| Election Name: | 2021 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2022 North Hertfordshire District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 of 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 25 |
| Image1: | Con |
| Leader1: | David Levett |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 22 |
| Seats After1: | 23 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,518 |
| Percentage1: | 41.5% |
| Leader2: | Martin Stears-Handscomb |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 16 |
| Seats After2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,402 |
| Percentage2: | 26.9% |
| Image3: | LD |
| Leader3: | Paul Clark |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 11 |
| Seats After3: | 11 |
| Popular Vote3: | 6,978 |
| Percentage3: | 20.0% |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | Martin Stears-Handscomb Labour |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| After Election: | Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg Labour |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2021 North Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect 17 of the 49 members of North Hertfordshire District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections around the country. This election had originally been due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The council remained under no overall control, with a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition continuing to run the council. Martin Stears-Handscomb, leader of the Labour group and leader of the council prior to the election, lost his seat at this election; he had chosen to contest Letchworth South East rather than the Hitchin Oughton seat he had previously held, which put him directly challenging the Conservative leader, David Levett, who retained the seat.[2] Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg was appointed new leader of the Labour group and leader of the council after the election, with the Liberal Democrat leader, Paul Clark, continuing to serve as deputy leader of the council.[3]
The overall results were as follows:[4]
The results for each ward were as follows. Where the previous incumbent was standing for re-election they are marked with an asterisk(*). A double dagger(‡) indicates a sitting councillor contesting a different ward.[4]
Changes from the 2016 election.
The result was initially a tie, with Terry Tyler (Liberal Democrat) and Dominic Griffiths (Conservative) both receiving 727 votes; they drew straws for an extra tie-break vote.[5]
Changes from the 2018 election.
Changes from the 2018 election.
Changes from the 2018 election.
Changes from the 2018 election.
Changes from the 2018 election.
This Letchworth Wilbury seat had been previously held by Labour councillor Deepak Sangha, but had been vacant since his resignation in March 2020, but no by-election could be held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
The Royston Meridian by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Bill Davidson.
The Royston Palace by-election had been triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Ben Lewis, who had resigned in March 2020, but no by-election could be held until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
The Hitchin Highbury by-election was triggered by the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Paul Clark, who was his party's group leader and deputy leader of the council.[7] The Liberal Democrats retained the seat. Ruth Brown was appointed new leader of the Liberal Democrat group and deputy leader of the council following Paul Clark's death.[8]