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The 2010 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in England.^[1] 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
Party		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

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
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
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
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
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
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 (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
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
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
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 (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
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
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
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
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
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