2024 St Albans City and District Council election

2024 St Albans City and District Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
21 out of 56 seats to St Albans City and District Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Brian Ellis Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 49 seats, 50.4% 4 seats, 26.8% Seats before 45 4 Seats after 47 3 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 22,472 9,596 Percentage 49.7% 21.3% Swing 0.7 5.5   Third party Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Simon Grover Party Green Labour Independent Last election 2 seat, 12.8% 0 seat, 9.8% 1 seat, 0% Seats before 3 0 1 Seats after 3 2 1 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 6,591 5,443 279 Percentage 14.6% 12.0% 0.6% Swing 1.8 2.2 0.6
Leader before election Liberal Democrats Leader after election Liberal Democrats

The 2024 St Albans City and District Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England. This will be on the same day as other local elections across England.

Twenty-one members of the council were up for election.

Summary

Candidates by party

Liberal Democrats (21/21)

Green Party (21/21)

Labour Party (20/21)

Conservative Party (19/21)

Reform UK (5/21)

Independent (2/21)

Communist (1/21)

Election result

2024 St Albans City and District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	17	2	80.9	30	47	83.9	22,472	49.7	–0.7
	Conservative	1	1	4.8	2	3	5.4	9,596	21.3	–5.5
	Green	1	1	4.8	2	3	5.4	6,591	14.6	+1.8
	Labour	2	2	9.5	0	2	3.6	5,443	12.0	+2.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	776	1.7	+1.6
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.8	279	0.6	+0.6
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	17	0.1	±0.0

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by St Albans City and District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024.

Batchwood

Batchwood (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Cunningham	1,015
	Liberal Democrats	Sinéad Howland	970
	Green	Damian Gaskin	928
	Green	Matthew Thomas	432
	Conservative	Joshua Varghese	256
	Labour	Mal Pakenham	255
	Labour	Janet Smith	240
	Independent	Gerry Foster	85		N/A
Majority
Turnout			4,181	41.19%
Registered electors			5,637
			Swing

Bernards Heath

Bernards Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jez Levy	1,257	55.8	–4.9
	Conservative	John Page	305	13.5	–3.8
	Green	Gabriel Roberts	267	11.9	+0.1
	Labour	Jane Cloke	229	10.1	+0.1
	Independent	Gee Smedley	194	8.6	N/A
Majority			952	42.3	–1.1
Turnout			2,252	38.4	–2.0
Registered electors			5,892
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Clarence

Clarence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Meaden	1,347	46.6	+10.8
	Green	Lucy Swift	1,211	42.0	–8.9
	Conservative	Lyn Bolton	166	5.7	–1.0
	Labour	Martin Mcgrath	164	5.7	–0.9
Majority			136	4.6
Turnout			2,888	47.3	–1.2
Registered electors			6,134
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cunningham

Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roly Everall	1,189	56.7	–2.9
	Conservative	Jordan Sweeny	284	13.5	–5.5
	Labour	John Paton	281	13.4	–0.2
	Green	Caroline Hall	220	10.5	+2.7
	Reform UK	Larraine Charters	123	5.7	N/A
Majority			905	43.2	+2.6
Turnout			2,097	37.1	–0.9
Registered electors			5,677
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpenden East

Harpenden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul de Kort	1,081	54.4	–3.6
	Conservative	Mitchell Kieran	539	27.1	±0.0
	Labour	Neil Mulcock	197	9.9	+1.7
	Green	Louise Schlich	170	8.6	+1.9
Majority			542	27.3	–3.6
Turnout			1,987	34.9	–2.4
Registered electors			5,716
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harpenden North & Rural

Harpenden North & Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Fisher	1,161
	Labour	Ross Harper	186
	Green	Mario May	152
	Conservative	Samuel Spiri	662
Majority
Turnout				36.62%
Registered electors			5,921
			Swing

