| Election Name: | 1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2000 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Seats For Election: | All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 25 |
| Image1: | Con |
| Leader1: | F. John Smith |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 17 |
| Seats After1: | 28 |
| Seat Change1: | 11 |
| Leader2: | David Kearns |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 26 |
| Seats After2: | 18 |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Image3: | LD |
| Leader3: | Ian Simpson |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 6 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | David Kearns |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| After Election: | F. John Smith |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 1999 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 6 May 1999, at the same time as other local elections across Britain. All 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election following changes to ward boundaries.[1]
Labour lost control of the council to the Conservatives at the election, with the Conservative leader, F. John Smith, becoming leader of the council, taking the role from the Labour leader, David Kearns. The Liberal Democrat leader, Ian Simpson, lost his seat at the election and was replaced as group leader after the election by Steve Jarvis.[2]
The overall results were as follows:
The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[2] [3] [4] [5]