Local Election 2024: North Herts Council candidates announced

Every district council seat is up for election in 2024 – across Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock, Royston and the surrounding villages.

Voters have elected their district councillors one-third at a time in most elections since 1980 – with North Herts Council polls in three out of every four years.

But the authority has ditched this “thirds” system.

North Herts Council will instead hold whole council elections every four years – in 2024, 2028, 2032, and so on.

Based on 2021 figures – when councillors agreed to make the move – “all out” votes will save taxpayers roughly £40,000 per year.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has also redrawn the ward boundaries in North Herts.

As part of its order, some voters could find themselves in new wards this year.

The number of district council members will rise – from 49 to 51.

Labour is the largest party in North Herts with 19 seats – shy of the 25 seats required for a majority.

The Liberal Democrats have 15 seats.

The two parties run a joint administration – similar to a coalition – with members from both political groups on North Herts Council’s cabinet.

Fifteen Conservative councillors make up the political opposition in the district.

Here are the candidates standing in the North Herts Council elections 2024:

Arbury

One seat for election.

• Nikki Da Costa – Conservative
• Anne Fletcher – Green
• Liz Oliver – Labour
• Tom Tyson – Liberal Democrat

Baldock East

Two seats for election.

• Rhona Cameron – Labour
• Juan Cowell – Conservative
• Lee Perrott – Conservative
• Steve Thomas – Liberal Democrat
• Phil Weeder – Liberal Democrat
• Stewart Willoughby – Labour

Baldock West

Three seats for election.

• Jim Barber – Liberal Democrat
• Paul Barber – Liberal Democrat
• Pippa Clayton – Reform UK
• Michael Muir – Conservative
• Emma Rowe – Labour
• Richard Salt – Conservative
• David Sims – Liberal Democrat
• James Toone – Labour
• Kruna Vukmirovic – Green
• Alistair Willoughby – Labour
• Andrew Young – Conservative

Cadwell

One seat for election.

• Charles Laing – Conservative
• Roger Nisbet – Green
• Louise Peace – Liberal Democrat
• Alan Trangmar – Labour

Codicote and Kimpton

Two seats for election.

• Davina Anderson – Labour
• Amy Finch – Liberal Democrat
• Mark Lenthall – Labour
• Ralph Muncer – Conservative
• Marilyn Parkin – Liberal Democrat
• Steven Patmore – Conservative

Ermine

One seat for election.

• Thomas Lingard – Labour
• Hugh Parker – Green
• Martin Prescott – Conservative
• Hugo Rainey – Liberal Democrat

Graveley, St Ippolyts and Wymondley

Two seats for election.

• Michael Goddard – Conservative
• Dominic Griffiths – Liberal Democrat
• Caroline McDonnell – Liberal Democrat
• Ian Moody – Conservative
• Emma Newport – Green
• Indie Sunner – Labour
• Gordon White – Labour

Great Ashby

Two seats for election.

• Hayley Collins – Liberal Democrat
• Michael Hewitt – Conservative
• Sal Jarvis – Liberal Democrat
• Segun Laniyan – Conservative
• Vijaiya ‘VJ’ Poopalasingham – Labour
• Laura Williams – Labour

Hitchin Bearton

Three seats for election.

• Bob Adams – Christian Peoples Alliance
• Randy Akubue – Christian Peoples Alliance
• Ian Albert – Labour
• Val Bryant – Labour
• Charles Bunker – Reform UK
• Joanne Collins – Liberal Democrat
• Bukky Cordle – Christian Peoples Alliance
• Deolinda Eltringham – Green
• Sarah Jane Free – Conservative
• Faye Frost – Conservative
• Ayan Halder – Liberal Democrat
• Tim Lee – Green
• Mary Marshall – Green
• Susana Muñoz Maniega – Liberal Democrat
• Mark Scott – Conservative
• Dave Winstanley – Labour

Hitchin Highbury

Two seats for election.

• Jon Clayden – Liberal Democrat
• Sam Collins – Liberal Democrat
• Will Dunlop – Conservative
• Angela Griggs – Labour
• Tom Hogan – Labour
• David Leal-Bennett – Reform UK
• Gulshan Mangat – Conservative
• Julie Rackham – Green
• Leigh Smith – Christian Peoples Alliance

Hitchin Oughton

Two seats for election.

• Daisy Appoh – Christian Peoples Alliance
• Clare Billing – Labour
• Matthew Ellinger – Conservative
• Gary Hammond – Liberal Democrat
• Hollison James – Christian Peoples Alliance
• Michael Leach – Conservative
• Nigel Mason – Labour
• Anne Senechal – Liberal Democrat

Hitchin Priory

Two seats for election.

