Voters in North Herts will go to the ballot box today, Thursday, May 2.

Every district council seat is up for election in 2024 – across Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth, Royston and the surrounding villages.

Voters have elected their district councillors one-third at a time in most elections since 1980 – with North Herts Council polls in three out of every four years.

But the authority has ditched this "thirds" system.

North Herts Council will instead hold whole council elections every four years – in 2024, 2028, 2032, and so on.

Based on 2021 figures – when councillors agreed to make the move – "all out" votes will save taxpayers roughly £40,000 per year.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has also redrawn the ward boundaries in North Herts.

As part of its order, some voters could find themselves in new wards this year.

The number of district council members will rise – from 49 to 51.

Labour is the largest party in North Herts with 19 seats – shy of the 25 seats required for a majority.

The Liberal Democrats have 15 seats.

The two parties run a joint administration – similar to a coalition – with members from both political groups on North Herts Council's cabinet.

Fifteen Conservative councillors make up the political opposition in the district.

Voters throughout Hertfordshire will also elect a police and crime commissioner on polling day.

After the local elections in May, Rishi Sunak is expected to call a general election in the "second half" of this year.

Voters in the Hitchin, North East Hertfordshire and Stevenage constituencies will elect their members of parliament in the poll which must take place before the end of January 2025.

Hertfordshire County Council elections are due in May 2025.

Here are the candidates standing in the North Herts Council elections 2024:

Arbury

One seat for election.

Nikki Da Costa – Conservative

Anne Fletcher – Green

Liz Oliver – Labour

Tom Tyson – Liberal Democrat

Baldock East

Two seats for election.

Rhona Cameron – Labour

Juan Cowell – Conservative

Lee Perrott – Conservative

Steve Thomas – Liberal Democrat

Phil Weeder – Liberal Democrat

Stewart Willoughby – Labour

Baldock West

Three seats for election.

Jim Barber – Liberal Democrat

Paul Barber – Liberal Democrat

Pippa Clayton – Reform UK

Michael Muir – Conservative

Emma Rowe – Labour

Richard Salt – Conservative

David Sims – Liberal Democrat

James Toone – Labour

Kruna Vukmirovic – Green

Alistair Willoughby – Labour

Andrew Young – Conservative

Cadwell

One seat for election.

Charles Laing – Conservative

Roger Nisbet – Green

Louise Peace – Liberal Democrat

Alan Trangmar – Labour

Codicote and Kimpton

Two seats for election.

Davina Anderson – Labour

Amy Finch – Liberal Democrat

Mark Lenthall – Labour

Ralph Muncer – Conservative

Marilyn Parkin – Liberal Democrat

Steven Patmore – Conservative

Ermine

One seat for election.

Thomas Lingard – Labour

Hugh Parker – Green

Martin Prescott – Conservative

Hugo Rainey – Liberal Democrat

Graveley, St Ippolyts and Wymondley

Two seats for election.

Michael Goddard – Conservative

Dominic Griffiths – Liberal Democrat

Caroline McDonnell – Liberal Democrat

Ian Moody – Conservative

Emma Newport – Green

Indie Sunner – Labour

Gordon White – Labour

Great Ashby

Two seats for election.

Hayley Collins – Liberal Democrat

Michael Hewitt – Conservative

Sal Jarvis – Liberal Democrat

Segun Laniyan – Conservative

Vijaiya 'VJ' Poopalasingham – Labour

Laura Williams – Labour

Hitchin Bearton

Three seats for election.

Bob Adams – Christian Peoples Alliance

Randy Akubue – Christian Peoples Alliance

Ian Albert – Labour

Val Bryant – Labour

Charles Bunker – Reform UK

Joanne Collins – Liberal Democrat

Bukky Cordle – Christian Peoples Alliance

Deolinda Eltringham – Green

Sarah Jane Free – Conservative

Faye Frost – Conservative

Ayan Halder – Liberal Democrat

Tim Lee – Green

Mary Marshall – Green

Susana Muñoz Maniega – Liberal Democrat

Mark Scott – Conservative

Dave Winstanley – Labour

Hitchin Highbury

Two seats for election.

Jon Clayden – Liberal Democrat

Sam Collins – Liberal Democrat

Will Dunlop – Conservative

Angela Griggs – Labour

Tom Hogan – Labour

David Leal-Bennett – Reform UK

Gulshan Mangat – Conservative

Julie Rackham – Green

Leigh Smith – Christian Peoples Alliance

Hitchin Oughton

Two seats for election.

