Welwyn Hatfield council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 16 wards · 16 seats contested

Most seats
8
Labour Party
Seats contested
16
across 16 wards
Turnout
32.9%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 8 +2 8,549 31.8% +1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party 4 +0 9,102 33.9% +0.1
Liberal Democrats 4 -2 5,750 21.4% -4.5
Green Party 0 +0 2,552 9.5% +0.6
Reform UK 0 +0 895 3.3% +2.7

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 16
Conservative and Unionist Party 16
Green Party 16
Labour Party 16
Liberal Democrats 16
Reform UK 7

A party standing a full slate could field 16 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 Mark Short Elected 1,036 58.9% -3.1
Labour Party Graham Martyn Beevers 374 21.3% +3.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Edward Basford 137 7.8% -4.3
Reform UK Harjinderpal Singh Sandhu 120 6.8% —
Green Party William Nicholas Huggonson Berrington 92 5.2% -2.4
Majority662
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,759

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Haldens

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Matthew Thomas Hobbs Elected 743 47.7% -3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Alastair Ian William Hellyer 451 28.9% -2.0
Liberal Democrats Jason Alistair Payne 237 15.2% +4.8
Green Party Lesley Jean Smith 127 8.2% +0.4
Majority292
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,558

Labour Party hold

Handside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Anthony Britiffe Skottowe Elected 1,091 43.7% -12.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Fiona Thomson 845 33.9% +6.1
Labour Party Vaishali Shah 321 12.9% +2.8
Green Party Phil Hopley 136 5.5% -0.7
Reform UK Andrew Wolfe Lewis 101 4.0% —
Majority246
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,494

Liberal Democrats hold

Hatfield Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ian Joseph Walsh Elected 645 48.2% -9.3
Conservative and Unionist Party James Bond 328 24.5% +2.3
Reform UK Mark Alexander Smith 135 10.1% —
Liberal Democrats Adam Edwards 124 9.3% -2.7
Green Party Cheryl Miles 105 7.9% -0.4
Majority317
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,337

Labour Party hold

Hatfield East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shirley Buadu Asare Elected 783 42.3% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Claire Hunt 597 32.2% -0.8
Liberal Democrats Pashang Fatemi 315 17.0% -4.7
Green Party Ian Howard Gregory 158 8.5% +3.0
Majority186
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,853

Labour Party hold

Hatfield South West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Karthik Kumar Bonkur Elected 784 44.5% +7.4
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Joglu 489 27.7% -15.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Craig Stanbury 418 23.7% +9.4
Green Party Antony John Henn 72 4.1% -0.9
Majority295
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,763

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Hatfield Villages

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jane Oghonweire Otumunye Elected 669 41.6% -2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Abbie Elizabeth Cook 551 34.2% +4.6
Liberal Democrats Brad Taylor 292 18.1% +0.1
Green Party Andreas Kukol 98 6.1% +0.7
Majority118
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,610

Labour Party hold

Hollybush

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alan Chesterman Elected 649 52.2% -6.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Marios Artemi 297 23.9% -0.8
Reform UK Hamish Haddow 120 9.7% —
Green Party Peter William Gamby 92 7.4% -0.5
Liberal Democrats Fauzia Haider 85 6.8% -2.3
Majority352
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,243

Labour Party hold

Howlands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Katherine Lucy Gardner Elected 769 49.6% -5.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Seeger 428 27.6% -4.4
Reform UK Dean James Milliken 142 9.2% —
Green Party Penny Berrington 114 7.4% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Hillary Ann Skoczylas 96 6.2% -0.4
Majority341
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,549

Labour Party hold

Northaw & Cuffley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Ann Fitzsimon Elected 852 60.6% -6.2
Labour Party Sheila Ann Barrett 272 19.3% +3.8
Green Party Brian Edward Edwards 164 11.7% +3.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony John Green 118 8.4% -0.8
Majority580
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,406

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Panshanger

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Salman Khan Elected 541 38.1% -9.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Stan Tunstall 462 32.6% +3.9
Labour Party Perry Martyn William Hewitt 314 22.1% +2.4
Green Party Alice Rose Amelia Cowley-French 102 7.2% +2.8
Majority79
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,419

Liberal Democrats hold

Peartree

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Russ Platt Elected 621 43.3% -1.3
Labour Party Tom Green 521 36.3% +0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeet Dhelaria 175 12.2% -0.6
Green Party Tanya Dickson 118 8.2% +1.3
Majority100
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,435

Liberal Democrats hold

Sherrards

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Leo Gilbert Elected 606 31.5% +9.9
Liberal Democrats Azmat Ullah Khawar Mughal 590 30.6% -22.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Durk Reyner 475 24.7% +7.2
Green Party David Cox 128 6.6% +2.3
Reform UK Jack Oliver Aaron 126 6.5% +3.0
Majority16
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,925

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Welham Green & Hatfield South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Paul Mark Zukowskyj Elected 699 41.6% +3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Teresa Florence Travell 593 35.3% +0.1
Labour Party Linda Elizabeth Mendez 322 19.2% -1.7
Green Party Ian Nicholas Challoner Nendick 67 4.0% +0.9
Majority106
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,681

Liberal Democrats hold

Welwyn East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Ann Cragg Elected 777 40.0% -5.7
Labour Party George Von Bülow 587 30.2% -0.5
Liberal Democrats Genevieve Margaret Mary Almeyda 250 12.9% +1.9
Green Party Darrin Anderson Dexter 178 9.2% -3.5
Reform UK Tom Holdsworth 151 7.8% —
Majority190
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,943

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Welwyn West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Bardett Elected 817 43.6% -3.4
Green Party Sarah Butcher 801 42.8% +6.3
Labour Party Andy Osborne 190 10.1% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Rhiannon Lillian Christine Richardson 65 3.5% -3.0
Majority16
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,873

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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