Hertfordshire County Council election results 2021: Tring division

Results from Thursday's Hertfordshire County Council election are coming in, and in Tring Liberal Democrats candidate Sally Symington has won the seat.

Members are routinely elected every four years in ‘all-out’ elections – with the last set of full elections held in 2017.

There are 10 county councillors elected from divisions in Dacorum.

Eight of those 10 seats were held by Conservatives and two by Lib Dems, before Thursday's election.

Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green candidates were standing in every one of the county council seats within Dacorum – with a Reform candidate standing in Bridgewater and independent Jan Maddern in Hemel Hempstead South East.

Voter turn out in Tring was 45%.

Tring

Elected - Sally Symington (Liberal Democrats) - 2814 votes (50%)

Gbola Adeleke (Conservative) - 1686 votes (30%)

Roger Oliver (Green Party) - 614 votes (11%)

Jim Lawler (Labour) - 504 votes (9%).

Cllr Sally Symington said: "I am honoured to have been elected as County Councillor for Tring Division.

"It is testament to the hard work of my Liberal Democrat colleagues on Tring Town Council, Dacorum Borough Council and my predecessor, Nick Hollinghurst, who have demonstrated the importance to local residents of strong local representation and of having their voices heard in local government decision-making.

"I welcome the opportunity to work with everyone in the community to ensure we have the right infrastructure and resources locally to build a greener, fairer and healthier future.

"A future that recognises both the effects of the pandemic and the need to address climate change in our ways of living and how we grow our communities."

Voters in Dacorum also voted on who they wanted to take up the role of Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire – the contest was due to take place last year, but was delayed due to the pandemic.

The result of Herts PCC and the Dacorum Borough Council by-election - Tring Central Ward and Leverstock Green Ward - will be announced today (May 10).