Hertfordshire County Council leader David Williams has failed to be re-elected. Credit: St Albans Lib Dems The leader of Hertfordshire County Council has lost his seat after the 2021 local election results were announced. Conservative leader David Williams was narrowly beaten by Liberal Democrat candidate Paul de Kort in Harpenden North East. Although the Conservatives were able to retain a large majority on the county council, Mr Williams defeat will come as huge blow to the party. Mr Williams, who is also chairman of the national County Councils Network, polled 2,022 votes which was lower than Mr de Kort s 2,063. Congratulations Paul de Kort @pauldekort1 elected Lib Dem county councillor for Harpenden North East division pic.twitter.com/46ef7n1wJi St Albans Lib Dems (@StAlbansLDs) May 8, 2021
“It’s opened up democracy a lot more, which is what we have been trying to do.”
Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst, leader of Herts County Council s Liberal Democrat group
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Leader of the Liberal Democrat group, Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst also believes the decision of the High Court was “disappointing”.
He said it is “unreasonable” of the government not to have made parliamentary time to legislate, to allow remote meetings to continue while COVID was a risk, and he hopes the Secretary of State would bring forward parliamentary time to do so.
Cllr Giles-Medhurst also pointed to those councillors who will be wary about returning to face to face meetings – and to the ‘huge’ extra costs of making premises ‘safe’.
PROTECTING jobs and services, building a stronger economy and protecting the environment are among the priorities being put forward by Labour candidates in Hertfordshire, in the run-up to the county council elections on May 6. The priorities are include in the Party’s 28-page manifesto, which sets out a vision for a Labour-run Hertfordshire County Council. According to the manifesto, a Labour administration would review all county council contracts with external organisations within the first year – making in-house service delivery the first choice. It would work to ensure external contracts were awarded to local companies and insist those with council contracts pay a ‘real Living Wage’.
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