2018 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

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.^[1] The Conservatives saw a reduction a large reduction in their number of seats, only just hanging on to majority of the council.^[2]

2018 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)
19 out of 48 seats to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	TBD
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 28 15 5 Seats before 27[a] 16 5 Seats won 6 5 5 Seats after 25 15 8 Seat change 2 1 3 Popular vote 11.553 8,770 6,835 Percentage 41.3 28.9 24.4 Swing 4.0 0.2 7.5
Winner of each seat at the 2018 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election.

Composition of the Council

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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27	16	5
Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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25	15	8
Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats

Results summary

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25	1	3	2		41.3	11,553	4.0
	Labour	15	1	2	1		28.9	8,088	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	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

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Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Louise Lass	1,519	75.2	4.1
	Labour	Graham Martyn Beevers	274	13.6	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Louisa Beth Noel	228	11.3	3.7
Majority			1,245	61.6	—
Turnout			2,021	39.9	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.2

Haldens

Haldens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Musk	647	34.7	3.0
	Conservative	Drew Robert Richardson	624	33.5	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dennis	592	31.8	19.9
Majority			23	1.2	—
Turnout			1,863	37.7	—
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.6

Handside

Handside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Siobhan Anne Elam	1,495	56.1	20.3
	Conservative	Graham Eric Dowler	889	33.4	8.8
	Labour	Ian Merison	279	10.5	5.3
Majority			606	22.7	—
Turnout			2,263	48.9	—
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	14.6

Hatfield Central

Hatfield Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pankit Shah	756	53.7	2.0
	Conservative	Caron Anne Juggins	446	31.7	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Edwards	205	14.6	2.5
Majority			310	22.0	—
Turnout			1,407	26.2	—
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

Hatfield East

Hatfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hebden	756	42.8	8.8
	Labour	Cathy Watson	648	36.7	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Brennan	363	20.5	10.5
Majority			108	6.1	—
Turnout			1,767	32.2	—
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.0

Hatfield South West

Hatfield South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kieran Michael Thorpe	679	46.3	1.5
	Conservative	Kim Elizabeth Langley	382	26.1	4.1
	Abolish the Town Council	Melvyn Jones	208	14.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Graham Wilson	197	13.4	2.3
Majority			297	20.2	—
Turnout			1,466	28.8	—
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

Hatfield Villages

Hatfield Villages

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan James Bell	688	46.0	3.9
	Conservative	Samuel Kasumu	598	39.9	10.0
	Labour	Margaret Anne Eames-Peterses	554	37.0	0.9
	Labour	Oliver Timothy Price	496	33.1	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Quinton	212	14.2	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma May Louise Moore	205	13.7	1.5
	Independent	Carol Ann Beckerman	69	4.6	N/A
Majority			44	—	—
Turnout			1,497	29.7	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	—

Hollybush

Hollybush

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Anne Chesterman	726	53.4	14.5
	Conservative	Howard Frank Weintrob	475	34.9	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Paul Corbey-West	103	7.6	1.5
	Independent	George William Saunders	56	4.1	N/A
Majority			251	18.5	—
Turnout			1,360	27.4	—
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Howlands

Howlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Max Peter Holloway	858	52.2	16.0
	Conservative	Stan Tunstall	629	38.3	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Konrad Basch	157	9.5	±0.0
Majority			229	13.9	—
Turnout			1,644	32.3	—
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

Northaw and Cuffley

Northaw and Cuffley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard John Sarson	1,152	70.5	1.9
	Conservative	Simon Anthony Wrenn	1,133	69.3	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robina Helen Durrant	320	19.6	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Johnson	240	14.7	3.7
	Labour	Sheila Ann Barrett	205	12.5	0.5
Majority			813	49.7	—
Turnout			1,635	34.1	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	—

Panshanger

Panshanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ayesha Rohale	601	37.5	22.0
	Conservative	Darren Malcolm Bennett	564	35.2	10.6
	Labour	Zoe Pateman	367	22.9	0.6
	Independent	Susan Patricia Storer	70	4.4	N/A
Majority			37	2.3	—
Turnout			1,602	35.7	—
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	16.3

Peartree

Peartree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tamsin Francesca Jackson-Mynott	583	44.0	7.9
	Labour	Helen Jane Beckett	512	38.7	6.6
	Conservative	Roy Gilbert Talbot	229	17.3	0.8
Majority			71	5.3	—
Turnout			1,324	28.3	—
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	0.7

Sherrards

Sherrards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean-Paul Bernard Skoczylas	782	38.7	25.6
	Conservative	Alan Stewart Franey	672	33.3	4.9
	Labour	Jason Lee Robinson	484	24.0	3.1
	Independent	Jon Beckerman	82	4.1	N/A
Majority			110	5.4	—
Turnout			2,020	44.8	—
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	15.3

Welham Green and Hatfield South

Welham Green and Hatfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Quenet	793	44.8	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jaida Esin Caliskan	692	39.1	8.1
	Conservative	Teresa Florence Travell	599	33.9	1.9
	Conservative	Edward Frederick Findlay Boulton	570	32.2	0.2
	Labour	Linda Elizabeth Mendez	393	22.2	1.9
	Labour	John Richard Eames-Petersen	364	20.6	0.3
Majority			93	5.2	—
Turnout			1,769	33.1	—
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Welwyn East

Welwyn East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Markiewicz	875	47.8	1.9
	Labour	Rose Grewal	515	28.1	5.2
	Independent	Carl Jamie Storer	237	12.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Natalie Harrington	204	11.1	7.8
Majority			360	19.7	—
Turnout			1,831	36.1	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Welwyn West

Welwyn West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sunny Thusu	1,054	51.9	12.2
	Independent	Sandra Anne Kyriakides	785	38.7	3.5
	Labour	Joshua Murombo Chigwangwa	191	9.4	2.5
Majority			269	13.2	—
Turnout			2,030	42.3	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

By-Elections

Welwyn West

A by-election was held on 29 November following the death of Mandy Perkins, the leader of the Council.

Welwyn West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Richard Smith	960	58.7	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Maria Raven	604	36.9	N/A
	Labour	Josh Chigwangwa	72	4.4	5.0
Majority			356	21.8	—
Turnout			1,636	33.7	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.9

References

1. Following the death of Conservative Councillor Howard Morgan a by-election was held in Hatfield Villages ward on 8th June 2017. This resulted in a gained seat for Labour from the Conservatives by a mere seven votes.^[3]

1. "Tories retain Welwyn Hatfield control in Hertfordshire elections". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. Flanagan, Chris (4 May 2018). "Conservatives cling to power in dramatic Welwyn Hatfield Council elections". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
3. "Local Elections Archive Project: Hatfield Villages Ward — Welwyn Hatfield". Local Election Archive Project. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
4. "Election Results - 3 May 2018". Retrieved 13 May 2019.