Daisy Appoh – Christian Peoples Alliance

Clare Billing – Labour

Matthew Ellinger – Conservative

Gary Hammond – Liberal Democrat

Hollison James – Christian Peoples Alliance

Michael Leach – Conservative

Nigel Mason – Labour

Anne Senechal – Liberal Democrat

Hitchin Priory

Two seats for election.

Bella Callow-Robinson – Labour

Sue Dearden – Labour

Laura Douglas-Hamilton – Conservative

Keith Hoskins – Liberal Democrat

Chris Lucas – Liberal Democrat

Roger Piepenstock – Conservative

Grace Woodward – Green

Hitchin Walsworth

Three seats for election.

Sid Cordle – Christian Peoples Alliance

Elizabeth Dennis – Labour

Victoria Dunlop – Conservaitve

Andrew Ircha – Liberal Democrat

Anthony John-Goodman – Conservative

Roger King – Liberal Democrat

William Lavin – Green

Gary Morley – Conservative

Liz Townsend – Liberal Democrat

Donna Wright – Labour

Daniel Wright-Mason – Labour

Hitchwood

One seat for election.

Frank Carr – Labour

Joe Graziano – Conservative

Carol Stanier – Liberal Democrat

Knebworth

Two seats for election.

Paul Balbi – Labour

Jamie Crofts – Conservative

Jan Gosling – Labour

Davina Malcolm – Green

Mohammad Miah – Conservative

Lisa Nash – Liberal Democrat

Paul Ward – Liberal Democrat

Letchworth Grange

Two seats for election.

Steve Adelantado – Reform UK

Cory Bloxham – Conservative

Harrison Edwards – Conservative

Emma Fernandes – Labour

Elizabeth Freeman – Liberal Democrat

Ian Mantle – Labour

Samick Sofat – Liberal Democrat

Andrew Wallis – Green

Mark Webb – Christian Peoples Alliance

Letchworth Norton

Two seats for election.

Daniel Allen – Labour

Tina Bhartwas – Labour

Simon Bloxham – Conservative

Morgan Derbyshire – Conservative

David Morris – Green

Roy Thompson – Liberal Democrat

Sharon Weeder – Liberal Democrat

Letchworth South East

Three seats for election.

Hammad Baig – Conservative

Sadie Billing – Labour

Mick Debenham – Labour

James Durston – Conservative

Maryla Hart – Green

David Levett – Conservative

Heather Macmillan – Liberal Democrat

Paul Marment – Liberal Democrat

Barry Neale – Liberal Democrat

Tamsin Thomas – Labour

Letchworth South West

Three seats for election.

Edward Birdsall – Reform UK

Stephen Boakes – Conservative

David Chalmers – Liberal Democrat

Andrew Clare – Conservative

Tom Coates – Reform UK

Terry Hone – Conservative

Rebecca Kirk – Labour

Dugald Muir – Green

Sean Prendergast – Liberal Democrat

Martin Stears-Handscomb – Labour

Garry Warren – Reform UK

Jeryl Willoughby – Labour

Claire Winchester – Liberal Democrat

Letchworth Wilbury

Two seats for election.

Amy Allen – Labour

Monica Bloxham – Conservative

David May – Liberal Democrat

Sean Nolan – Labour

Janine Paterson – Conservative

Louise Phillips – Liberal Democrat

Offa

Two seats for election.

David Barnard – Conservative

Stewart Bryant – Labour

Nicky Clark – Green

Bridget Duffy – Labour

Neil Stevenson – Liberal Democrat

Claire Strong – Conservative

Natali Topliff – Liberal Democrat

Royston Heath

Two seats for election.

Ruth Brown – Liberal Democrat

Shirley Clark – Labour

Mark Crowley – Conservative

Ken Garland – Labour

Martin Lewis – Conservative

Bryony May – Liberal Democrat

Des Stephens – Green

Royston Meridian

Three seats for election.

Matt Barnes – Liberal Democrat

Callum Bartram-Bell – Conservative

Suzy Brandes – Conservative

Ruth Clifton – Liberal Democrat

Tim Johnson – Liberal Democrat

Stephen Lockett – Labour

Sarah Lucas – Labour

Roman Mamatov – Conservative

Francis Sedgemore – Green

Vaughan West – Labour

Royston Palace

Two seats for election.

Lisa Adams – Independent

Catherine Brownjohn – Labour

Paul Fletcher – Conservative

Jean Green – Conservative

Chris Hinchliff – Labour

Gill Lewis – Liberal Democrat

Emma Squire-Smith – Liberal Democrat

Weston and Sandon

One seat for election.

Steve Jarvis – Liberal Democrat

Martin Kristensen – Conservative

Rhys Lancaster – Labour

Elizabeth Ryder Ford – Green