St Albans City and District Council elections

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File:St Albans UK political composition map.svg
Map showing the composition of St Albans City and District Council after the 2014 election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Greens in green and independent in grey.

One third of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 58 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
Conservative 1973 - 1984
No overall control 1984 - 1988
Conservative 1988 - 1991
No overall control 1991 - 1994
Liberal Democrats 1994 - 1999
No overall control 1999 - 2006
Liberal Democrats 2006 - 2007
No overall control 2007 - 2008
Liberal Democrats 2008 - 2011
No overall control 2011 - 2015
Conservative 2015 - Present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1999 election increasing the number of seats by 1.[3]

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Independent Green Vacant Notes
1990[5] 31 17 8 1 0 0
1991[6] 27 20 9 1 0 0
1992[7] 23 23 10 1 0 0
1994[8] 19 29 9 0 0 0
1995[9] 13 34 10 0 0 0
1996[10] 5 39 11 1 0 1
1998[11] 11 30 16 0 0 0
1999[3] 21 21 16 0 0 0 New ward boundaries[12]
2000[13] 19 23 15 1 0 0
2002[14] 20 21 15 1 0 1
2003[15] 21 23 13 1 0 0
2004[16] 17 29 11 1 0 0
2006[17] 17 31 8 2 0 0
2007[18] 19 29 8 2 0 0 Some new ward boundaries[19]
2008[20] 22 30 5 1 0 0
2010[21] 24 30 3 1 0 0
2011[22] 29 24 3 1 1 0
2012[23] 29 19 8 1 1 0
2014[2] 29 17 10 1 1 0
2015 32 16 8 1 1

District result maps

  • 1999 results map

  • 2000 results map

  • 2002 results map

  • 2003 results map

  • 2004 results map

  • 2006 results map

  • St Albans UK local election 2007 map.svg

    2007 results map

  • 2008 results map

  • 2010 results map

  • St Albans UK local election 2011 map.svg

    2011 results map

  • 2012 results map

  • St Albans UK local election 2014 map.svg

    2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[24] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Sopwell 13 June 1996 Labour Labour
Marshalswick North 27 February 1997 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Sopwell by-election 23 July 1998 Labour Labour
Verulam by-election 2 December 1999 Conservative Conservative
Park Street by-election 12 October 2000 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Sopwell by-election 7 June 2001 Labour Labour
Verulam by-election 27 June 2002 Conservative Liberal Democrat
Verulam by-election 5 April 2004 Conservative Liberal Democrat
Harpenden South by-election 4 June 2009 Conservative Conservative
Ashley by-election 3 June 2010 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Batchwood by-election 19 January 2012 Liberal Democrat Labour
Marshalswick South by-election 29 January 2015 Conservative Conservative

References

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External links

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