Hertfordshire
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2025 78 races · 78 seats 88.5% below quota
- 2021 78 races · 78 seats 48.7% below quota
- 2017 78 races · 78 seats 39.7% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
78 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 78 seats were up across 78 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 78 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 74,239 | 26.0% | 31 | 39.7% | 21 | 26.9% | +10 |
| Conservative Party | 74,113 | 25.9% | 22 | 28.2% | 20 | 25.6% | +2 |
| Reform UK | 68,614 | 24.0% | 14 | 17.9% | 19 | 24.4% | -5 |
| Labour Party | 38,842 | 13.6% | 5 | 6.4% | 11 | 14.1% | -6 |
| Green Party | 26,475 | 9.3% | 5 | 6.4% | 7 | 9.0% | -2 |
| Independent | 2,649 | 0.9% | 1 | 1.3% | 0 | 0.0% | +1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 559 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Christian Peoples Alliance | 93 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| British Democratic Party | 87 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Heritage Party | 62 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Transform Party | 33 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 28 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Communist Party of Britain | 25 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 24 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 285,843 | 100.0% | 78 | 100.0% | 78 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
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.
| Ward | 2017 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbots Langley | 57% | 48% | 34% |
| All Saints | 41% | ||
| Baldock and Letchworth East | 49% | 45% | 35% |
| Bedwell | 51% | 48% | 40% |
| Berkhamsted | 41% | 52% | 52% |
| Bishop's Stortford East | 45% | ||
| Bishop's Stortford Rural | 54% | 31% | |
| Bishop's Stortford West | 28% | ||
| Bishops Stortford East | 42% | 46% | |
| Bishops Stortford Rural | 61% | ||
| Bishops Stortford West | 52% | 44% | |
| Borehamwood North | 48% | 53% | 30% |
| Borehamwood South | 47% | 47% | 33% |
| Bridgewater | 58% | 46% | 36% |
| Broadwater | 49% | 48% | 35% |
| Buntingford | 69% | 61% | 37% |
| Bushey North | 48% | 53% | 54% |
| Bushey South | 70% | 57% | 39% |
| Callowland Leggatts/North | 40% | ||
| Central Oxhey | 49% | ||
| Central Watford and Oxhey | 52% | 55% | |
| Chells | 50% | 46% | 44% |
| Cheshunt Central | 61% | 61% | 38% |
| Colney Heath and Marshalswick | 46% | 53% | 55% |
| Croxley | 58% | 51% | 45% |
| Flamstead End and Turnford | 65% | 68% | 38% |
| Goffs Oak and Bury Green | 65% | 64% | 43% |
| Haldens | 37% | 41% | 32% |
| Handside and Peartree | 48% | 39% | 41% |
| Harpenden North East | 53% | 42% | 41% |
| Harpenden Rural | 62% | 57% | 39% |
| Harpenden South West | 62% | 55% | 47% |
| Hatfield East | 40% | 44% | 27% |
| Hatfield North | 41% | 44% | 32% |
| Hatfield Rural | 69% | 74% | 45% |
| Hatfield South | 51% | 45% | 44% |
| Hemel Hempstead East | 62% | 59% | 30% |
| Hemel Hempstead North East | 56% | 60% | 43% |
| Hemel Hempstead North West | 56% | 56% | 32% |
| Hemel Hempstead South East | 38% | 36% | 35% |
| Hemel Hempstead St Pauls | 46% | 43% | |
| Hemel Hempstead St. Pauls | 33% | ||
| Hemel Hempstead Town | 52% | 41% | 38% |
| Hertford All Saints | 55% | 50% | |
| Hertford Rural | 73% | 63% | 40% |
| Hertford St Andrews | 51% | ||
| Hertford St. Andrews | 29% | ||
| Hitchin North | 51% | 52% | 42% |
| Hitchin Rural | 57% | 48% | 34% |
| Hitchin South | 41% | 38% | 44% |
| Hoddesdon North | 60% | 69% | 41% |
| Hoddesdon South | 66% | 67% | 44% |
| Kings Langley | 67% | 62% | 38% |
| Knebworth and Codicote | 56% | 56% | 38% |
| Letchworth North | 43% | 46% | 30% |
| Letchworth South | 52% | 48% | 35% |
| London Colney | 43% | 36% | 32% |
| Meriden Tudor | 49% | 41% | 40% |
| Nascot Park | 53% | 51% | 53% |
| North Watford | 41% | 43% | |
| Old Stevenage | 42% | 45% | 34% |
| Potters Bar East | 60% | 52% | 35% |
| Potters Bar West and Shenley | 60% | 45% | 35% |
| Rickmansworth East and Oxhey Park | 62% | 55% | 38% |
| Rickmansworth West | 45% | 49% | 36% |
| Royston East and Ermine | 58% | 51% | 39% |
| Royston West and Rural | 43% | 52% | 49% |
| Sawbridgeworth | 62% | 65% | 45% |
| Shephall | 44% | 47% | 39% |
| South Oxhey and Eastbury | 45% | 47% | 31% |
| St Albans Central | 55% | ||
| St Albans East | 55% | ||
| St Albans North | 35% | ||
| St Albans South | 55% | ||
| St Nicholas | 45% | 42% | |
| St Stephen's | 49% | 46% | |
| St. Albans Central | 62% | 40% | |
| St. Albans East | 61% | 61% | |
| St. Albans North | 55% | 56% | |
| St. Albans South | 62% | 61% | |
| St. Andrews | 46% | ||
| St. Nicholas | 31% | ||
| St. Stephen's | 44% | ||
| Three Rivers Rural | 47% | 47% | 37% |
| Tring | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| Vicarage Holywell/West | 55% | ||
| Waltham Cross | 54% | 46% | 32% |
| Ware North | 55% | 51% | 32% |
| Ware South | 64% | 53% | 31% |
| Watling | 78% | 75% | 67% |
| Welwyn | 61% | 58% | 43% |
| Welwyn Garden City South | 41% | 48% | 33% |
| West Watford | 63% | 37% | |
| Woodside Stanborough | 51% | 50% | 44% |