2019 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

Elections to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.^[1]

Map showing the winner in each ward for the 2019 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

Results[]

2019 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	2	44.4	15	23	47.9	11,341	38.8	2.5
	Labour	5	2	27.8	8	13	27.1	7,419	25.4	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	5	4	27.8	7	12	25.0	9,397	32.2	7.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	733	2.5	New
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	303	1.0	New

No Independent (-4.6) or Abolish the Town Council (-0.7) candidates as previous.

Ward results[]

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Brookmans Park and Little Heath[]

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Stephen Findlay Boulton	1,253	67.8	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Louisa Beth Noel	376	20.4	9.1
	Labour	Graham Martyn Beevers	218	11.8	1.8
Majority			877	47.4	—
Turnout			1,878	37.5	—
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haldens[]

Haldens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Ann Fitzsimmon	568	35.8	2.3
	Labour	Jason Lee Robinson	514	32.4	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Darrell Rodney Panter	341	21.5	10.3
	Green	Berenice Constance Mary Dowlen	164	10.3	New
Majority			54	3.4	—
Turnout			1,612	32.4	—
	Conservative hold		Swing

Handside[]

Handside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dennis	1,488	58.7	2.6
	Conservative	Chieme Okuzu	667	26.3	7.1
	Labour	Martin Paul Norman	202	8.0	2.5
	Green	Ian Nicholas Challoner Nendick	178	7.0	New
Majority			821	32.4	—
Turnout			2,561	46.8	—
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hatfield Central[]

Hatfield Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Charles Hayes	582	45.1	8.6
	Conservative	James Bond	435	33.7	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Edwards	274	21.2	6.6
Majority			147	11.4	—
Turnout			1,315	24.3	—
	Labour hold		Swing

Hatfield East[]

Hatfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caron Anne Juggins	623	33.5	9.3
	Conservative	Edward Frederick Findlay Boulton	584
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Brennan	553	29.8	9.3
	Labour	Phil Knott	524	28.2	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma May Louise Moore	467
	Labour	Cathy Watson	450
	Green	Ian Howard Gregory	157	8.5	New
Majority			31	3.7	—
Turnout				33.2	—
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield South West[]

Hatfield South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lenny Brandon	629	46.9	0.6
	Labour	James Robert Alan Broach	544
	Liberal Democrats	Simon John Archer	370	27.6	14.2
	Conservative	Jack Adams	341	25.4	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Graham Wilson	322
	Conservative	Aaron Steven Edward Jacob	295
Majority			174	19.3	—
Turnout			1,466	27.9	—
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hatfield Villages[]

Hatfield Villages

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Drew Robert Richardson	654	45.3	0.1
	Labour	Margaret Anne Eames-Peterses	573	39.7	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew John Quenet	218	15.1	1.2
Majority			71	5.6	—
Turnout			1,467	27.2	—
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hollybush[]

Hollybush

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Birleson	620	47.9	5.5
	Conservative	Anthony James Musk	492	38.0	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Corbey-West	183	14.1	6.5
Majority			128	9.9	—
Turnout			1,330	27.2	—
	Labour hold		Swing

Howlands[]

Howlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Weston	696	43.4	8.8
	Conservative	Stan Tunstall	523	32.6	5.7
	UKIP	Darren Hughes	193	12.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Konrad Basch	191	11.9	2.4
Majority			173	10.8	—
Turnout			1,618	30.8	—
	Labour hold		Swing

Northaw and Cuffley[]

Northaw and Cuffley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Michaelides	1,012	68.5	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robina Helen Durrant	335	22.7	3.6
	Labour	Sheila Ann Barrett	131	9.9	3.3
Majority			677	45.8	—
Turnout			1,502	31.8	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	—

Panshanger[]

Panshanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Quinton	784	48.8	11.3
	Conservative	Iain Grady Mansfield	587	36.5	1.3
	Labour	Kyle Anthony MacLeod	237	14.7	8.2
Majority			197	12.3	—
Turnout			1,629	36.5	—
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Peartree[]

Peartree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Lesley Ranshaw	623	50.4	6.4
	Labour	Steve Roberts	402	32.6	6.1
	Conservative	Tony Bailey	210	17.0	0.3
Majority			221	17.8	—
Turnout			1,258	26.1	—
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Sherrards[]

Sherrards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Annibale Stefano Marchio Marsh	921	46.5	7.8
	Conservative	Pat Mabbott	595	30.1	3.2
	Labour	Hilary Louise Carlen	245	12.4	11.6
	UKIP	Paul Joseph Naughton	110	5.6	New
	Green	Lesley Jean Smith	108	5.5	New
Majority			326	16.4	—
Turnout			1,986	44.2	—
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Welham Green and Hatfield South[]

Welham Green and Hatfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jaida Esin Caliskan	883	47.0	2.6
	Conservative	Darren Malcolm Bennett	599	31.9	1.7
	Labour	John Richard Eames-Petersen	393	21.0	1.0
Majority			284	15.1	—
Turnout			1,623	30.5	—
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Welwyn East[]

Welwyn East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Trigg	905	51.4	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Harrington	511	29.0	17.9
	Labour	Josh Chigwangwa	343	19.5	8.6
Majority			394	22.4	—
Turnout			1,801	35.5	—
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welwyn West[]

Welwyn West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Kingsbury	998	55.5	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Maria Raven	557	31.0	New
	Green	Tim Hogan	126	7.0	New
	Labour	Ian Merison	116	6.5	2.9
Majority			213	14.5	—
Turnout			1,812	37.2	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

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