Following local elections on the 2nd May, both the town council and district council received a new councillor from Bengeo ward. The town council lost Susan Dunkley (Conservative), and received Alex Daar from the Green Party. The results from the night were:
Candidate | Party | Votes | |
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Peter Ruffles | Conservative | 1182 | Elected |
Alex Daar | Green | 1034 | Elected |
Sally Newton | Conservative | 929 | Elected |
Linda Radford | Conservative | 853 | Elected |
Sue Dunkley | Conservative | 820 | |
Veronica Fraser | Labour | 703 | |
John Wiggett | Liberal Democrats | 631 | |
Tracy Turner | Labour | 584 | |
Alec Turner | Labour | 507 | |
John Barber | Independent | 259 |
For the district council, Peter Ruffles (Conservative), district councillor for 44 years has been re-elected, with Sally Newton (Conservative) keeping her seat, and Ben Crystall (Green) newly elected. The results for the night were:
Candidate | Party | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Peter Ruffles | Conservative | 1182 | Elected |
Sally Newton | Conservative | 908 | Elected |
Ben Crystall | Green | 744 | Elected |
Daniel Chichester-Miles | Conservative | 731 | |
John Howson | Green | 606 | |
Veronica Fraser | Labour | 503 | |
Dick Warn | Green | 445 | |
John Wiggett | Liberal Democrats | 426 | |
Tracy Turner | Labour | 374 | |
Alec Turner | Labour | 364 |
More details about the election can be found on the East Herts website, Hertfordshire Mercury and Hertford.Net.