Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council elections

One third of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 48 councillors representing 16 wards, each of which elects three councillors.^[1]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Reform	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (43 seats)
1973	19	24	0	-	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (43 seats)^[3]
1976	24	19	0	-	0		Conservative
1978	23	20	0	-	0		Conservative
1979	21	22	0	-	0		Labour
1980	18	25	0	-	0		Labour
1982	18	25	0	-	0		Labour
1983	19	24	0	-	0		Labour
1984	19	24	0	-	0		Labour
1986^[4]	17	24	2	-	0		Labour
1987	18	23	2	-	0		Labour
1988	19	22	2	-	0		Labour
1990	19	24	0	-	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (47 seats)^[5]
1991	21	26	0	-	0		Labour
1992	24	23	0	-	0		Conservative
1994^[6]	23	24	0	-	0		Labour
1995	20	27	0	-	0		Labour
1996	16	31	0	-	0		Labour
1998	20	27	0	-	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)^[7]^[8]
1999	24	21	0	-	0^[b]		No overall control
2000	23	25	0	-	0		Labour
2002	26	22	0	-	0		Conservative
2003	27	21	0	-	0		Conservative
2004	31	15	2	-	0		Conservative
2006	32	12	3	-	1		Conservative
2007	35	10	3	-	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)^[9]^[10]
2008	40	5	3	-	0		Conservative
2010	40	5	3	-	0		Conservative
2011	37	9	2	-	0		Conservative
2012	34	11	2	-	1		Conservative
2014	31	14	2	-	1		Conservative
2015	31	14	2	-	1		Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)^[1]
2016	28	15	5	-	0		Conservative
2018	28	15	8	-	0		Conservative
2019	23	13	12	-	0		No overall control
2021	28	9	11	0	0		Conservative
2022	26	10	12	0	0		Conservative
2023	22	12	14	0	0		No overall control
2024	12	20	16	0	0		No overall control
2026	12	16	15	3	2		No overall control

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	486	49.5	+10.4
	Labour	292	29.8	−22.4
	Liberal Democrats	109	11.1	+2.4
	No to Sleaze, No to Slough	94	9.6	+9.6
Majority		194	19.7
Turnout		981	25.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	517	42.9	+21.0
	Labour	454	37.7	−28.2
	Liberal Democrats	156	13.0	+0.7
	Other	77	6.4	+6.4
Majority		63	5.2
Turnout		1,204
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	726	75.0	+8.3
	Conservative	241	24.9	+4.7
Majority		485	50.1
Turnout		967	23.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	528	83.7	+15.4
	Conservative	103	16.3	−1.2
Majority		425	67.4
Turnout		631	13.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Council elections

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	611	58.8	+1.7
	Conservative	363	34.9	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	65	6.3	−6.2
Majority		248	23.9
Turnout		1,039	22.7
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Morgan	539	50.7	+7.9
	Labour		398	37.4	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats		126	11.9	−3.0
Majority			141	13.3
Turnout			1,063	24.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Berry	484	46.8	−3.9
	Labour	Stuart Jackson	444	42.9	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Larkins	106	10.3	−1.6
Majority			40	3.9
Turnout			1,034	23.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Wheeler	689	46.0	+0.4
	Labour	Christopher Cory	521	34.8	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Skidmore	288	19.2	+4.8
Majority			168	11.2
Turnout			1,498	34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Smith	546	38.2	−0.2
	Conservative	Sara Johnston	456	32.0	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Eirwen Smith	425	29.8	+3.0
Majority			90	6.2
Turnout			1,427	32.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Skottowe	1,124	56.5	+11.0
	Conservative	Lance Stanbury	702	35.2	−8.4
	Labour	Sarah Carthew	165	8.3	−2.6
Majority			422	21.3
Turnout			1,498	40.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Doug Berry	539	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Elvy	484	36.5
	BNP	Mark Fuller	214	16.2
	Labour	Bridgit Croft	88	6.6
Majority			55	4.2
Turnout			1,325	46.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Cook	425	33.2	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Laming	329	25.7	+10.5
	Conservative	Stan Laver-Walton	319	24.9	−18.4
	BNP	Mark Fuller	138	10.8	+10.8
	Independent	Timothy Butler	69	5.4	+5.4
Majority			96	7.5
Turnout			1,280	28.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Kingsbury	954	50.1	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Laming	579	30.4	+9.4
	Labour	Cathy Watson	370	19.4	−3.2
Majority			375	19.7
Turnout			1,903	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield South By-Election 4 June 2009^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kieran Thorpe	431	38.0
	Conservative	Sarah Langley	413	36.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Archer	291	25.6
Majority			18	1.6
Turnout			1,135	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Haldens By-Election 2 May 2013^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Crump	580	39.1	−10.8
	Conservative	Madeleine Sawle	458	30.8	−4.2
	UKIP	Kevin Daley	277	18.7	+18.7
	Green	Susan Groom	104	7.0	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Marsh	66	4.4	−1.2
Majority			122	8.2
Turnout			1,485
	Labour hold		Swing

Haldens By-Election 17 November 2016^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nathaniel Chapman	502	34.1	−1.3
	Labour	Astrid Thorpe	454	30.8	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dennis	437	29.6	+17.7
	Green	Lynne Allison	81	5.5	−9.5
Majority			48	3.3
Turnout			1,474
	Conservative hold		Swing

Panshanger By-Election 4 May 2017^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Mitchinson	643	38.3	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ayesha Rohale	620	36.9	+21.4
	Labour	Lucy Musk	418	24.9	+2.6
Majority			23	1.4
Turnout			1,681
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tara-Mary Lyons	1,359	40.1	+2.2
	Conservative	Peter Hebden	1,352	39.9	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Quinton	677	20.0	+7.8
Majority			7	0.2
Turnout			3,388
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Siobhan Elam	1105	52.4	+16.7
	Conservative	Drew Richardson	691	32.8	−9.3
	Labour	Belinda Yeldon	260	12.3	−3.5
Majority			375	19.7
Turnout			2,111	38.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kieran Thorpe	599	53.7	+0.9
	Conservative	Mark Smith	273	24.5	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Griffiths	183	16.4	+2.6
	Abolish the TV Licence Party	Melvyn Jones	61	5.5	+5.5
Majority			326	29.2
Turnout			1,116
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Thomson	813	45.9	–13.0
	Reform	Michael Southwell	521	29.4	+22.6
	Labour	Graham Beevers	223	12.6	–8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Green	134	7.6	–0.2
	Green	William Berrington	82	4.6	–0.6
Majority			292	16.5	–21.1
Turnout			1,773	36.6	+1.0
Registered electors			5,028
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fauzia Haider	420	34.2	–9.1
	Reform	Mark Biddle	375	30.5	New
	Labour	Sarah Ellingworth	243	19.8	–16.5
	Conservative	Jeet Dhelaria	98	8.0	–4.2
	Green	Tanya Dickson	91	7.4	–0.8
Majority			45	3.7	–3.3
Turnout			1,227	31.3	+5.2
Registered electors			5,580
	Liberal Democrats hold