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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

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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
  • Notes:
  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ^ Including 1 vacant seat
  3. ^ Including 1 vacant seat
  4. ^ Including 1 vacant seat

District result maps

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  • 1999 results map
    1999 results map
  • 2000 results map
    2000 results map
  • 2002 results map
    2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
    2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
    2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
    2014 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map
  • 2022 results map
    2022 results map
  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map
  • 2024 results map
    2024 results map

By-election results

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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.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Sopwell 13 June 1996 Labour Labour
Marshalswick North 27 February 1997 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sopwell 23 July 1998 Labour Labour
Verulam 2 December 1999 Conservative Conservative
Park Street 12 October 2000 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sopwell 7 June 2001 Labour Labour
Verulam 27 June 2002 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Verulam 5 April 2004 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Harpenden South 4 June 2009 Conservative Conservative
Ashley 3 June 2010 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Batchwood 19 January 2012 Liberal Democrats Labour
Marshalswick South 29 January 2015 Conservative Conservative
Clarence 20 October 2016 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Clarence 3 October 2019 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
St Peters 13 June 2023 Liberal Democrats Green
Marshalswick East and Jersey Farm 17 August 2023 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sandridge and Wheathampstead 7 December 2023 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Harpenden North and Rural 17 October 2024 Liberal Democrats Conservative

References

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  1. ^ a b "The St Albans (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2021/900, retrieved 13 May 2023
  2. ^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ^ "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. ^ The City of St Albans (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of St Albans (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The St Albans (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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