St Albans City and District Council elections

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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. [1]

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Council elections

Summary of the council composition after each council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1999 election increasing the number of seats by 1. [2]

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats [lower-alpha 1] Labour Independent Green VacantNotes
1973 [3] 32714100
1976 [3] 4516200
1979 [3] 4328400New ward boundaries [4]
1980 [3] 37511400
1982 [3] 291510300
1983 [3] 30179100
1984 [3] 25237200
1986 [3] 23258100
1987 [3] 24257100
1988 [3] 32178000
1990 [5] 31178100
1991 [6] 27209100
1992 [7] 232310100
1994 [8] 19299000
1995 [9] 133410000
1996 [10] 53911101
1998 [11] 113016000
1999 [2] 212116000New ward boundaries [12]
2000 [13] 192315100
2002 [14] 202115101
2003 [15] 212313100
2004 [16] 172911100
2006 [17] 17318200
2007 [18] 19298200Some new ward boundaries [19]
2008 [20] 22305100
2010 [21] 24303100
2011 [22] 29243110
2012 [23] 29198110
2014 [24] 291710110
2015 [25] 32168110
2016 [26] 31177210
2018 [27] 30187210
2019 [28] 23256310
2021 [28] 23302210
2022 [28] 4500110New ward boundaries [1]
2023 [29] 4480121
  1. Liberal Party prior to 1982, SDP-Liberal Alliance from 1982 to 1988.

District result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [30] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Sopwell13 June 1996 Labour Labour
Marshalswick North27 February 1997 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sopwell by-election 23 July 1998 Labour Labour
Verulam by-election 2 December 1999 Conservative Conservative
Park Street by-election 12 October 2000 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sopwell by-election 7 June 2001 Labour Labour
Verulam by-election 27 June 2002 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Verulam by-election 5 April 2004 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Harpenden South by-election 4 June 2009 Conservative Conservative
Ashley by-election 3 June 2010 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Batchwood by-election 19 January 2012 Liberal Democrats Labour
Marshalswick South by-election 29 January 2015 Conservative Conservative
Clarence by-election 20 October 2016 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Clarence by-election 3 October 2019 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats

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