Hertfordshire County Council.
Council with no overall control county. £1146m net revenue. 176 wards across 12 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 10 districts: Broxbourne, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Stevenage, Three Rivers, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield.
8 Jun 2026
Council chamber, 3-party MP geography.
Hertfordshire County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £1,146m for 2025-26. It covers 176 wards spanning 12 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
| District | Band D bill | County tax sourced | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broxbourne | £2,198.11 | £64.9m | 10 |
| Dacorum | £2,294.23 | £107.5m | 25 |
| East Hertfordshire | £2,339.63 | £116.3m | 26 |
| Hertsmere | £2,289.22 | £77.0m | 16 |
| North Hertfordshire | £2,332.61 | £89.8m | 25 |
| St Albans | £2,305.95 | £113.8m | 20 |
| Stevenage | £2,281.28 | £50.9m | 13 |
| Three Rivers | £2,306.47 | £70.8m | 13 |
| Watford | £2,343.38 | £63.8m | 12 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £2,333.46 | £78.2m | 16 |
Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Hertfordshire County Council’s own precept (£1769.87/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £833.2m.
Who sits in the chamber.
Councillors — the people.
Councillor data not yet ingested for Hertfordshire County Council.
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (county): 73% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (66%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,770 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Hertfordshire County Council split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (county)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERTS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TR | £123.26m | 16.6% | 53 |
| IDENTITY REDACTED | £59.33m | 8.0% | 29,610 |
| RINGWAY INFRASTURCTURE (CONTRACT 2) | £45.63m | 6.1% | 6 |
| HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY NHS TRUST | £11.60m | 1.6% | 62 |
| CARE BY US LTD | £6.79m | 0.9% | 260 |
| ONE YMCA | £5.47m | 0.7% | 40 |
| CHANGE GROWLIVE SERVICES | £4.95m | 0.7% | 16 |
| ST ELIZABETH HOME | £4.95m | 0.7% | 120 |
| ABBOTS CARE LTD | £4.82m | 0.6% | 112 |
| CARETECH COMMUNITY SERVICES LTD | £4.76m | 0.6% | 289 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Social Care | HERTS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TR | £49.60m |
| Corporate And Central | HERTS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TR | £24.87m |
| Childrens Services | IDENTITY REDACTED | £10.55m |
| Waste And Recycling | RINGWAY HH INTERFCE 405126 (CONTACT | £7.65m |
Hertfordshire County Council’s territory crosses 12 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East Hertfordshire | 21 | 12% | Chris Hinchliff | Lab |
| Harpenden and Berkhamsted | 18 | 10% | Victoria Collins | LD |
| Hertford and Stortford | 16 | 9% | Josh Dean | Lab |
| Hertsmere | 16 | 9% | Oliver Dowden | Con |
| Stevenage | 16 | 9% | Kevin Bonavia | Lab |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 15 | 9% | Andrew Lewin | Lab |
| Hemel Hempstead | 14 | 8% | David Taylor | Lab |
| South West Hertfordshire | 14 | 8% | Gagan Mohindra | Con |
| Watford | 13 | 7% | Matt Turmaine | Lab |
| Broxbourne | 12 | 7% | Lewis Cocking | Con |
| St Albans | 12 | 7% | Daisy Cooper | LD |
| Hitchin | 9 | 5% | Alistair Strathern | Lab |
This council holds 7 Lab, 3 Con and 2 LD MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a -controlled county — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 20 other councils (county)
84,157 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level