2010 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

The 2010 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election result

2010 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	16	2	88.9	26	42	87.5	28,838	53.9	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	1		5.6	2	3	6.3	12,093	22.6	+4.4
	Labour	1	2	5.6	2	3	6.3	11,189	20.9	+1.5
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,160	2.2	-0.4
	BNP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	222	0.4	+0.2

Ward results

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Brookmans Park and Little Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dean	2,717	77.3	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Blumson	547	15.6	+1.8
	Labour	Donald Mahon	249	7.1	-1.8
Majority			2,170	61.7	N/A
Turnout			3,513	76.7	+31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Haldens

Haldens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Levitt	1,525	46.9	-3.6
	Labour	Mbizo Mpufo	806	24.8	-11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Shaw	745	22.9	+9.6
	Green	Berenice Dowlen	174	5.4	N/A
Majority			719	22.1	N/A
Turnout			3,250	67.0	+32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9

Handside

Handside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Skottowe	1,824	44.8	-1.5
	Conservative	Chris Cory	1,812	44.5	-3.4
	Labour	John Pomroy	433	10.6	+4.8
Majority			12	0.3	N/A
Turnout			4,069	77.6	+21.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.0

Hatfield Central

Hatfield Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bukky Olawoyin	988	36.1	-6.4
	Labour	Colin Croft	965	35.3	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Laming	784	28.6	+11.8
Majority			23	0.8	N/A
Turnout			2,737	56.3	+27.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	0.5

Hatfield East

Hatfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Kingsbury	1,692	52.6	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lis Meyland-Smith	783	24.3	+2.7
	Labour	Margaret White	741	23.0	-0.3
Majority			909	28.3	N/A
Turnout			3,216	64.7	+31.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

Hatfield South

Hatfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Mendez	817	40.0	+2.1
	Conservative	David Hughes	767	37.5	-10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Archer	460	22.5	+8.0
Majority			50	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2,044	55.1	+26.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.1

Hatfield Villages

Hatfield Villages (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Morgan	1,143	47.2	-15.5
	Conservative	Lynne Sparks	1,107	45.7	-17.0
	Labour	Bridie Croft	609	25.2	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Bobby Bridgeman	568	23.5	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Richardson	552	22.8	+9.9
	Labour	Brian Wilson	166	6.9	-17.5
Turnout			2,421	61.7	+36.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hatfield West

Hatfield West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caron Juggins	1,703	47.6	-0.6
	Labour	Cathy Watson	1,071	29.9	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Finlay	807	22.5	+3.7
Majority			632	17.7	N/A
Turnout			3,581	58.2	+24.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.3

Hollybush

Hollybush

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Pace	1,566	47.2	+5.5
	Labour	Margaret Birleson	1,108	33.4	-8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Armstrong-Bridges	643	19.4	+2.9
Majority			458	13.8	N/A
Turnout			3,317	62.5	+34.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	7.0

Howlands

Howlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Michaelides	1,132	36.2	-3.5
	Labour	Alan Chesterman	783	25.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Cowan	719	23.0	+14.6
	Green	Jill Weston	489	15.7	-14.1
Majority			349	11.1	N/A
Turnout			3,123	68.2	+29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3

Northaw and Cuffley

Northaw and Cuffley (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nicholls	2,418	75.8	-3.2
	Conservative	Adrian Prest	1,798	56.4	-22.6
	Labour	Nigel Bain	582	18.2	N/A
	BNP	Mark Fuller	222	7.0	N/A
Turnout			3,190	73.7	+37.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Panshanger

Panshanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Trigg	1,734	51.4	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Marsh	896	26.6	+12.6
	Labour	Zacha Hennessey	619	18.4	-1.2
	Green	Adrian Toole	122	3.6	-11.0
Majority			838	24.8	N/A
Turnout			3,371	67.9	+35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Peartree

Peartree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dom Cox	1,185	39.0	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Duke	1,060	34.9	-2.9
	Labour	Steve Roberts	793	26.1	-7.1
Majority			125	4.1	N/A
Turnout			3,038	58.1	+31.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	6.4

Sherrads

Sherrads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jon Beckerman	1,728	51.5	+5.9
	Labour	Tony Crump	786	23.4	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Arch	625	18.6	+0.9
	Green	Susan Groom	214	6.4	-9.2
Majority			942	28.1	N/A
Turnout			3,353	75.0	+31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

Welham Green

Welham Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Pieri	1,285	65.1	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Archer	393	19.9	-14.6
	Labour	Diana Bell	296	15.0	+9.4
Majority			892	45.2	N/A
Turnout			1,974	68.7	+19.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.4

Welwyn East

Welwyn East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Markiewicz	2,538	67.7	-7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Skidmore	687	18.3	+5.1
	Labour	Peter Hayman	365	9.7	-1.6
	Green	Mark Knight	161	4.3	N/A
Majority			1,851	49.4	N/A
Turnout			3,751	77.4	+35.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5