1995 St Albans City and District Council election

The 1995 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

1995 St Albans City and District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	13	5	68.4	21	34	59.6	16,654	41.8	-8.0
	Conservative	2	6	10.5	11	13	22.8	10,379	26.0	+2.9
	Labour	4	1	21.1	6	10	17.5	12,459	31.2	+5.9
	Independent	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	241	0.6	-0.2
	Green	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	124	0.3	-0.7
	Natural Law	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	27	0.1	New

Ashley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Pakenham	1,059	45.6	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	C. Bradley	974	41.9	–9.8
	Conservative	D. Caroline	289	12.4	–0.5
Majority			85	3.7	N/A
Turnout			2,322	46.8	–5.4
Registered electors			4,965
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	10.0

Batchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Rose*	1,284	66.5	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	R. Law	371	19.2	–5.2
	Conservative	R. Langham	229	11.9	–3.0
	Green	A. Cripps	47	2.4	N/A
Majority			913	47.3	+11.1
Turnout			1,931	40.4	–4.8
Registered electors			4,781
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

Clarence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lusby	1,000	53.7	–7.8
	Labour	D. Pratley	515	27.7	+9.3
	Conservative	J. Christie	347	18.6	+1.8
Majority			485	26.0	–17.1
Turnout			1,862	43.0	–7.4
Registered electors			4,332
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.6

Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Donald*	1,142	55.0	–5.7
	Labour	A. Gilson	653	31.4	+6.6
	Conservative	M. Elsdon	282	13.6	–0.9
Majority			489	23.5	–12.4
Turnout			2,077	43.7	–3.5
Registered electors			4,758
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.2

Harpenden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Waddilove	1,095	50.1	–10.1
	Conservative	D. Fisher	630	28.8	+2.0
	Labour	D. Crew	462	21.1	+8.1
Majority			465	21.3	–12.1
Turnout			2,187	43.7	–8.0
Registered electors			5,009
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.1

Harpenden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Glenister	1,052	46.1	–6.3
	Conservative	A. Pawle	729	31.9	–1.1
	Labour	E. Rayner	474	20.8	+6.2
	Natural Law	P. Saunders	27	1.2	N/A
Majority			323	14.2	–5.3
Turnout			2,282	39.4	–6.3
Registered electors			5,792
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	2.6

Harpenden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Johnston*	1,058	43.7	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	G. Mitchell	1,015	41.9	–6.9
	Labour	K. Holmes	347	14.3	+4.9
Majority			43	1.8	N/A
Turnout			2,420	46.0	–6.1
Registered electors			5,256
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

Harpenden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Coe*	1,116	48.6	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	A. Steer	875	38.1	–7.2
	Labour	J. Thompson	306	13.3	+2.4
Majority			241	10.5	N/A
Turnout			2,297	44.9	–2.0
Registered electors			5,121
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

London Colney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Gordon*	1,380	74.8	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	K. Lambert	207	11.2	–1.0
	Conservative	M. Shaw	180	9.8	–5.8
	Green	M. Gibson	77	4.2	+0.3
Majority			1,173	63.6	+10.9
Turnout			1,844	32.5	–8.0
Registered electors			5,667
	Labour hold		Swing	3.8

Marshallwick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Clegg	1,220	60.5	–5.6
	Conservative	V. Holley	427	21.2	+1.3
	Labour	W. Preston	371	18.4	+4.4
Majority			793	39.3	–7.0
Turnout			2,018	42.6	–6.0
Registered electors			4,741
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.5

Marshallwick South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Burton*	1,240	52.3	–5.4
	Conservative	P. Farley	625	26.4	+2.7
	Labour	M. Ewington	504	21.3	+5.9
Majority			615	26.0	–8.0
Turnout			2,369	45.7	–7.7
Registered electors			5,187
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.1

No Green candidate as previous (3.2%).

Park Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Finley*	893	55.4	–5.8
	Labour	M. Morley	429	26.6	+6.2
	Conservative	I. Gibb	289	17.9	–0.5
Majority			464	28.8	–12.0
Turnout			1,611	36.4	–4.5
Registered electors			4,420
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.0

No Independent candidate as previous (18.8%).

Sandridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Morris	641	38.6	+22.9
	Conservative	C. Whiteside*	514	30.9	–15.6
	Labour	A. Cooper	308	18.5	+8.6
	Independent	B. Filmer	199	12.0	–13.7
Majority			127	7.6	N/A
Turnout			1,662	43.0	–1.6
Registered electors			3,865
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	19.3

Sopwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Wilson	1,498	76.0	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	I. Fowler	255	12.9	–9.9
	Conservative	G. Brown	217	11.0	–0.1
Majority			1,243	63.1	+19.8
Turnout			1,970	38.8	–4.4
Registered electors			5,074
	Labour hold		Swing	0.0

St. Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gunner*	1,005	47.8	–5.9
	Labour	L. Warren	876	41.7	+10.5
	Conservative	L. Harris	222	10.6	–0.7
Majority			129	6.1	–16.4
Turnout			2,103	43.2	–6.1
Registered electors			4,868
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.2

No Green candidate as previous (3.8%).

St. Stephens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Baillie	1,006	42.1	–3.9
	Conservative	A. Nowell*	798	33.4	–0.5
	Labour	P. Allen	585	24.5	+4.5
Majority			208	8.7	–3.4
Turnout			2,389	40.1	–8.2
Registered electors			5,963
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	1.7

Verulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Morris	977	38.9	–1.4
	Conservative	J. Smith*	957	38.1	+5.7
	Labour	J. Bellchambers	537	21.4	–1.7
	Independent	A. Brown	42	1.7	N/A
Majority			20	0.8	–7.1
Turnout			2,513	48.2	–4.9
Registered electors			5,219
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	3.6

No Green candidate as previous (4.2%).

Wheathampstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Webster	910	41.9	–14.7
	Conservative	D. Hills*	756	34.8	+4.0
	Labour	P. Woodhams	504	23.2	+10.7
Majority			154	7.1	–18.7
Turnout			2,170	45.7	–8.1
Registered electors			4,744
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	9.4