Photo: Peter S · CC BY-SA 2.0The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Dacorum Borough Council
Chipperfield is run by Dacorum Borough Council, Three Rivers District Council and Hertfordshire County Council, with Chipperfield parish council for local matters. The Liberal Democrats have a majority on Dacorum Borough Council. No party holds a majority on either Three Rivers District Council or Hertfordshire County Council. Most of Chipperfield is in Hemel Hempstead (MP David Taylor, Labour); 18% of residents are in South West Hertfordshire (MP Mr Gagan Mohindra, Conservative).
£2,458
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Chipperfield’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Dacorum Borough Council
The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Dacorum Borough Council: 27 of its 51 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 19, Labour 4 and independents 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Hertfordshire changed hands in 2025
Hertfordshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (45 of 78 seats in 2021) to no overall control at the May 2025 election: the Liberal Democrats won 31 of 78 seats. Hertfordshire ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Chipperfield’s wards, the Conservatives took 47.2%, Reform UK took 22.6% and the Liberal Democrats took 18.9% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, the Conservatives had 58.8%. How Chipperfield has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Chipperfield is £2,459 for 2026–27; Dacorum Borough Council keeps 10% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 57% in ten years, in line with England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Chipperfield’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 26 of Dacorum’s 51 or 20 of Three Rivers’s 39 or 40 of Hertfordshire’s 78 seats to run the council alone.
- Liberal Democrat27
- Conservative19
- Labour4
- Independent1
Latest election: May 2023.
- Liberal Democrat18
- Conservative16
- Green3
- Labour2
Latest election: May 2026.
- Liberal Democrat31+7
- Conservative23−22
- Reform UK13+13
- Green5+4
- Labour5−2
- Independent1no change
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Chipperfield has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
82% of Chipperfield’s residents · Band D precept £78
The parish council for the part of Chipperfield inside Sarratt parish.
Who runs Chipperfield: same source as Who runs Chipperfield, above.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
82% of Chipperfield’s residents
Website ↗Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Who runs Chipperfield: same source as Who runs Chipperfield, above.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Chipperfield, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parish2 parish councilsChipperfield parish councilSarratt parish council
- 2Council wards2 wards · 6 councillorsStewart RiddickGbola AdelekePhilip Anthony WalkerMatthew HuntCiaran ReedOliver Cooper
- 3Hertfordshire County Council2 divisions · 2 councillorsRichard RobertsLouise Price
- 4Police and crime commissionerHertfordshire Constabulary · elected May 2024Jonathan Ash-Edwards
- 5House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
6 councillors for 2 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Stewart RiddickConservative · May 2023
- Gbola AdelekeConservative · May 2023
- Philip Anthony WalkerConservative · May 2023
- Matthew HuntConservative · May 2026
- Ciaran ReedConservative · May 2024
- Oliver CooperConservative · May 2023
Show as a table, with Hertfordshire County Council’s 2 divisions (2 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bovingdon, Flaunden and ChipperfieldDacorum · 14% in Chipperfield · 1,373 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Stewart RiddickGbola AdelekePhilip Anthony Walker | May 2023 |
| Chorleywood North & SarrattThree Rivers · 4% in Chipperfield · 305 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Matthew HuntCiaran ReedOliver Cooper | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
Hertfordshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Langley ED9% in Chipperfield · 1,373 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Richard Roberts | May 2025 |
| Three Rivers Rural ED1% in Chipperfield · 305 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Louise Price | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Dacorum Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
The Conservatives have led every council vote since 2021
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Chipperfield’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 6.6% | 6.5% | 7.7% | 5.5% | 7.8% |
| Labour | 3.8% | 5.5% | 14.3% | 6.5% | 3.6% |
| Liberal Democrat | 23.5% | 32.4% | 24.9% | 29.2% | 18.9% |
| Independent | 8.6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Conservative | 57.6% | 55.5% | 53.1% | 58.8% | 47.2% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22.6% |
In 2026, the Conservatives won 1 of the 1 seats up in Chipperfield’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Three Rivers council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Chipperfield, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Not every seat in the town’s wards was up this time.
No election is scheduled yet for Chipperfield’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗2,551 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Chipperfield is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024
82% of Chipperfield’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 62% (England 60%).
Majority 4,857 of 44,108 votes (11%): the 208th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Conservative, MP since 12 December 2019
18% of Chipperfield’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 67% (England 60%).
Majority 4,456 of 48,254 votes (9.2%): the 170th-narrowest of 543 in England.
44,108 votes for candidates · majority 4,857
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 44,108 votes from 71,035 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 4,857 of 44,108 votes (11%): the 208th-narrowest of 543 in England.
South West Hertfordshire
48,254 votes for candidates · majority 4,456
Conservative, MP since 12 December 2019.
turnout in July 2024: 48,254 votes from 71,737 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 4,456 of 48,254 votes (9.2%): the 170th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Chipperfield’s Band D council tax is £2,459 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Dacorum Borough Council keeps £243.21 of a Band D bill (10%); the rest goes to the Chipperfield parish council, Hertfordshire County Council and the Hertfordshire police and crime commissioner.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,458 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Dacorum’s Band D bill has risen 57% in ten years, from £1,530.93 in 2016–17, in line with England’s average (56%). It was £514.13 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Chipperfield, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Hertfordshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Hertfordshire
| Dacorum + Hertfordshire | Chipperfield’s councils | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £475 | £476 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £219 | £219 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £69 | £68 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £10 | £31 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £100 | £107 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £37 | £39 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £31 | £17 | £26 |
| Public health | £54 | £54 | £78 |
| Running the council | £91 | £65 | £59 |
| Other | £1 | £7 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,130 | £1,124 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Dacorum per its residents plus Hertfordshire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Hertfordshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Chipperfield is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
dacorum.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
dacorum.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Chipperfield is run
Which council runs Chipperfield?
Chipperfield is run by Dacorum Borough Council, Three Rivers District Council and Hertfordshire County Council. The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Chipperfield have a town council?
Yes: Chipperfield has its own parish-tier council (Chipperfield parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £78 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Chipperfield?
Chipperfield is split between 2 constituencies: Hemel Hempstead (David Taylor, Labour) and South West Hertfordshire (Mr Gagan Mohindra, Conservative). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Chipperfield have?
6 ward councillors represent Chipperfield’s 2 wards, and 2 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Chipperfield?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Chipperfield’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Chipperfield?
Band D council tax in Chipperfield is £2,458 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Dacorum Borough Council?
The Liberal Democrats have a majority: 27 of 51 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Three Rivers District Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Liberal Democrat 18 · Conservative 16 · Green 3 · Labour 2 of 39 seats; a majority needs 20.
Who won the 2026 council election in Chipperfield?
In Chipperfield’s wards on 7 May 2026, Conservative 1 of the 1 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 47.2%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.