2018 St Albans City and District Council election

English local election

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3 May 2018

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20 of the 58 seats to St Albans City and District Council
30 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Seats before	32	17	7
Seats won	1	3	0
Seats after	31	19	6
Seat change	1	2	1
Popular vote	17,028	15,528	8,592
Percentage	38.2%	34.9%	19.3%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Independent	Green	UKIP
Seats before	1	1	0
Seats won	0	0	0
Seats after	1	1	0
Seat change
Popular vote	231	3,008	134
Percentage	0.5%	6.8%	0.3%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2018 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary Results

St Albans City and District Council election, 2018
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	31	1	2	1	38.2	17,028	2.4
Liberal Democrats	19	3	1	2	34.9	15,528	9.6
Labour	6	0	1	1	19.3	8,592	1.8
Independent	1	0	0		0.5	231	3.9
Green	1	0	0		6.8	3,008	0.4
UKIP	0	0	0		0.3	134	6.6

Ward results

Ashley

Ashley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Francis Rowlands	1,407	57.8	+20.4
	Labour	Jagat Mohan Chatrath	557	22.9	−10.4
	Conservative	John Stephen Whale	326	13.4	−3.3
	Green	Stephane Antoine Farenga	145	6.0	−1.2
Majority			850	34.9	+30.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Batchwood

Batchwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roma Mills	1,238	50.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Needham	576	23.3	+14.1
	Conservative	Nadine Louise Standish	508	20.6	−9.9
	Green	Lucy Caroline Swift	146	5.9	−0.8
Majority			662	26.9	+11.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clarence

Clarence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Mary Brooke	1,370	57.8	+6.9
	Conservative	Patti Seabright	533	22.5	+1.3
	Labour	Alexander Charles Veitch	308	13.0	−4.2
	Green	Mary Clare Henry	159	6.7	−3.1
Majority			837	35.3	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Colney Heath

Colney Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Day	853	53.1	+9.3
	Conservative	David Michael Johns	434	27.0	−3.6
	Labour	Eileen Francis	242	15.1	+2.3
	Green	Thomas William Langton	78	4.9	±0.0
Majority			419	26.1	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cunningham

Cunningham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Graham Prowse	805	37.8	−2.0
	Labour	Muhammad Abdur Rahim	596	28.0	+6.6
	Conservative	Sarah Georgina Tallon	544	25.6	−1.1
	Green	Phil Fletcher	105	4.9	−0.4
	UKIP	Alan Robert Malin	78	3.7	−6.1
Majority			209	9.8	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpenden East

Harpenden East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Maynard	1,048	52.1	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Christian Cozon	604	30.0	+17.6
	Labour	James Nathanie Gill	361	17.9	+3.1
Majority			444	22.1	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden North

Harpenden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Cousin	982	51.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Woutera Lucy Priggen	586	30.4	+18.5
	Labour	Linda Ann Spiri	241	12.5	−2.9
	Green	Ian Troughton	116	6.0	N/A
Majority			396	20.6	−6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden South

Harpenden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Catherine Heritage	1,322	64.3	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Frances Galvin	350	17.0	+5.2
	Labour	George Murray Fraser	274	13.3	+1.1
	Green	Sally Leonard	111	5.4	+0.6
Majority			972	47.3	−5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden West

Harpenden West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Francis Daly	1,377	58.2	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Clare Woodley	553	23.4	+7.5
	Labour	Michael Philip Gray-Higgins	313	13.2	−1.3
	Green	Candy Whittome	125	5.3	−1.9
Majority			824	34.8	−5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Colney

London Colney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Lucy Gardner	963	38.9	−13.6
	Conservative	Robert Anthony Dunster	784	31.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Lillico	394	15.9	+11.4
	Independent	John Midgley	171	6.9	N/A
	Green	Matt Maddock	110	4.4	+0.7
	UKIP	Charles Michael Mason	56	2.3	−7.6
Majority			179	7.3	−15.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Marshalswick North

Marshalswick North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Clegg	1,014	45.5	+1.6
	Conservative	Guillermo Claudio Duran	779	35.0	+4.5
	Labour	Mary Winfred McIntyre	307	13.8	+1.2
	Green	Dee Thomas	127	5.7	−0.9
Majority			235	10.5	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marshalswick South

Marshalswick South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Rosemary Campbell	1,113	41.2	+23.4
	Conservative	Craig Steven Fothergill	927	34.3	−9.0
	Labour	Jonathan Brian Pearce	453	16.8	−6.7
	Green	Jill Mills	146	5.4	−5.2
	Independent	Susan Devi	60	2.2	N/A
Majority			186	6.9	−12.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Park Street

Park Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stella Maria Nita Nash	1,008	44.0	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Nafees Husain Abidi	918	40.1	−3.1
	Labour	Janet Elizabeth Blackwell	282	12.3	+1.0
	Green	Rosalind Mary Paul	84	3.7	+0.8
Majority			90	3.9	−9.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Redbourn

Redbourn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Caroline Mead	1,096	61.4	+28.0
	Labour	Anthony Eric Neville	330	18.5	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher James Millward Brattle	223	12.5	N/A
	Green	Ruth Eleanor Farenga	135	7.6	N/A
Majority			766	42.9	+26.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandridge

Sandridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beric Jonathan Read	786	51.2	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stefania Estacchini	332	21.6	+4.5
	Labour	Jonathan Bereton Hegerty	245	16.0	+1.8
	Green	James Richard Lomas	172	11.2	+0.8
Majority			454	29.6	−11.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sopwell

Sopwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shakir Rahman	1,234	49.3	+12.1
	Labour	Iain Charles Grant	834	33.3	−4.0
	Conservative	Heather Christine Rench	331	13.2	−0.1
	Green	Frankie Drummond Charig	103	4.1	−1.4
Majority			400	16.0	+15.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St Peters

St Peters
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Taylor	849	31.5	+4.0
	Green	Keith Michael Cotton	786	29.1	+1.3
	Conservative	Alun Davies	721	26.7	+1.5
	Labour	Mark Antony Ewington	341	12.6	−3.7
Majority			63	2.4	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Stephen

St Stephen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Featherstone	1,367	63.5	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Ross	473	22.0	+0.4
	Labour	Heather Jane Troy	212	9.9	+0.2
	Green	Mark Stephen Charles Park-Crowne	100	4.6	+1.5
Majority			894	41.5	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verulam

Verulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edgar Hill	1,593	56.5	+12.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Paul Verity	858	30.4	−6.2
	Labour	Gordon Baisley	257	9.1	−1.0
	Green	Josie McNally	113	4.0	−0.4
Majority			735	26.1	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annie Brewster	1,297	66.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Peter Crofts	281	14.3	−0.7
	Labour	Neill Sankey	238	12.1	−1.4
	Green	Oliver James Hitch	147	7.5	+2.4
Majority			1,016	51.8	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"May 2018 Elections". St Albans City and District Council. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
"Local council elections 2018 — results in full". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
"Local election results 2018: The results in maps and charts". BBC News. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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