St Albans City and District Council elections

St Albans City and District Council elections are held three years out of every four to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 56 councillors, with the district being divided into 20 wards. Elections to Hertfordshire County Council are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no district council elections.^[1]

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after each council elections, click on the year for full details of each election.^[2] Boundary changes took place for the 1999 election increasing the number of seats by 1.^[3]

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats[a]	Labour	Green	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (54 seats)
1973	32	7	14	–	1		Conservative
1976	45	1	6	0	2		Conservative
New ward boundaries (57 seats)[4]
1979	43	2	8	0	4		Conservative
1980	37	5	11	0	4		Conservative
1982	29	15	10	0	3		Conservative
1983	30	17	9	0	1		Conservative
1984	25	23	7	0	2		No overall control
1986	23	25	8	0	1		No overall control
1987	24	25	7	0	1		No overall control
1988	32	17	8	0	0		Conservative
1990	31	17	8	0	1		Conservative
1991	27	20	9	0	0		No overall control
1992	23	23	10	0	1		No overall control
1994	19	29	9	0	0		Liberal Democrats
1995	13	34	10	0	0		Liberal Democrats
1996	5	39	11	0	1		Liberal Democrats
1998	11	30	16	0	0		Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (58 seats)[5]
1999	21	21	16	0	0		No overall control
2000	19	23	15	0	1		No overall control
2002	20	21	15	0	2[b]		No overall control
2003	21	23	13	0	1		No overall control
2004	17	29	11	0	1		Liberal Democrats
2006	17	31	8	0	2		Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (58 seats)[6]
2007	19	29	8	0	2		Liberal Democrats
2008	22	30	5	0	1		Liberal Democrats
2010	24	30	3	0	1		Liberal Democrats
2011	29	24	3	1	1		Conservative
2012	29	19	8	1	1		Conservative
2014	29	17	10	1	1		Conservative
2015	32	16	8	1	1		Conservative
2016	31	17	7	1	2		Conservative
2018	30	18	7	1	2		Conservative
2019	23	25	6	1	3		No overall control
2021	23	30	2	1	2		Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (56 seats)[1]
2022	4	50	0	1	1		Liberal Democrats
2023	4	48	0	2	2[c]		Liberal Democrats
2024	3	45	2	3	2[d]		Liberal Democrats

• Notes:

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
2. Including 1 vacant seat
3. Including 1 vacant seat
4. Including 1 vacant seat

District result maps

• 
  1999 results map
• 
  2000 results map
• 
  2002 results map
• 
  2003 results map
• 
  2004 results map
• 
  2006 results map
• 
  2007 results map
• 
  2008 results map
• 
  2010 results map
• 
  2011 results map
• 
  2012 results map
• 
  2014 results map
• 
  2015 results map
• 
  2016 results map
• 
  2018 results map
• 
  2019 results map
• 
  2021 results map
• 
  2022 results map
• 
  2023 results map
• 
  2024 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[7] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Sopwell	13 June 1996		Labour		Labour
Marshalswick North	27 February 1997		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Sopwell	23 July 1998		Labour		Labour
Verulam	2 December 1999		Conservative		Conservative
Park Street	12 October 2000		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Sopwell	7 June 2001		Labour		Labour
Verulam	27 June 2002		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Verulam	5 April 2004		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Harpenden South	4 June 2009		Conservative		Conservative
Ashley	3 June 2010		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Batchwood	19 January 2012		Liberal Democrats		Labour
Marshalswick South	29 January 2015		Conservative		Conservative
Clarence	20 October 2016		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Clarence	3 October 2019		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
St Peters	13 June 2023		Liberal Democrats		Green
Marshalswick East and Jersey Farm	17 August 2023		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Sandridge and Wheathampstead	7 December 2023		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Harpenden North and Rural	17 October 2024		Liberal Democrats		Conservative