 50 seats on the council whereas the Conservatives only won 16 seats. The Green and Liberal Democrat groups on the council subsequently formed a joint administration; the Green group leader Ben Crystall became leader of the council, and the Liberal Democrat group leader Mione Goldspink became deputy leader of the council.

Summary

Election result

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Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by East Hertfordshire District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. The results for each ward were as follows:

Aston, Datchworth & Walkern

Bishop's Stortford All Saints

Bishop's Stortford Central

Bishop's Stortford North

Bishop's Stortford Parsonage

Bishop's Stortford South

Bishop's Stortford Thorley Manor

Braughing & Standon

Buntingford

Great Amwell & Stansteads

Hertford Bengeo

Hertford Castle

Hertford Heath & Brickendon

Hertford Kingsmead

Hertford Rural

Hertford Sele

Hunsdon

Little Hadham & The Pelhams

Much Hadham

Sawbridgeworth

The Mundens

Ware Priory

Ware Rural

Ware St Mary's

Ware Trinity

Watton-at-Stone

Changes 2023–2027

  • Martin Butcher, elected as a Green, left the party in October 2023 to sit as an independent.
  • Chris Hart, elected as a Green, left the party in December 2023 to sit as an independent.
  • Graham McAndrew, elected as a Conservative, joined Reform UK in March 2025.

By-elections

Braughing & Standon

References