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. Boundary changes took place for the 1999 election increasing the number of seats by 1.[2]

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats[a] Labour Independent Green Vacant Notes
1973[3] 32 7 14 1 0 0
1976[3] 45 1 6 2 0 0
1979[3] 43 2 8 4 0 0 New ward boundaries[4]
1980[3] 37 5 11 4 0 0
1982[3] 29 15 10 3 0 0
1983[3] 30 17 9 1 0 0
1984[3] 25 23 7 2 0 0
1986[3] 23 25 8 1 0 0
1987[3] 24 25 7 1 0 0
1988[3] 32 17 8 0 0 0
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[2] 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[24] 29 17 10 1 1 0
2015[25] 32 16 8 1 1 0
2016[26] 31 17 7 2 1 0
2018[27] 30 18 7 2 1 0
2019[28] 23 25 6 3 1 0
2021[28] 23 30 2 2 1 0
2022[28] 4 50 0 1 1 0 New ward boundaries[1]
2023[29] 4 48 0 1 2 1
  1. ^ Liberal Party prior to 1982, SDP-Liberal Alliance from 1982 to 1988.

District result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[30] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Sopwell 13 June 1996 Labour Labour
Marshalswick North 27 February 1997 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sopwell by-election 23 July 1998 Labour Labour
Verulam by-election 2 December 1999 Conservative Conservative
Park Street by-election 12 October 2000 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sopwell by-election 7 June 2001 Labour Labour
Verulam by-election 27 June 2002 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Verulam by-election 5 April 2004 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Harpenden South by-election 4 June 2009 Conservative Conservative
Ashley by-election 3 June 2010 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Batchwood by-election 19 January 2012 Liberal Democrats Labour
Marshalswick South by-election 29 January 2015 Conservative Conservative
Clarence by-election 20 October 2016 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Clarence by-election 3 October 2019 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats

References

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  2. ^ a b "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  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.
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  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.
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  25. ^ Steven Ayres (18 June 2015). "Local elections 2015". House of Commons Library. p. 20.
  26. ^ Steven Ayres (19 May 2016). "Local elections 2016" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 23.
  27. ^ "St Albans City & District Council". BBC News. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.
  28. ^ a b c "St Albans City & District Council". BBC News.
  29. ^ "St Albans election result". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  30. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 6 January 2015.

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