Politics
The borough council currently consists of 39 elected councillors, with a third being elected at each election. As of the 2011 election there are 35 Conservative and 4 Labour councillors.
Until 1983 the borough was included in the parliamentary constituency of Hertfordshire South. In 1983 the constituency was renamed Hertsmere.
Hertsmere has been represented in Parliament by Conservative, James Clappison since 1992. He succeeded Cecil Parkinson who had been Member of Parliament for the area since 1974.
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