2021 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

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2021 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
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17 out of 48 seats to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderTony KingsburyPaul ZukowskyjMalcolm Cowan
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election231213
Seats before231213
Seats won820
Seats after28119
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote14,9166,5766,576
Percentage48.7%21.5%24.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 9.9Decrease2.svg 10.7Decrease2.svg 1.4
Welwyn Hatfield UK local election 2021 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2021 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
Leader before election


No overall control

Leader after election

Tony Kingsbury
Conservative

Elections to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

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At the previous election the Liberal Democrats managed to gain enough of the popular vote to end the Conservatives's majority of the council for the first time since 2002. However, the results saw the Conservatives regaining much of the popular vote at the cost of the Liberal Democrats, with a swing of nearly 10 points. The Conservatives gained five seats, resulting in them once again gaining majority control of the council, with a working majority of eight. [1] [2] [3] The leader of the Conservatives on the council, Tony Kingsbury, assumed the position of leader of the council, and swiftly confirmed a new cabinet portfolio consisting of his fellow Conservative councillors. [4]

Despite a relatively minor drop in the vote share, Labour lost four of their seats. This marked the first time Labour failed to win a seat in a set of Welwyn Hatfield's local elections in the council's history. These loses were also enough for them to have less seats on the council than the Liberal Democrats, meaning for the first time the Liberal Democrats were the official opposition on the council. The Green Party also nearly doubled their share of the vote, although they still finished last in all their contested seats.

Results summary

2021 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 15Increase2.svg 588.2132858.314,91648.7+9.9
  Liberal Democrats 2Decrease2.svg 111.891122.96,57621.5-10.7
  Labour 0Decrease2.svg 40.09918.87,37024.0-1.4
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,6555.4+2.9
 Abolish the Town Council0Steady2.svg0.0000.0860.3New
  For Britain 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0420.1New

Ward results

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Brookmans Park and Little Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Boulton 1,559 73.2 +5.4
Labour Graham Beevers33915.9+4.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Basford23210.9-9.5
Majority1,22057.3+9.9
Turnout 2,13042.3+4.8
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg0.7

Haldens

Haldens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alastair Hellyer 766 43.7 +7.9
Labour Mike Larkins58933.6+1.2
Liberal Democrats Rhiannon Richardson24514.0-7.5
Green Sarah Butcher1538.7-1.6
Majority17710.1+6.9
Turnout 1,75336.0+3.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg3.4

Handside

Handside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Thomson 1,317 46.3 +20.0
Liberal Democrats Gemma Moore1,00335.3-23.4
Labour Helen Beckett31611.1+3.1
Green Ian Nendick2087.3+0.3
Majority31411.0—
Turnout 2,84452.2+5.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg21.7

Hatfield Central

Hatfield Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Bond 580 42.7 +9.0
Labour Maureen Cook57142.0-3.1
Liberal Democrats Michelle Kirk1229.0-12.2
Abolish the Town CouncilMelvyn Jones866.3N/A
Majority90.7—
Turnout 2,84425.1+0.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg6.1

Hatfield East

Hatfield East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Lake 810 44.6 +9.2
Labour Cathy Watson55230.4+4.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Snowdon28915.9-15.5
Green Ian Gregory1659.1+0.2
Majority25814.2—
Turnout 1,81632.5-0.7
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg4.5

Hatfield South West

Hatfield South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Stanbury 526 33.9 +9.1
Labour James Broach51533.2-6.4
Liberal Democrats Timothy Rowse51032.9+6.0
Majority110.7—
Turnout 1,55128.7+0.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg11.1

Hatfield Villages

Hatfield Villages
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Kasumu 774 45.6 +0.3
Labour Margaret Eames-Petersen58534.4-5.3
Liberal Democrats Adam Edwards19011.2-3.9
Green Andreas Kukol1508.8N/A
Majority18911.2+5.6
Turnout 1,69931.4+4.2
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg2.8

Hollybush

Hollybush
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Pace 653 42.9 +4.9
Labour Mbizo Mpofu58338.3-9.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher Corbey-West1489.7-4.4
Green Claudia Ferlisi1399.1N/A
Majority704.6—
Turnout 1,52330.6+3.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg7.3

Howlands

Howlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve McNamara 962 52.5 +19.9
Labour Alan Chesterman68037.1-6.3
Liberal Democrats Konrad Basch19010.4-1.5
Majority28215.4—
Turnout 1,83234.3+3.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg13.1

Northaw and Cuffley

Northaw and Cuffley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gail Ganney 1,328 75.2 +6.7
Labour Sheila Barrett22312.6+2.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Johnson21512.2-10.5
Majority1,10562.6+16.8
Turnout 1,76637.2+5.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg2.0

Panshanger

Panshanger
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stan Tunstall 819 49.5 +13.0
Liberal Democrats Darrell Panter49129.7-19.1
Labour Joshua Chigwangwa34320.8+6.1
Majority32819.8—
Turnout 1,65336.9+0.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg16.1

Peartree

Peartree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Russ Platt 578 40.4 -10.0
Labour Steve Iwasyk40828.5-4.1
Conservative Hamish Haddow33623.5+6.5
Green Nicola Chapman1097.6N/A
Majority17011.9-5.9
Turnout 1,43127.3+1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.0

Sherrards

Sherrards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Flavia Wachuku 767 37.5 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Arvindkumar Thakkar57528.1-18.4
Labour Hilary Carlen47723.3+10.9
Green Lesley Smith22811.1+5.6
Majority1929.4—
Turnout 2,04746.0+1.8
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg12.9

Welham Green and Hatfield South

Welham Green and Hatfield South (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Zukowskyj 791 50.5 +3.5
Conservative Teresa Travell 727 46.4 +14.5
Conservative Paul Lowe54334.7+2.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Griffiths52533.5-13.5
Labour Gareth Aicken25816.5-4.5
Labour John Eames-Petersen24515.6-5.4
For Britain Mia Americanos-Molinaro422.7N/A
Turnout —34.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Welwyn East

Welwyn East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Cragg 1,218 56.3 +4.9
Labour Martine Davis42519.7+0.2
Liberal Democrats Helen Harrington27812.9-16.1
Green William Berrington24111.1N/A
Majority79336.6+14.2
Turnout 2,16242.2+6.7
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg2.4

Welwyn West

Welwyn West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Smith 1,231 63.5 +8.0
Green Penny Berrington26213.5+6.5
Labour Daniel Carlen25113.0+6.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Reimer19410.0-21.0
Majority96950.0+25.5
Turnout 1,93839.8+2.6
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg0.8

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