St Albans City and District Council elections
Local government elections in Hertfordshire, England
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St Albans City and District Council elections are held three years out of every four to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 56 councillors, with the district being divided into 20 wards. Elections to Hertfordshire County Council are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no district council elections.[1]
Council elections
Summary of the council composition after each council elections, click on the year for full details of each election.[2] Boundary changes took place for the 1999 election increasing the number of seats by 1.[3]
| Year | Conservative | Liberal Democrats[a] | Labour | Green | Independents & Others |
Council control after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local government reorganisation; council established (54 seats) | ||||||||
| 1973 | 32 | 7 | 14 | – | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 1976 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | Conservative | ||
| New ward boundaries (57 seats)[4] | ||||||||
| 1979 | 43 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | Conservative | ||
| 1980 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | Conservative | ||
| 1982 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | Conservative | ||
| 1983 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 1984 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | No overall control | ||
| 1986 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | ||
| 1987 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | ||
| 1988 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | ||
| 1990 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 1991 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | No overall control | ||
| 1992 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | ||
| 1994 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 1995 | 13 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 1996 | 5 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 1998 | 11 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| New ward boundaries (58 seats)[5] | ||||||||
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | No overall control | ||
| 2000 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | ||
| 2002 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 2[b] | No overall control | ||
| 2003 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | No overall control | ||
| 2004 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 2006 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| New ward boundaries (58 seats)[6] | ||||||||
| 2007 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 2008 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 2010 | 24 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 2011 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 2012 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 2014 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 2015 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Conservative | ||
| 2016 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Conservative | ||
| 2018 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Conservative | ||
| 2019 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | No overall control | ||
| 2021 | 23 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| New ward boundaries (56 seats)[1] | ||||||||
| 2022 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 2023 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 2[c] | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 2024 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 2[d] | Liberal Democrats | ||
| 2026 | ||||||||
- Notes:
District result maps
1999 results map
2000 results map
2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
2022 results map
2023 results map
2024 results map
By-election results
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[7] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.