The 2016 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. All seats were up for election following boundary changes that came into effect that year. [2] Despite a relatively minor drop in their share of the popular vote, the boundary changes resulted in the Conservatives losing several seats on the council, although they still maintained majority control.
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48 out of 48 seats to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2016 Welwyn Hatfield Borough election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 28 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 45.3 | 32,324 | -0.8 | ||
Labour | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.7 | 20,446 | +5.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18.6 | 13,284 | +7.5 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2,338 | -3.0 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1,486 | -9.5 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 1,403 | +0.8 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen John Boulton | 1,319 | 71.1 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Stephen Findlay Boulton | 1,275 | — | ||
Conservative | John William Dean | 1,265 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Anscombe | 278 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Blumsom | 261 | — | ||
Labour | Peter John Costello | 257 | 13.9 | ||
Labour | James Robert Dolan | 233 | — | ||
Labour | John Richard Eames-Peterson | 221 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Anthony van Someren Bain | 202 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 37.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Larkins | 782 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Ann Fitzsimmon | 734 | 35.4 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Robert Spinks | 666 | — | ||
Labour | Lucy Musk | 655 | — | ||
Conservative | Peter Hebden | 622 | — | ||
Labour | Tara Mary Lyons | 571 | — | ||
Green | Lynne Allison | 312 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Jean Ward | 246 | 11.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Corbey-West | 168 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Benakis | 117 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 37.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Fiona Thomson | 1,202 | 42.2 | ||
Conservative | Helen Elizabeth Bromley | 1,170 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Lesley Basch | 1,020 | 35.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Alan Quinton | 1,016 | — | ||
Conservative | Graham Eric Dowler | 1,015 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ayesha Rohale | 824 | — | ||
Labour | Nick Atkinson | 451 | 15.8 | ||
Labour | Tony Grice | 430 | — | ||
Labour | Darren Lewis | 386 | — | ||
Green | Cecile May Raw | 180 | 6.3 | ||
Turnout | — | 51.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Janet Cook | 786 | 55.7 | ||
Labour | Glyn Charles Hayes | 742 | — | ||
Labour | Pankit Shah | 683 | — | ||
Conservative | James Samuel Crosse | 455 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Bukky Olawoyin | 392 | — | ||
Conservative | Ronald Leonard Wheeler | 371 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Adam Edwards | 171 | 12.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Karen Elizabeth Richardson | 166 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charles David Perry Walton | 127 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 27.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kerstin Birgit Holman | 765 | 34.0 | ||
Conservative | Caroline Ruth Gillett | 731 | — | ||
Labour | Lenny Brandon | 717 | 31.9 | ||
Labour | Philip John Knott | 663 | — | ||
Conservative | Manoj Kumar | 575 | — | ||
Labour | Bhumi Zhaveri | 499 | — | ||
Independent | Caron Anne Juggins | 315 | 14.0 | ||
Green | Ian Gregory | 229 | 10.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lis Meyland-Smith | 225 | 10.0 | ||
Green | Christianne Sayers | 201 | — | ||
Green | Oliver Sayers | 105 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 34.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Christopher Fitzpatrick | 713 | 44.8 | ||
Labour | James Robert Alan Broach | 703 | — | ||
Labour | Kieran Michael Thope | 698 | — | ||
Conservative | Tom Boon | 481 | 30.2 | ||
Conservative | Jack Adams | 477 | — | ||
Conservative | David John Perkins | 384 | — | ||
UKIP | Sanjay Gadhvi | 222 | 13.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Jean Archer | 176 | 11.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Marion Laming | 168 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon John Archer | 155 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 30.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynne Michele Sparks | 731 | 49.9 | ||
Conservative | Howard Morgan | 690 | — | ||
Conservative | Duncan James Bell | 667 | — | ||
Labour | Margaret Anne Eames-Petersen | 555 | 37.9 | ||
Labour | Alexander David Widger | 507 | — | ||
Labour | Graham Martin Beevers | 480 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Quinton | 178 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ros Edwards | 151 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew John Quenet | 146 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 29.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Pace | 700 | 40.7 | ||
Labour | Margaret Birleson | 670 | 38.9 | ||
Labour | Lynn Anne Chesterman | 664 | — | ||
Labour | Astrid Carle Thorpe | 585 | — | ||
Conservative | Drew Robert Richardson | 532 | — | ||
Conservative | Syam Puli | 492 | — | ||
UKIP | James Andrew Milliken | 247 | 14.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Graham Wilson | 105 | 6.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jonquil Basch | 75 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Konrad Basch | 68 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 31.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Chesterman | 724 | 36.2 | ||
