2016 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

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The 2016 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. All seats were up for election following boundary changes that came into effect that year. [2] Despite a relatively minor drop in their share of the popular vote, the boundary changes resulted in the Conservatives losing several seats on the council, although they still maintained majority control.

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2016 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
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  2015 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) 2018  

48 out of 48 seats to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before31142
Seats won28155
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote32,32420,44613,284
Percentage45.328.718.6

2016 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election results.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2016 Welwyn Hatfield Borough election

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Results summary

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2805Decrease2.svg 545.332,324-0.8
  Labour 1510Increase2.svg 128.720,446+5.0
  Liberal Democrats 530Increase2.svg 318.613,284+7.5
  Green 000Steady2.svg3.32,338-3.0
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg2.11,486-9.5
  Independent 001Decrease2.svg 12.01,403+0.8

Ward results

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Brookmans Park and Little Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen John Boulton 1,319 71.1
Conservative Jonathan Stephen Findlay Boulton 1,275
Conservative John William Dean 1,265
Liberal Democrats Michael Anscombe27815.0
Liberal Democrats Jenny Blumsom261
Labour Peter John Costello25713.9
Labour James Robert Dolan233
Labour John Richard Eames-Peterson221
Liberal Democrats Nigel Anthony van Someren Bain202
Turnout 37.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Haldens

Haldens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Larkins 782 37.7
Conservative Barbara Ann Fitzsimmon 734 35.4
Conservative Malcolm Robert Spinks 666
Labour Lucy Musk655
Conservative Peter Hebden622
Labour Tara Mary Lyons571
Green Lynne Allison31215.0
Liberal Democrats Sandra Jean Ward24611.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Corbey-West168
Liberal Democrats Alex Benakis117
Turnout 37.2
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Handside

Handside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Thomson 1,202 42.2
Conservative Helen Elizabeth Bromley 1,170
Liberal Democrats Rachel Lesley Basch 1,020 35.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Alan Quinton1,016
Conservative Graham Eric Dowler1,015
Liberal Democrats Ayesha Rohale824
Labour Nick Atkinson45115.8
Labour Tony Grice430
Labour Darren Lewis386
Green Cecile May Raw1806.3
Turnout 51.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hatfield Central

Hatfield Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Janet Cook 786 55.7
Labour Glyn Charles Hayes 742
Labour Pankit Shah 683
Conservative James Samuel Crosse45532.2
Conservative Bukky Olawoyin392
Conservative Ronald Leonard Wheeler371
Liberal Democrats John Adam Edwards17112.1
Liberal Democrats Karen Elizabeth Richardson166
Liberal Democrats Charles David Perry Walton127
Turnout 27.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hatfield East

Hatfield East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kerstin Birgit Holman 765 34.0
Conservative Caroline Ruth Gillett 731
Labour Lenny Brandon 717 31.9
Labour Philip John Knott663
Conservative Manoj Kumar575
Labour Bhumi Zhaveri499
Independent Caron Anne Juggins31514.0
Green Ian Gregory22910.2
Liberal Democrats Lis Meyland-Smith22510.0
Green Christianne Sayers201
Green Oliver Sayers105
Turnout 34.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hatfield South West

Hatfield South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Christopher Fitzpatrick 713 44.8
Labour James Robert Alan Broach 703
Labour Kieran Michael Thope 698
Conservative Tom Boon48130.2
Conservative Jack Adams477
Conservative David John Perkins384
UKIP Sanjay Gadhvi22213.9
Liberal Democrats Sheila Jean Archer17611.1
Liberal Democrats Hazel Marion Laming168
Liberal Democrats Simon John Archer155
Turnout 30.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hatfield Villages

Hatfield Villages
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynne Michele Sparks 731 49.9
Conservative Howard Morgan 690
Conservative Duncan James Bell 667
Labour Margaret Anne Eames-Petersen55537.9
Labour Alexander David Widger507
Labour Graham Martin Beevers480
Liberal Democrats Jane Quinton17812.2
Liberal Democrats Ros Edwards151
Liberal Democrats Matthew John Quenet146
Turnout 29.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hollybush

Hollybush
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Pace 700 40.7
Labour Margaret Birleson 670 38.9
Labour Lynn Anne Chesterman 664
Labour Astrid Carle Thorpe585
Conservative Drew Robert Richardson532
Conservative Syam Puli492
UKIP James Andrew Milliken24714.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Graham Wilson1056.1
Liberal Democrats Jonquil Basch75
Liberal Democrats Konrad Basch68
Turnout 31.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Howlands

Howlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Chesterman 724 36.2
Labour Pauline Jill Weston 654
Labour Max Peter Holloway 626
Conservative Annalisa Dorothy Yeowell58029.0
Conservative Mark Alexander Smith498
Conservative Kamala Chandrasekaran483
UKIP Dean James Milliken31415.7
Independent Stan Tunstall1929.6
Liberal Democrats Laurence Geoffrey Brown1909.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Damian Joseph Tuohy111
Turnout 33.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Northaw and Cuffley

Northaw and Cuffley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Irene Hilda Dene 1,112 68.6
Conservative George Michaelides 984
Conservative Bernard John Sarson 957
Liberal Democrats Robina Helen Durrant29918.4
Liberal Democrats Liz Johnson249
Labour Graham Morris MacArthur21013.0
Liberal Democrats Howard Clive Johnson209
Turnout 31.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Panshanger

Panshanger
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martyn John Levitt 744 45.8
Conservative Sara Louise Clare Johnston 706
Conservative Darren Malcolm Bennett 632
Labour Joshua Murombo Chigwangwa36322.3
Labour Steve Iwasyk362
Green Henry Humphreys26716.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Trup25215.5
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Packer188
Liberal Democrats Jon Arch153
Turnout 30.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Peartree

Peartree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Cowan 533 36.1
Labour Steve Roberts 474 32.1
Labour Helen Jane Beckett 474
Liberal Democrats Michal Siewniak426
Labour Mel Jones409
Liberal Democrats Frank Annibale Stefano Marchio Marsh377
Conservative Nathaniel Alfred Keith Chapman26718.1
UKIP Tom Holdsworth20413.8
Conservative Paul Joseph Lowe166
Conservative Emma144
Turnout 29.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sherrards

Sherrards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Bower 887 38.2
Conservative Pat Mabbott 798
Conservative Jon Beckerman 749
Labour Ivan Samuel Edwards62927.1
Green Susan Groom50021.6
Green Ian Nendick353
Liberal Democrats Karen Eaton30413.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Douglas Eaton267
Green Lesley Smith191
Turnout 41.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Welham Green and Hatfield South

Welham Green and Hatfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Mark Zukowskyj 894 47.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Bailey 640
Liberal Democrats Helen Quenet 617
Conservative Keith John Pieri60032.0
Conservative Frank Robert Bowron529
Conservative Les Page509
Labour Linda Elizabeth Mendez38120.3
Labour Diana Lesley Bell376
Labour Cathy Watson294
Turnout 34.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Welwyn East

Welwyn East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Ann Cragg 1,035 45.9
Conservative Roger Trigg 972
Conservative Steven Markiewicz 947
Labour Sheila Ann Barrett51522.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Natalie Harrington42618.9
Liberal Democrats Heather Margaret Richardson332
UKIP Arthur Frank Stevens27712.3
Turnout 36.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Welwyn West

Welwyn West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mandy Perkins 1,011 39.7
Conservative Tony Kingsbury 994
Conservative Nick Taylor 941
Independent Sandra Anne Kyriakides89635.2
Liberal Democrats John Edward Blackburn33713.2
Labour Tony Crump30411.9
Liberal Democrats Kay Marion Mason250
Turnout 42.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-Elections

Haldens

A by-election was held on 17 November 2016 following the resignation of Malcolm Spinks.

Haldens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nathaniel Alfred Keith Chapman 507 34.3 Decrease2.svg1.1
Labour Astrid Carle Thorpe45430.7Decrease2.svg7.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony Benjamin Dennis43729.5Increase2.svg17.6
Green Lynne Christine Allison815.5N//A
Majority533.6
Turnout 1,47929.3
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3.0

Panshanger

A by-election was held on 4 May 2017 following the resignation of Martyn Levitt.

Panshanger
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Mitchinson 673 39.3 Decrease2.svg6.5
Liberal Democrats Ayesha Rohale62036.2Increase2.svg20.7
Labour Lucy Musk41824.4Increase2.svg2.1
Majority533.1
Turnout 1,71138.3
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg13.6

Hatfield Villages

A by-election was held on 8 June 2017 following the death of Howard Morgan.

Haldens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tara-Mary Lyons 1,359 40.1 Increase2.svg2.2
Conservative Peter Hebden1,35239.9Decrease2.svg10.0
Liberal Democrats Jane Quinton67720.0Increase2.svg7.8
Majority70.2
Turnout 3,38866.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg6.1

Handside

A by-election was held on 14 December 2017 following the resignation of Rachel Basch.

Handside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Anne Elam 1,105 52.4 Increase2.svg16.6
Conservative Drew Robert Richardson69132.8Decrease2.svg9.4
Labour Belinda Claire Yeldon26012.3Decrease2.svg3.5
Green Berenice Constance Mary Dowlen512.4Decrease2.svg3.9
Majority41419.6
Turnout 2,10738.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg13.0

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  1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. legislation.gov.uk - The Welwyn Hatfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2016. Retrieved on 27 April 2024.