Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council elections

One third of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 48 councillors representing 16 wards, each of which elects three councillors.[1]

Council elections

Composition of the council[2]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Independents
& Others 		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (43 seats)
1973 19 24 0 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (43 seats)[3]
1976 24 19 0 0 Conservative
1978 23 20 0 0 Conservative
1979 21 22 0 0 Labour
1980 18 25 0 0 Labour
1982 18 25 0 0 Labour
1983 19 24 0 0 Labour
1984 19 24 0 0 Labour
1986[4] 17 24 2 0 Labour
1987 18 23 2 0 Labour
1988 19 22 2 0 Labour
1990 19 24 0 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (47 seats)[5]
1991 21 26 0 0 Labour
1992 24 23 0 0 Conservative
1994[6] 23 24 0 0 Labour
1995 20 27 0 0 Labour
1996 16 31 0 0 Labour
1998 20 27 0 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)[7][8]
1999 24 21 0 0[b] No overall control
2000 23 25 0 0 Labour
2002 26 22 0 0 Conservative
2003 27 21 0 0 Conservative
2004 31 15 2 0 Conservative
2006 32 12 3 1 Conservative
2007 35 10 3 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)[9][10]
2008 40 5 3 0 Conservative
2010 40 5 3 0 Conservative
2011 37 9 2 0 Conservative
2012 34 11 2 1 Conservative
2014 31 14 2 1 Conservative
2015 31 14 2 1 Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)[1]
2016 28 15 5 0 Conservative
2018 28 15 8 0 Conservative
2019 23 13 12 0 No overall control
2021 28 9 11 0 Conservative
2022 26 10 12 0 Conservative
2023 22 12 14 0 No overall control
2024 12 20 16 0 No overall control

Results maps

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  • 2010 results map
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  • 2011 results map
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  • 2012 results map
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  • 2014 results map
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  • 2015 results map
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  • 2016 results map
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  • 2018 results map
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  • 2019 results map
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  • 2021 results map
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  • 2022 results map
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  • 2023 results map
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  • 2024 results map
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By-election results

1994–1998

Panshanger By-Election 10 July 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 486 49.5 +10.4
Labour 292 29.8 −22.4
Liberal Democrats 109 11.1 +2.4
No to Sleaze, No to Slough 94 9.6 +9.6
Majority 194 19.7
Turnout 981 25.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hatfield North By-Election 7 August 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 517 42.9 +21.0
Labour 454 37.7 −28.2
Liberal Democrats 156 13.0 +0.7
Other 77 6.4 +6.4
Majority 63 5.2
Turnout 1,204
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1998–2002

Hollybush By-Election 25 June 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 726 75.0 +8.3
Conservative 241 24.9 +4.7
Majority 485 50.1
Turnout 967 23.0
Labour hold Swing
Peartree By-Election 25 June 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 528 83.7 +15.4
Conservative 103 16.3 −1.2
Majority 425 67.4
Turnout 631 13.0
Labour hold Swing
Hollybush By-Election 17 June 1999 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 802
Labour 797
Labour 772
Conservative 282
Conservative 282
Conservative 272
Liberal Democrats 82
Liberal Democrats 81
Liberal Democrats 69
Turnout 3,439 29.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Handside By-Election 31 August 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 831 51.6
Labour 381 23.7
Liberal Democrats 276 17.2
UKIP 121 7.5
Majority 450 27.9
Turnout 1,609 30.1
Conservative hold Swing
Haldens By-Election 8 November 2001[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 611 58.8 +1.7
Conservative 363 34.9 +4.4
Liberal Democrats 65 6.3 −6.2
Majority 248 23.9
Turnout 1,039 22.7
Labour hold Swing

2002–2006

Hatfield North By-Election 19 June 2003[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard Morgan 539 50.7 +7.9
Labour 398 37.4 −4.9
Liberal Democrats 126 11.9 −3.0
Majority 141 13.3
Turnout 1,063 24.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hatfield North By-Election 27 November 2003[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clare Berry 484 46.8 −3.9
Labour Stuart Jackson 444 42.9 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Mike Larkins 106 10.3 −1.6
Majority 40 3.9
Turnout 1,034 23.8
Conservative hold Swing
Sherrards By-Election 27 November 2003[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Wheeler 689 46.0 +0.4
Labour Christopher Cory 521 34.8 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Skidmore 288 19.2 +4.8
Majority 168 11.2
Turnout 1,498 34.6
Conservative hold Swing
Haldens By-Election 30 June 2005[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Smith 546 38.2 −0.2
Conservative Sara Johnston 456 32.0 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Eirwen Smith 425 29.8 +3.0
Majority 90 6.2
Turnout 1,427 32.8
Labour hold Swing
Handside By-Election 30 June 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Skottowe 1,124 56.5 +11.0
Conservative Lance Stanbury 702 35.2 −8.4
Labour Sarah Carthew 165 8.3 −2.6
Majority 422 21.3
Turnout 1,498 40.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2006–2010

Welham Green By-Election 3 January 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doug Berry 539 40.7
Liberal Democrats John Elvy 484 36.5
BNP Mark Fuller 214 16.2
Labour Bridgit Croft 88 6.6
Majority 55 4.2
Turnout 1,325 46.6
Conservative hold Swing
Hatfield Central By-Election 26 June 2008[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Cook 425 33.2 −8.3
Liberal Democrats Hazel Laming 329 25.7 +10.5
Conservative Stan Laver-Walton 319 24.9 −18.4
BNP Mark Fuller 138 10.8 +10.8
Independent Timothy Butler 69 5.4 +5.4
Majority 96 7.5
Turnout 1,280 28.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Hatfield East By-Election 4 June 2009[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Kingsbury 954 50.1 −6.2
Liberal Democrats Hazel Laming 579 30.4 +9.4
Labour Cathy Watson 370 19.4 −3.2
Majority 375 19.7
Turnout 1,903 40.4
Conservative hold Swing
Hatfield South By-Election 4 June 2009[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kieran Thorpe 431 38.0
Conservative Sarah Langley 413 36.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Archer 291 25.6
Majority 18 1.6
Turnout 1,135 32.2
Labour hold Swing

2010–2014

Haldens By-Election 2 May 2013[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Crump 580 39.1 −10.8
Conservative Madeleine Sawle 458 30.8 −4.2
UKIP Kevin Daley 277 18.7 +18.7
Green Susan Groom 104 7.0 −2.5
Liberal Democrats Frank Marsh 66 4.4 −1.2
Majority 122 8.2
Turnout 1,485
Labour hold Swing

2014–2018

Haldens By-Election 17 November 2016[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nathaniel Chapman 502 34.1 −1.3
Labour Astrid Thorpe 454 30.8 −6.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony Dennis 437 29.6 +17.7
Green Lynne Allison 81 5.5 −9.5
Majority 48 3.3
Turnout 1,474
Conservative hold Swing
Panshanger By-Election 4 May 2017[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Mitchinson 643 38.3 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Ayesha Rohale 620 36.9 +21.4
Labour Lucy Musk 418 24.9 +2.6
Majority 23 1.4
Turnout 1,681
Conservative hold Swing
Hatfield Villages By-Election 8 June 2017[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tara-Mary Lyons 1,359 40.1 +2.2
Conservative Peter Hebden 1,352 39.9 −10.0
Liberal Democrats Jane Quinton 677 20.0 +7.8
Majority 7 0.2
Turnout 3,388
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Handside By-Election 14 December 2017[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Elam 1105 52.4 +16.7
Conservative Drew Richardson 691 32.8 −9.3
Labour Belinda Yeldon 260 12.3 −3.5
Majority 375 19.7
Turnout 2,111 38.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2018–2022

Hatfield Central By-Election 7 July 2022[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kieran Thorpe 599 53.7 +0.9
Conservative Mark Smith 273 24.5 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Griffiths 183 16.4 +2.6
Abolish the TV Licence Party Melvyn Jones 61 5.5 +5.5
Majority 326 29.2
Turnout 1,116
Labour hold Swing

2022–2026

Held alongside the 2025 Hertfordshire County Council election.

Brookmans Park and Little Heath by-election: 1 May 2025[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Thomson 813 45.9 –13.0
Reform Michael Southwell 521 29.4 +22.6
Labour Graham Beevers 223 12.6 –8.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Green 134 7.6 –0.2
Green William Berrington 82 4.6 –0.6
Majority 292 16.5 –21.1
Turnout 1,773 36.6 +1.0
Registered electors 5,028
Conservative hold
Peartree by-election: 1 May 2025[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Fauzia Haider 420 34.2 –9.1
Reform Mark Biddle 375 30.5 New
Labour Sarah Ellingworth 243 19.8 –16.5
Conservative Jeet Dhelaria 98 8.0 –4.2
Green Tanya Dickson 91 7.4 –0.8
Majority 45 3.7 –3.3
Turnout 1,227 31.3 +5.2
Registered electors 5,580
Liberal Democrats hold

References

  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ^ Including 3 vacant seats
  1. ^ a b "The Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/116, retrieved 12 May 2023
  2. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ^ The District of Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  4. ^ The East Hertfordshire and Welwyn Hatfield (Areas) Order 1985
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  6. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex, Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  8. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  10. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Tories inch ahead". guardian.co.uk. London. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  12. ^ "Labour loses three seats in council by-elections". St Albans & Harpenden Review. 25 June 2003. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  13. ^ a b "Small byelection gain for Lib Dems". guardian.co.uk. London. 28 November 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  14. ^ "By Election Results - 30 June 2005". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  15. ^ "By Election Results - 26 June 2008". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  16. ^ a b "By Election Results - 4 June 2009". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  17. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Haldens Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Haldens Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Panshanger Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hatfield Villages Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Handside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hatfield Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  23. ^ Ng, Ka (2 May 2025). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Brookmans Park and Little Heath Ward" (PDF). Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  24. ^ Ng, Ka (2 May 2025). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Peartree Ward" (PDF). Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
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