1978 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

The 1978 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the total seats were up for election, one for each ward plus an additional seat in the wards for Hatfield East and Peartree. While the Labour party made notable gains in the popular vote at the cost of the Conservative and Liberal parties, they only took one seat from the Conservatives. This meant the Conservatives kept their majority control of the council, albeit only just.

1978 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

4 May 1978 (1978-05-04)
16 out of 43 seats to Welwyn Hatfield District Council 23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	~36,191, 54.7%
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Last election 24 seats, 55.2% 19 seats, 38.6% 0 seats, 5.4% Seats before 24 19 0 Seats after 23 20 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 20,742 19,128 1,164 Percentage 50.2% 46.9% 2.9% Swing 5.0 8.3 3.2
Council composition following the election.

Summary

Election result

1978 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	7	1	43.8	16	23	53.5	20,462	50.2	–5.0
	Labour	9	1	56.3	11	20	46.5	19,128	46.9	+8.3
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,164	2.9	–3.2