Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg is the new leader of North Herts District Council
- Credit: NHDC
A new leader and cabinet members at North Herts District Council were announced at yesterday evening s Annual General Meeting.
The new leader is Hitchin Walsworth representative, Labour councillor Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg - who succeeds Martin Stears-Hanscomb in the role.
NHDC will be run by a joint administration of Labour and Co-operative and Liberal Democrat councillors during 2021/22.
Cllr Dennis-Harburg - who is also Labour and Co-operative Group leader - will be supported by seven councillors responsible for a different portfolio.
Cllr Paul Clark is NHDC deputy leader and executive member for planning - and he heads up The Liberal Democrats Group.
Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg is the new leader of North Herts District Council
- Credit: NHDC
A new leader and cabinet members at North Herts District Council were announced at yesterday evening s Annual General Meeting.
The new leader is Hitchin Walsworth representative, Labour councillor Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg - who succeeds Martin Stears-Hanscomb in the role.
NHDC will be run by a joint administration of Labour and Co-operative and Liberal Democrat councillors during 2021/22.
Cllr Dennis-Harburg - who is also Labour and Co-operative Group leader - will be supported by seven councillors responsible for a different portfolio.
Cllr Paul Clark is NHDC deputy leader and executive member for planning - and he heads up The Liberal Democrats Group.
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Political party leaders have responded to the latest NHDC election results
- Credit: NHDC
The results of the election for North Herts District Council means that no single party has overall control of the authority - and the leader lost his seat.
The council was previously a joint administration between Labour and the Liberal Democrats with 20 Conservative seats, 15 Labour and Cooperative seats and 11 Liberal Democrat seats.
It now consists of 23 Conservative seats, 15 Labour and Co-operative seats and 11 Liberal Democrat seats
Mirroring 2019, two candidates from the Conservatives and Lib Dems had to draw straws to determine the outcome for one ward, after both receiving 727 votes each.
He added: This has come at a particularly difficult time in the run up to Christmas and we are truly saddened for our residents and those businesses which now have to close. We know many people were already choosing to make tough decisions about whether to meet up with an extended bubble over Christmas, but unfortunately this will not now be possible due to the Tier 4 rules, although support bubbles are still allowed.
NHDC s Cllr Martin Stears-Handscomb has issued a warning as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Picture: NHDC
- Credit: Archant While our cases in North Hertfordshire have not been as high as in the south of the county, they are rising rapidly - as much as 61 per cent in one week - and it is now clear that the new variant of the virus is causing a dramatic rise in those catching the virus and becoming seriously ill across the whole of the South East.