Welwyn Hatfield.
Labour Party-controlled district. £16m net revenue. 16 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Welwyn Hatfield is a district controlled by Labour Party (17 of 48 seats). Net revenue is £16m for 2025-26. It covers 16 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 35% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Stanbury | Con | Brookmans Park Little Heath | 2026 |
| Mark Short | Con | Brookmans Park Little Heath | 2024 |
| Jonathan Boulton | Con | Brookmans Park Little Heath | 2023 |
| John Richard Redmond | Ref | Haldens | 2026 |
| Matthew Thomas Hobbs | Lab | Haldens | 2024 |
| Astrid Carle Scott | Lab | Haldens | 2023 |
| Gemma May Louise Moore | LD | Handside | 2026 |
| Anthony Britiffe Skottowe | LD | Handside | 2024 |
| Michal Siewniak | LD | Handside | 2023 |
| Mark Alexander Smith | Ref | Hatfield Central | 2026 |
| Ian Joseph Walsh | Lab | Hatfield Central | 2024 |
| Kieran Michael Thorpe | Lab | Hatfield Central | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 68% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (61%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £245 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,770 |
| Police | £265 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £54 |
| Total Band-D | £2,333 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Welwyn Hatfield split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (district)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Welwyn Hatfield’s territory crosses 2 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welwyn Hatfield | 15 | 94% | Andrew Lewin | Lab |
| Hertsmere | 1 | 6% | Oliver Dowden | Con |
This council holds 1 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour Party-controlled district — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 163 other councils (district)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
Not yet ingested for Welwyn Hatfield
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level