2023 St Albans City and District Council election
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 St Albans City and District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[2]
Eighteen members of the council were up for election.
The Liberal Democrats obtained 15 seats, the Green party obtained 2 seats (including winning one from the Liberal Democrats in Clarence ward), and the Conservatives obtained 1 seat (in Harpenden South).[3][4]
The Liberal Democrats remained in control of the council after the election, with 49 out of 56 seats being held by them.[5]
On 5 May 2023, one day after the election, it was announced that there would be a by-election for a district councillor in St. Peters ward on 13 June 2023 due to a vacancy.[6]
The next elections are due to take place in May 2024.[3]
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]2023 St Albans City and District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 15 | 1 | 83.3 | 34 | 49 | 87.5 | 20,859 | 50.4 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | 1 | 5.6 | 3 | 4 | 7.1 | 11,127 | 26.8 | +2.8 | ||
Green | 2 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.6 | 5,287 | 12.8 | –2.4 | |
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | –2.5 | ||
Labour | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,075 | 9.8 | –0.6 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Communist | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
Ward results
[edit]The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by St Albans City and District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[7][8]
The Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour, and the Green Party had candidates in all 18 wards. The results for each ward were as follows:[9]
Batchwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jenni Murray* | 1,184 | 56.4 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Emma Turnbull | 344 | 16.4 | –1.2 | |
Conservative | Alexandra Clark | 309 | 14.7 | –1.6 | |
Green | Danielle Durant-Taylor | 214 | 10.2 | –2.8 | |
Reform UK | David Thurston | 49 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 840 | 40.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,100 | 37.6 | –6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,584 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Bernards Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Brattle | 1,419 | 60.7 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Ambrose Killen | 406 | 17.3 | +1.2 | |
Green | Rosalind Paul | 276 | 11.8 | –10.1 | |
Labour | Jane Cloke | 238 | 10.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,013 | 43.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,339 | 40.4 | –6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,796 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.5 |
Clarence
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Matt Fisher | 1,503 | 50.9 | +18.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Oluwasheun Onamusi | 1,055 | 35.8 | –11.1 | |
Conservative | Don Deepthi | 198 | 6.7 | –3.2 | |
Labour | George Sanderson | 194 | 6.6 | –4.0 | |
Majority | 448 | 15.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,950 | 48.5 | –2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,089 | ||||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 14.7 |
Cunningham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Keith Cotton | 1,281 | 59.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Lyn Bolton | 408 | 19.0 | +3.1 | |
Labour | John Paton | 293 | 13.6 | +1.0 | |
Green | Caroline Hall | 168 | 7.8 | –4.3 | |
Majority | 873 | 40.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,150 | 38.0 | –3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,660 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.5 |
Harpenden East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dason Canning* | 1,221 | 58.0 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Nigel Turnbull | 570 | 27.1 | –3.2 | |
Labour | Neil Mulcock | 172 | 8.2 | +0.4 | |
Green | Ian Troughton | 142 | 6.7 | –4.7 | |
Majority | 651 | 30.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,105 | 37.3 | –6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,637 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 5.3 |
Harpenden North & Rural
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ayesha Rohale* | 1,217 | 53.1 | –2.5 | |
Conservative | Alexia D'Rosario | 736 | 32.1 | +2.4 | |
Green | Candida Whittome | 171 | 7.5 | –0.9 | |
Labour | Ben Dearman | 167 | 7.3 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 481 | 21.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,291 | 39.3 | –5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,832 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Harpenden South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Teresa Heritage | 1,220 | 52.0 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Denise de Mattos Bowser | 885 | 37.7 | +0.1 | |
Labour | David Crew | 134 | 5.7 | –4.2 | |
Green | Anne McQuade | 106 | 4.6 | –6.0 | |
Majority | 335 | 14.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,345 | 42.2 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,558 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.0 |
Harpenden West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Fiona Gaskell* | 1,256 | 45.4 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Matt Cowley | 1,189 | 42.9 | +9.6 | |
Green | Kyle Riley | 205 | 7.4 | –10.0 | |
Labour | Victoria Thompson | 119 | 4.3 | –1.6 | |
Majority | 67 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,769 | 45.9 | –3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,036 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.8 |
Hill End
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Graeme Shaw | 1,468 | 66.5 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Sudha Bharadia | 295 | 13.3 | +0.6 | |
Green | Marianne Jordan | 250 | 11.3 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Steve Clark | 197 | 8.9 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 1,173 | 53.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,210 | 39.7 | –6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,569 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.7 |
London Colney
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Guy Gampell* | 646 | 35.6 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Sam Vosper | 619 | 34.1 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Dave Winstone | 470 | 25.9 | –4.3 | |
Green | Allie Park-Crowne | 76 | 4.1 | –3.9 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,811 | 30.7 | –1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,897 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.0 |
Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Raj Visram* | 1,156 | 49.9 | –0.7 | |
Conservative | Frances Leonard | 788 | 34.0 | +2.3 | |
Green | James Lomas | 195 | 8.4 | –1.3 | |
Labour | Nick Pullinger | 178 | 7.7 | –0.3 | |
Majority | 368 | 15.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,317 | 39.9 | –7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,809 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.5 |
Park Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Nuala Webb* | 1,234 | 54.8 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | James Cook | 705 | 31.3 | –3.2 | |
Labour | Laurence Chester | 172 | 7.6 | –1.4 | |
Green | Mark Park-Crowne | 140 | 6.3 | –3.1 | |
Majority | 529 | 23.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,251 | 35.2 | –5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,396 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 5.5 |
Redbourn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andy Thurston | 859 | 49.8 | +18.0 | |
Conservative | Victoria Mead | 615 | 35.6 | +12.7 | |
Labour | Symon Vegro | 156 | 9.0 | +2.8 | |
Green | Stephen Clough | 95 | 5.6 | –2.1 | |
Majority | 244 | 14.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,725 | 40.2 | –1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,292 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.7 |
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sharon Hollingsworth* | 1,213 | 48.8 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Gill Clark | 960 | 38.6 | +1.1 | |
Green | Oliver Hitch | 166 | 6.7 | –6.4 | |
Labour | James Morrell | 148 | 6.0 | –2.3 | |
Majority | 253 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,487 | 41.2 | –4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,039 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.3 |
Sopwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Harriet Sherlock | 1,144 | 55.5 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Iain Grant | 414 | 20.1 | –0.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Curthoys | 278 | 13.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | Tricia Gibbons | 194 | 9.4 | –2.8 | |
Communist | Mark Ewington | 30 | 1.5 | –1.7 | |
Majority | 730 | 35.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,060 | 37.7 | –5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,458 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.8 |
St Peters
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Simon Grover* | 1,045 | 46.1 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Partridge | 760 | 33.4 | –5.9 | |
Conservative | Graham Leonard | 251 | 11.0 | +1.0 | |
Labour | David Byatt | 217 | 9.5 | –4.6 | |
Majority | 285 | 12.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,273 | 36.9 | –2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,164 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 7.7 |
St Stephen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stephen Cavinder | 1,243 | 47.7 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Aaron Jacob | 1,079 | 41.4 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Janet Blackwell | 156 | 6.0 | –2.7 | |
Green | Matthew Thomas | 129 | 4.9 | –3.2 | |
Majority | 164 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,607 | 39.4 | –4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,610 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.4 |
Verulam
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Julian Degg | 1,618 | 61.4 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Susan Devi | 650 | 24.6 | +0.5 | |
Green | Gabriel Roberts | 212 | 8.0 | –3.4 | |
Labour | Geoff Meade | 157 | 6.0 | –1.6 | |
Majority | 968 | 36.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,637 | 46.1 | –5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,722 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.0 |
By-elections
[edit]St Peters
[edit]A by-election was held in the St Peters ward on 13 June 2023, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Danny Clare.[10][11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Juliet Voisey | 628 | 44.7 | –1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David John Patridge | 537 | 38.2 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Ambrose Killen | 156 | 11.1 | +0.1 | |
Labour | David James Byatt | 84 | 6.0 | –3.5 | |
Majority | 91 | 6.5 | –6.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,412 | 22.8 | –14.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,196 | ||||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 3.1 |
Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm
[edit]A second by-election was held in Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm ward on 17 August 2023 following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Elissa Da Costa-Waldman.[12][13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Raihaanah Ahmed | 774 | 46.0 | –3.9 | |
Conservative | Frances Leonard | 661 | 39.3 | +5.3 | |
Green | James Lomas | 102 | 6.1 | –2.3 | |
Labour | Nick Pullinger | 82 | 4.9 | –2.8 | |
Independent | Samuel Posner | 62 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 113 | 6.7 | −9.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,685 | 28.8 | −11.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,853 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Sandridge and Wheathampstead
[edit]A third by-election was held on 7 December 2023 due to a vacancy in the Sandridge and Wheathampstead ward.[14][15][16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Simon Johns | 793 | 55.6 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Claudio Duran | 480 | 33.7 | −4.9 | |
Green | Oliver Hitch | 78 | 5.5 | −1.2 | |
Labour | James Morrell | 68 | 4.8 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 313 | 21.9 | +11.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,426 | 23.4 | −18.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,093 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 13.2% |
References
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- ^ a b "Elections and results | St Albans City and District Council". www.stalbans.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
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- ^ Bates, Pearce (5 May 2023). "St Albans Election: Clarence goes Green as Lib Dems retain control". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). St Albans City and District Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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- ^ "Results of the St Albans City and District Council elections held on Thursday 4 May 2023". St Albans City and District Council. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "By-election in St Peters ward". St Albans City and District Council. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Bates, Pearce (14 June 2023). "St Albans council: Green Party claim victory in St Peters ward". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Bates, Pearce (18 August 2023). "St Albans: Lib Dems take Marshalswick East and Jersey Farm". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "By-election called in Marshalswick East and Jersey Farm ward | St Albans City and District Council". www.stalbans.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ "More by-elections as district and county seats open up". Herts Advertiser. 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "By-elections called for both District and County Councils | St Albans City and District Council". www.stalbans.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "By-election result for Sandridge and Wheathampstead" (PDF). St Albans City and District Council. 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-12-08.