Map of the results of the 2011 St Albans City and District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Greens in green.
The 2011 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
The Liberal Democrats lost control of the council as the Conservatives came up 1 seat short of taking a majority themselves, after the Conservatives gained 5 seats from the Liberal Democrats.[3] The Conservative gains took them to 29 of the 58 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats dropped to 24 seats.[4] Meanwhile, the Green Party gained their first councillor on the council after taking 1 of the 2 seats that were contested in St Peters ward.[3][4]
Following the election Conservative Julian Daly became the new leader of the council at the head of a minority administration.[5]
A by-election was held in Batchwood ward on 19 January 2012 after Liberal Democrat councillor Amanda Archer resigned from the council.[7] The seat was gained for Labour by their former group leader Roma Mills with a majority of 607 votes over the Liberal Democrats.[7][8]
^ abMistry, Manisha (6 May 2011). "No overall majority at St Albans District Council". St Albans & Harpenden Review. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ ab"Council election: Conservatives now largest party on St Albans council". Eastern Daily Press. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^Mistry, Manisha (19 May 2011). "Tories to run St Albans District Council as minority administration". St Albans & Harpenden Review. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstu"District council election results 5th May 2011". St Albans City & District Council. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ abWhite, Debbie (20 January 2012). "Roma Mills wins St Albans by-election". The Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ ab"Election results for Batchwood". St Albans City & District Council. Retrieved 1 February 2015.