Welwyn Hatfield
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Council composition (approx.)
40 councillors elected across cycles 2023, 2024, 2025, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.
Cycles
- 2025 8 races · 8 seats 100.0% below quota
- 2024 16 races · 16 seats 81.3% below quota
- 2023 16 races · 16 seats 50.0% below quota
- 2022 16 races · 17 seats 41.2% below quota
- 2021 24 races · 25 seats 72.0% below quota
Party-control changes between cycles
Cases where the largest party (by seats won) changed from one cycle to the next. Each row shows the new party's vote share in both cycles and the seats they took. A small vote shift paired with a big seat shift is the First-Past-the-Post volatility story.
2024 2025
Labour Party Liberal Democrats
Vote share vs seat share
2022 2023
Liberal Democrats Labour Party
Vote share vs seat share
2021 2022
Conservative and Unionist Party Liberal Democrats
Vote share vs seat share
Caveat for by-thirds councils: only a third of the seats are elected in each cycle, so a flip in the "largest party this cycle" doesn't necessarily mean a flip in overall council control. The vote-vs-seat divergence still tells you something about how First-Past-the-Post allocates the seats that were contested.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookmans Park & Little Heath | 73% | 65% | 62% | ||
| Brookmans Park and Little Heath | 59% | ||||
| Haldens | 44% | 50% | 51% | 48% | 32% |
| Handside | 46% | 28% | 56% | 44% | |
| Handside & Peartree | 39% | 41% | |||
| Hatfield Central | 43% | 53% | 58% | 48% | |
| Hatfield East | 45% | 44% | 40% | 42% | 27% |
| Hatfield North | 44% | 32% | |||
| Hatfield Rural | 74% | 45% | |||
| Hatfield South | 45% | 44% | |||
| Hatfield South West | 34% | 45% | 44% | 44% | |
| Hatfield Villages | 46% | 46% | 44% | 42% | |
| Hollybush | 43% | 58% | 58% | 52% | |
| Howlands | 53% | 59% | 55% | 50% | |
| Northaw & Cuffley | 75% | 68% | 67% | ||
| Northaw and Cuffley | 61% | ||||
| Panshanger | 50% | 39% | 47% | 38% | |
| Peartree | 40% | 52% | 45% | 43% | |
| Sherrards | 37% | 54% | 53% | 31% | |
| Welham Green & Hatfield South | 25% | 46% | 38% | ||
| Welham Green and Hatfield South | 42% | ||||
| Welwyn | 58% | 43% | |||
| Welwyn East | 56% | 52% | 46% | 40% | |
| Welwyn Garden City South | 48% | 33% | |||
| Welwyn West | 64% | 54% | 47% | 44% |