The 1980 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
| 1980 St Albans City and District Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 13 |  6 | 59.1 | 24 | 37 | 64.9 | 21,518 | 49.6 | –7.6 | |
| Labour | 5 |  3 | 22.7 | 6 | 11 | 19.3 | 11,653 | 26.9 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal | 4 | 3 | 13.6 | 1 | 5 | 8.8 | 8,298 | 19.1 | +7.4 | |
| Independent | 1 |  | 4.5 | 2 | 3 | 5.3 | 1,892 | 4.4 | +0.9 | |
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | N/A | N/A | –1.2 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | B. Rigby | 1,104 | 49.0 | ||
| Conservative | S. Davies* | 731 | 32.4 | ||
| Labour | R. Protz | 419 | 18.6 | ||
| Majority | 373 | 16.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,254 | 47.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,750 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Ramsden | 889 | 46.6 | ||
| Conservative | B. Eyles* | 623 | 32.7 | ||
| Liberal | L. Coates | 395 | 20.7 | ||
| Majority | 266 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,907 | 39.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,827 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Wheeldon* | 1,092 | 54.0 | ||
| Labour | A. Kirby | 507 | 25.1 | ||
| Liberal | J. Mason | 424 | 21.0 | ||
| Majority | 585 | 28.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,023 | 46.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,319 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
There is an error for this election result in the source material where the result from London Colney is duplicated in the place of Colney Heath's result. The outcome of the election was a Liberal hold.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | R. Donald | 842 | 37.3 | ||
| Conservative | A. Hill* | 736 | 32.6 | ||
| Labour | J. Brown | 677 | 30.0 | ||
| Majority | 106 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,255 | 47.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,772 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Morrell* | 1,150 | 52.0 | ||
| Conservative | D. Lloyd | 1,127 | 51.0 | ||
| Labour | C. Mathews | 534 | 24.2 | ||
| Liberal | C. Clark | 527 | 23.8 | ||
| Labour | R. Collins | 498 | 22.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,211 | 43.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,049 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | K. Wood* | 1,331 | 59.0 | ||
| Labour | H. Holmes | 515 | 22.8 | ||
| Liberal | D. Collins | 410 | 18.2 | ||
| Majority | 816 | 36.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,256 | 39.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,721 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | K. Jenkins* | 1,358 | 57.4 | ||
| Conservative | K. Nash | 1,167 | 49.4 | ||
| Independent | L. Freitag | 418 | 17.7 | ||
| Liberal | P. De Fraitas | 365 | 15.4 | ||
| Labour | K. Griffin | 221 | 9.3 | ||
| Labour | J. Ryan | 181 | 7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,364 | 48.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,924 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. Tarry* | 1,466 | 69.9 | ||
| Liberal | T. Woodhead | 432 | 20.6 | ||
| Labour | J. McKrell | 199 | 9.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,034 | 49.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,097 | 40.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,123 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | M. Macmillan | 1,185 | 60.0 | ||
| Conservative | J. Smee* | 789 | 40.0 | ||
| Majority | 396 | 20.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,974 | 71.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,744 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Pattison | 936 | 51.6 | ||
| Liberal | G. Churchard | 451 | 24.9 | ||
| Labour | P. Landman | 427 | 23.5 | ||
| Majority | 485 | 26.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,814 | 40.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,451 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Turner* | 1,173 | 52.7 | ||
| Liberal | H. Lowe | 697 | 31.3 | ||
| Labour | D. Allan | 356 | 16.0 | ||
| Majority | 476 | 21.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,226 | 44.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,033 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J. Griffin | 662 | 39.9 | ||
| Conservative | D. Allen | 633 | 38.2 | ||
| Conservative | K. Hill | 632 | 38.1 | ||
| Liberal | J. Allen | 573 | 34.5 | ||
| Labour | D. Goodchild | 365 | 22.0 | ||
| Labour | R. Fricker | 291 | 17.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,659 | 39.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,254 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | S. Bailey | 875 | 56.0 | ||
| Conservative | S. Russell* | 688 | 44.0 | ||
| Majority | 187 | 12.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,563 | 34.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,483 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Carr* | 1,058 | 58.4 | ||
| Conservative | K. Davies | 538 | 29.7 | ||
| Liberal | G. Woollatt | 217 | 12.0 | ||
| Majority | 520 | 28.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,813 | 39.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,585 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | P. Fowler | 663 | 35.6 | ||
| Conservative | E. Banbury | 489 | 26.3 | ||
| Independent | R. Rayment* | 391 | 21.0 | ||
| Liberal | P. Thompson | 317 | 17.0 | ||
| Majority | 174 | 9.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,860 | 40.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,590 | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Nowell* | 1,335 | 57.6 | ||
| Labour | K. Morcom | 555 | 24.0 | ||
| Liberal | M. Barron | 426 | 18.4 | ||
| Majority | 780 | 33.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,316 | 41.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,617 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Hewitt* | 1,549 | 72.4 | ||
| Labour | D. Partridge | 590 | 27.6 | ||
| Majority | 959 | 44.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,139 | 41.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,140 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Evans | 1,186 | 54.2 | ||
| Liberal | N. Clements | 456 | 20.8 | ||
| Labour | A. Latchford | 338 | 15.4 | ||
| Independent | S. Whittaker | 208 | 9.5 | ||
| Majority | 730 | 33.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,188 | 47.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,600 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, 20 miles (32 km) north-west of London, 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Welwyn Garden City and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north and became the city of Verulamium. It is within the London commuter belt and the Greater London Built-up Area.
The City and District of St Albans is a local government district with city status in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in St Albans, the largest settlement in the district. The district also includes the town of Harpenden and several villages. The district borders North Hertfordshire, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertsmere, Watford, Three Rivers, Dacorum, and Central Bedfordshire.
London Colney is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London, close to Junction 22 of the M25 motorway.
St Stephen is a civil parish in the St Albans City and District in Hertfordshire, England. It is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of central London, straddling the M25 motorway and immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of St Albans. St Stephen is a partly urbanised parish with multiple centres of activity and open land that forms part of the Metropolitan Green Belt. The local council is St Stephen Parish Council. The parish covers Bricket Wood, Chiswell Green, Frogmore, Colney Street, How Wood and Park Street. It is an ancient parish, and sections of it were transferred to St Albans progressively up to 1935. At the 2011 census it had a population of 13,865.
South Hertfordshire was a constituency in Hertfordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the February 1974 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election when it was mainly replaced by the new Hertsmere constituency.
St Albans City and District Council elections are held three years out of every four to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 56 councillors, with the district being divided into 20 wards. Elections to Hertfordshire County Council are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no district council elections.
The 2008 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
The 2002 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2004 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2007 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
The 2010 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2012 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2011 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
The 2014 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2015 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2019 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. At the elections, the Conservatives lost control of the council
Elections to Hertfordshire County Council took place on 6 May 2021 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 78 seats to the council were elected.
The 2021 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 6 May 2021, delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. At the elections, the Liberal Democrats achieved a majority for the first time since 2011 and took the council back from no overall control.
