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Election results 2023

Local elections - 4 May 2023

Following the elections on Thursday 4 May 2023, results for North Herts Council have been counted and verified.

North Herts Council now has 19 Labour and Co-operative seats, 15 Conservative seats and 15 Liberal Democrat seats. This means that there is no overall control of the Council.

Full ward results for the council elections are available below:

Other town and parish council election results:

Voter ID data

The table below shows the number of people who brought ID to the polling station for the local elections on 4 May, those who were not issued with a ballot paper, and those who were issued with a ballot paper after returning with valid ID.

Category Number
Number of polling station electors who applied for but were not initially issued with a ballot paper: 118
Number of polling station electors who were not issued with a ballot paper and who later returned with accepted ID and were issued with a ballot paper: 64
Number of polling station electors who applied for but were not issued with a ballot paper by close of poll: 54
Total number of electors who were eligible to vote in person at the polling stations: 56,120
Total number of voters issued with a ballot paper at polling stations: 17,729
Percentage of electors eligible to vote in person at the polling stations who voted: 31.6%
Percentage that attended the polling station and were able to vote: 99.7%
Percentage who applied for but were refused a ballot paper by the close of poll: 0.3%
Percentage of electors who applied for a ballot paper, but were initially refused: 0.7%
Of the electors initially refused a ballot paper, the percentage who later returned with accepted ID and were issued with a ballot paper: 54.2%

Declarations of results for North Herts Council

Arbury

Baldock Town

Cadwell

Chesfield

Ermine

Hitchin Bearton

Hitchin Highbury

Hitchin Walsworth

Hitchwood Offa and Hoo

Letchworth Grange

Letchworth South East

Letchworth South West

Royston Heath

Royston Meridian

Royston Palace

Weston and Sandon

Parish and Town Council Declarations of Results

Royston Town - South

Barley Parish

Hitchin North by-election - 9 February 2023

A by-election took place for Hitchin North division of Hertfordshire County Council on Thursday 9 February 2023.

View the by-election result here.

The Declaration of Result of Poll can be found below.