Harpenden South

Harpenden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Gordon Baisley	94
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Bowser	1,039
	Conservative	Matt Cowley	1,097
	Labour	James Morrell	146
Majority
Turnout				42.93%
Registered electors			5,572
			Swing

Harpenden West

Harpenden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clark Alex	1,027
	Liberal Democrats	John Galvin	1,327
	Green	Kyle Riley	131
	Labour	Victoria Thompson	220
Majority
Turnout				44.5%
Registered electors			6,108
			Swing

London Colney

London Colney (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hobday Mike	835	46.7
	Labour	Emma Turnbull	684	36.2
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Mugele	487	27.2
	Conservative	Simon Calder	463	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Onamusi	433	24.2
	Conservative	Ambrose Killen	268	15
	Reform UK	Eleanor Jackson	164	9.2	N/A
	Green	Matt Maddock	160	8.9
	Green	Rosalind Paul	85	4.7
Turnout			3579	33.21%	+2.51
Registered electors			5,857
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hill End

Hill End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sudha Bharadia	256
	Labour	Steven Clark	185
	Green	Marianne Jordan	223
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Rowlands	1,584
Majority
Turnout				40.23%
Registered electors			5,623
			Swing

Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm

Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmed Raihaanah	1,069
	Conservative	Frances Leonard	855
	Green	James Lomas	187
	Labour	Nick Pullinger	178
Majority
Turnout				40.42%
Registered electors			5,932
			Swing

Marshalswick West

Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Deepthi	342
	Labour	Sarah Heiser	108
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Mostyn	1,035
	Green	Rachel Timbs	158
Majority
Turnout				42.76%
Registered electors			3,856
			Swing

Park Street

Park Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Chester	178
	Conservative	Richard Curthoys	519
	Reform UK	Roger Gray	201		N/A
	Green	Mark Park-Crowne	159
	Liberal Democrats	Smith Terrie	1,087
Majority
Turnout				33.04%
Registered electors			6,532
			Swing

Sandridge & Wheathampstead

Sandridge & Wheathampstead (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claudio Duran	743
	Green	Danielle Durant-Taylor	277
	Green	Oliver Hitch	217
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Johns	990
	Liberal Democrats	Owain McKenzie	1,003
	Labour	Hannah Thornley Hill	349
Majority
Turnout				35.32%
Registered electors			6,115
			Swing

Sopwell

Sopwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jesús Pastor	968	50.5	–5.0
	Labour	Iain Grant	376	19.6	–0.5
	Green	Deborah McGettrick	226	11.9	+2.5
	Conservative	Heather Rench	203	10.6	–2.9
	Reform UK	Lexine Savva	125	6.5	N/A
	Communist	Mark Ewington	17	0.9	–0.6
Majority			592	30.9	–4.5
Turnout			1,915	35.5	–2.2
Registered electors			5,419
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Peters

St Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Juliet Voisey	918	43.9	–2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Naina Bloom	758	36.2	+2.8
	Labour	David Byatt	225	10.8	+1.3
	Conservative	Graham Leonard	190	9.1	–1.9
Majority			160	7.7	–5.0
Turnout			2,091	34.2	–2.7
Registered electors			6,136
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St Stephen

St Stephen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Giles Fry	1,066	43.3	–4.4
	Conservative	James Cook	866	35.3	–6.1
	Labour	Janet Blackwell	216	8.8	+2.8
	Reform UK	David Thurston	163	6.6	N/A
	Green	Meryl Burleigh	145	6.0	+1.1
Majority			200	8.0	+1.7
Turnout			2,456	36.8	–2.6
Registered electors			6,690
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Verulam

Verulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edgar Hill	1,606	62.2	+0.8
	Conservative	June Reid	555	21.5	–3.1
	Green	Candy Whittome	231	8.9	+0.9
	Labour	Geoff Meade	191	7.4	+1.4
Majority			1,051	40.7	+3.9
Turnout			2,583	45.3	–0.8
Registered electors			5,746
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing