St Albans City and District Council elections are held three years out of every four to elect members ofSt Albans City and District Council inHertfordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 56councillors, with the district being divided into 20wards. Elections toHertfordshire County Council are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no district council elections.[1]
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 the1999 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 | ||
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.
