2018 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

2018 UK local government 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] The Conservatives saw a reduction a large reduction in their number of seats, only just hanging on to majority of the council.^[2]

← 2016 3 May 2018 (2018年5月3日) 2019 →

19 out of 48 seats to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majorityTurnoutTBD

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Blank	Blank	Blank
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	28	15	5
Seats before	27^[a]	16	5
Seats won	6	5	5
Seats after	25	15	8
Seat change	Decrease 2	Decrease 1	Increase 3
Popular vote	11.553	8,770	6,835
Percentage	41.3	28.9	24.4
Swing	Decrease 4.0	Decrease 0.2	Increase 7.5

Winner of each seat at the 2018 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	25	1	3	Decrease 2	41.3	11,553	Decrease4.0
Labour	15	1	2	Decrease 1	28.9	8,088	Decrease0.2
Liberal Democrats	8	3	0	Increase 3	24.4	6,835	Increase7.5
Independent	0	0	0	Steady	4.6	1,403	Increase2.6
Abolish the Town Council	0	0	0	Steady	0.7	208	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Rebecca Louise Lass	1,519	75.2	Increase4.1
Labour	Graham Martyn Beevers	274	13.6	Decrease0.3
Liberal Democrats	Louisa Beth Noel	228	11.3	Decrease3.7
Majority			1,245	61.6	—
Turnout			2,021	39.9	—
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Lucy Musk	647	34.7	Decrease3.0
Conservative	Drew Robert Richardson	624	33.5	Decrease1.9
Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dennis	592	31.8	Increase19.9
Majority			23	1.2	—
Turnout			1,863	37.7	—
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	Decrease0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Siobhan Anne Elam	1,495	56.1	Increase20.3
Conservative	Graham Eric Dowler	889	33.4	Decrease8.8
Labour	Ian Merison	279	10.5	Decrease5.3
Majority			606	22.7	—
Turnout			2,263	48.9	—
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Increase14.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Pankit Shah	756	53.7	Decrease2.0
Conservative	Caron Anne Juggins	446	31.7	Decrease0.5
Liberal Democrats	Adam Edwards	205	14.6	Increase2.5
Majority			310	22.0	—
Turnout			1,407	26.2	—
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Peter Hebden	756	42.8	Increase8.8
Labour	Cathy Watson	648	36.7	Increase4.8
Liberal Democrats	Jackie Brennan	363	20.5	Increase10.5
Majority			108	6.1	—
Turnout			1,767	32.2	—
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	Increase2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Kieran Michael Thorpe	679	46.3	Increase1.5
Conservative	Kim Elizabeth Langley	382	26.1	Decrease4.1
Abolish the Town Council	Melvyn Jones	208	14.2	N/A
Liberal Democrats	Paul Graham Wilson	197	13.4	Increase2.3
Majority			297	20.2	—
Turnout			1,466	28.8	—
Labour hold		Swing	Increase2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Duncan James Bell	688	46.0	Decrease3.9
Conservative	Samuel Kasumu	598	39.9	Decrease10.0
Labour	Margaret Anne Eames-Peterses	554	37.0	Decrease0.9
Labour	Oliver Timothy Price	496	33.1	Decrease4.8
Liberal Democrats	Jane Quinton	212	14.2	Increase2.0
Liberal Democrats	Gemma May Louise Moore	205	13.7	Increase1.5
Independent	Carol Ann Beckerman	69	4.6	N/A
Majority			44	—	—
Turnout			1,497	29.7	—
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease1.6
Conservative hold		Swing	—

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Lynn Anne Chesterman	726	53.4	Increase14.5
Conservative	Howard Frank Weintrob	475	34.9	Decrease5.8
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Paul Corbey-West	103	7.6	Increase1.5
Independent	George William Saunders	56	4.1	N/A
Majority			251	18.5	—
Turnout			1,360	27.4	—
Labour hold		Swing	Increase10.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Max Peter Holloway	858	52.2	Increase16.0
Conservative	Stan Tunstall	629	38.3	Increase9.3
Liberal Democrats	Konrad Basch	157	9.5	±0.0
Majority			229	13.9	—
Turnout			1,644	32.3	—
Labour hold		Swing	Increase3.4

Northaw and Cuffley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Bernard John Sarson	1,152	70.5	Increase1.9
Conservative	Simon Anthony Wrenn	1,133	69.3	Increase0.7
Liberal Democrats	Robina Helen Durrant	320	19.6	Increase1.2
Liberal Democrats	Clive Johnson	240	14.7	Decrease3.7
Labour	Sheila Ann Barrett	205	12.5	Decrease0.5
Majority			813	49.7	—
Turnout			1,635	34.1	—
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease0.3
Conservative hold		Swing	—

Panshanger
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Ayesha Rohale	601	37.5	Increase22.0
Conservative	Darren Malcolm Bennett	564	35.2	Decrease10.6
Labour	Zoe Pateman	367	22.9	Increase0.6
Independent	Susan Patricia Storer	70	4.4	N/A
Majority			37	2.3	—
Turnout			1,602	35.7	—
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	Increase16.3

Sherrards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Jean-Paul Bernard Skoczylas	782	38.7	Increase25.6
Conservative	Alan Stewart Franey	672	33.3	Decrease4.9
Labour	Jason Lee Robinson	484	24.0	Decrease3.1
Independent	Jon Beckerman	82	4.1	N/A
Majority			110	5.4	—
Turnout			2,020	44.8	—
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	Increase15.3

Welham Green and Hatfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Helen Quenet	793	44.8	Decrease2.9
Liberal Democrats	Jaida Esin Caliskan	692	39.1	Decrease8.1
Conservative	Teresa Florence Travell	599	33.9	Increase1.9
Conservative	Edward Frederick Findlay Boulton	570	32.2	Increase0.2
Labour	Linda Elizabeth Mendez	393	22.2	Increase1.9
Labour	John Richard Eames-Petersen	364	20.6	Increase0.3
Majority			93	5.2	—
Turnout			1,769	33.1	—
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	Decrease2.5
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Tamsin Francesca Jackson-Mynott	583	44.0	Increase7.9
Labour	Helen Jane Beckett	512	38.7	Increase6.6
Conservative	Roy Gilbert Talbot	229	17.3	Decrease0.8
Majority			71	5.3	—
Turnout			1,324	28.3	—
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	Increase0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Steven Markiewicz	875	47.8	Increase1.9
Labour	Rose Grewal	515	28.1	Increase5.2
Independent	Carl Jamie Storer	237	12.9	N/A
Liberal Democrats	Helen Natalie Harrington	204	11.1	Decrease7.8
Majority			360	19.7	—
Turnout			1,831	36.1	—
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Sunny Thusu	1,054	51.9	Increase12.2
Independent	Sandra Anne Kyriakides	785	38.7	Increase3.5
Labour	Joshua Murombo Chigwangwa	191	9.4	Decrease2.5
Majority			269	13.2	—
Turnout			2,030	42.3	—
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Paul Richard Smith	960	58.7	Increase6.8
Liberal Democrats	Christina Maria Raven	604	36.9	N/A
Labour	Josh Chigwangwa	72	4.4	Decrease5.0
Majority			356	21.8	—
Turnout			1,636	33.7	—
Conservative hold		Swing	Decrease21.9

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Composition of the Council

Results summary

Ward results

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Haldens

Handside

Hatfield Central

Hatfield East

Hatfield South West

Hatfield Villages

Hollybush

Howlands

Northaw and Cuffley

Panshanger

Peartree

Sherrards

Welham Green and Hatfield South

Welwyn East

Welwyn West

By-Elections

Welwyn West

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