Hertfordshire County Council election on May 1 promises to be a five-horse race between the major parties – Labour, Conservatives, Reform, the Liberal Democrats and Greens – with all 78 seats on the council up for grabs.
Four of the biggest parties are fielding candidates in all 78 seats, while the Greens are fielding contenders in 77 out of 78.
Herts County Council is one of just 14 authorities holding elections this year, as many local counts have been delayed to 2026 as a result of the Government’s planned changes to local government.
The outcome of this year’s election could send a decisive signal of voters’ direction of travel following Labour’s victory at the general election last year.
In 2021, the Conservatives won an overall majority on the council, led by Cllr Richard Roberts. The Tories currently have 46 seats, with the Lib Dems in second place at 22 seats, Labour at six, while the Greens and Reform each have one seat. Five independents also sit on the council.
But the last 12 months has seen the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK as a political heavyweight, and observers will be keen to check on the party’s progress in this year’s local election.
Here, we outline the candidates in all 78 seats:
Cheshunt Central
Green – Madela Baddock
Liberal Democrats – Kostas Inchenko
Reform UK – Siobhan Monaghan
Conservative – Paul Seeby
TUSC – Aaron Smith
Labour – Zahra Spencer
Flamstead End and Turnford
Green – Owen Brett
Liberal Democrats – Dave Bromage
Reform UK – Tony Hill
TUSC – Robert Landon
Labour – Madeline McFadden
Conservative – Mark Mills-Bishop
British Democrats – Ian Seeby
Goffs Oak and Bury Green
Green – Ellie Austen
Labour – Ed Dragusin
Reform UK – Anthony Owen
Conservative – Corina Gander
TUSC – Bea Gardner Asker
Liberal Democrats – David Payne
Hoddesdon North
Liberal Democrats – Nick Belfitt
Labour – Sarah Chapman
Conservative – Alexander Curtis
Reform UK – Giles Hall
Green – Ian Kemp
UKIP – Albert Nicolas
TUSC – Pauline Sulman
Hoddesdon South
TUSC – Josh Asker
Reform UK – Adam Clayton
Green – Sally Kemp
Labour Co-op – Aeden Rooney
Liberal Democrats – Tim Vizer
Conservative – Steve Wortley
Waltham Cross
Reform UK – James Beatty
Liberal Democrats – Fabio Bonfante
Green – Bob Gledhill
Conservative – Dee Hart
Labour – Enka Plaku
TUSC – Christine Thomas
Berkhamsted
Conservative – Gbola Adeleke
Labour – Geraint Cooksley
Green – Kevin Fielding
Reform UK – Adrian Steeples
Liberal Democrats – Nigel Taylor
Bridgewater
Labour – Deborah Charlton
Conservative – Graeme Elliot
Reform UK – Fred Philpott
Green – Rose Sheridan
Liberal Democrats – Caroline Smith-Wright
Hemel Hempstead East
Reform UK – Daniel Bagley
Green – Paul de Hoest
Labour – Jenny Dickson
Liberal Democrats – Cathy McArevey
Conservative – Andrew Williams
Hemel Hempstead North East
Reform UK – Lindsey Betts
Green – Bill Burgar
Independent – Brian Hall
Liberal Democrats – Nicholas Keay
Labour – Goverdhan Silwal
Conservative – Colette Wyatt-Lowe
Hemel Hempstead North West
Conservative – Fiona Guest
Green – Sherief Hassan
Reform UK – David Herring
Labour – Angela Mitchell
Liberal Democrats – Carrie Proctor-Link
Hemel Hempstead South East
Reform UK – Laura Berrill
Conservative – Margaret Griffiths
Green – Andrew Lambert
Labour – Rebecca Mackenzie
Independent – Jan Maddern
Liberal Democrats – Christopher Townsend
Hemel Hempstead St Paul’s
Conservative – Julie Banks
Liberal Democrats – Robin Bromham
Labour – Mohamed Fawzi
Green – Paul Harris
Reform UK – Christopher Wright
Hemel Hempstead Town
Reform UK – Linda Ashdown
Liberal Democrats – Adrian England
