St Albans council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 20 wards · 22 seats contested

Most seats
19
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
22
across 20 wards
Turnout
45.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 19 +2 25,811 44.3% -5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 +1 11,167 19.1% -2.0
Independent 1 +1 1,374 2.4% +1.7
Reform UK 0 +0 9,697 16.6% +14.9
Green Party 0 -1 7,469 12.8% -1.8
Labour Party 0 -2 2,793 4.8% -7.2
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 15 0.0% -0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 22
Conservative and Unionist Party 23
Reform UK 23
Green Party 22
Labour Party 22
Liberal Democrats 22
Independent 2
Communist Party of Britain 1

A party standing a full slate could field 22 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Batchwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Chris Lewis Elected 1,091 41.9% -2.0
Independent Damian Gaskin 603 23.1% +19.5
Green Party Tatiana Metcalf-Riener 344 13.2% -27.0
Reform UK Kathleen Robinson 234 9.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stella Nash 181 6.9% -4.1
Labour Party Chris Cloke 152 5.8% -5.2
Majority488
Turnout45.2%
Registered electors5,791
Ballots cast2,605

Liberal Democrats hold

Bernards Heath

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Helen Rosemary Campbell Elected 1,447 54.1% -1.7
Green Party Claire Gilbert 514 19.2% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Ambrose Killen 332 12.4% -1.1
Reform UK William Heugh Smith 254 9.5% —
Labour Party Jane Cloke 127 4.7% -5.4
Majority933
Turnout45.1%
Registered electors5,945
Ballots cast2,674

Liberal Democrats hold

Clarence

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Josie Madoc Elected 1,557 47.2% +0.6
Green Party Livvy Gibbs 1,269 38.5% -3.5
Reform UK Stephen Bird 224 6.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party June Reid 125 3.8% -2.0
Labour Party Martin McGrath 123 3.7% -1.9
Majority288
Turnout53.0%
Registered electors6,237
Ballots cast3,298

Liberal Democrats hold

Colney Heath

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Chris Brazier Elected 413 42.5% -16.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Frances Leonard 225 23.2% -4.3
Reform UK Mark Geoffrey Woolhouse 223 23.0% —
Green Party Rebecca Watters 80 8.2% -0.4
Labour Party Iain Grant 30 3.1% -1.8
Majority188
Turnout44.3%
Registered electors2,198
Ballots cast971

Liberal Democrats hold

Cunningham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Robert Francis Donald Elected 1,262 54.1% -2.6
Reform UK James Ian Humphrey 351 15.0% +9.2
Green Party Isabelle Habib 328 14.1% +3.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Rachael Drewitt 251 10.8% -2.8
Labour Party John Paton 142 6.1% -7.3
Majority911
Turnout40.5%
Registered electors5,780
Ballots cast2,334

Liberal Democrats hold

Harpenden East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Pip Liver Elected 1,107 44.9% -9.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Geoffrey Newman 675 27.4% +0.2
Reform UK Thomas Oliver Cooney 327 13.3% —
Green Party Lesley Baker 248 10.1% +1.5
Labour Party Neil Mulcock 110 4.5% -5.5
Majority432
Turnout42.9%
Registered electors5,782
Ballots cast2,467

Liberal Democrats hold

Harpenden North & Rural

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Kevin Timmons Elected 1,088 40.7% -0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Spiri 812 30.4% -19.0
Reform UK Philip Martin Wells 428 16.0% —
Green Party Joel Crichton 250 9.3% +3.2
Labour Party Ben Dearman 96 3.6% -0.2
Majority276
Turnout44.3%
Registered electors6,048
Ballots cast2,674

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Harpenden South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Heritage Elected 1,185 42.7% -3.5
Liberal Democrats Nikolaus Rath 898 32.4% -11.4
Reform UK Matthew David Swan 388 14.0% —
Green Party Tanja Brueckmann-Rath 195 7.0% +3.1
Labour Party Guy Thomas 109 3.9% -2.2
Majority287
Turnout49.4%
Registered electors5,633
Ballots cast2,775

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Harpenden West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Jacob Elected 1,290 40.4% +2.4
Liberal Democrats Ric Belfield 1,270 39.8% -9.3
Reform UK Paul Stuart Brayley 305 9.6% —
Green Party Mario May 220 6.9% +2.0
Labour Party David Crew 108 3.4% -4.8
Majority20
Turnout50.9%
Registered electors6,279
Ballots cast3,193

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Hill End

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jamie Day Elected 1,615 62.5% -7.9
Green Party Marianne Jordan 343 13.3% +3.4
Reform UK Caspar Hugo Issac Thomas 293 11.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sudha Bharadia 234 9.1% -2.3
Labour Party Steve Clark 97 3.8% -4.5
Majority1,272
Turnout45.8%
Registered electors5,655
Ballots cast2,582