• Bella Callow-Robinson – Labour
• Sue Dearden – Labour
• Laura Douglas-Hamilton – Conservative
• Keith Hoskins – Liberal Democrat
• Chris Lucas – Liberal Democrat
• Roger Piepenstock – Conservative
• Grace Woodward – Green

Hitchin Walsworth

Three seats for election.

• Sid Cordle – Christian Peoples Alliance
• Elizabeth Dennis – Labour
• Victoria Dunlop – Conservaitve
• Andrew Ircha – Liberal Democrat
• Anthony John-Goodman – Conservative
• Roger King – Liberal Democrat
• William Lavin – Green
• Gary Morley – Conservative
• Liz Townsend – Liberal Democrat
• Donna Wright – Labour
• Daniel Wright-Mason – Labour

Hitchwood

One seat for election.

• Frank Carr – Labour
• Joe Graziano – Conservative
• Carol Stanier – Liberal Democrat

Knebworth

Two seats for election.

• Paul Balbi – Labour
• Jamie Crofts – Conservative
• Jan Gosling – Labour
• Davina Malcolm – Green
• Mohammad Miah – Conservative
• Lisa Nash – Liberal Democrat
• Paul Ward – Liberal Democrat

Letchworth Grange

Two seats for election.

• Steve Adelantado – Reform UK
• Cory Bloxham – Conservative
• Harrison Edwards – Conservative
• Emma Fernandes – Labour
• Elizabeth Freeman – Liberal Democrat
• Ian Mantle – Labour
• Samick Sofat – Liberal Democrat
• Andrew Wallis – Green
• Mark Webb – Christian Peoples Alliance

Letchworth Norton

Two seats for election.

• Daniel Allen – Labour
• Tina Bhartwas – Labour
• Simon Bloxham – Conservative
• Morgan Derbyshire – Conservative
• David Morris – Green
• Roy Thompson – Liberal Democrat
• Sharon Weeder – Liberal Democrat

Letchworth South East

Three seats for election.

• Hammad Baig – Conservative
• Sadie Billing – Labour
• Mick Debenham – Labour
• James Durston – Conservative
• Maryla Hart – Green
• David Levett – Conservative
• Heather Macmillan – Liberal Democrat
• Paul Marment – Liberal Democrat
• Barry Neale – Liberal Democrat
• Tamsin Thomas – Labour

Letchworth South West

Three seats for election.

• Edward Birdsall – Reform UK
• Stephen Boakes – Conservative
• David Chalmers – Liberal Democrat
• Andrew Clare – Conservative
• Tom Coates – Reform UK
• Terry Hone – Conservative
• Rebecca Kirk – Labour
• Dugald Muir – Green
• Sean Prendergast – Liberal Democrat
• Martin Stears-Handscomb – Labour
• Garry Warren – Reform UK
• Jeryl Willoughby – Labour
• Claire Winchester – Liberal Democrat

Letchworth Wilbury

Two seats for election.

• Amy Allen – Labour
• Monica Bloxham – Conservative
• David May – Liberal Democrat
• Sean Nolan – Labour
• Janine Paterson – Conservative
• Louise Phillips – Liberal Democrat

Offa

Two seats for election.

• David Barnard – Conservative
• Stewart Bryant – Labour
• Nicky Clark – Green
• Bridget Duffy – Labour
• Neil Stevenson – Liberal Democrat
• Claire Strong – Conservative
• Natali Topliff – Liberal Democrat

Royston Heath

Two seats for election.

• Ruth Brown – Liberal Democrat
• Shirley Clark – Labour
• Mark Crowley – Conservative
• Ken Garland – Labour
• Martin Lewis – Conservative
• Bryony May – Liberal Democrat
• Des Stephens – Green

Royston Meridian

Three seats for election.

• Matt Barnes – Liberal Democrat
• Callum Bartram-Bell – Conservative
• Suzy Brandes – Conservative
• Ruth Clifton – Liberal Democrat
• Tim Johnson – Liberal Democrat
• Stephen Lockett – Labour
• Sarah Lucas – Labour
• Roman Mamatov – Conservative
• Francis Sedgemore – Green
• Vaughan West – Labour

Royston Palace

Two seats for election.

• Lisa Adams – Independent
• Catherine Brownjohn – Labour
• Paul Fletcher – Conservative
• Jean Green – Conservative
• Chris Hinchliff – Labour
• Gill Lewis – Liberal Democrat
• Emma Squire-Smith – Liberal Democrat

Weston and Sandon

One seat for election.

• Steve Jarvis – Liberal Democrat
• Martin Kristensen – Conservative
• Rhys Lancaster – Labour
• Elizabeth Ryder Ford – Green