Constituency profile

St Albans

East of England · County constituency · St Albans borough

Daisy Cooper MP
Sitting MP

Daisy Cooper

Liberal Democrat

First elected December 2019

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East of England
County constituency, St Albans council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCLDLD
Conservative 3/5, Liberal Democrats 2/5
EU referendum 2016
37.8% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -14.1pp below mean
Current outlook
Liberal Democrats +42.6pp
vs Reform UK 16.6%
SouthernRemain-leaningGraduate-heavy

About the St Albans constituency

St Albans is a county constituency in the East of England. The sitting MP is Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat), first elected in December 2019. At the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats won with 56.6% to 18.2% for the Conservatives, a majority of 19,834 votes on a 71.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Liberal Democrats on 59.3% and Reform UK on 16.6%, a margin of 42.6 points.

Who lives in St Albans? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
37.8%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
51.7%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
11.0%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
68.0%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
31.3%
UK average ~36%
Median age
40.6
UK median ~40
Age 65+
20.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
27.6%
UK average ~28%

How did St Albans vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

LD hold · majority 19,834 votes (38.4pp) · turnout 71.0%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of St Albans

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

St Albans within St Albans

St Albans sits entirely within St Albans Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
St Albans
58 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
BatchwoodLib Dem 56.0%vs Conservative 15.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 41.9%vs Others 23.1%
Lib Dem share
-14.1pp
-
Bernards HeathLib Dem 57.9%vs Conservative 16.0%May 2026 Lib Dem 54.1%vs Green 19.2%
Lib Dem share
-3.8pp
-
ClarenceLib Dem 59.3%vs Conservative 13.5%May 2026 Lib Dem 47.2%vs Green 38.5%
Lib Dem share
-12.1pp
-
Colney HeathLib Dem 58.9%vs Conservative 20.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 42.5%vs Conservative 23.2%
Lib Dem share
-16.4pp
-
CunninghamLib Dem 59.7%vs Conservative 16.4%May 2026 Lib Dem 54.1%vs Reform 15.0%
Lib Dem share
-5.6pp
-
Hill EndLib Dem 63.6%vs Conservative 14.5%May 2026 Lib Dem 62.5%vs Green 13.3%
Lib Dem share
-1.1pp
-
London ColneyLib Dem 46.2%vs Conservative 21.7%May 2026 Lib Dem 34.9%vs Reform 25.3%
Lib Dem share
-11.2pp
-
Marshalswick East & Jersey FarmLib Dem 52.1%vs Conservative 26.7%May 2026 Lib Dem 49.2%vs Conservative 21.6%
Lib Dem share
-2.9pp
-
Marshalswick WestLib Dem 60.2%vs Conservative 19.5%May 2026 Lib Dem 57.5%vs Conservative 14.5%
Lib Dem share
-2.6pp
-
Park StreetLib Dem 54.8%vs Conservative 22.9%May 2026 Lib Dem 42.2%vs Reform 27.1%
Lib Dem share
-12.7pp
-
SopwellLib Dem 58.2%vs Conservative 15.0%May 2026 Lib Dem 63.1%vs Green 17.7%
Lib Dem share
+4.9pp
-
St PetersLib Dem 53.3%vs Conservative 13.2%May 2026 Lib Dem 49.4%vs Green 31.8%
Lib Dem share
-3.9pp
-
St StephenLib Dem 52.2%vs Conservative 27.2%May 2026 Lib Dem 43.0%vs Reform 27.8%
Lib Dem share
-9.2pp
-
VerulamLib Dem 59.6%vs Conservative 19.4%May 2026 Lib Dem 57.3%vs Conservative 15.2%
Lib Dem share
-2.4pp
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Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for St Albans at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won St Albans at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdAnne Main17.6%40.8%36.4%3.8% UKIP1.4%-2,30575.4%
2015Con holdAnne Main23.3%46.6%18.5%7.8% UKIP3.7%-12,73271.8%-3.6
2017Con holdAnne Main23.0%43.1%32.4%-1.5%-6,10978.3%+6.5
2019notionalLiberal Democrat winnerDaisy Cooper 2019 MP, pre-review boundary8.8%39.3%49.9%-1.7%0.3%5,90578.0%-0.3
2024LD holdDaisy Cooper10.1%18.2%56.6%8.4% Ref6.3%0.4%19,83471.0%-7.0

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like St Albans

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to St Albans. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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