Welwyn Hatfield Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · East of England · 48 seats in 16 wards · A third of seats elected in three years out of four · Next election 6 May 2027

Welwyn Hatfield Council is run by a Labour / Liberal Democrats coalition. The council has 48 councillors in 16 wards. Seats by party: Labour 16, Lib Dem 15, Conservative 12, Reform 3, Other 2. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with four unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Labour / Liberal Democrats Coalition

48 seats - 25 for a majority

Reform 3Labour 16Conservative 12Lib Dem 15Other 2

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (17 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Reform27.7%3

Conservative22.5%5

Lib Dem20.3%6

Labour16.1%3

Green13.4%0

Other0.0%0

2026 election results for Welwyn Hatfield, ward by ward

Next election

6 May 2027

16 of 48 seats up, elected by thirds

Largest party

Labour 16

9 short of the 25 needed for a majority

Closest result

Howlands

Labour won by 18 votes over Reform, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Conservative hold, 1 May 2025 (3 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

53%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib Dem

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 16 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Brookmans Park & Little Heath Mark Short, Craig Stanbury, Fiona Thomson	7 May 2026 Conservative 45.9% lead 18.6 pts
Haldens Matthew Hobbs, John Redmond, Astrid Scott	7 May 2026 Reform 28.9% lead 5.4 pts
Handside Gemma Moore, Michal Siewniak, Tony Skottowe	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 47.8% lead 28.4 pts
Hatfield Central Ian Walsh, Kieran Thorpe, Mark Smith	7 May 2026 Reform 33.3% lead 4.5 pts
Hatfield East Cathy Watson, Shirley Asare, Vaishali Shah	7 May 2026 Labour 24.8% lead 1.6 pts
Hatfield South West Helena Goldwater, Karthik Bonkur, Lukasz Stasiowski	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 32.5% lead 5.6 pts
Hatfield Villages James Broach, Jane Otumunye, Rose Grewal	7 May 2026 Labour 30.2% lead 3.8 pts
Hollybush Alan Chesterman, Margaret Birleson, Callum Powell	7 May 2026 Reform 33.1% lead 1.6 pts
Howlands Max Holloway, Jill Weston, Katherine Gardner	7 May 2026 Labour 35.6% lead 0.9 pts
Northaw & Cuffley George Michaelides, Brian Seeger, Barbara Fitzsimon	7 May 2026 Conservative 52.5% lead 21.7 pts
Panshanger Salman Khan, Lewis Ross, Jane Quinton	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 34.2% lead 1.3 pts
Peartree Duncan Jones, Fauzia Haider, Russ Platt	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 39.9% lead 12.2 pts
Sherrards Frank Marsh, Leo Gilbert, Jean-Paul Skoczylas	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 44.3% lead 22.6 pts
Welham Green & Hatfield South Paul Zukowskyj, Adrienne Nix, Sandreni Bonfante	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 33.7% lead 3.0 pts
Welwyn East Durk Reyner, Julie Cragg, Claire Hunt	7 May 2026 Conservative 35.1% lead 11.0 pts
Welwyn West Sunny Thusu, Tony Kingsbury, Alex Bardett	7 May 2026 Conservative 41.1% lead 13.4 pts

Brookmans Park & Little Heath

Craig Stanbury ConservativeFiona Thomson ConservativeMark Short Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Conservative45.9%

Reform27.3%

Green13.4%

Labour7.0%

Lib Dem5.9%

Heritage Party0.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Craig Stanbury Elected	Conservative	1,119	45.9%
Graham Carpenter	Reform	666	27.3%
Stephanie Mabbutt	Green	326	13.4%
Sheila Ann Barrett	Labour	171	7.0%
Anthony John Green	Lib Dem	144	5.9%
Mia Molinaro	Heritage Party	12	0.5%

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Conservative45.9%

Reform29.4%

Labour12.6%

Lib Dem7.6%

Green4.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Fiona Thomson Elected	Conservative	813	45.9%
Michael Peter Southwell	Reform	521	29.4%
Graham Martyn Beevers	Labour	223	12.6%
Anthony John Green	Lib Dem	134	7.6%
William Nicholas Huggonson Berrington	Green	82	4.6%

Haldens

Astrid Scott LabourJohn Redmond ReformMatthew Hobbs Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Reform28.9%

Labour23.5%

Lib Dem19.4%

Green14.9%

Conservative13.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Richard Redmond Elected	Reform	632	28.9%
Sarah Louise Ellingworth	Labour	513	23.5%
Elena Protic	Lib Dem	425	19.4%
Lucy Musk	Green	326	14.9%
Alastair Ian William Hellyer	Conservative	290	13.3%

