2021 St Albans City and District Council election

2021 St Albans City and District Council election
21 of the 58 seats to St Albans City and District Council; 30 seats needed for a majority
	Winner in each ward for the 2021 St Albans City and District Council election
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; Liberal Democrats;

The 2021 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 6 May 2021, delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 Liberal Democrats achieved a majority for the first time since 2011 and took the council back from no overall control.^[2]

Results summary

2021 St Albans City and District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	11	5	55.0	19	30	51.7	20,918	41.2	-0.9
	Conservative	8	1	40.0	15	23	39.7	17,393	34.3	+4.0
	Labour	0	3	0.0	2	2	39.7	5,619	11.1	-3.5
	Independent	0	1	0.0	2	2	3.4	616	1.2	-1.5
	Green	1		5.0	0	1	1.7	6,090	12.0	+1.7
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	71	0.1	New
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	37	<0.1	New

Ward Results

Ashley

Ashley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pedroz	1,672	60.5	+4.5
	Green	Stephane Farenga	372	13.5	+1.3
	Conservative	Don Ratnasekera	348	12.6	+2.9
	Labour	Jonathan Pearce	311	11.3	−10.8
	Workers Party	Ajantha Kangaha Arachchi	37	1.3	New
Majority			1,301	46.5	+12.6
Turnout			2,764	44.8	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.6

Source:^[3]

Batchwood

Batchwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sinead Howland	1,311	51.5	+12.0
	Conservative	Ross Andrews	506	19.9	+2.8
	Labour	Mal Pakenham	483	19.0	−14.9
	Green	Anne McQuade	188	7.4	−2.0
	Reform UK	David Thurston	35	1.4	New
Majority			805	31.6	−17.3
Turnout			2,547	45.7	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+13.5

Clarence

Clarence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris White	1,643	61.4	−2.5
	Green	Matt Fisher	458	17.1	+6.5
	Conservative	Ambrose Killen	388	14.5	−0.5
	Labour	George Sanderson	172	6.4	−4.1
Majority			1,185	44.3	−4.6
Turnout			2,677	48.7	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.5

* A by-election took place in this ward on 3 October 2019 in order to fill a seat vacancy.^[4]

Cunningham

Cunningham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Harrison	1,220	55.4	+0.8
	Conservative	Jordan Sweeney	581	26.4	+8.5
	Labour	John Paton	227	10.3	−10.2
	Green	Phil Fletcher	146	6.6	−0.4
Majority			639	29	−5.1
Turnout			2,201	44.6	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.9

Harpenden East

Harpenden East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pip Liver	1,100	44.0	+13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul de Kort	993	39.6	+9.5
	Conservative	Matt Stephens	935	37.4	+4.8
	Conservative	Paul Foster	817	32.7	+0.1
	Labour	Eleanor Clarke	263	10.5	+1.6
	Labour	James Gill	228	9.1	+0.2
	Green	Angela Troughton	189	7.6	−0.7
	Green	Dee Thomas	184	7.4	−0.9
Majority			58	2.2	N/A
Turnout			2,498	44.7	+8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.7

Harpenden North

Harpenden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Wren	1,124	45.0	+10.2
	Conservative	Susan Griffiths	1,005	40.2	−4.7
	Green	Tracy Morris	195	7.8	−3.2
	Labour	Emily Tilly	149	6.0	−3.3
Majority			119	4.8	N/A
Turnout			2,497	44.1	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.5

Harpenden South

Harpenden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heritage	1,325	54.7	+0.5
	Conservative	Mark Beashel	1,317	54.4	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Bowser	536	22.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Maddie Liver	459	19.0	−1.8
	Green	Nina Vinther	307	12.7	+0.2
	Labour	Linda Spiri	230	9.5	−2.9
	Labour	David Crew	229	9.5	−2.9
	Green	Ian Troughton	170	7.0	−5.5
Majority			789	32.7	−0.7
Turnout			2,421	44.6	+10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Harpenden West

