2018 St Albans City and District Council election

2018 St Albans City and District Council election

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20 of the 58 seats to St Albans City and District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Seats before 32 17 7 Seats won 1 3 0 Seats after 31 19 6 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 17,028 15,528 8,592 Percentage 38.2% 34.9% 19.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Green UKIP Seats before 1 1 0 Seats won 0 0 0 Seats after 1 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 231 3,008 134 Percentage 0.5% 6.8% 0.3%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2018 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. ^{[2] [3]}

Summary Results

St Albans City and District Council election, 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	1	2	1		38.2	17,028	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	19	3	1	2		34.9	15,528	9.6
	Labour	6	0	1	1		19.3	8,592	1.8
	Independent	1	0	0			0.5	231	3.9
	Green	1	0	0			6.8	3,008	0.4
	UKIP	0	0	0			0.3	134	6.6

Ward results

Ashley

Ashley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Francis Rowlands	1,407	57.8	+20.4
	Labour	Jagat Mohan Chatrath	557	22.9	-10.4
	Conservative	John Stephen Whale	326	13.4	-3.3
	Green	Stephane Antoine Farenga	145	6.0	-1.2
Majority			850	34.9	+30.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Batchwood

Batchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roma Mills	1,238	50.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Needham	576	23.3	+14.1
	Conservative	Nadine Louise Standish	508	20.6	-9.9
	Green	Lucy Caroline Swift	146	5.9	-0.8
Majority			662	26.9	+11.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clarence

Clarence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Mary Brooke	1,370	57.8	+6.9
	Conservative	Patti Seabright	533	22.5	+1.3
	Labour	Alexander Charles Veitch	308	13.0	-4.2
	Green	Mary Clare Henry	159	6.7	-3.1
Majority			837	35.3	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Colney Heath

Colney Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Day	853	53.1	+9.3
	Conservative	David Michael Johns	434	27.0	-3.6
	Labour	Eileen Francis	242	15.1	+2.3
	Green	Thomas William Langton	78	4.9	±0.0
Majority			419	26.1	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cunningham

Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Graham Prowse	805	37.8	-2.0
	Labour	Muhammad Abdur Rahim	596	28.0	+6.6
	Conservative	Sarah Georgina Tallon	544	25.6	-1.1
	Green	Phil Fletcher	105	4.9	-0.4
	UKIP	Alan Robert Malin	78	3.7	-6.1
Majority			209	9.8	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpenden East

Harpenden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Maynard	1,048	52.1	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Christian Cozon	604	30.0	+17.6
	Labour	James Nathanie Gill	361	17.9	+3.1
Majority			444	22.1	-4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden North

Harpenden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Cousin	982	51.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Woutera Lucy Priggen	586	30.4	+18.5
	Labour	Linda Ann Spiri	241	12.5	-2.9
	Green	Ian Troughton	116	6.0	N/A
Majority			396	20.6	-6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden South

Harpenden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Catherine Heritage	1,322	64.3	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Frances Galvin	350	17.0	+5.2
	Labour	George Murray Fraser	274	13.3	+1.1
	Green	Sally Leonard	111	5.4	+0.6
Majority			972	47.3	-5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden West

Harpenden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Francis Daly	1,377	58.2	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Clare Woodley	553	23.4	+7.5
	Labour	Michael Philip Gray-Higgins	313	13.2	-1.3
	Green	Candy Whittome	125	5.3	-1.9
Majority			824	34.8	-5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Colney

London Colney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Lucy Gardner	963	38.9	-13.6
	Conservative	Robert Anthony Dunster	784	31.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Lillico	394	15.9	+11.4
	Independent	John Midgley	171	6.9	N/A
	Green	Matt Maddock	110	4.4	+0.7
	UKIP	Charles Michael Mason	56	2.3	-7.6
Majority			179	7.3	-15.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Marshalswick North

Marshalswick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Clegg	1,014	45.5	+1.6
	Conservative	Guillermo Claudio Duran	779	35.0	+4.5
	Labour	Mary Winfred McIntyre	307	13.8	+1.2
	Green	Dee Thomas	127	5.7	-0.9
Majority			235	10.5	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marshalswick South

Marshalswick South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Rosemary Campbell	1,113	41.2	+23.4
	Conservative	Craig Steven Fothergill	927	34.3	-9.0
	Labour	Jonathan Brian Pearce	453	16.8	-6.7
	Green	Jill Mills	146	5.4	-5.2
	Independent	Susan Devi	60	2.2	N/A
Majority			186	6.9	-12.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Park Street

Park Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stella Maria Nita Nash	1,008	44.0	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Nafees Husain Abidi	918	40.1	-3.1
	Labour	Janet Elizabeth Blackwell	282	12.3	+1.0
	Green	Rosalind Mary Paul	84	3.7	+0.8
Majority			90	3.9	-9.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Redbourn

Redbourn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Caroline Mead	1,096	61.4	+28.0
	Labour	Anthony Eric Neville	330	18.5	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher James Millward Brattle	223	12.5	N/A
	Green	Ruth Eleanor Farenga	135	7.6	N/A
Majority			766	42.9	+26.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandridge

Sandridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beric Jonathan Read	786	51.2	-7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stefania Estacchini	332	21.6	+4.5
	Labour	Jonathan Bereton Hegerty	245	16.0	+1.8
	Green	James Richard Lomas	172	11.2	+0.8
Majority			454	29.6	-11.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sopwell

Sopwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shakir Rahman	1,234	49.3	+12.1
	Labour	Iain Charles Grant	834	33.3	-4.0
	Conservative	Heather Christine Rench	331	13.2	-0.1
	Green	Frankie Drummond Charig	103	4.1	-1.4
Majority			400	16.0	+15.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St Peters

St Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Taylor	849	31.5	+4.0
	Green	Keith Michael Cotton	786	29.1	+1.3
	Conservative	Alun Davies	721	26.7	+1.5
	Labour	Mark Antony Ewington	341	12.6	-3.7
Majority			63	2.4	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Stephen

St Stephen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Featherstone	1,367	63.5	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Ross	473	22.0	+0.4
	Labour	Heather Jane Troy	212	9.9	+0.2
	Green	Mark Stephen Charles Park-Crowne	100	4.6	+1.5
Majority			894	41.5	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verulam

Verulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edgar Hill	1,593	56.5	+12.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Paul Verity	858	30.4	-6.2
	Labour	Gordon Baisley	257	9.1	-1.0
	Green	Josie McNally	113	4.0	-0.4
Majority			735	26.1	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annie Brewster	1,297	66.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Peter Crofts	281	14.3	-0.7
	Labour	Neill Sankey	238	12.1	-1.4
	Green	Oliver James Hitch	147	7.5	+2.4
Majority			1,016	51.8	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "May 2018 Elections". St Albans City and District Council. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
2. "Local council elections 2018 — results in full". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
3. "Local election results 2018: The results in maps and charts". BBC News . 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.