Welwyn Hatfield council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 16 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
6
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
17
across 16 wards
Turnout
41.6%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 6 +2 7,215 19.8% -1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 +1 8,470 23.3% -10.6
Reform UK 3 +3 9,984 27.4% +24.1
Labour Party 3 -5 5,785 15.9% -15.9
Green Party 0 +0 4,926 13.5% +4.0
Heritage Party 0 +0 12 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 17
Conservative and Unionist Party 17
Green Party 17
Labour Party 17
Liberal Democrats 17
Reform UK 17
Heritage Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 17 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 Craig Stanbury Elected 1,119 45.9% +0.0
Reform UK Graham Carpenter 666 27.3% -2.1
Green Party Stephanie Mabbutt 326 13.4% +8.7
Labour Party Sheila Ann Barrett 171 7.0% -5.6
Liberal Democrats Anthony John Green 144 5.9% -1.7
Heritage Party Mia Molinaro 12 0.5% —
Majority453
Turnout48.7%
Registered electors5,013
Ballots cast2,438

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Haldens

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK John Richard Redmond Elected 632 28.9% —
Labour Party Sarah Louise Ellingworth 513 23.5% -24.2
Liberal Democrats Elena Protic 425 19.4% +4.2
Green Party Lucy Musk 326 14.9% +6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Alastair Ian William Hellyer 290 13.3% -15.7
Majority119
Turnout44.4%
Registered electors4,932
Ballots cast2,186

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Handside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gemma May Louise Moore Elected 1,330 47.8% +4.0
Reform UK Jane Louise Johnson 541 19.4% +15.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Lowe 445 16.0% -17.9
Green Party Caleb George Callum Harrison 251 9.0% +3.6
Labour Party Stephen William Plume 216 7.8% -5.1
Majority789
Turnout52.0%
Registered electors5,368
Ballots cast2,783

Liberal Democrats hold

Hatfield Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Mark Alexander Smith Elected 565 33.3% +23.2
Labour Party Pankit Shah 488 28.8% -19.5
Green Party Andy Phillipson 265 15.6% +7.8
Conservative and Unionist Party David John Perkins 230 13.6% -11.0
Liberal Democrats Ilie Dumitru 147 8.7% -0.6
Majority77
Turnout31.2%
Registered electors5,471
Ballots cast1,695

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Hatfield East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Vaishali Shah Elected 547 24.8% -17.5
Reform UK Michael Peter Southwell 512 23.2% —
Green Party Larry Crofton 448 20.3% +11.8
Conservative and Unionist Party David Rose 433 19.6% -12.6
Liberal Democrats Jackie Brennan 268 12.1% -4.9
Majority35
Turnout38.6%
Registered electors5,729
Ballots cast2,208

Labour Party hold

Hatfield South West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Lukasz Marcin Stasiowski Elected 596 32.5% +4.8
Reform UK Claudiu Imbir 492 26.9% —
Green Party Georgia Swift 280 15.3% +11.2
Labour Party Kamal Hussain 257 14.0% -30.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Negar Cetin 207 11.3% -12.4
Majority104
Turnout30.9%
Registered electors5,937
Ballots cast1,832

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Hatfield Villages

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Broach Elected 622 30.2% -11.4
Reform UK Pete Whitehead 544 26.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Abbie Elizabeth Cook 395 19.2% -15.1
Green Party Andreas Kukol 334 16.2% +10.1
Liberal Democrats Adam Edwards 166 8.1% -10.1
Majority78
Turnout33.5%
Registered electors6,168
Ballots cast2,061

Labour Party hold

Hollybush

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Callum Powell Elected 575 33.1% +23.4
Labour Party Lynn Anne Chesterman 547 31.5% -20.7
Conservative and Unionist Party David Glickman 273 15.7% -8.2
Green Party Esther Erzsebet Aiko Pimprenelle Saurigny 235 13.5% +6.1
Liberal Democrats Maria Siewniak 107 6.2% -0.7
Majority28
Turnout35.5%
Registered electors4,917
Ballots cast1,737

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Howlands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Max Peter Holloway Elected 764 35.6% -14.1
Reform UK Mark Simon Biddle 746 34.7% +25.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jamal Chowdhuri 259 12.1% -15.6
Green Party Brad Taylor 257 12.0% +4.6
Liberal Democrats Isaac David Martindale 122 5.7% -0.5
Majority18
Turnout40.7%
Registered electors5,287
Ballots cast2,148

Labour Party hold

Northaw & Cuffley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Seeger Elected 1,175 52.5% -8.1
Reform UK Danny Brunt 688 30.8% —
Green Party Ian Howard Gregory 160 7.2% -4.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Edward Basford 117 5.2% -3.2
Labour Party Laura Vivienne Cook 97 4.3% -15.0
Majority487
Turnout47.5%
Registered electors4,726
Ballots cast2,237

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Panshanger

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Lewis Francis Ross Elected 655 34.2% -3.9
Reform UK Steve Green 631 32.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marios Artemi 236 12.3% -20.2
Green Party Alice Rose Amelia Cowley-French 222 11.6% +4.4
Labour Party Andy Osborne 172 9.0% -13.2
Majority24
Turnout43.9%
Registered electors4,370
Ballots cast1,916

Liberal Democrats hold

Peartree

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Duncan Merlin Jones Elected 701 39.9% +5.7
Reform UK Ian Colpitts 486 27.7% -2.9
Green Party Tanya Dickson 288 16.4% +9.0
Labour Party Darren Lewis 187 10.7% -9.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Emil Sohrab 93 5.3% -2.7
Majority215
Turnout31.5%
Registered electors5,581
Ballots cast1,755

Liberal Democrats hold

Sherrards

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jean-Paul Bernard Skoczylas Elected 994 44.3% +13.6
Reform UK Tommy Howgego 488 21.7% +15.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Teresa Florence Travell 299 13.3% -11.4
Green Party Phil Hopley 251 11.2% +4.5
Labour Party Sarah Louise Dolton 212 9.4% -22.0
Majority506
Turnout50.8%
Registered electors4,426
Ballots cast2,244

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Welham Green & Hatfield South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sandreni Bonfante Elected 692 33.7% -7.9
Reform UK Vhalan Anandarajah 631 30.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Taylor 358 17.4% -17.9
Green Party Joshua Hook 199 9.7% +5.7
Labour Party Perry Martyn William Hewitt 175 8.5% -10.6
Majority61
Turnout38.6%
Registered electors5,345
Ballots cast2,055

Liberal Democrats hold

Welwyn East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Claire Hunt Elected 883 35.6% -4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Durk Reyner Elected 788 31.8% —
Reform UK Mark David Castle 607 24.5% +16.7
Reform UK John Howard Robinson 514 20.7% —
Green Party William Nicholas Huggonson Berrington 365 14.7% +5.6
Labour Party Peter John Costello 344 13.9% -16.3
Green Party Andrew John Morrison 339 13.7% —
Liberal Democrats David Charles Bartlett 319 12.9% +0.0
Labour Party George Von Bülow 276 11.1% —
Liberal Democrats Jason Alistair Payne 261 10.5% —
Majority181
Turnout49.3%
Registered electors5,041
Ballots cast2,479

Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Welwyn West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sunny Thusu Elected 987 41.1% -2.5
Reform UK Richard Armstrong 666 27.7% —
Green Party David Cox 380 15.8% -26.9
Labour Party Rosalind Mary Cloke 197 8.2% -1.9
Liberal Democrats Jojo Godfrey 171 7.1% +3.7
Majority321
Turnout49.1%
Registered electors4,910
Ballots cast2,401

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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