Green – Christine Ridley
Transform – Gary Ruff
Labour – Janet Ventiroso
Conservative – William Wyatt-Lowe
King’s Langley
Reform UK – James Evans
Labour – Jane Gibbons
Liberal Democrats – Susan Jackson
Green – Ashley Lawrence
Conservative – Richard Roberts
Tring
Conservative – Justin Charlton-Jones
Labour – Jim Lawler
Green – Joe Stopps
Liberal Democrats – Sally Symington
Reform UK – Andy White
Bishop’s Stortford East
Reform UK – Mike Casey
Heritage – Barry Hensall
Liberal Democrats – Calvin Horner
Labour – Paul Newell
Conservative – David Snowdon
Green – Andrew Zsibrita
Bishop’s Stortford Rural
Liberal Democrats – Martin Adams
ADF – Jane Fowler
Reform UK – Jonathan Grose
Labour – Susan Jackson
Conservative – Mark Pope
Green – George Williams
Bishop’s Stortford West
Green – Maura Connolly
Reform UK – Harrison Grose
Labour – David Jacobs
Liberal Democrats – Miriam Swainston
Conservative – John Wyllie
Buntingford
Labour – Ian Bell
Liberal Democrats – Karl Harrington
Conservative – Jeff Jones
Green – Georgina Schwan
Reform UK – Terry Smith
Hertford All Saints
Labour – Nahum Clements
Green – Ben Crystall
Conservative – Sean Howlett
Reform UK – Graham McAndrew
Liberal Democrats – Andrew Porrer
Hertford Rural
Conservative – Ken Crofton
Liberal Democrats – Joe Howlett
Labour Co-op – Rob Pinkham
Green – Lydia Somerville
Reform UK – Gayle Ward
Hertford St Andrews
Green – Rachel Carter
TUSC – Sean Figg
Conservative – Ryan Henson
Liberal Democrats – Geoff Madge
Labour – Jack Risbridger
Reform UK – David West
Sawbridgeworth
Conservative – Eric Buckmaster
Reform UK – John Burmicz
Liberal Democrats – Julia Davies
Labour – Dawn Newell
Green – Sarah Santos
Ware North
Reform UK – Nigel Adams
Conservative – David Andrews
TUSC – Bryan Clare
Liberal Democrats – David Davies
Labour – Jack Kidston
Green – Kirsty Taylor-Moran
Ware South
Reform UK – Joanne Belsey
Conservative – Lesley Greensmyth
Liberal Democrats – Freddie Jewitt
Labour – Martin Smith
Green – Steven Watson
Borehamwood North
Conservative – Alexander Bright
Labour Co-op – Parveen Rani
Reform UK – Simon Rhodes
Green – Narinder Sian
Liberal Democrats – Hannah Uri
Independent – Michelle Vince
Borehamwood South
Green – Madalyn Biefeld
Labour – Richard Butler
Liberal Democrats – Annabel Hennessy
Reform UK – Saul Jacob
Conservative – Lucy Selby
Bushey North
Liberal Democrats – Laurence Brass
Conservative – David Carter
Labour Co-op – Michael Mandonga
Reform UK – Antony Michaelson
Green – Michael Rayment
Bushey South
Labour Co-op – Nik Oakley
Conservative – Seamus Quilty
Reform UK – Arabella Rolland
Liberal Democrats – Chris Shenton
Green – Matt Wheeler
Potters Bar East
Conservative – John Graham
Liberal Democrats – Lisa Griffin
Labour Co-op – Tushar Kumar
Green – David Lister
Independent – Jonathan Meldrum
Reform UK – Craig Young
Potters Bar West and Shenley
Conservative – Morris Bright
Liberal Democrats – Holly Gunning
Green – Ed Poole
Labour – Radhika Settipalli
Reform UK – Louise Soffer
Watling
Reform UK – Gus Channer
Conservative – Caroline Clapper
Liberal Democrats – Stuart Howard
Labour Co-op – Satvinder Juss
Green – Cheryl Stungo
Baldock and Letchworth East
Liberal Democrats – David Chalmers
Reform UK – Pippa Clayton
Green – Tim Lee
Conservative – Michael Muir
Labour Co-op – Alistair Willoughby
Hitchin North
Labour Co-op – Ian Albert
CPA – Daisy Appoh
Reform UK – Ashley Brandon
Green – Deolinda Eltringham
Conservative – Michael Goddard
Liberal Democrats – Dominic Griffiths
Hitchin Rural
CPA – Bob Adams
Conservative – David Barnard
Liberal Democrats – Sal Jarvis
Green – Mary Marshall
Labour – Nigel Mason
Reform UK – Ravi Odedra
Hitchin South
CPA – Sid Cordle
Conservative – Anthony John-Goodman
Liberal Democrats – Chris Lucas
Reform UK – Tracy Maney
Green – Elizabeth Ryder Ford
Labour – Indie Sunner
Knebworth and Codicote
Labour – Daniel Allen
Liberal Democrats – Sandreni Bonfante
Conservative – Ralph Muncer
Reform UK – James Murray-Watson
Green – Des Stephens
Letchworth North
Conservative – Hammad Baig
Labour Co-op – Tina Bhartwas
Reform UK – Harrison Edwards
Green – David Morris
Liberal Democrats – Claire Winchester
Letchworth South
Labour Co-op – Amy Allen
Conservative – Terry Hone
Green – Dugald Muir
Liberal Democrats – Sean Prendergast
Reform UK – Garry Warren
Royston East and Ermine
Conservative – Callum Bartram-Bell
Liberal Democrats – Ruth Brown
Reform UK – Fraser Jones
Labour Co-op – Sarah Lucas
Green – Peter Wilkin
Royston West and Rural
Conservative – Suzy Brandes
Reform UK – Alan Deeney
Liberal Democrats – Steve Jarvis
Labour Co-op – Vijaiya Poopalasingham
Green – Julie Rackham
Colney Heath and Marshalswick
Liberal Democrats – John Hale
Conservative – Frances Leonard
Green – Sally Leonard
Reform UK – Kaylee Muldoon
Labour – Nick Pullinger
Harpenden North East
Green – Lesley Baker
Conservative – Teresa Heritage
Reform UK – David Johnson
Labour – Neil Mulcock
Liberal Democrats – Stuart Roberts
Harpenden Rural
Labour – Tom Chatfield
Conservative – Ian Hawking
Green – Oliver Hitch
Reform UK – Philip Wells
Liberal Democrats – Alison Wren
Harpenden South West
Reform UK – Stephen Bird
Green – Tanja Bruckmann-Rath
Conservative – Matt Cowley
Labour – Ben Dearman
Liberal Democrats – Edgar Hill
London Colney
Conservative – James Cook
Labour – Mike Hobday
Reform UK – Eleanor Jackson
Liberal Democrats – Liz Needham
Green – Mark Park-Crowne
St Albans Central
Reform UK – David Appleby
Labour – Mason Day
Communist – Mark Ewington
Green – Matt Fisher
Liberal Democrats – Jojo Godfrey
Conservative – Ambrose Killen
St Albans East
Conservative – Richard Curthoys
Reform UK – Jane Dawson-Davis
Labour – John Paton
Liberal Democrats – Anthony Rowlands
Green – Lucy Swift
St Albans North
Liberal Democrats – Helen Campbell
Conservative – Don Deepthi
Green – Livvy Gibbs
Labour – Sarah Heiser
Reform UK – Stewart Vassie
St Albans South
Labour – Steve Clark
Reform UK – Haylee Freedman
Conservative – Graham Leonard
Green – Juliet Voisey
Liberal Democrats – Sandy Walkington
St Stephen’s
Labour – Laurence Chester
Liberal Democrats – Ajanta Hilton
Reform UK – Craig Holliday
Conservative – Stella Nash
Green – Gabriel Roberts
Bedwell
Green – Balgiisa Ahmed
Liberal Democrats – Nigel Bye
Reform UK – Peter Colley
Conservative – David Denny-Stubbs
TUSC – Steve Glennon
Labour Co-op – Ellie Plater
Broadwater
Reform UK – Janet Bainbridge
Liberal Democrats – David Barks
Labour Co-op – Coleen De Freitas
TUSC – Helen Kerr
Conservative – Adam Mitchell
Green – Glen Rozemont
Chells
Labour Co-op – Forhad Chowdhury
TUSC – Mark Gentleman
Reform UK – Robert Henry
Green – Dave Ingarfill
Conservative – Margaret Notley
Liberal Democrats – Robert Parker
Old Stevenage
Reform UK – Douglas Bainbridge
Liberal Democrats – Jill Brinkworth
Labour Co-op – Richard Henry
TUSC – Trevor Palmer
Green – Becca Watts
Conservative – Maria Wheeler
Shephall
TUSC – Barbara Clare
Conservative – Victoria Facey
Labour Co-op – Jackie Hollywell
Liberal Democrats – Jaysica Marvell
Green – Stephani Mok
Reform UK – Wendy Rouse
St Nicholas
Green – Jennifer Arndt
Conservative – Phil Bibby
Liberal Democrats – Neil Brinkworth
TUSC – Amber Gentleman