Handside

Gemma Moore Lib DemMichal Siewniak Lib DemTony Skottowe Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem47.8%

Reform19.4%

Conservative16.0%

Green9.0%

Labour7.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gemma May Louise Moore Elected	Lib Dem	1,330	47.8%
Jane Louise Johnson	Reform	541	19.4%
Jane Lowe	Conservative	445	16.0%
Caleb George Callum Harrison	Green	251	9.0%
Stephen William Plume	Labour	216	7.8%

Hatfield Central

Ian Walsh LabourKieran Thorpe LabourMark Smith Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Reform33.3%

Labour28.8%

Green15.6%

Conservative13.6%

Lib Dem8.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mark Alexander Smith Elected	Reform	565	33.3%
Pankit Shah	Labour	488	28.8%
Andy Phillipson	Green	265	15.6%
David John Perkins	Conservative	230	13.6%
Ilie Dumitru	Lib Dem	147	8.7%

Last by-election, 7 July 2022

Labour53.7%

Conservative24.5%

Lib Dem16.4%

Abolish the TV Licence Party5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kieran Michael Thorpe Elected	Labour	599	53.7%
Mark Alexander Smith	Conservative	273	24.5%
Richard Hedley Griffiths	Lib Dem	183	16.4%
Melvyn Jones	Abolish the TV Licence Party	61	5.5%

Hatfield East

Cathy Watson LabourShirley Asare LabourVaishali Shah Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Labour24.8%

Reform23.2%

Green20.3%

Conservative19.6%

Lib Dem12.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Vaishali Shah Elected	Labour	547	24.8%
Michael Peter Southwell	Reform	512	23.2%
Larry Crofton	Green	448	20.3%
David Rose	Conservative	433	19.6%
Jackie Brennan	Lib Dem	268	12.1%

Hatfield South West

Helena Goldwater Lib DemKarthik Bonkur LabourLukasz Stasiowski Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem32.5%

Reform26.9%

Green15.3%

Labour14.0%

Conservative11.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lukasz Marcin Stasiowski Elected	Lib Dem	596	32.5%
Claudiu Imbir	Reform	492	26.9%
Georgia Swift	Green	280	15.3%
Kamal Hussain	Labour	257	14.0%
Negar Cetin	Conservative	207	11.3%

Hatfield Villages

James Broach LabourJane Otumunye LabourRose Grewal Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Labour30.2%

Reform26.4%

Conservative19.2%

Green16.2%

Lib Dem8.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James Broach Elected	Labour	622	30.2%
Pete Whitehead	Reform	544	26.4%
Abbie Elizabeth Cook	Conservative	395	19.2%
Andreas Kukol	Green	334	16.2%
Adam Edwards	Lib Dem	166	8.1%

Hollybush

Alan Chesterman LabourCallum Powell ReformMargaret Birleson Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Reform33.1%

Labour31.5%

Conservative15.7%

Green13.5%

Lib Dem6.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Callum Powell Elected	Reform	575	33.1%
Lynn Anne Chesterman	Labour	547	31.5%
David Glickman	Conservative	273	15.7%
Esther Erzsebet Aiko Pimprenelle Saurigny	Green	235	13.5%
Maria Siewniak	Lib Dem	107	6.2%

Howlands

Jill Weston IndependentKatherine Gardner LabourMax Holloway Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Labour35.6%

Reform34.7%

Conservative12.1%

Green12.0%

Lib Dem5.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Max Peter Holloway Elected	Labour	764	35.6%
Mark Simon Biddle	Reform	746	34.7%
Jamal Chowdhuri	Conservative	259	12.1%
Brad Taylor	Green	257	12.0%
Isaac David Martindale	Lib Dem	122	5.7%

Northaw & Cuffley

Barbara Fitzsimon ConservativeBrian Seeger ConservativeGeorge Michaelides Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Conservative52.5%

Reform30.8%

Green7.2%

Lib Dem5.2%

Labour4.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Brian Seeger Elected	Conservative	1,175	52.5%
Danny Brunt	Reform	688	30.8%
Ian Howard Gregory	Green	160	7.2%
Peter Edward Basford	Lib Dem	117	5.2%
Laura Vivienne Cook	Labour	97	4.3%

Panshanger

Jane Quinton Lib DemLewis Ross Lib DemSalman Khan Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem34.2%

Reform32.9%

Conservative12.3%

Green11.6%

Labour9.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lewis Francis Ross Elected	Lib Dem	655	34.2%
Steve Green	Reform	631	32.9%
Marios Artemi	Conservative	236	12.3%
Alice Rose Amelia Cowley-French	Green	222	11.6%
Andy Osborne	Labour	172	9.0%

Peartree

Duncan Jones Lib DemFauzia Haider Lib DemRuss Platt Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem39.9%

Reform27.7%

Green16.4%

Labour10.7%

Conservative5.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Duncan Merlin Jones Elected	Lib Dem	701	39.9%
Ian Colpitts	Reform	486	27.7%
Tanya Dickson	Green	288	16.4%
Darren Lewis	Labour	187	10.7%
Emil Sohrab	Conservative	93	5.3%

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem34.2%

Reform30.6%

Labour19.8%

Conservative8.0%

Green7.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Fauzia Haider Elected	Lib Dem	420	34.2%
Mark Simon Biddle	Reform	375	30.6%
Sarah Louise Ellingworth	Labour	243	19.8%
Jeet Dhelaria	Conservative	98	8.0%
Tanya Dickson	Green	91	7.4%

Sherrards

Frank Marsh Lib DemJean-Paul Skoczylas Lib DemLeo Gilbert Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem44.3%

Reform21.7%

Conservative13.3%

Green11.2%

Labour9.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jean-Paul Bernard Skoczylas Elected	Lib Dem	994	44.3%
Tommy Howgego	Reform	488	21.7%
Teresa Florence Travell	Conservative	299	13.3%
Phil Hopley	Green	251	11.2%
Sarah Louise Dolton	Labour	212	9.4%

Welham Green & Hatfield South

Adrienne Nix Lib DemPaul Zukowskyj Lib DemSandreni Bonfante Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem33.7%

Reform30.7%

Conservative17.4%

Green9.7%

Labour8.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sandreni Bonfante Elected	Lib Dem	692	33.7%
Vhalan Anandarajah	Reform	631	30.7%
Michael Taylor	Conservative	358	17.4%
Joshua Hook	Green	199	9.7%
Perry Martyn William Hewitt	Labour	175	8.5%

Welwyn East

Claire Hunt ConservativeDurk Reyner ConservativeJulie Cragg Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative35.1%

Reform24.1%

Green14.5%

Labour13.7%

Lib Dem12.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Claire Hunt Elected	Conservative	883
Durk Reyner Elected	Conservative	788
Mark David Castle	Reform	607
John Howard Robinson	Reform	514
William Nicholas Huggonson Berrington	Green	365
Peter John Costello	Labour	344
Andrew John Morrison	Green	339
David Charles Bartlett	Lib Dem	319
George Von Bülow	Labour	276
Jason Alistair Payne	Lib Dem	261

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Welwyn West

Alex Bardett ConservativeSunny Thusu ConservativeTony Kingsbury Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Conservative41.1%

Reform27.7%

Green15.8%

Labour8.2%

Lib Dem7.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sunny Thusu Elected	Conservative	987	41.1%
Richard Armstrong	Reform	666	27.7%
David Cox	Green	380	15.8%
Rosalind Mary Cloke	Labour	197	8.2%
Jojo Godfrey	Lib Dem	171	7.1%

Next election

Seats up on 6 May 2027

16 of 48 seats are up. Seats held now, by party:

Lib Dem 6 Labour 5 Conservative 4 Independent 1

Ward	Councillor whose term ends
Brookmans Park & Little Heath	Fiona Thomson Conservative
Haldens	Astrid Scott Labour
Handside	Michal Siewniak Lib Dem
Hatfield Central	Kieran Thorpe Labour
Hatfield East	Cathy Watson Labour
Hatfield South West	Helena Goldwater Lib Dem
Hatfield Villages	Rose Grewal Labour
Hollybush	Margaret Birleson Labour
Howlands	Jill Weston Independent
Northaw & Cuffley	George Michaelides Conservative
Panshanger	Jane Quinton Lib Dem
Peartree	Fauzia Haider Lib Dem
Sherrards	Frank Marsh Lib Dem
Welham Green & Hatfield South	Adrienne Nix Lib Dem
Welwyn East	Durk Reyner Conservative
Welwyn West	Tony Kingsbury Conservative

Term end dates from Open Council Data.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

3 by-elections since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
1 May 2025	Brookmans Park and Little Heath	Conservative hold	45.9%
1 May 2025	Peartree	Lib Dem hold	34.2%
7 July 2022	Hatfield Central	Labour hold	53.7%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Welwyn Hatfield	96%	Labour	Labour 36%
Hertsmere	4%	Conservative	Conservative 37%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Welwyn Hatfield

119,829 residents in 46,227 households

Voted Leave in 2016

53% 1 above GB

Degree or higher

37% 3 above GB

No qualifications

14% 4 below GB

Own their home

57% 4 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

25% 8 above GB

Rent privately

16% 4 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

35% 4 above GB

Aged 65 and over

19% 3 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.