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. [2] Boundary changes took place for the 1999 election increasing the number of seats by 1. [3]

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats [a] Labour Green Independents
& Others
Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (54 seats)
1973 327141Conservative
1976 451602Conservative
New ward boundaries (57 seats) [4]
1979 432804Conservative
1980 3751104Conservative
1982 29151003Conservative
1983 3017901Conservative
1984 2523702No overall control
1986 2325801No overall control
1987 2425701No overall control
1988 3217800Conservative
1990 3117801Conservative
1991 2720900No overall control
1992 23231001No overall control
1994 1929900Liberal Democrats
1995 13341000Liberal Democrats
1996 5391101Liberal Democrats
1998 11301600Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (58 seats) [5]
1999 21211600No overall control
2000 19231501No overall control
2002 20211502 [b] No overall control
2003 21231301No overall control
2004 17291101Liberal Democrats
2006 1731802Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (58 seats) [6]
2007 1929802Liberal Democrats
2008 2230501Liberal Democrats
2010 2430301Liberal Democrats
2011 2924311Conservative
2012 2919811Conservative
2014 29171011Conservative
2015 3216811Conservative
2016 3117712Conservative
2018 3018712Conservative
2019 2325613No overall control
2021 2330212Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (56 seats) [1]
2022 450011Liberal Democrats
2023 448022 [c] Liberal Democrats
2024 345232 [d] Liberal Democrats
  1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. Including 1 vacant seat
  3. Including 1 vacant seat
  4. Including 1 vacant seat

District result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [7] 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 23 July 1998 Labour Labour
Verulam 2 December 1999 Conservative Conservative
Park Street 12 October 2000 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sopwell 7 June 2001 Labour Labour
Verulam 27 June 2002 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Verulam 5 April 2004 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Harpenden South 4 June 2009 Conservative Conservative
Ashley 3 June 2010 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Batchwood 19 January 2012 Liberal Democrats Labour
Marshalswick South 29 January 2015 Conservative Conservative
Clarence 20 October 2016 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Clarence 3 October 2019 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
St Peters 13 June 2023 Liberal Democrats Green
Marshalswick East and Jersey Farm 17 August 2023 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sandridge and Wheathampstead 7 December 2023 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Harpenden North and Rural 17 October 2024 Liberal Democrats Conservative

References

  1. 1 2 "The St Albans (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2021/900, retrieved 13 May 2023
  2. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. "St Albans". BBC News Online . Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. The City of St Albans (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The City of St Albans (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The St Albans (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  7. "Local Authority Byelection Results" . Retrieved 6 January 2015.