Mary Connolly, Liberal Democrat representative, has not been re-elected as district councillor for Carpenders Park.

Eric Bishop (Conservative) has been elected the new district councillor for the ward having received 1,386 votes compared to Mary Connolly's 1,157 votes and Brendan O'Brien (Labour) who had 340 votes.

Turnout for the ward was 74 per cent.

This is the second local seat in the past hour that the Liberal Democrats have lost to the Conservative party in South West Hertfordshire.