2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

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2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
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16 out of 48 seats to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout26,848, 32.7%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderLynn ChestermanPaul ZukowskyjTony Kingsbury
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election12 seats, 30.9%14 seats, 25.9%22 seats, 33.8%
Seats before121422
Seats won844
Seats after201612
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 10
Popular vote8,5495,7509,102
Percentage31.8%21.4%33.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.9%Decrease2.svg 4.5%Increase2.svg 0.1%
2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election map.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
Leader before election

Paul Zukowskyj
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Max Holloway
Labour
No overall control

The 2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England and Hertfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner election.

Contents

As is typical for Welwyn Hatfield's local elections, sixteen seats of the forty-eight total were contested. Of these sixteen, fourteen seats were held by Conservative councillors and two seats were held by Liberal Democrat councillors.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition which formed after the 2023 local elections. [2] [3] The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Green Party put candidates forward for all contested seats, with Reform UK additionally contesting seven of these seats and no independent candidates standing for any seat.

Following the election, the council remained under no overall control, with Labour the largest party, overtaking both their coalition partners the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. A Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition continued to run the council after the election. Labour changed their group leader after the election to Max Holloway; he was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 20 May 2024. [4]

Election result

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council's composition following the 2024 election. United Kingdom Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council 2024.svg
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council's composition following the 2024 election.
2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 8Increase2.svg 850.0122041.78,54931.8+0.9
  Liberal Democrats 4Increase2.svg 225.0121633.35,75021.4–4.5
  Conservative 4Decrease2.svg1025.081225.09,10233.9+0.1
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,5529.5+0.6
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.08953.3+2.7

Ward results

The Statements of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, were released by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations. [1] The results were announced the day after the election at around mid-day. [5] [6] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*)

Brookmans Park and Little Heath Ward

Brookmans Park and Little Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Short 1,036 58.9 −2.7
Labour Graham Beevers37421.3+3.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Basford1377.8−4.2
Reform UK Harjinderpal Sandhu1206.8N/A
Green William Berrington925.2−2.4
Rejected ballots7
Majority 662
Turnout 1,75935.6
Conservative hold Swing

Haldens Ward

Haldens Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Hobbs 743 47.7 −2.9
Conservative Alastair Hellyer*45128.9−1.9
Liberal Democrats Jason Payne23715.2+4.9
Green Lesley Smith1278.2+0.5
Rejected ballots11
Majority
Turnout 1,55831.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Handside Ward

Handside Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Skottowe 1,091 43.7 −12.0
Conservative Fiona Thomsom*84533.9+6.3
Labour Vaishall Shah32112.9+2.9
Green Philip Hopley1365.5−0.6
Reform UK Andrew Lewis1014.0N/A
Rejected ballots5
Majority
Turnout 2,49446.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Hatfield Central Ward

Hatfield Central Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Walsh 645 48.2 −9.0
Conservative James Bond*32824.5+2.3
Reform UK Mark Smith13510.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Edwards Adam1249.3−2.6
Green Cheryl Miles1057.9−0.3
Rejected ballots11
Majority
Turnout 1,33725.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hatfield East Ward

Hatfield East Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shirley Asare 783 42.3 +2.7
Conservative Claire Hunt59732.2−0.7
Liberal Democrats Pashang Fatemi31517.0−4.6
Green Ian Gregory1588.5+3.0
Rejected ballots15
Majority
Turnout 1,85333.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hatfield South West Ward

Hatfield South Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karthik Bonkur 784 44.5 +7.6
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Joglu48927.7−15.8
Conservative Craig Stanbury*41823.7+9.4
Green Antony John724.1−0.9
Rejected ballots13
Majority
Turnout 1,76329.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hatfield Villages Ward

Hatfield Villages
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Otumunye 669 41.6 −2.3
Conservative Abbie Cook55134.2+4.7
Liberal Democrats Brad Taylor29218.1+0.2
Green Andreas Kukol986.1+0.8
Rejected ballots19
Majority
Turnout 1,61027.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hollybush