Liberal Democrats hold

London Colney

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Tony Lillico Elected 872 34.9% +9.8
Reform UK Eleanor Frances Jackson 632 25.3% +16.8
Labour Party David Eaton 563 22.6% -20.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Lister 226 9.1% -14.9
Green Party Aimee Crompton-Smith 203 8.1% -0.1
Majority240
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors5,955
Ballots cast2,496

Liberal Democrats hold

Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Helen Kirby Elected 1,389 49.2% +0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Leonard 610 21.6% -14.2
Reform UK Larraine Charters 418 14.8% —
Green Party Joe Flynn 319 11.3% +3.5
Labour Party Stephen Poxon 87 3.1% -4.4
Majority779
Turnout46.9%
Registered electors6,038
Ballots cast2,823

Liberal Democrats hold

Marshalswick West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Michael Mortimer Jones Elected 1,121 57.5% -5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Don Deepthi 282 14.5% -6.3
Reform UK Thomas Peter Russell 248 12.7% —
Green Party Jason Flynn 215 11.0% +1.4
Labour Party Sarah Heiser 82 4.2% -2.4
Majority839
Turnout49.5%
Registered electors3,938
Ballots cast1,948

Liberal Democrats hold

Park Street

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Rav Dighe Elected 1,185 42.2% -8.5
Reform UK Roger John Curtis Gray 760 27.0% +17.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Curthoys 513 18.3% -6.0
Green Party Mark Stephen Charles Park-Crowne 261 9.3% +1.9
Labour Party Laurence Chester 91 3.2% -5.1
Majority425
Turnout42.5%
Registered electors6,626
Ballots cast2,810

Liberal Democrats hold

Redbourn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent David Mitchell Elected 771 39.7% +17.5
Reform UK Joy Katherine Swan 399 20.5% +4.0
Liberal Democrats Naina Bloom 316 16.3% -14.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Amanda Nash 268 13.8% -8.0
Green Party Matthew Thomas 124 6.4% +3.8
Labour Party Andy Hayes 64 3.3% -2.5
Majority372
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors4,325
Ballots cast1,942

Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Sandridge & Wheathampstead 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ann Ellen Mary Chance-Read Elected 1,278 37.9% -8.7
Liberal Democrats Simon Richard Johns Elected 1,061 31.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Clark 666 19.7% -14.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Clark 666 19.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Waterfield 665 19.7% —
Reform UK Nigel Kenneth Hawes 547 16.2% —
Reform UK Frederick Alan Philpott 502 14.9% —
Reform UK Fred Philpott 502 14.9% —
Green Party Danielle Durant-Taylor 352 10.4% -2.4
Green Party Oliver Hitch 299 8.9% —
Labour Party Denise Brown 132 3.9% -12.3
Labour Party Symon Vegro 77 2.3% —
Majority395
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors6,194
Ballots cast (estimated)3,374

Liberal Democrats hold

Sopwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sarwar Shamsher Elected 1,226 53.1% +2.5
Reform UK Jane Dawson-Davis 367 15.9% +9.4
Green Party Len Pattenden 344 14.9% +3.1
Labour Party Janet Smith 187 8.1% -11.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Heather Rench 171 7.4% -3.2
Communist Party of Britain Mark Antony Ewington 15 0.6% -0.2
Majority859
Turnout41.6%
Registered electors5,572
Ballots cast2,310

Liberal Democrats hold

St Peters

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sean William Hughes Elected 1,347 49.4% +13.1
Green Party Sally Leonard 868 31.8% -12.1
Reform UK Jim Brodie 240 8.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Claudio Duran 172 6.3% -2.8
Labour Party David Byatt 102 3.7% -7.0
Majority479
Turnout43.7%
Registered electors6,261
Ballots cast2,729

Liberal Democrats gain from Green Party

St Stephen 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ajanta Hilton Elected 1,414 47.0% +3.6
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Rafi Elected 1,175 39.1% —
Reform UK Richard Brooks 892 29.7% +23.0
Reform UK Stewart Irus Jason Vassie 781 26.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Martyn Redstone 671 22.3% -13.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Simin Taheri 502 16.7% —
Green Party Gabriel Roberts 218 7.2% +1.3
Green Party Ben Tiplady 175 5.8% —
Labour Party Janet Blackwell 108 3.6% -5.2
Labour Party Jane Hobday 81 2.7% —
Majority283
Turnout45.6%
Registered electors6,784
Ballots cast (estimated)3,008

Liberal Democrats gain · Liberal Democrats hold

Verulam

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dawn Gamble Elected 1,679 57.3% -4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Devi 445 15.2% -6.3
Reform UK Alan Hugh Dodds 382 13.0% —
Green Party Kevin Tiplady 300 10.2% +1.3
Labour Party Geoff Meade 125 4.3% -3.1
Majority1,234
Turnout50.3%
Registered electors5,840
Ballots cast2,931

Liberal Democrats hold

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