Labour | Pauline Jill Weston | 654 | — | ||
Labour | Max Peter Holloway | 626 | — | ||
Conservative | Annalisa Dorothy Yeowell | 580 | 29.0 | ||
Conservative | Mark Alexander Smith | 498 | — | ||
Conservative | Kamala Chandrasekaran | 483 | — | ||
UKIP | Dean James Milliken | 314 | 15.7 | ||
Independent | Stan Tunstall | 192 | 9.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Laurence Geoffrey Brown | 190 | 9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Damian Joseph Tuohy | 111 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 33.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Irene Hilda Dene | 1,112 | 68.6 | ||
Conservative | George Michaelides | 984 | — | ||
Conservative | Bernard John Sarson | 957 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robina Helen Durrant | 299 | 18.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Liz Johnson | 249 | — | ||
Labour | Graham Morris MacArthur | 210 | 13.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Howard Clive Johnson | 209 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 31.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martyn John Levitt | 744 | 45.8 | ||
Conservative | Sara Louise Clare Johnston | 706 | — | ||
Conservative | Darren Malcolm Bennett | 632 | — | ||
Labour | Joshua Murombo Chigwangwa | 363 | 22.3 | ||
Labour | Steve Iwasyk | 362 | — | ||
Green | Henry Humphreys | 267 | 16.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Trup | 252 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Packer | 188 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jon Arch | 153 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 30.9 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Cowan | 533 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | Steve Roberts | 474 | 32.1 | ||
Labour | Helen Jane Beckett | 474 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michal Siewniak | 426 | — | ||
Labour | Mel Jones | 409 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Frank Annibale Stefano Marchio Marsh | 377 | — | ||
Conservative | Nathaniel Alfred Keith Chapman | 267 | 18.1 | ||
UKIP | Tom Holdsworth | 204 | 13.8 | ||
Conservative | Paul Joseph Lowe | 166 | — | ||
Conservative | Emma | 144 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 29.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harry Bower | 887 | 38.2 | ||
Conservative | Pat Mabbott | 798 | — | ||
Conservative | Jon Beckerman | 749 | — | ||
Labour | Ivan Samuel Edwards | 629 | 27.1 | ||
Green | Susan Groom | 500 | 21.6 | ||
Green | Ian Nendick | 353 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Karen Eaton | 304 | 13.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Douglas Eaton | 267 | — | ||
Green | Lesley Smith | 191 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 41.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Mark Zukowskyj | 894 | 47.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tom Bailey | 640 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Quenet | 617 | — | ||
Conservative | Keith John Pieri | 600 | 32.0 | ||
Conservative | Frank Robert Bowron | 529 | — | ||
Conservative | Les Page | 509 | — | ||
Labour | Linda Elizabeth Mendez | 381 | 20.3 | ||
Labour | Diana Lesley Bell | 376 | — | ||
Labour | Cathy Watson | 294 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 34.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julie Ann Cragg | 1,035 | 45.9 | ||
Conservative | Roger Trigg | 972 | — | ||
Conservative | Steven Markiewicz | 947 | — | ||
Labour | Sheila Ann Barrett | 515 | 22.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Natalie Harrington | 426 | 18.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Heather Margaret Richardson | 332 | — | ||
UKIP | Arthur Frank Stevens | 277 | 12.3 | ||
Turnout | — | 36.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mandy Perkins | 1,011 | 39.7 | ||
Conservative | Tony Kingsbury | 994 | — | ||
Conservative | Nick Taylor | 941 | — | ||
Independent | Sandra Anne Kyriakides | 896 | 35.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Edward Blackburn | 337 | 13.2 | ||
Labour | Tony Crump | 304 | 11.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kay Marion Mason | 250 | — | ||
Turnout | — | 42.4 | |||
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A by-election was held on 17 November 2016 following the resignation of Malcolm Spinks.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nathaniel Alfred Keith Chapman | 507 | 34.3 | 1.1 | |
Labour | Astrid Carle Thorpe | 454 | 30.7 | 7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Benjamin Dennis | 437 | 29.5 | 17.6 | |
Green | Lynne Christine Allison | 81 | 5.5 | N//A | |
Majority | 53 | 3.6 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,479 | 29.3 | — | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.0 | |||
A by-election was held on 4 May 2017 following the resignation of Martyn Levitt.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Terry Mitchinson | 673 | 39.3 | 6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ayesha Rohale | 620 | 36.2 | 20.7 | |
Labour | Lucy Musk | 418 | 24.4 | 2.1 | |
Majority | 53 | 3.1 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,711 | 38.3 | — | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.6 | |||
A by-election was held on 8 June 2017 following the death of Howard Morgan.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 66.0 | — | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.1 | |||
A by-election was held on 14 December 2017 following the resignation of Rachel Basch.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Siobhan Anne Elam | 1,105 | 52.4 | 16.6 | |
Conservative | Drew Robert Richardson | 691 | 32.8 | 9.4 | |
Labour | Belinda Claire Yeldon | 260 | 12.3 | 3.5 | |
Green | Berenice Constance Mary Dowlen | 51 | 2.4 | 3.9 | |
Majority | 414 | 19.6 | — | ||
Turnout | 2,107 | 38.5 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 13.0 | |||
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