2018 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
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Elections to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.[1]
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Composition of the Council[edit]
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
16 | 5 | 28 |
Labour | Liberal Democrats | Conservative |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
15 | 8 | 26 |
Labour | Liberal Democrats | Conservative |
Results summary[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 41.3 | 11,553 | 4.0 | ||
Labour | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28.9 | 8,088 | 0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24.4 | 6,835 | 7.5 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 1,403 | 2.6 | |||
Abolish the Town Council | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 208 | New |
Ward results[edit]
Brookmans Park and Little Heath[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rebecca Louise Lass | 1,519 | 75.2 | 4.1 | |
Labour | Graham Martyn Beevers | 274 | 13.6 | 0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louisa Beth Noel | 228 | 11.3 | 3.7 | |
Majority | 1,245 | 61.6 | — | ||
Turnout | 2,021 | 39.9 | — | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.2 |
Haldens[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lucy Musk | 647 | 34.7 | 3.0 | |
Conservative | Drew Robert Richardson | 624 | 33.5 | 1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Dennis | 592 | 31.8 | 19.9 | |
Majority | 23 | 1.2 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,863 | 37.7 | — | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.6 |
Handside[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Siobhan Anne Elam | 1,495 | 56.1 | 20.3 | |
Conservative | Graham Eric Dowler | 889 | 33.4 | 8.8 | |
Labour | Ian Merison | 279 | 10.5 | 5.3 | |
Majority | 606 | 22.7 | — | ||
Turnout | 2,263 | 48.9 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 14.6 |
Hatfield Central[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pankit Shah | 756 | 53.7 | 2.0 | |
Conservative | Caron Anne Juggins | 446 | 31.7 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Edwards | 205 | 14.6 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 310 | 22.0 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,407 | 26.2 | — | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.8 |
Hatfield East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Hebden | 756 | 42.8 | 8.8 | |
Labour | Cathy Watson | 648 | 36.7 | 4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Brennan | 363 | 20.5 | 10.5 | |
Majority | 108 | 6.1 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,767 | 32.2 | — | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 2.0 |
Hatfield South West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kieran Michael Thorpe | 679 | 46.3 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | Kim Elizabeth Langley | 382 | 26.1 | 4.1 | |
Abolish the Town Council | Melvyn Jones | 208 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Graham Wilson | 197 | 13.4 | 2.3 | |
Majority | 297 | 20.2 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,466 | 28.8 | — | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.8 |
Hatfield Villages[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Duncan James Bell | 688 | 46.0 | 3.9 | |
Conservative | Samuel Kasumu | 598 | 39.9 | 10.0 | |
Labour | Margaret Anne Eames-Peterses | 554 | 37.0 | 0.9 | |
Labour | Oliver Timothy Price | 496 | 33.1 | 4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Quinton | 212 | 14.2 | 2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gemma May Louise Moore | 205 | 13.7 | 1.5 | |
Independent | Carol Ann Beckerman | 69 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 44 | — | — | ||
Turnout | 1,497 | 29.7 | — | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | — |
Hollybush[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynn Anne Chesterman | 726 | 53.4 | 14.5 | |
Conservative | Howard Frank Weintrob | 475 | 34.9 | 5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Paul Corbey-West | 103 | 7.6 | 1.5 | |
Independent | George William Saunders | 56 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 251 | 18.5 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,360 | 27.4 | — | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.2 |
Howlands[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Max Peter Holloway | 858 | 52.2 | 16.0 | |
Conservative | Stan Tunstall | 629 | 38.3 | 9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Konrad Basch | 157 | 9.5 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 229 | 13.9 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,644 | 32.3 | — | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.4 |
Northaw and Cuffley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bernard John Sarson | 1,152 | 70.5 | 1.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Anthony Wrenn | 1,133 | 69.3 | 0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robina Helen Durrant | 320 | 19.6 | 1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Johnson | 240 | 14.7 | 3.7 | |
Labour | Sheila Ann Barrett | 205 | 12.5 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 813 | 49.7 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,635 | 34.1 | — | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | — |
Panshanger[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ayesha Rohale | 601 | 37.5 | 22.0 | |
Conservative | Darren Malcolm Bennett | 564 | 35.2 | 10.6 | |
Labour | Zoe Pateman | 367 | 22.9 | 0.6 | |
Independent | Susan Patricia Storer | 70 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 37 | 2.3 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,602 | 35.7 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 16.3 |
Peartree[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tamsin Francesca Jackson-Mynott | 583 | 44.0 | 7.9 | |
Labour | Helen Jane Beckett | 512 | 38.7 | 6.6 | |
Conservative | Roy Gilbert Talbot | 229 | 17.3 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 71 | 5.3 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,324 | 28.3 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 0.7 |
Sherrards[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jean-Paul Bernard Skoczylas | 782 | 38.7 | 25.6 | |
Conservative | Alan Stewart Franey | 672 | 33.3 | 4.9 | |
Labour | Jason Lee Robinson | 484 | 24.0 | 3.1 | |
Independent | Jon Beckerman | 82 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 110 | 5.4 | — | ||
Turnout | 2,020 | 44.8 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 15.3 |
Welham Green and Hatfield South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Helen Quenet | 793 | 44.8 | 2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jaida Esin Caliskan | 692 | 39.1 | 8.1 | |
Conservative | Teresa Florence Travell | 599 | 33.9 | 1.9 | |
Conservative | Edward Frederick Findlay Boulton | 570 | 32.2 | 0.2 | |
Labour | Linda Elizabeth Mendez | 393 | 22.2 | 1.9 | |
Labour | John Richard Eames-Petersen | 364 | 20.6 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 93 | 5.2 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,769 | 33.1 | — | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Welwyn East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Steven Markiewicz | 875 | 47.8 | 1.9 | |
Labour | Rose Grewal | 515 | 28.1 | 5.2 | |
Independent | Carl Jamie Storer | 237 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Natalie Harrington | 204 | 11.1 | 7.8 | |
Majority | 360 | 19.7 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,831 | 36.1 | — | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Welwyn West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sunny Thusu | 1,054 | 51.9 | 12.2 | |
Independent | Sandra Anne Kyriakides | 785 | 38.7 | 3.5 | |
Labour | Joshua Murombo Chigwangwa | 191 | 9.4 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 269 | 13.2 | — | ||
Turnout | 2,030 | 42.3 | — | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.4 |
By-Elections[edit]
Welwyn West[edit]
A by-election was held on 29 November following the death of Mandy Perkins, the leader of the Council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Richard Smith | 960 | 58.7 | 6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christina Maria Raven | 604 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Josh Chigwangwa | 72 | 4.4 | 5.0 | |
Majority | 356 | 21.8 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,636 | 33.7 | — | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 21.9 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Tories retain Welwyn Hatfield control in Hertfordshire elections". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Election Results - 3 May 2018". Retrieved 13 May 2019.