2019 St Albans City and District Council election

The 2019 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. At the elections, the Conservatives lost control of the council^[2]

2019 St Albans City and District Council election

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21 of the 58 seats to St Albans City and District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Seats before 18 30 6 Seats won 7 0 Seats after 25 23 6 Seat change 7 8 Popular vote 17,971 12,943 6,247 Percentage 42.1% 30.3% 14.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Green Seats before 2 1 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 3 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,153 4,343 Percentage 2.7% 10.3%
Winner in each ward for the 2019 St Albans City and District Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No overall control

Results summary

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St Albans City and District Council election, 2019

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	25	7	0	7		42.1	17,971	7.2
	Conservative	23	0	8	8		30.3	12,943	7.9
	Labour	6	1	1			14.6	6,247	4.7
	Independent	3	1	0	1		2.7	1,153	2.2
	Green	1	0	0			10.3	4,343	3.5

Aftermath

The Conservatives lost the majority control of the council that they had held for four years, since 2015. Casualties of the election included the incumbent Conservative council leader, Alec Campbell, who lost his seat in a landslide.^[3]

At the full council meeting on 22 May, the Liberal Democrats formed a minority administration, which was voted into power by a margin of 27-22, with eight Labour and Independent councillors abstaining. Alongside the Liberal Democrat councillors, the one Green councillor voted in favour of the Lib Dem administration.^[4]

Ward results

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Ashley

Ashley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iqbal Zia	1,411	56.0	−1.8
	Labour	Mohammed Mortuza	556	22.1	−0.8
	Green	Stephane Farenga	308	12.2	+6.2
	Conservative	Yasmin-May Harisha	244	9.7	−3.7
Majority			855	33.9	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Batchwood

Batchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Needham	878	39.5	+16.2
	Labour	Gordon Baisley	755	33.9	−16.3
	Conservative	Alex Harisha-Clark	381	17.1	−3.5
	Green	Anne McQuade	210	9.4	+3.9
Majority			123	5.6	−21.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Clarence

Clarence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Clare	1,521	63.9	+6.1
	Conservative	Don Deepthi	357	15.0	−7.5
	Green	Catherine Michel	252	10.6	+3.9
	Labour	Jagat Chatrath	249	10.5	−2.5
Majority			1,164	48.9	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Colney Heath

Colney Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Brazier	1,022	57.6	+4.5
	Conservative	Susan Devi	421	23.7	−3.3
	Labour	Andrew Osborne	174	9.8	−5.3
	Green	James Ryan	157	8.9	+4.0
Majority			601	33.9	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cunningham

Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Donald	1,132	54.6	+16.8
	Labour	Muhammad Rahim	426	20.5	−7.5
	Conservative	Sarah Tallon	372	17.9	−7.7
	Green	Greg Blom	145	7.0	+2.1
Majority			706	34.1	+24.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpenden East

Harpenden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Newman	658	32.6	−19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pip Liver	608	30.1	+0.1
	Independent	Anne James	406	20.1	N/A
	Labour	James Gill	179	8.9	−9.0
	Green	Angela Troughton	168	8.3	N/A
Majority			50	2.5	−19.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden North

Harpenden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bert Pawle	818	44.9	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Priggen	633	34.8	+4.4
	Green	Ian Troughton	200	11.0	+5.0
	Labour	Emily Tilly	169	9.3	−3.2
Majority			185	10.1	−10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden South

Harpenden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Ellis	994	54.2	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Frances Galvin	382	20.8	+3.8
	Green	Rosalind Paul	230	12.5	+7.1
	Labour	George Fraser	227	12.4	−0.9
Majority			612	33.4	−13.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpenden West

Harpenden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Butterworth	1,122	49.5	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Phillips	622	27.4	+4.0
	Green	Lesley Baker	311	13.7	+8.4
	Labour	Henry Meredith	212	9.4	−3.8
Majority			500	22.1	−12.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Colney

London Colney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Pakenham	855	38.9	±0.0
	Conservative	Liz Winstone	749	34.1	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Lillico	403	18.4	+2.5
	Green	Mark Park-Crowne	189	8.6	+4.2
Majority			106	4.8	−2.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Marshalswick North

Marshalswick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Julien	1,223	57.2	+11.7
	Conservative	Lyn Bolton	549	25.7	−9.3
	Green	James Lomas	193	9.0	+3.3
	Labour	Alexander Veitch	173	8.1	−5.7
Majority			674	31.5	+21.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Marshalswick South

Marshalswick South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Young	1,461	53.7	+12.5
	Conservative	Salih Gaygusuz	833	30.6	−3.7
	Labour	Richard Harris	225	8.3	−8.5
	Green	Susana Garcia-Martinez	204	7.5	+2.1
Majority			628	23.1	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Park Street

Park Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Abidi	866	43.6	+3.5
	Conservative	Claudio Duran	710	35.8	−8.2
	Green	Sally Leonard	211	10.6	+6.9
	Labour	Gary Chambers	198	10.0	−2.3
Majority			156	7.8	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Redbourn

Redbourn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Mitchell	747	41.2	N/A
	Conservative	Ed Webster	586	32.3	−29.1
	Labour	Symon Vergo	245	13.5	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Will Jankowski	234	12.9	+0.4
Majority			161	8.9	−34.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Sandridge

Sandridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Leonard	689	48.0	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Hollingsworth	394	27.4	+5.8
	Green	Matthew Maddock	199	13.9	+2.7
	Labour	Jonathan Hegerty	154	10.7	−5.3
Majority			295	20.6	−9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sopwell

Sopwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Matanle	1,050	46.5	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mandy McNeil	1,018	45.1	−4.2
	Labour	Iain Grant	729	32.3	−1.6
	Labour	Eileen Harris	720	31.9	−1.4
	Conservative	Barry Sumpter	233	10.3	−2.9
	Conservative	Graham Leonard	215	9.5	−3.7
	Green	Lucy Swift	208	9.2	+5.1
	Green	Phil Fletcher	189	8.4	+4.3
Majority			289	12.8	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St Peters

St Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Tucker	1,365	51.9	+20.4
	Conservative	Alec Campbell	505	19.2	−7.5
	Green	Jill Mills	495	18.9	−10.2
	Labour	Mark Ewington	260	9.9	−2.7
Majority			860	32.7	+30.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Stephen

St Stephen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dave Winstone	1,006	52.8	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sinead Howland	527	27.7	+5.7
	Green	Caroline Hall	217	11.4	+6.8
	Labour	Janet Blackwell	154	8.1	−1.8
Majority			479	25.1	−16.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verulam

Verulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barrett	1,529	55.4	−1.1
	Conservative	Paul Verity	865	31.3	+0.9
	Green	Candy Whittome	213	7.7	+3.7
	Labour	Michael Bartlet	153	5.5	−3.6
Majority			664	24.1	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Wood	851	43.7	−22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Panting	710	36.4	+22.1
	Green	Oliver Hitch	233	12.0	+4.5
	Labour	Neil Sankey	154	7.9	−4.2
Majority			141	7.3	−44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2019 and 2021

A by-election was held in Clarence on 3 October 2019, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Caroline Brooke. The seat was held by the new Liberal Democrat candidate, Josie Madoc.

Clarence by-election, 3rd October 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Madoc	1,177	68.8	+4.9
	Conservative	Don Deepthi	314	18.4	+3.4
	Labour	Gary Chambers	112	6.5	−4.0
	Green	Rebecca Michel	107	6.3	−4.3
Majority			863	50.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing