Welwyn Hatfield council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 16 wards · 19 seats contested

Most seats
8
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
19
across 16 wards
Turnout
34.9%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 8 -20 13,854 42.9% -4.6
Liberal Democrats 6 +1 7,972 24.7% +6.9
Labour Party 5 -10 8,948 27.7% -0.1
Independent 0 +0 1,299 4.0% +2.1
Abolish the TV Licence Party 0 +0 208 0.6% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 19
Conservative and Unionist Party 19
Labour Party 18
Liberal Democrats 18
Independent 6
Abolish the TV Licence Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 19 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.

Brookmans Park & Little Heath

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Rebecca Lass Elected 1,519 75.2% +0.6
Labour Party Graham Martyn Beevers 274 13.6% -1.0
Liberal Democrats Louise Beth Noel 228 11.3% -4.4
Majority1,245
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,021

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Haldens

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lucy Musk Elected 647 34.7% -13.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Drew Robert Richardson 624 33.5% -11.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Dennis 592 31.8% +16.6
Majority23
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,863

Labour Party hold

Handside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Anne Elam Elected 1,495 56.1% +3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Eric Dowler 889 33.4% +0.6
Labour Party Ian Merison 279 10.5% -1.9
Majority606
Turnout49.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,663

Liberal Democrats hold

Hatfield Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pankit Shah Elected 756 53.7% -6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Caron Juggins 446 31.7% -3.4
Liberal Democrats Adam Edwards 205 14.6% +1.4
Majority310
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,407

Labour Party hold

Hatfield East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Hebden Elected 756 42.8% -2.9
Labour Party Cathy Watson 648 36.7% -6.1
Liberal Democrats Jackie Brennan 363 20.5% +7.1
Majority108
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,767

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hatfield South West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kieran Michael Thorpe Elected 679 46.3% -4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Kim Elizabeth Langley 382 26.1% -8.5
Abolish the TV Licence Party Melvyn Jones 208 14.2% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Graham Wilson 197 13.4% +0.8
Majority297
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,466

Labour Party hold

Hatfield Villages 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Duncan James Bell Elected 688 48.8% -4.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Samuel Kasumu Elected 598 42.4% —
Labour Party Margaret Anne Eames-Petersen 554 39.3% -1.3
Labour Party Oliver Timothy Price 496 35.2% —
Liberal Democrats Jane Quinton 212 15.0% +2.0
Liberal Democrats Gemma May Louise Moore 205 14.5% —
Independent Carol Ann Beckerman 69 4.9% —
Majority44
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,411

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hollybush

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lynn Anne Chesterman Elected 726 53.4% +4.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Howard Frank Weintrob 475 34.9% -15.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Corbey-West 103 7.6% -0.0
Independent George William Saunders 56 4.1% —
Majority251
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,360

Labour Party hold

Howlands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Max Peter Holloway Elected 858 52.2% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Stan Tunstall 629 38.3% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Konrad Basch 157 9.5% -3.5
Majority229
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,644

Labour Party hold

Northaw & Cuffley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bernard Sarson Elected 1,152 75.5% -7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Anthony Wrenn Elected 1,133 74.3% —
Liberal Democrats Robina Helen Durrant 320 21.0% -1.3
Liberal Democrats Clive Johnson 240 15.7% —
Labour Party Sheila Ann Barrett 205 13.4% -2.2
Majority813
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,525

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Panshanger

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ayesha Rohale Elected 601 37.5% +1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Darren Malcolm Bennett 564 35.2% -4.1
Labour Party Zoe Pateman 367 22.9% -1.5
Independent Susan Patricia Storer 70 4.4% —
Majority37
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,602

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Peartree

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Tamsin Francesca Jackson-Mynott Elected 583 44.0% -2.0
Labour Party Helen Jane Beckett 512 38.7% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Gilbert Talbot 229 17.3% -5.8
Majority71
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,324

Liberal Democrats hold

Sherrards

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jean-Paul Bernard Skoczylas Elected 782 38.7% +19.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Franey 672 33.3% -23.6
Labour Party Jason Robinson 484 24.0% -16.4
Independent Jon Beckerman 82 4.1% —
Majority110
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,020

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Welham Green & Hatfield South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Helen Quenet Elected 793 46.5% -8.9
Liberal Democrats Jaida Esin Caliskan Elected 692 40.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Teresa Florence Travell 599 35.1% -2.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Ed Boulton 570 33.4% —
Labour Party Linda Elizabeth Mendez 393 23.0% -0.6
Labour Party John Richard Eames-Petersen 364 21.3% —
Majority93
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,706

Liberal Democrats hold

Welwyn East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven Markiewicz Elected 875 47.8% -21.2
Labour Party Rose Grewal 515 28.1% -6.2
Independent Carl Jamie Storer 237 12.9% —
Liberal Democrats Helen Natalie Harrington 204 11.1% -17.2
Majority360
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,831

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Welwyn West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sunny Thusu Elected 1,054 51.9% -12.1
Independent Sandra Anne Kyriakides 785 38.7% -18.1
Labour Party Joshua Murombo Chigwangwa 191 9.4% -9.9
Majority269
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,030

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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