| Election Name: | 1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1990 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 1992 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Image1: | Con |
| Leader1: | Bob Flatman |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 29 |
| Seats After1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 16 |
| Seats After2: | 18 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Image3: | RA |
| Party3: | Ratepayers Association |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Image4: | LD |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Image5: | Ind |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | Bob Flatman |
| Before Party: | Conservative |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| After Election: | Bob Flatman |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 1991, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council.[1]
The Conservatives made a net loss of three seats, and only narrowly retained their majority on the council.[2] [3]
The overall results were as follows:
The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[4]
The Letchworth South East seat was previously held by Tony Quinn, who had been elected in 1987 as an SDP councillor. Following the demise of the continuing SDP in 1990, he had joined Labour for the last year of his term.