Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council elections

One third of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 48 councillors representing 16 wards, each of which elects three councillors. ^[1]

Council elections

• 1973 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1976 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[2]
• 1979 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1980 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1982 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1983 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1984 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1986 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[3]
• 1987 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1988 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1990 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1991 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[4]
• 1992 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1994 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[5]
• 1995 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1996 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1998 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 1999 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one) ^{[6] [7]}
• 2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 2002 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 2003 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 2004 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 2006 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
• 2007 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2008 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^{[8] [9]}
• 2010 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2011 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2012 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2014 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2015 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2016 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[1]
• 2018 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2019 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2021 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2022 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2023 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
• 2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

Results maps

• 
  2008 results map
• 
  2010 results map
• 
  2011 results map
• 
  2012 results map
• 
  2014 results map
• 
  2015 results map
• 
  2016 results map
• 
  2018 results map
• 
  2019 results map
• 
  2021 results map
• 
  2022 results map
• 
  2023 results map
• 
  2024 results map

By-election results

1994–1998

Panshanger By-Election 10 July 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		486	49.5	+10.4
	Labour		292	29.8	−22.4
	Liberal Democrats		109	11.1	+2.4
	No to Sleaze, No to Slough		94	9.6	+9.6
Majority			194	19.7
Turnout			981	25.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hatfield North By-Election 7 August 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		517	42.9	+21.0
	Labour		454	37.7	−28.2
	Liberal Democrats		156	13.0	+0.7
	Other		77	6.4	+6.4
Majority			63	5.2
Turnout			1,204
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1998–2002

Hollybush By-Election 25 June 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		726	75.0	+8.3
	Conservative		241	24.9	+4.7
Majority			485	50.1
Turnout			967	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Peartree By-Election 25 June 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		528	83.7	+15.4
	Conservative		103	16.3	−1.2
Majority			425	67.4
Turnout			631	13.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollybush By-Election 17 June 1999 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		802
	Labour		797
	Labour		772
	Conservative		282
	Conservative		282
	Conservative		272
	Liberal Democrats		82
	Liberal Democrats		81
	Liberal Democrats		69
Turnout			3,439	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Handside By-Election 31 August 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		831	51.6
	Labour		381	23.7
	Liberal Democrats		276	17.2
	UKIP		121	7.5
Majority			450	27.9
Turnout			1,609	30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haldens By-Election 8 November 2001 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		611	58.8	+1.7
	Conservative		363	34.9	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats		65	6.3	−6.2
Majority			248	23.9
Turnout			1,039	22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

2002–2006

Hatfield North By-Election 19 June 2003 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Morgan	539	50.7	+7.9
	Labour		398	37.4	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats		126	11.9	−3.0
Majority			141	13.3
Turnout			1,063	24.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hatfield North By-Election 27 November 2003 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Berry	484	46.8	−3.9
	Labour	Stuart Jackson	444	42.9	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Larkins	106	10.3	−1.6
Majority			40	3.9
Turnout			1,034	23.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherrards By-Election 27 November 2003 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Wheeler	689	46.0	+0.4
	Labour	Christopher Cory	521	34.8	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Skidmore	288	19.2	+4.8
Majority			168	11.2
Turnout			1,498	34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haldens By-Election 30 June 2005 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Smith	546	38.2	−0.2
	Conservative	Sara Johnston	456	32.0	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Eirwen Smith	425	29.8	+3.0
Majority			90	6.2
Turnout			1,427	32.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Handside By-Election 30 June 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Skottowe	1,124	56.5	+11.0
	Conservative	Lance Stanbury	702	35.2	−8.4
	Labour	Sarah Carthew	165	8.3	−2.6
Majority			422	21.3
Turnout			1,498	40.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006–2010

Welham Green By-Election 3 January 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doug Berry	539	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Elvy	484	36.5
	BNP	Mark Fuller	214	16.2
	Labour	Bridgit Croft	88	6.6
Majority			55	4.2
Turnout			1,325	46.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield Central By-Election 26 June 2008 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Cook	425	33.2	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Laming	329	25.7	+10.5
	Conservative	Stan Laver-Walton	319	24.9	−18.4
	BNP	Mark Fuller	138	10.8	+10.8
	Independent	Timothy Butler	69	5.4	+5.4
Majority			96	7.5
Turnout			1,280	28.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hatfield East By-Election 4 June 2009 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Kingsbury	954	50.1	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Laming	579	30.4	+9.4
	Labour	Cathy Watson	370	19.4	−3.2
Majority			375	19.7
Turnout			1,903	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield South By-Election 4 June 2009 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kieran Thorpe	431	38.0
	Conservative	Sarah Langley	413	36.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Archer	291	25.6
Majority			18	1.6
Turnout			1,135	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2010–2014

Haldens By-Election 2 May 2013 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Crump	580	39.1	−10.8
	Conservative	Madeleine Sawle	458	30.8	−4.2
	UKIP	Kevin Daley	277	18.7	+18.7
	Green	Susan Groom	104	7.0	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Marsh	66	4.4	−1.2
Majority			122	8.2
Turnout			1,485
	Labour hold		Swing

2014–2018

Haldens By-Election 17 November 2016 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nathaniel Chapman	502	34.1	−1.3
	Labour	Astrid Thorpe	454	30.8	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dennis	437	29.6	+17.7
	Green	Lynne Allison	81	5.5	−9.5
Majority			48	3.3
Turnout			1,474
	Conservative hold		Swing

Panshanger By-Election 4 May 2017 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Mitchinson	643	38.3	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ayesha Rohale	620	36.9	+21.4
	Labour	Lucy Musk	418	24.9	+2.6
Majority			23	1.4
Turnout			1,681
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield Villages By-Election 8 June 2017 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tara-Mary Lyons	1,359	40.1	+2.2
	Conservative	Peter Hebden	1,352	39.9	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Quinton	677	20.0	+7.8
Majority			7	0.2
Turnout			3,388
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Handside By-Election 14 December 2017 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Siobhan Elam	1105	52.4	+16.7
	Conservative	Drew Richardson	691	32.8	−9.3
	Labour	Belinda Yeldon	260	12.3	−3.5
Majority			375	19.7
Turnout			2,111	38.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2018–2022

Hatfield Central By-Election 7 July 2022 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kieran Thorpe	599	53.7	+0.9
	Conservative	Mark Smith	273	24.5	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Griffiths	183	16.4	+2.6
	Abolish the TV Licence Party	Melvyn Jones	61	5.5	+5.5
Majority			326	29.2
Turnout			1,116
	Labour hold		Swing

2022–2026

Held alongside the 2025 Hertfordshire County Council election.

Brookmans Park and Little Heath by-election: 1 May 2025 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Thomson	813	45.9	–13.0
	Reform UK	Michael Southwell	521	29.4	+22.6
	Labour	Graham Beevers	223	12.6	–8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Green	134	7.6	–0.2
	Green	William Berrington	82	4.6	–0.6
Majority			292	16.5	–21.1
Turnout			1,773	36.6	+1.0
Registered electors			5,028
	Conservative hold

Peartree by-election: 1 May 2025 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fauzia Haider	420	34.2	–9.1
	Reform UK	Mark Biddle	375	30.5	New
	Labour	Sarah Ellingworth	243	19.8	–16.5
	Conservative	Jeet Dhelaria	98	8.0	–4.2
	Green	Tanya Dickson	91	7.4	–0.8
Majority			45	3.7	–3.3
Turnout			1,227	31.3	+5.2
Registered electors			5,580
	Liberal Democrats hold

References

1. "The Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2016/116, retrieved 12 May 2023
2. The District of Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
3. The East Hertfordshire and Welwyn Hatfield (Areas) Order 1985
4. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Essex, Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News Online . Retrieved 3 March 2010.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. "Welwyn Hatfield". BBC News Online . 19 April 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
9. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
10. "Tories inch ahead". guardian.co.uk . London. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
11. "Labour loses three seats in council by-elections". St Albans & Harpenden Review. 25 June 2003. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
12. "Small byelection gain for Lib Dems". guardian.co.uk . London. 28 November 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
13. "By Election Results - 30 June 2005". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
14. "By Election Results - 26 June 2008". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
15. "By Election Results - 4 June 2009". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
16. "Local Elections Archive Project — Haldens Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
17. "Local Elections Archive Project — Haldens Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
18. "Local Elections Archive Project — Panshanger Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
19. "Local Elections Archive Project — Hatfield Villages Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
20. "Local Elections Archive Project — Handside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
21. "Local Elections Archive Project — Hatfield Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
22. Ng, Ka (2 May 2025). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Brookmans Park and Little Heath Ward" (PDF). Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
23. Ng, Ka (2 May 2025). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Peartree Ward" (PDF). Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council . Retrieved 14 May 2025.

• By-election results

External links

• Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council