Hollybush
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Chesterman 649 52.2 −5.5
Conservative Marios Artemi29723.9−0.5
Reform UK Hamish Haddow1209.7N/A
Green Peter Gamby927.4−0.4
Liberal Democrats Fauzia Haider856.8−2.2
Rejected ballots13
Majority
Turnout 1,24325.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Howlands Ward

Howlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katherine Gardner 769 49.6 −4.8
Conservative Brian Seeger42827.6−4.1
Reform UK Dean Milliken1429.2N/A
Green Penelope Berrington1147.4+1.0
Liberal Democrats Hillary Skoczylas966.2−0.3
Rejected ballots18
Majority
Turnout 1,54929.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Northaw and Cuffley Ward

Northaw and Cuffley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Fitzsimon 852 60.6 −5.7
Labour Sheila Barrett27219.3+3.9
Green Brian Edwards16411.7+3.3
Liberal Democrats Antony Green1188.4−0.7
Rejected ballots19
Majority
Turnout 1,40630.7
Conservative hold Swing

Panshanger Ward

Panshanger
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Salman Khan 541 38.1 −8.9
Conservative Stan Tunstall*46232.6+4.1
Labour Perry Hewitt31422.1+2.5
Green Alice Cowley-French1027.2+2.8
Rejected ballots14
Majority
Turnout 1,41932.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Peartree Ward

Peartree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Russ Platt* 621 43.3 −0.9
Labour Tom Green52136.3+0.9
Conservative Jeet Dhelaria17512.2−0.5
Green Tanya Dickson1188.2+1.3
Rejected ballots10
Majority
Turnout 1,43526.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sherrards Ward

Sherrards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Gilbert 606 31.5 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Azmat Mughal59030.6−22.3
Conservative Durk Reyner47524.7+7.2
Green David Cox1286.6+2.3
Reform UK Jack Aaron1266.5+2.9
Rejected ballots7
Majority 160.8
Turnout 1,92544.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Welham Green and Hatfield South Ward

Welham Green and Hatfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Zukowskyj* 699 41.6 +3.7
Conservative Teresa Travell59335.3+0.3
Labour Linda Mendez32219.2−1.5
Green Ian Nendick674.0+0.9
Rejected ballots11
Majority 1066.3
Turnout 1,68132.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Welwyn East Ward

Welwyn East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Cragg* 777 40.0 −5.6
Labour Georg von Bülow58730.2−0.4
Liberal Democrats Genevieve Almeyda25012.9+2.0
Green Darrin Dexter1789.2−3.4
Reform UK Tom Holdsworth1517.8N/A
Rejected ballots10
Majority 1909.8
Turnout 1,94337.9
Conservative hold Swing

Welwyn West Ward

Welwyn West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Bardett 817 43.6 −3.3
Green Sarah Butcher80142.8+6.5
Labour Andrew Osborne19010.1+0.1
Liberal Democrats Rhiannon Richardson653.5−2.9
Rejected ballots7
Majority 160.9
Turnout 1,87338.5
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

Brookmans Park & Little Heath

Brookmans Park & Little Heath by-election: 1 May 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Thompson 813 45.9 –13.0
Reform UK Michael Southwell52129.4+22.6
Labour Graham Beevers22312.6–8.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Green1347.6–0.2
Green William Berrington824.6–0.6
Majority 29216.5–21.1
Turnout 1,77635.3–0.3
Registered electors 5,028
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg17.8

Peartree

Peartree by-election: 1 May 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Fauzia Haider 420 34.2 –9.1
Reform UK Mark Biddle37530.6N/A
Labour Sarah Ellingworth24319.8–16.5
Conservative Jeet Dhelaria988.0–4.2
Green Tanya Dickson917.4–0.8
Majority 453.6–3.4
Turnout 1,23222.1–4.0
Registered electors 5,580
Liberal Democrats hold

References

  1. 1 2 "Election Day - Thursday 2 May 2024". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council . Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Welwyn Hatfield election result". BBC News. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Joint Administration and Cabinet line-up announced". One Welwyn Hatfield. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Mountney, Dan (16 May 2024). "New Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council leader announced". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ↑ Mountney, Dan (3 May 2024). "Welwyn Hatfield local election results 2024". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Election Results 2 May 2024". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council . 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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