# 2019 St Albans City and District Council election

The 2019 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. At the elections, the Conservatives lost control of the council

## Summary results

42,657
St Albans City and District Council election, 2019 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 25 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 42.1 | 17,971 | 7.2 |
| Conservative | 23 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 30.3 | 12,943 | 7.9 |
| Labour | 6 | 1 | 1 | | 14.6 | 6,247 | 4.7 |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 1,153 | 2.2 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 10.3 | 4,343 | 3.5 |

## Aftermath

The Conservatives lost the majority control of the council that they had held for four years, since 2015. Casualties of the election included the incumbent Conservative council leader, Alec Campbell, who lost his seat in a landslide.
At the full council meeting on 22 May, the Liberal Democrats formed a minority administration, which was voted into power by a margin of 27-22, with eight Labour and Independent councillors abstaining. Alongside the Liberal Democrat councillors, the one Green councillor voted in favour of the Lib Dem administration.

## Ward results
### Ashley

Ashley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iqbal Zia | 1,411 | 56.0 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Mortuza | 556 | 22.1 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Stephane Farenga | 308 | 12.2 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Yasmin-May Harisha | 244 | 9.7 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 855 | 33.9 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Batchwood

Batchwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liz Needham | 878 | 39.5 | +16.2 |
| | Labour | Gordon Baisley | 755 | 33.9 | −16.3 |
| | Conservative | Alex Harisha-Clark | 381 | 17.1 | −3.5 |
| | Green | Anne McQuade | 210 | 9.4 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 123 | 5.6 | −21.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Clarence

Clarence :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Danny Clare | 1,521 | 63.9 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Don Deepthi | 357 | 15.0 | −7.5 |
| | Green | Catherine Michel | 252 | 10.6 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Jagat Chatrath | 249 | 10.5 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,164 | 48.9 | +13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Colney Heath

Colney Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Brazier | 1,022 | 57.6 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Susan Devi | 421 | 23.7 | −3.3 |
| | Labour | Andrew Osborne | 174 | 9.8 | −5.3 |
| | Green | James Ryan | 157 | 8.9 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 601 | 33.9 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Cunningham

Cunningham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Donald | 1,132 | 54.6 | +16.8 |
| | Labour | Muhammad Rahim | 426 | 20.5 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Tallon | 372 | 17.9 | −7.7 |
| | Green | Greg Blom | 145 | 7.0 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 706 | 34.1 | +24.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Harpenden East

Harpenden East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Newman | 658 | 32.6 | −19.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pip Liver | 608 | 30.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Anne James | 406 | 20.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | James Gill | 179 | 8.9 | −9.0 |
| | Green | Angela Troughton | 168 | 8.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 2.5 | −19.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Harpenden North

Harpenden North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bert Pawle | 818 | 44.9 | −6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Melanie Priggen | 633 | 34.8 | +4.4 |
| | Green | Ian Troughton | 200 | 11.0 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Emily Tilly | 169 | 9.3 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 10.1 | −10.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Harpenden South

Harpenden South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Ellis | 994 | 54.2 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zoe Frances Galvin | 382 | 20.8 | +3.8 |
| | Green | Rosalind Paul | 230 | 12.5 | +7.1 |
| | Labour | George Fraser | 227 | 12.4 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 612 | 33.4 | −13.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Harpenden West

Harpenden West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Butterworth | 1,122 | 49.5 | −8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Phillips | 622 | 27.4 | +4.0 |
| | Green | Lesley Baker | 311 | 13.7 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Henry Meredith | 212 | 9.4 | −3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 500 | 22.1 | −12.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### London Colney

London Colney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Helen Pakenham | 855 | 38.9 | ±0.0 |
| | Conservative | Liz Winstone | 749 | 34.1 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Lillico | 403 | 18.4 | +2.5 |
| | Green | Mark Park-Crowne | 189 | 8.6 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | 4.8 | −2.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Marshalswick North

Marshalswick North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Julien | 1,223 | 57.2 | +11.7 |
| | Conservative | Lyn Bolton | 549 | 25.7 | −9.3 |
| | Green | James Lomas | 193 | 9.0 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | Alexander Veitch | 173 | 8.1 | −5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 674 | 31.5 | +21.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Marshalswick South

Marshalswick South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Young | 1,461 | 53.7 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Salih Gaygusuz | 833 | 30.6 | −3.7 |
| | Labour | Richard Harris | 225 | 8.3 | −8.5 |
| | Green | Susana Garcia-Martinez | 204 | 7.5 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 628 | 23.1 | +16.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Park Street

Park Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Syed Abidi | 866 | 43.6 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | Claudio Duran | 710 | 35.8 | −8.2 |
| | Green | Sally Leonard | 211 | 10.6 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | Gary Chambers | 198 | 10.0 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 7.8 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Redbourn

Redbourn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Mitchell | 747 | 41.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Ed Webster | 586 | 32.3 | −29.1 |
| | Labour | Symon Vergo | 245 | 13.5 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Jankowski | 234 | 12.9 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 161 | 8.9 | −34.0 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Sandridge

Sandridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frances Leonard | 689 | 48.0 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Hollingsworth | 394 | 27.4 | +5.8 |
| | Green | Matthew Maddock | 199 | 13.9 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Hegerty | 154 | 10.7 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 20.6 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sopwell

Sopwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Matanle | 1,050 | 46.5 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mandy McNeil | 1,018 | 45.1 | −4.2 |
| | Labour | Iain Grant | 729 | 32.3 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Eileen Harris | 720 | 31.9 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Barry Sumpter | 233 | 10.3 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Graham Leonard | 215 | 9.5 | −3.7 |
| | Green | Lucy Swift | 208 | 9.2 | +5.1 |
| | Green | Phil Fletcher | 189 | 8.4 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | 12.8 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### St Peters

St Peters :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Tucker | 1,365 | 51.9 | +20.4 |
| | Conservative | Alec Campbell | 505 | 19.2 | −7.5 |
| | Green | Jill Mills | 495 | 18.9 | −10.2 |
| | Labour | Mark Ewington | 260 | 9.9 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 860 | 32.7 | +30.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St Stephen

St Stephen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dave Winstone | 1,006 | 52.8 | −10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sinead Howland | 527 | 27.7 | +5.7 |
| | Green | Caroline Hall | 217 | 11.4 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | Janet Blackwell | 154 | 8.1 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 25.1 | −16.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Verulam

Verulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrett | 1,529 | 55.4 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul Verity | 865 | 31.3 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Candy Whittome | 213 | 7.7 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Michael Bartlet | 153 | 5.5 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 664 | 24.1 | −2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sandra Wood | 851 | 43.7 | −22.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerard Panting | 710 | 36.4 | +22.1 |
| | Green | Oliver Hitch | 233 | 12.0 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Neil Sankey | 154 | 7.9 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 7.3 | −44.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2019 and 2021

A by-election was held in Clarence on 3 October 2019, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Caroline Brooke. The seat was held by the new Liberal Democrat candidate, Josie Madoc.
Clarence by-election, 3rd October 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josie Madoc | 1,177 | 68.8 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative | Don Deepthi | 314 | 18.4 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Gary Chambers | 112 | 6.5 | −4.0 |
| | Green | Rebecca Michel | 107 | 6.3 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 863 | 50.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |