2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

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2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)2025 

16 out of 48 seats to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
TurnoutTBD
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LeaderTony KingsburyPaul ZukowskyjLynn Chesterman
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election22 seats, 33.8%14 seats, 25.9%12 seats, 30.9%
Seats before221412
Seats afterTBDTBDTBD
Seat changeTBDTBDTBD
Popular voteTBDTBDTBD
PercentageTBDTBDTBD
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Welwyn Hatfield UK ward map 2016 (blank).svg
Ward map of Welwyn Hatfield, 2024

Leader before election

Paul Zukowskyj
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

TBD
TBD

The 2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. [1] This will be 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 will be contested. Of these sixteen, fourteen are Conservative seats and two are Liberal Democrat seats. Prior to the election no party held an outright majority of seats on the council, with a Liberal Democrat and Labour party coalition having formed after the 2023 local elections. [2] [3] The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Green Party have put forth candidates for all contested seats, with Reform UK additionally contesting seven of these seats and no independent candidates standing for any seat.

Election result

2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative
  Liberal Democrats
  Labour
  Green 0
  Reform UK 0


Announced Candidates

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] 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
Labour Graham Beevers
Liberal Democrats Peter Basford
Green William Berrington
Reform UK Harjinderpal Sandhu
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Haldens Ward

Haldens Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alastair Hellyer*
Labour Matthew Hobbs
Liberal Democrats Jason Payne
Green Lesley Smith
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Handside Ward

Handside Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Thomsom*
Labour Vaishall Shah
Liberal Democrats Anthony Skottowe
Green Philip Hopley
Reform UK Andrew Lewis
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Hatfield Central Ward

Hatfield Central Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Bond*
Labour Ian Walsh
Liberal Democrats Edwards Adam
Green Cheryl Miles
Reform UK Mark Smith
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Hatfield East Ward

Hatfield East Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Hunt
Labour Shirley Asare
Liberal Democrats Pashang Fatemi
Green Ian Gregory
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout


Hatfield South West Ward

Hatfield South Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Stanbury*
Labour Karthik Bonkur
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Joglu
Green Antony John
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Hatfield Villages Ward

Hatfield Villages
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Abbie Cook
Labour Jane Otumunye
Liberal Democrats Brad Taylor
Green Andreas Kukol
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Hollybush

Hollybush
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marios Artemi
Labour Alan Chesterman
Liberal Democrats Fauzia Haider
Green Peter Gamby
Reform UK Hamish Haddow
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Howlands Ward

Howlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Seeger
Labour Katherine Gardner
Liberal Democrats Hillary Skoczylas
Green Penelope Berrington
Reform UK Dean Milliken
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Northaw and Cuffley Ward

Northaw and Cuffley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Fitzsimon
Labour Sheila Barrett
Liberal Democrats Antony Green
Green Brian Edwards
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Panshanger Ward

Panshanger
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stan Tunstall*
Labour Perry Hewitt
Liberal Democrats Salman Khan
Green Alice Cowley-French
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Peartree Ward

Peartree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeet Dhelaria
Labour Tom Green
Liberal Democrats Russ Platt*
Green Tanya Dickson
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Sherrards Ward

Sherrards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Durk Reyner
Labour Leo Gilbert
Liberal Democrats Azmat Mughal
Green David Cox
Reform UK Jack Aaron
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Welham Green and Hatfield South Ward

Welham Green and Hatfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Teresa Travell
Labour Linda Mendez
Liberal Democrats Paul Zukowskyj*
Green Ian Nendick
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Welwyn East Ward

Welwyn East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Cragg*
Labour Georg von Bülow
Liberal Democrats Genevieve Almeyda
Green Darrin Dexter
Reform UK Tom Holdsworth
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Welwyn West Ward

Welwyn West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Bardett
Labour Andrew Osborne
Liberal Democrats Rhiannon Richardson
Green Sarah Butcher
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

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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". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.