This year's county council elections will see eight candidates standing to contest Hertford's two seats in May.

A by-election for the vacant town council seat in Bengeo is also taking place, with three candidates standing to replace Cllr.Linda Radford, who died last year.
The local Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties are fielding candidates for both county council seats, with the Green Party also standing in All Saints. The current councillor for All Saints is standing as an independent after resigning from the Conservative Party in December.
In the by-election, the Conservatives, Labour and Greens are fielding candidates.
The list of candidates for the county council election is:
Hertford All Saints
Ben Crystall (Green)
Jan Goodeve (Con)
Rob Pinkham (Lab)
Andrew Porrer (LibDem)
Andrew Stevenson (Ind)
Hertford St.Andrew
Josh Dean (Lab)
Bob Deering (Con)
Geoff Madge (LibDem)
In the Bengeo by-election, the candidates standing are:
Sue Dunkley (Con)
Veronica Fraser (Lab)
Vicky Smith (Green)
Elections take place on Thursday 6th May.
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