2022 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

2022 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
17 out of 48 seats to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 29 seats, 48.7% 10 seats, 21.5% 9 seats, 24.0% Seats won 4 7 6 Seats after 26 12 10 Seat change 3 2 1 Popular vote 11,529 9,198 9,250 Percentage 37.1% 29.6% 29.8% Swing 11.6% 8.1% 5.8%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Elections to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Results summary

2022 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	3	23.5	22	26	52.1	11,529	37.1	-11.6
	Liberal Democrats	7	2	41.2	5	12	27.1	9,198	29.6	+8.1
	Labour	6	1	35.3	4	10	20.8	9,250	29.8	+5.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	798	2.6	-2.8
	Abolish the BBC TV Licence	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	270	0.9	N/A
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	19	0.1	±0.0

Ward results

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Lass	1,242	65.0	−8.2
	Labour	Graham Beevers	365	19.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Anscombe	304	15.9	+5.0
Majority			877	45.9
Turnout			1,911	38.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.7

Haldens

Haldens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Musk	882	50.4	+16.8
	Conservative	Neil Bradbury	618	35.3	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Goldwater	250	14.3	+0.3
Majority			264	15.1
Turnout			1,750	35.9
	Labour hold		Swing	12.6

Handside

Handside (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma Moore	1,457	55.7	+20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michal Siewniak	1,431	54.7	+19.4
	Conservative	Tony Bailey	726	27.7	−18.6
	Conservative	John Gilbey	695	26.5	−19.8
	Labour	Perry Hewitt	312	11.9	+0.8
	Labour	Moyna Aicken	268	10.2	−0.9
	Green	Penelope Berrington	260	9.9	+2.6
	Abolish the BBC TV Licence	Clare Stevenson	87	3.3	N/A
Turnout				50.4
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Hatfield Central

Hatfield Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pankit Shah	736	52.8	+10.8
	Conservative	Mark Smith	466	33.4	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Edwards	192	13.8	+4.8
Majority			270	19.4
Turnout			1,394	26.2
	Labour hold		Swing	10.1

Hatfield East

Hatfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Larry Crofton	804	44.1	+13.7
	Conservative	Peter Hebden	700	38.4	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Griffiths	190	10.4	−5.5
	Green	Ian Gregory	130	7.1	−2.0
Majority			104	5/7
Turnout			1,824	32.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	10.0

Hatfield South West

Hatfield South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Rowse	705	45.4	+12.5
	Labour	Kieran Thorpe	491	31.6	−1.6
	Conservative	Gav Solomons	308	19.8	−14.1
	Abolish the BBC TV Licence	Melvyn Jones	50	3.2	N/A
Majority			214	13.8
Turnout			1,554	28.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	7.1

Hatfield Villages

Hatfield Villages

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Broach	753	46.2	+11.8
	Conservative	Antony Demetriou	667	40.9	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Green	210	12.9	+1.7
Majority			86	5.3
Turnout			1,630	29.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.3

Hollybush

Hollybush

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Chesterman	877	57.8	+19.5
	Conservative	Abbie Cook	478	31.5	−11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonquil Basch	163	10.7	+1.0
Majority			399	26.3
Turnout			1,518	31.3
	Labour hold		Swing	15.4

Howlands

Howlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Max Holloway	1,072	58.5	+21.4
	Conservative	Marios Artemi	631	34.5	−18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hillary Skoczylas	128	7.0	−3.4
Majority			441	24.0
Turnout			1,831	34.9
	Labour hold		Swing	19.7

Northaw and Cuffley

Northaw and Cuffley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Sarson	1,076	67.8	−7.4
	Labour	Sheila Barrett	279	17.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Basford	232	14.6	+2.4
Majority			797	50.2
Turnout			1,587	33.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.2

Panshanger

Panshanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Darrell Panter	594	39.3	+9.6
	Conservative	Ahmad Chattha	515	34.1	−15.4
	Labour	Alan Chesterman	402	26.6	+5.8
Majority			79	5.2
Turnout			1,511	34.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.5

Peartree

Peartree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Jones	770	51.8	+11.4
	Labour	Erin Smith	497	33.4	+4.9
	Conservative	David Perkins	173	11.6	−11.9
	Abolish the BBC TV Licence	Aaron Johnson	47	3.2	N/A
Majority			273	18.4
Turnout			1,487	28.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.3

Sherrards

Sherrards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Skoczylas	1,114	54.4	+26.3
	Conservative	Siva Kumar	498	24.3	−13.2
	Labour	Hilary Carlen	293	14.3	−9.0
	Green	William Berrington	101	4.9	−6.2
	Abolish the BBC TV Licence	Caroline Jones	42	2.1	N/A
Majority			616	30.1
Turnout			2,048	46.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	19.8

Welham Green and Hatfield South

Welham Green and Hatfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandreni Bonfante	771	45.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Phil Kurland	561	33.2	−6.8
	Labour	Cathy Watson	296	17.5	+3.3
	Abolish the BBC TV Licence	Sian Hems	44	2.6	N/A
	For Britain	Mia Americanos-Molinaro	19	1.1	−1.2
Majority			210	12.4
Turnout			1,691	32.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.5

Welwyn East

Welwyn East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Mitchinson	1,144	52.1	−4.2
	Labour	Daniel Carlen	633	28.8	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Reimer	419	19.1	+6.2
Majority			511	23.3
Turnout			2,196	42.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7

Welwyn West

Welwyn West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sunny Thusu	1,031	54.4	−9.1
	Green	Sarah Butcher	307	16.2	+2.7
	Labour	Gareth Aicken	290	15.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Genevieve Almeyda	268	14.1	+4.1
Majority			724	38.2
Turnout			1,896	39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9