Reform UK – Matthew Hurst
Labour Co-op – Claire Parris
Abbots Langley
Independent – Sara Bedford
Reform UK – Gavin Casey
Labour – Pierce Culliton
Conservative – Vicky Edwards
Liberal Democrats – Stephen Giles-Medhurst
Green – Jane Powell
Croxley
Conservative – Gordon Elvey
Liberal Democrats – Chris Lloyd
Green – Chris Mitchell
Reform UK – George Moss
Labour – Jeni Swift Gillett
Rickmansworth East and Oxhey Park
Green – Deesha Chandra
Liberal Democrats – Raj Khiroya
Reform UK – Sonja Flynn
Conservative – Vishal Patel
Labour – Bruce Prochnik
Rickmansworth West
Reform UK – Dane Clarke
Liberal Democrats – Simy Dhyani
Labour – Margaret Gallagher
Conservative – Paula Hiscocks
Green – Malcolm Lee
South Oxhey and Eastbury
Conservative – Christopher Alley
Labour – Stephen King
Green – Chris Lawrence
Reform UK – Taylor Smith
Liberal Democrats – Rhys Southall
Three Rivers Rural
Reform UK – Melvyn Clifford
Labour – Stuart Lines
Liberal Democrats – Louise Price
Conservative – Ciaran Reed
Green – Roger Stafford
Central Watford and Oxhey
Green – Matt Jones
Labour – Sonu Masania
TUSC – James O’Connor
Liberal Democrats – Peter Taylor
Reform UK – Neal Webber
Conservative – Peter Williams
Meriden Tudor
Reform UK – Mark Dixon
Liberal Democrats – Penelope Hill
Green – John Jowers
Labour – Keith Morgan
Conservative – Jennifer Raperport
Nascot Park
Reform UK – John Craddock
Green – Andrew Gallagher
Labour – Minesh Pareek
Liberal Democrats – Mark Watkin
Conservative – Stephen Woodard
North Watford
TUSC – Derek Foster
Labour – Asif Khan
Heritage – Sarah Knott
Conservative – Danny Mosley
Green – Bruce Perry
Liberal Democrats – Richard Short
Reform UK – Xiaolei Xie
West Watford
Labour – Nigel Bell
Liberal Democrats – Aga Dychton
Reform UK – David Ealey
Green – David Gordon
TUSC – Mark O’Connor
Conservative – Sanjaya Pant
Woodside Stanborough
Conservative – Lola Adedoyin
Reform UK – Malcolm Caborn
Labour – Anne Joynes
Green – Jake Mitchell
Liberal Democrats – Tim Williams
Haldens
Labour – Leo Gilbert
Reform UK – John Redmond
Conservative – Durk Reyner
Liberal Democrats – Hillary Skoczylas
Green – Lesley Smith
Handside and Peartree
Conservative – Jeet Dhelaria
Reform UK – Tom Holdsworth
Green – Philip Hopley
TUSC – Mark Kerr
Labour – Darren Lewis
Liberal Democrats – Gemma Moore
Hatfield East
Reform UK – Michael Blissett
Liberal Democrats – Helena Goldwater
Green – Ian Gregory
TUSC – Mark Pickersgill
Conservative – David Rose
Labour – Vaishali Shah
Hatfield North
Liberal Democrats – Adam Edwards
Labour – Beth Kelly
Green – Andreas Kukol
Conservative – Brian Seeger
Reform UK – Pete Whitehead
Hatfield Rural
Heritage – Mia Americanos-Molinaro
Labour – Graham Beevers
Green – William Berrington
Liberal Democrats – Anthony Green
Reform UK – Michael Southwell
Conservative – Fiona Thomson
Hatfield South
Labour – Kamal Hussain
Reform UK – Jane Johnson
Conservative – Teresa Travell
Liberal Democrats – Paul Zukowskyj
Welwyn
Liberal Democrats – Jacqueline Brennan
Green – David Cox
Conservative – Tony Kingsbury
Labour – Andrew Osborne
Reform UK – Mark Smith
Welwyn Garden City South
Conservative – Marios Artemi
Reform UK – Mark Biddle
Green – Stephen Iwasyk
Liberal Democrats – Jean-Paul Skoczylas
Labour – Anthony Toole
Stewart Carr is a Local Democracy Reporter covering stories from across Hertfordshire, including politics, policing, transport, housing, planning and major local developments. His reporting focuses on the decisions and issues shaping communities across the county, from council meetings and regeneration projects to public services and accountability.
