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East Hertfordshire 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

10 ward races

10 seats

4 elected below the proportional quota

40.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 10 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 10 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (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 in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party	20,328	50.5%	8	80.0%	6	60.0%	+2
Labour Party	7,512	18.6%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	-2
Green Party	6,005	14.9%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	0
Liberal Democrats	5,911	14.7%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	0
ND	262	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	133	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Reform UK	94	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	38	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	40,283	100.0%	10	100.0%	10	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.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

All Saints · 1 seat · won at 40.6% · +9.4 pts below quota
Bishops Stortford West · 1 seat · won at 44.4% · +5.6 pts below quota
Bishops Stortford East · 1 seat · won at 45.6% · +4.4 pts below quota
St. Andrews · 1 seat · won at 46.3% · +3.7 pts below quota
Ware North · 1 seat · won at 51.1% · above quota
Ware South · 1 seat · won at 52.9% · above quota
Bishop's Stortford Rural · 1 seat · won at 53.8% · above quota
Buntingford · 1 seat · won at 60.6% · above quota
Hertford Rural · 1 seat · won at 63.2% · above quota
Sawbridgeworth · 1 seat · won at 65.0% · above quota

Race results

All Saints · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,475

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Crystall B.	Green Party	1,819	40.6%	Elected
2	Goodeve J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,562	34.9%
3	Pinkham R.	Labour Party	621	13.9%
4	Stevenson A.	ND	262	5.9%
5	Porrer A.J.R.	Liberal Democrats	211	4.7%

Electorate 10,638 · Ballots cast 4,475 · EC ward code E58000637 · Back to ward index

Bishops Stortford West · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,930

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Ward-Booth A.R.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,744	44.4%	Elected
2	Diamond T.A.	Labour Party	989	25.2%
3	Townsend R.G.V.	Liberal Democrats	741	18.9%
4	Baddock M.	Green Party	456	11.6%

Electorate 12,427 · Ballots cast 3,930 · EC ward code E58001777 · Back to ward index

Bishops Stortford East · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,155

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Horner C.L.	Liberal Democrats	1,894	45.6%	Elected
2	Wyllie J.F.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,401	33.7%
3	Er Wilkes O.	Labour Party	568	13.7%
4	Hill G.C.	Green Party	292	7.0%

Electorate 10,766 · Ballots cast 4,155 · EC ward code E58001775 · Back to ward index

St. Andrews · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,162

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Deering B.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,925	46.3%	Elected
2	Dean J.	Labour Party	1,756	42.2%
3	Madge G.	Liberal Democrats	481	11.6%

Electorate 11,735 · Ballots cast 4,162 · EC ward code E58000639 · Back to ward index

Ware North · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.1 pts Valid ballots 3,678

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Andrews D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,879	51.1%	Elected
2	Cox N.J.	Green Party	1,255	34.1%
3	McCann M.K.	Labour Party	506	13.8%
4	Clare B.D.	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	38	1.0%

Electorate 10,740 · Ballots cast 3,678 · EC ward code E58000672 · Back to ward index

Ware South · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.9 pts Valid ballots 3,738

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Kaye J.S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,976	52.9%	Elected
2	Chapman S.J.	Labour Party	688	18.4%
3	Butcher M.F.	Green Party	591	15.8%
4	Shaw V.	Liberal Democrats	350	9.4%
5	Parker B.J.	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	133	3.6%

Electorate 11,430 · Ballots cast 3,738 · EC ward code E58000673 · Back to ward index

Bishop's Stortford Rural · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.8 pts Valid ballots 3,612

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	McAndrew G.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,943	53.8%	Elected
2	Lynch M.	Labour Party	725	20.1%
3	Taylor B.	Liberal Democrats	562	15.6%
4	Oxley D.J.	Green Party	382	10.6%

Electorate 10,601 · Ballots cast 3,612 · EC ward code E58001776 · Back to ward index

Buntingford · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.6 pts Valid ballots 3,947

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Jones J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,393	60.6%	Elected
2	Woollcombe D.R.	Green Party	704	17.8%
3	Stone S.C.	Labour Party	532	13.5%
4	Harrington K.A.	Liberal Democrats	224	5.7%
5	Smith T.F.	Reform UK	94	2.4%

Electorate 11,750 · Ballots cast 3,947 · EC ward code E58000612 · Back to ward index

Hertford Rural · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.2 pts Valid ballots 4,289

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Crofton K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,710	63.2%	Elected
2	Newton D.	Liberal Democrats	612	14.3%
3	Somerville L.H.	Green Party	506	11.8%
4	Williams M.E.	Labour Party	461	10.7%

Electorate 10,856 · Ballots cast 4,289 · EC ward code E58000638 · Back to ward index

Sawbridgeworth · single-seat

Marginal winner 65.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −15.0 pts Valid ballots 4,297

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Buckmaster E.H.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,795	65.0%	Elected
2	Dumont J.C.	Liberal Democrats	836	19.5%
3	Newell D.K.A.	Labour Party	666	15.5%

Electorate 12,493 · Ballots cast 4,297 · EC ward code E58000660 · Back to ward index