Broxbourne Borough Council

Broxbourne Borough Council is the local authority for the Broxbourne non-metropolitan district of Hertfordshire, England. Broxbourne is located in the south-east of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The Council itself is based in Cheshunt, the largest settlement in the district.

Broxbourne Borough Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Mayor
David Taylor, Conservative
since 19 May 2021[1]
Leader of the Council
Lewis Cocking, Conservative
since 14 May 2019[2]
Structure
Seats30
Political groups
Administration (27)
  Conservatives (27)

Opposition (3)

  Labour (3)
Elections
Last election
6 May 2021
Meeting place

Borough Offices, Bishop's College, Churchgate, Cheshunt
Website
http://www.broxbourne.gov.uk

The Council consists of 30 elected members, representing ten electoral wards. All ten wards elect three councillors each.

The Council is currently controlled by the Conservatives, who hold 28 of the 30 seats. Labour held three seats all in the Waltham Cross ward, but a by-election held in March 2017 saw the Conservatives gain the seat from Labour, and a sharp increase in the UKIP vote.

The Conservatives have controlled the council since the first election in 1973, making it the nineteenth safest in the country.

Wards
See also: Broxbourne Borough Council elections

Broxbourne consists of ten wards.

  • Hoddesdon North
  • Hoddesdon Town & Rye Park
  • Broxbourne & Hoddesdon South
  • Wormley & Turnford
  • Rosedale & Bury Green

Goffs Oak

  • Cheshunt North
  • Cheshunt South & Theobalds
  • Flamstead End
  • Waltham Cross

Arms
Coat of arms of Broxbourne Borough Council
Notes
Granted 4 December 1974.[3]
Crest
On a wreath Argent and Gules a demi badger Proper holding in the paws a cross formy Or.
Escutcheon
Per pale wavy Ermine and Gules on a chevron Or between in dexter chief a rose Gules slipped and leaved dimidiated with a thistle slipped Proper in sinister chief an oak tree eradicated Proper fructed Or and in base a Catherine wheel Sable a chevron couped per pale wavy Gules and Ermine.
Motto
Cor Unum Via Una (One Heart One Way)

References
  1. "Council minutes, 19 May 2020". Broxbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. "Council minutes, 14 May 2019". Broxbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  3. "East of England Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

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