Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, 2018

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, 2018
	3 May 2018
	3 May 2018
16 seats (out of 48 seats); 25 seats needed for a majority

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.

Composition of the Council

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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16	5	28
Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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15	8	26
Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative

Results summary

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, 2018
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	26	1	3	2	41.3	11,553	4.0
Labour	15	1	2	1	28.9	8,088	0.2
Liberal Democrat	8	3	0	3	24.4	6,835	7.5
Independent	0	0	0		4.6	1,403	2.6
Abolish the Town Council	0	0	0		0.7	208	New

Ward results

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Brookmans Park and Little Heath ward, 3 May 2018
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	1,519	75.2	4.1
	Labour	274	13.6	0.3
	Liberal Democrat	228	11.3	3.7
Majority		1,245	61.6	—
Turnout		2,021	—	—
	Conservative hold	Swing	2.2

Haldens

Haldens
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	647	34.7	3.0
	Conservative	624	33.5	1.9
	Liberal Democrat	592	31.8	19.9
Majority		23	1.2	—
Turnout		1,863	—	—
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing	0.7

No Green candidate as previous (-15.0).

Handside

Handside ward, 3 May 2018
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	1,495	56.1	14.0
	Conservative	889	33.4	2.4
	Labour	279	10.5	5.3
Majority		606	22.8	—
Turnout		2,263	—	—
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing	8.2

No Green candidate as previous (-6.3).

Hatfield Central

Hatfield Central ward, 3 May 2018
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	756	53.7	2.0
	Conservative	446	31.7	0.5
	Liberal Democrat	205	14.6	2.5
Majority		310	22.0	—
Turnout		1,407	—	—
	Labour hold	Swing	0.8

Hatfield East

Hatfield East ward, 3 May 2018
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	756	42.8	8.8
	Labour	648	36.7	5.8
	Liberal Democrat	363	20.5	10.5
Majority		108	6.1	—
Turnout		1,767	—	—
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing	1.5

No Independent (-14.0) or Green (-10.2) candidates as previous.


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Panshanger

Panshanger ward, 3 May 2018
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	601	37.5	22.0
	Conservative	564	35.2	10.6
	Labour	367	22.9	0.6
	Independent	70	4.4	New
Majority		37	2.3	—
Turnout		1,602	—	—
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative	Swing	16.3

No Green candidate as previous (-16.4).

Peartree

Peartree ward, 3 May 2018
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	583	44.0	7.9
	Labour	512	38.7	6.6
	Conservative	229	17.3	0.8
Majority		71	5.4	—
Turnout		1,324	—	—
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour	Swing	0.7

No UKIP candidate as previous (-13.8).

Sherrads

Sherrads ward, 3 May 2018
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	782	38.7	25.6
	Conservative	672	33.3	4.9
	Labour	484	24.0	3.1
	Independent	82	4.1	New
Majority		110	5.4	—
Turnout		2,020	—	—
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative	Swing	15.3

No Green candidate as previous (-21.6).

Welham Green

Welham Green ward, 3 May 2018
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	793	44.4	3.4
	Conservative	599	33.6	1.6
	Labour	393	22.0	1.7
Majority		194	10.9	—
Turnout		1,785	—	—
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing	2.5


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