Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England, the United Kingdom. It currently consists of 77 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, which has 55 councillors, versus 17 Liberal Democrats, 3 Labour councillors, one Green, and one English Democrats.
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