St Albans City and District Council elections

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 controlYears
Conservative1973 – 1984
No overall control1984 - 1988
Conservative1988 – 1991
No overall control1991 - 1994
Liberal Democrats1994 – 1999
No overall control1999 - 2006
Liberal Democrats2006 – 2007
No overall control2007 - 2008
Liberal Democrats2008 – 2011
No overall control2011 - 2015
Conservative2015 – 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]

  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1973
  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1976
  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)[4]
  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1980
  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1982
  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1983
  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1984
  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1986
  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1987
  • St Albans City and District Council election, 1988
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
2016 31 17 7 2 1 0

District result maps

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-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning 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

  1. ↑ "Election results". St Albans City & District Council. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. ↑ The City of St Albans (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  5. ↑ "Local election results". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1990.
  6. ↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
  7. ↑ "Local election results 1992". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1992.
  8. ↑ "Non Metropolitan Districts - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1994. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections - Council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
  10. ↑ "Complete list of results - Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1996. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  12. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of St Albans (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "St Albans council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  17. ↑ Lewis, Alex (5 May 2006). "'Life made easier' for Lib Dems". Hertfordshire County Publications. NewsBank.
  18. ↑ "St Albans". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  19. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The St Albans (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "St Albans". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "St Albans". BBC News Online. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  23. ↑ "St Albans". BBC News Online. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  24. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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