Hertfordshire local elections 2026: Liberal Democrats maintain control of St Albans City and District Council

The Liberal Democrats remain the dominant political party at local authority level in St Albans.

A total of 19 Lib Dem councillors have been elected to St Albans City and District Council following yesterday’s local elections.

Following votes in several wards across the city, the council is now made up of 44 liberal Democrats, five Conservative councillors, three Green Party representatives, two Labour politicians, and two Independent councillors.

Here are all the election results for the district that were announced today:

Thousands of residents went to the polls in Hertfordshire. Photo: Will Durrant/Local Democracy Reporting Serviceplaceholder image
Thousands of residents went to the polls in Hertfordshire. Photo: Will Durrant/Local Democracy Reporting Service

BATCHWOOD – LIB DEM HOLD Cloke, Chris (Labour) – 152 Gaskin, Damian (Independent) – 603 Lewis, Chris (Liberal Democrats) – 1,091 (ELECTED) Metcalf-Riener, Tatiana (Green) – 344 Nash, Stella (Conservative) – 181 Robinson, Kathleen, (Reform UK) – 234

BERNARDS HEATH – LIB DEM HOLD Campbell, Helen (Liberal Democrats) – 1,447 (ELECTED) Cloke, Jane (Labour) – 127 Gilbert, Claire (Green) – 514 Killen, Ambrose (Conservative) – 332 Smith, William (Reform UK) – 254

CLARENCE – LIB DEM HOLD Bird, Stephen (Reform UK) – 224 Gibbs, Livvy (Green) – 1,269 Madoc, Josie (Liberal Democrats) – 1,557 (ELECTED) McGrath, Martin (Labour) – 123 Reid, June (Conservative) – 125

COLNEY HEATH – LIB DEM HOLD Brazier, Chris (Liberal Democrats) 413 (ELECTED) Grant, Iain (Labour) – 30 Leonard, Frances (Conservative) – 225 Watters, Rebercca (Green) – 80 Woolhouse, Mark (Reform UK) – 223

CUNNINGHAM – LIB DEM HOLD Donald, Robert (Liberal Democrats) – 1,262 (ELECTED) Drewitt, Rachael (Conservative) – 251 Habib, Isabelle (Green) – 328 Humphrey, James (Reform UK) – 351 Paton, John (Labour) – 142

HARPENDEN EAST – LIB DEM HOLD Baker, Lesley (Green ) – 248 Cooney, Thomas (Reform UK) – 327 Liver, Pip (Liberal Democrats) – 1,107 (ELECTED) Mulcock, Neil (Labour) – 110 Newman, Geoffrey (Conservative) – 675

HARPENDEN NORTH AND RURAL – LIB DEM HOLD Crichton, Joel (Green) – 250 Dearman, Ben (Labour) 96 Spiri, Sam (Conservative) – 812 Timmons, Kevin (Liberal Democrats) – 1,088 (ELECTED) Wells, Philip (Reform UK) – 428

HARPENDEN SOUTH – CON HOLD Brueckmann-Rath, Tanja (Green) 195 Heritage, David (Conservative) – 1,185 (ELECTED) Rath, Nikolaus (Liberal Democrats) – 898 Swan, Matthew (Reform UK) – 388 Thomas, Guy (Labour) – 109

HARPENDEN WEST – CON GAIN Belfield, Ric (Liberal Democrats) – 1,270 Brayley, Paul Stuart (Reform UK) – 305 Crew, David (Labour) – 108 Jacob, Aaron (Conservative) – 1,290 (ELECTED) May, Mario (Green) – 220

HILL END – LIB DEM HOLD Bharadia, Sudha (Conservative) – 234 Clark, Steve (Labour) – 97 Day, Jamie (Liberal Democrats) – 1,615 (ELECTED) Jordan, Marianne (Green) – 343 Thomas. Caspar (Reform UK) – 293

LONDON COLNEY – LIB DEM HOLD Crompton-Smith, Aimee (Green) – 203 Eaton, David (Labour Party) – 563 Jackson, Eleanor (Reform UK) – 632 Lillico, Tony (Liberal Democrats) – 872 (ELECTED) Lister, Sarah (Conservative) – 226

MARSHALSWICK EAST and JERSEY FARM – LIB DEM HOLD Charters, Larraine (Reform UK) 418 Flynn, Joe (Green) 319 Kirby, Lorraine (Liberal Democrats) – 1,389 (ELECTED) Leonard, Graham (Conservative) – 610 Poxon, Stephen (Labour Party) – 87

MARSHALSWICK WEST – LIB DEM HOLD Deepthi, Don (Conservative) – 282 Flynn, Jason (Green) – 215 Heiser, Sarah (Labour) – 82 Jones, Michael (Liberal Democrats) – 1,121 (ELECTED) Russell, Thomas (Reform UK) 248

PARK STREET – LIB DEM HOLD Chester, Laurence (Labour) 91 Curthoys, Richard (Conservative) – 513Dighe, Rav (Liberal Democrats) – 1,185 (ELECTED) Gray, Roger (Reform UK) – 760 Park-Crowne, Mark (Green party – 261

REDBOURNE – IND HOLD Bloom, Naina (Liberal Democrats) – 316 Hayes, Andy (Labour) – 64 Mitchell, David (Independent) – 771 (ELECTED) Nash, Amanda (Conservative) – 268 Swan, Joy (Reform UK) – 399 Thomas, Matthew (Green) 124

SANDRIDGE AND WHEATHAMPSTEAD Brown, Denise (Labour) – 132 Chance-Read, Ann (Liberal Democrats) – 1,278 (ELECTED) Clark, Gill (Conservative) – 666 Durant-Taylor, Danielle (Green) – 352 Hawes, Nigel (Reform UK) – 547 Hitch, Oliver (Green) – 299 Johns, Simon (Liberal Democrats) – 1,061 (ELECTED) Philpott, Frederick (Reform UK) – 502 Vegro, Symon (Labour) – 77 Waterfield, Andrew (Conservative) – 665

SOPWELL – LIB DEM HOLD Dawson-Davis, Jane (Reform UK) – 367 Ewington, Mark (Communist Party of Britain) – 15 Pattenden, Len (Green) – 344 Rench, Heather (Conservative) – 171 Shamsher, Sarwar (Liberal Democrats) – 1,226 Smith, Janet (Labour) – 187

ST PETERS – LIB DEM HOLD Brodie, Jim (Reform UK) – 240 Byatt, David (Labour) – 102 Duran, Claudio (Conservative) – 172 Hughes, Sean (Liberal Democrats) – 1,347 (ELECTED) Leonard, Sally (Green) – 868

ST STEPHEN – LIB DEM HOLD Blackwell, Janet (Labour) – 108 Brooks, Richard (Reform UK) – 892 Hilton, Ajanta (Liberal Democrats) – 1,414 (ELECTED) Hobday, Jane (Labour) – 81 Rafi, Mohammed (Liberal Democrats) – 1,175 (ELECTED) Redstone, Martyn (Conservative) – 671 Roberts, Gabriel (Green) – 218 Taheri, Simin (Conservative) – 502 Tiplady, Ben (Green) – 175 Vassie, Stewart (Reform UK) – 781

VERULAM – LIB DEM HOLD Devi, Susan (Conservative) – 445 Dodds, Alan (Reform UK) – 382 Gamble, Dawn (Liberal Democrats) – 1,679 (ELECTED) Meade, Geoff (Labour) 125) Tiplady, Kevin (Green) – 300

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