2021 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

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Map showing the results of the 2021 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

Elections to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.^[1]

Results summary[]

2021 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	15	5	88.2	13	28	58.3	14,916	48.7	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	11.8	9	11	22.9	6,576	21.5	-10.7
	Labour	0	4	0.0	9	9	18.8	7,370	24.0	-1.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,655	5.4	+2.9
	Abolish the Town Council	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	86	0.3	New
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	42	0.1	New

Ward results[]

Brookmans Park and Little Heath[]

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Boulton	1,559	73.2	+5.4
	Labour	Graham Beevers	339	15.9	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Basford	232	10.9	-9.5
Majority			1,220	57.3	+9.9
Turnout			2,130	42.3	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

Haldens[]

Haldens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alastair Hellyer	766	43.7	+7.9
	Labour	Mike Larkins	589	33.6	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rhiannon Richardson	245	14.0	-7.5
	Green	Sarah Butcher	153	8.7	-1.6
Majority			177	10.1	+6.9
Turnout			1,753	36.0	+3.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.4

Handside[]

Handside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Thomson	1,317	46.3	+20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma Moore	1,003	35.3	-23.4
	Labour	Helen Beckett	316	11.1	+3.1
	Green	Ian Nendick	208	7.3	+0.3
Majority			314	11.0	—
Turnout			2,844	52.2	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.7

Hatfield Central[]

Hatfield Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bond	580	42.7	+9.0
	Labour	Maureen Cook	571	42.0	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Kirk	122	9.0	-12.2
	Abolish the Town Council	Melvyn Jones	86	6.3	N/A
Majority			9	0.7	—
Turnout			2,844	25.1	+0.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	6.1

Hatfield East[]

Hatfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lake	810	44.6	+9.2
	Labour	Cathy Watson	552	30.4	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Snowdon	289	15.9	-15.5
	Green	Ian Gregory	165	9.1	+0.2
Majority			258	14.2	—
Turnout			1,816	32.5	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.5

Hatfield South West[]

Hatfield South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Stanbury	526	33.9	+9.1
	Labour	James Broach	515	33.2	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Rowse	510	32.9	+6.0
Majority			11	0.7	—
Turnout			1,551	28.7	+0.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	11.1

Hatfield Villages[]

Hatfield Villages

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Kasumu	774	45.6	+0.3
	Labour	Margaret Eames-Petersen	585	34.4	-5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Edwards	190	11.2	-3.9
	Green	Andreas Kukol	150	8.8	N/A
Majority			189	11.2	+5.6
Turnout			1,699	31.4	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8

Hollybush[]

Hollybush

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Pace	653	42.9	+4.9
	Labour	Mbizo Mpofu	583	38.3	-9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Corbey-West	148	9.7	-4.4
	Green	Claudia Ferlisi	139	9.1	N/A
Majority			70	4.6	—
Turnout			1,523	30.6	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.3

Howlands[]

Howlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve McNamara	962	52.5	+19.9
	Labour	Alan Chesterman	680	37.1	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Konrad Basch	190	10.4	-1.5
Majority			282	15.4	—
Turnout			1,832	34.3	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	13.1

Northaw and Cuffley[]

Northaw and Cuffley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gail Ganney	1,328	75.2	+6.7
	Labour	Sheila Barrett	223	12.6	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Johnson	215	12.2	-10.5
Majority			1,105	62.6	+16.8
Turnout			1,766	37.2	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

Panshanger[]

Panshanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stan Tunstall	819	49.5	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Darrell Panter	491	29.7	-19.1
	Labour	Joshua Chigwangwa	343	20.8	+6.1
Majority			328	19.8	—
Turnout			1,653	36.9	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.1

Peartree[]

Peartree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Russ Platt	578	40.4	-10.0
	Labour	Steve Iwasyk	408	28.5	-4.1
	Conservative	Hamish Haddow	336	23.5	+6.5
	Green	Nicola Chapman	109	7.6	N/A
Majority			170	11.9	-5.9
Turnout			1,431	27.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.0

Sherrards[]

Sherrards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Flavia Wachuku	767	37.5	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Arvindkumar Thakkar	575	28.1	-18.4
	Labour	Hilary Carlen	477	23.3	+10.9
	Green	Lesley Smith	228	11.1	+5.6
Majority			192	9.4	—
Turnout			2,047	46.0	+1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.9

Welham Green and Hatfield South[]

Welwyn East[]

Welwyn East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Cragg	1,218	56.3	+4.9
	Labour	Martine Davis	425	19.7	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Harrington	278	12.9	-16.1
	Green	William Berrington	241	11.1	N/A
Majority			793	36.6	+14.2
Turnout			2,162	42.2	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

Welwyn West[]

Welwyn West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Smith	1,231	63.5	+8.0
	Green	Penny Berrington	262	13.5	+6.5
	Labour	Daniel Carlen	251	13.0	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Reimer	194	10.0	-21.0
Majority			969	50.0	+25.5
Turnout			1,938	39.8	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.8

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