St Albans City and District Council elections

Map showing the composition of St Albans City and District Council after the 2014 election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Greens in green and independent in grey.

One third of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 58 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973 - 1984
No overall control	1984 - 1988
Conservative	1988 - 1991
No overall control	1991 - 1994
Liberal Democrats	1994 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - 2006
Liberal Democrats	2006 - 2007
No overall control	2007 - 2008
Liberal Democrats	2008 - 2011
No overall control	2011 - 2015
Conservative	2015 - Present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent 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.^[3]

St Albans City and District Council election, 1973
St Albans City and District Council election, 1976
St Albans City and District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
St Albans City and District Council election, 1980
St Albans City and District Council election, 1982
St Albans City and District Council election, 1983
St Albans City and District Council election, 1984
St Albans City and District Council election, 1986
St Albans City and District Council election, 1987
St Albans City and District Council election, 1988

Year							Notes
Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Independent	Green	Vacant	Notes
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^[3]	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^[2]	29	17	10	1	1	0
2015	32	16	8	1	1

District result maps

1999 results map
2000 results map
2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[24] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

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

References

↑ "Election results". St Albans City & District Council. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
1 2 "St Albans". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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↑ The City of St Albans (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
↑ "Local election results". The Times (NewsBank). 5 May 1990. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times (NewsBank). 4 May 1991. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local election results 1992". The Times (NewsBank). 9 May 1992. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Non Metropolitan Districts - Local elections". The Times (NewsBank). 7 May 1994. p. 9. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections - Council elections". The Times (NewsBank). 6 May 1995. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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↑ "Local Elections results". The Times (NewsBank). 9 May 1998. p. 46. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of St Albans (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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↑ Lewis, Alex (5 May 2006). "'Life made easier' for Lib Dems". Hertfordshire County Publications (NewsBank). |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "St Albans". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The St Albans (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
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↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 6 January 2015.

External links

St Albans City and District Council

Council elections in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Broxbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Dacorum Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hertsmere Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

North Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016

St Albans City and District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Stevenage Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Three Rivers District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Watford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes Middlesex County Council elections

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