Hertfordshire County Council election on May 1: All 424 candidates standing in the 78 divisions

The Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) election on Thursday May 1 will be a five-horse race between the major parties – Conservatives, Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Reform UK.

All 78 seats, or divisions, on the authority are up for grabs. Of the current county councillors, 50 – almost two-thirds – are seeking re-election, not all in their present locations.

In all, 424 candidates are standing. Four of the five main parties are represented in every division, while the Greens are fielding contenders in all but Hatfield South. There are also 19 candidates from the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), five Independents, three each from the Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA) and from the Heritage Party and one each from UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party), British Democrats, Transform, the Alliance for Democracy and Freedom, and the Communist Party.

In 2021, the Conservatives won an overall majority on HCC. The Tories’ current 42 seats – four fewer than they won on polling day four years ago – give them a majority of six. The Lib Dems have 22 seats, Labour six, Independents five and the Green Party and Reform UK one each. There is one vacant seat.

Hertfordshire is one of only 14 county councils holding elections this year, as many local counts – including Essex’s – have been delayed to 2026 as a result of the Government’s planned changes to local government.

The outcome of this year’s ballot could be a signal of voters’ direction of travel following Labour’s victory at the General Election last July. The last 12 months have 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 on May 1.

THE CANDIDATES IN ALL 78 SEATS (listed in alphabetical order by surname)

(An asterisk * after a name denotes a candidate seeking re-election for that seat. A double asterisk ** denotes a candidate seeking re-election from a different division)

Cheshunt Central

• Green – Madela Baddock

• Liberal Democrats – Kostas Inchenko

• Reform UK – Siobhan Monaghan

• Conservative – Paul Seeby

• Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (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

• UK Independence Party (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 (Dacorum)

• 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

• Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Party (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*

• Christian Peoples Alliance Party (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 – Robin 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

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