After voters went to the polls on Thursday, May 4, the results are in for the local elections to Hatfield Town Council.

There were 15 seats in 10 wards up for election, with a total of 47 candidates.

With a majority of nine seats, Labour will be in control of the council. The Conservatives have four seats, and the Liberal Democrats have two.

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The local election results are as follows:

Briars 

  • Gareth Aiken, Labour - 339 - elected
  • Nat Chapman, Conservative - 317 - elected
  • Helena Goldwater, Liberal Democrats -176
  • Hazel Laming, Liberal Democrats - 159
  • Glen Moore, Labour - 298
  • Emil Sohrab, Conservative - 290

Two seats - Turnout: 27.5 per cent

Central 

  • Simon Archer, Liberal Democrats - 166
  • Peter Costello, Labour - 634 - elected
  • Pashang Fatemi, Liberal Democrats - 103
  • David Perkins, Conservative - 250
  • Rody Ribeiro, Green - 183
  • Patrick Short, Conservative - 247
  • Mick Wise, Labour - 579 - elected

Two seats - Turnout: 23.4 per cent

East 

  • Shirley Asare, Labour - 682 - elected
  • Larry Crofton, Labour - 718 - elected
  • Jeet Dhelaria, Conservative - 498
  • Adam Edwards, Liberal Democrats - 418
  • Ian Gregory, Green - 236
  • Claire Hunt, Conservative - 496
  • Muhammad Joglu, Liberal Democrats - 417
  • Caron Juggins, Conservative - 597
  • Berislav Lopac, Liberal Democrats - 293
  • Cathy Watson, Labour - 642 - elected

Three seats - Turnout: 31.9 per cent

Ellenbrook

  • Claudiu Imbir, Liberal Democrats -101
  • John Peterson, Labour - 106
  • Stanley Tunstall, Conservative - 144 - elected

One seat - Turnout: 34.2 per cent

Meadows 

  • Daisy Jerobon, Labour - 56 - elected
  • Lis Meyland-Smith, Liberal Democrats - 14
  • John Wilfred, Conservative Party -23

One seat - Turnout 19.5 per cent

Newgate Street

  • Sheila Archer, Liberal Democrats - 15
  • Graham Beevers, Labour - 8
  • Edwin Bond, Conservative - 94 - elected

One seat - Turnout: 33.4 per cent

South 

  • Sandreni Bonfante, Liberal Democrats - 271 - elected
  • Linda Mendez, Labour - 237
  • Chetan Pawar, Conservative - 95

One seat - Turnout: 25.9 per cent

South West 

  • Tim Rowse, Liberal Democrats - 358 - elected
  • Brian Seeger, Conservative - 122
  • Ian Walsh, Labour - 190

One seat - Turnout: 26.6 per cent

Villages

  • Abbie Cook, Conservative - 358
  • Antony Demetriou, Conservative - 313
  • Margaret Eames-Petersen, Labour - 586 - elected
  • Nike Fakoya, Labour - 541 - elected
  • Gemma Moore, Liberal Democrats -223
  • Brad Taylor, Liberal Democrats - 279

One seat - Turnout: 26.7 per cent

Wildhill 

  • Sheila Barrett, Labour - 19
  • Nigel Upson, Conservative - 59 - elected
  • Paul Wilson, Liberal Democrats - 16

One seat - Turnout: 39 per cent