Harpenden West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Scriven	1,293	43.3	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Phillips	863	28.9	+1.5
	Green	Kyle Riley	565	19	+5.3
	Labour	Rebecca Madole	233	7.8	−1.6
Majority			500	14.4	−5.7
Turnout			2,989	48.8	+10
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.9

London Colney

London Colney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Tallon	897	37.1	+3.0
	Labour	Dreda Gordon	837	34.6	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Lillico	478	19.7	+1.3
	Green	Mark Park-Crowne	189	7.8	−0.8
Majority			60	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2,418	33.3	+2.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.7

Marshalswick North

Marshalswick North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raj Visram	1,230	52.1	−6.1
	Conservative	Claudio Duran	722	30.6	+4.9
	Green	James Lomas	207	8.8	−0.2
	Labour	Alexander Veitch	175	7.4	−0.7
Majority			508	21.5	−10
Turnout			2,359	45.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-5.5

Marshalswick South

Marshalswick South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Jankowski	1,607	53.9	+0.2
	Conservative	Salih Gaygusuz	899	30.1	−0.5
	Green	Nadia Bishara	269	9.0	+1.5
	Labour	Iain Grant	207	6.9	−1.4
Majority			708	23.8	+0.7
Turnout			3,003	53.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.4

Park Street

Park Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Curthoys	946	35.4	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Mostyn	807	30.2	−13.4
	Independent	David Yates	616	23.1	New
	Labour	Martin McGrath	167	6.3	−3.7
	Green	Lucy Swift	116	4.3	−6.3
Majority			139	5.2	N/A
Turnout			2,669	44.9	+9.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+6.5

David Yates was the sitting councillor, and had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2016.

Redbourn

Redbourn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Chapman	1,027	47.4	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Gunson	683	31.5	+18.6
	Labour	Symon Vergo	290	13.4	−0.1
	Green	David Brockway	137	6.3	New
Majority			544	15.9	N/A
Turnout			2,167	44.7	+7.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Sopwell

Sopwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarwar Shamser	1,492	57.1	+9.8
	Labour	Janet Smith	528	20.2	−12.6
	Conservative	Susan Devi	398	15.2	+4.7
	Green	Lesley Baker	165	6.3	−3.1
Majority			964	36.9	−1.5
Turnout			2,615	47.5	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+11.2

St Peters

St Peters
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Simon Grover	1,719	59.1	+40.2
	Conservative	Georgie Calle	650	22.3	+3.1
	Labour	Ed Bailey	509	17.5	+7.6
Majority			1,069	36.8	N/A
Turnout			2,911	43.5	+2.5
	Green hold		Swing	+18.6

St Stephen

St Stephen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aaron Jacob	1,177	46.6	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Smith	1,120	44.4	+16.7
	Green	Nick Bainbridge	125	5.0	−6.4
	Labour	Janet Blackwell	102	4.0	−4.1
Majority			57	1.8	−23.3
Turnout			2,524	46.8	+10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.5

Verulam

Verulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Davies	1,888	59.6	+4.2
	Conservative	Alex Clark	898	28.3	−3.0
	Green	Candy Whittome	173	5.5	−2.2
	Labour	Laurence Chester	134	4.2	−1.3
	Reform UK	Andrew Butchart	36	1.2	New
Majority			990	41.3	+17.2
Turnout			3,170	55.8	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.6

Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Clark	1,264	54.2	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Batt	692	29.6	−7.2
	Green	Oliver Hitch	216	9.3	−3.7
	Labour	Jonathan Hegerty	145	6.2	−1.7
Majority			572	24.6	−44.5
Turnout			2,334	46.8	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.9

References

^ "St Albans City and District Council". BBC. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Elections 2021: Hertfordshire councils change hands". BBC News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Elections - Thursday 6 May 2021". St Albans City & District Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Declaration Of Result Of Poll" (PDF). St Albans City & District Council. 3 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[1] "St Albans City and District Council". BBC. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[2] "Elections 2021: Hertfordshire councils change hands". BBC News. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[3] "Elections - Thursday 6 May 2021". St Albans City & District Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[4] "Declaration Of Result Of Poll" (PDF). St Albans City & District Council. 3 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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