2023 East Hertfordshire District Council election

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All 50 seats toEast Hertfordshire District Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Ben Crystall Linda Haysey Party Green Conservative Last election 2 seats, 15.0% 40 seats, 45.7% Seats before 2 39 Seats won 19 16 Seat change 17 24 Popular vote 22,487 27,166 Percentage 28.4% 34.4% Swing 13.4% 11.3%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Mione Goldspink Carolyn Redfern Party Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 6 seats, 19.0% 2 seats, 17.3% Seats before 6 2 Seats won 10 5 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 12,417 15,626 Percentage 15.7% 19.8% Swing 3.3% 2.5%
A map showing the results of the East Hertfordshire District Council election 2023 by ward
Leader before election Linda Haysey Conservative Leader after election Ben Crystall Green No overall control

The2023 East Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members ofEast Hertfordshire District Council inHertfordshire,England. This was on the same day as otherlocal 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.^[1]

The election left the council underno 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.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

2023 East Hertfordshire District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Green	37	19	12	0	17	38.0	28.4	22,487	+13.4
	Conservative	50	16	0	14	24	32.0	34.4	27,166	–11.3
	Liberal Democrats	32	10	0	0	4	20.0	15.7	12,417	–3.3
	Labour	43	5	2	0	3	10.0	19.8	15,626	+2.5
	Independent	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	1,136	–0.5
	Reform	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	218	N/A
	Heritage	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	35	N/A

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.^[5] The results for each ward were as follows:^[6]

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Hunsdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Dunlop	363	65.9	+18.9
	Conservative	Salvatore Pagdades	90	16.3	–36.7
	Labour	Hilary Durbin	50	9.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Davies	48	8.7	N/A
Majority			273	49.6	N/A
Turnout			551	34.6	+8.3
Registered electors			1,593
	Greengain fromConservative		Swing	27.8

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Watton-at-Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Thomas	689	64.6	–6.3
	Conservative	Jane Dodson	325	30.5	+1.4
	Green	André Correira Dos Santos	53	5.0	N/A
Majority			364	34.1	–1.5
Turnout			1,071	40.3	–1.7
Registered electors			2,658
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing	3.9

• Martin Butcher, elected as a Green, left the party in October 2023 to sit as an independent.^[24]
• Chris Hart, elected as a Green, left the party in December 2023 to sit as an independent.^[25]
• Graham McAndrew, elected as a Conservative, joinedReform UK in March 2025.^[26]

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