St Albans (UK Parliament constituency)

Electoral Calculus characterises the seat's electorate as "Kind Yuppies", with right-wing economic views but more liberal social attitudes. Incomes and house prices in this seat are well above UK averages. Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Reigate The seat voted decisively to remain in the European Union in 2016, with an estimated Remain vote of 62% compared to 48% nationally.

The Parliamentary Borough of St Albans was represented by two MPs in the House of Commons of England from 1554 to 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 onwards, until it was disenfranchised as a result of electoral corruption in 1852.Reform Act 1867

File:Results for St Albans since 1983.svgThe constituency was re-established in an enlarged form by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (which followed on from the Third Reform Act) as one of four Divisions of the abolished three-member Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire, and was formally named as the Mid or St Albans Division of Hertfordshire.

; Political history before 1997

Until 1997 the seat was held by one Conservative or another save for the very early 20th century Official Opposition leadership of Henry Campbell-Bannerman and the follow-on first part of his premiership, governing in minority, and later – from 1945 – five of the six years seeing Labour's landslide Attlee ministry.

; Political history since 1997

The seat swung towards the left wing on boundary changes effective in 1997, and the founding of the New Labour movement which sought public sector reform and investment with expansion based on international investor-friendly economic growth. The seat followed its projections in line with the large swing led by Tony Blair, to sees its return to a Labour politician. Results, except for a strong Tory surge in 2015 are closer than the 1979–1992 Tory victories forming a complex three-party contest – only once another candidate in this time has reached the deposit (politics)-retaining threshold of 5% of the vote, UKIP at its 2015 peak.

Despite the former Labour MP for the seat, Kerry Pollard, standing there in 2005, 2015 and 2017, he fell varyingly short. The 2019 vote share fell to below that seen in the 1980s, locally, for the party's candidate – the party leader was to the left of the party, Jeremy Corbyn.

The seat has had great fluctuation in Liberal Democrat vote share: 2001 and 2015 were ebbs at below 20% of the vote; in 2010 and 2017 the Liberal Democrat candidate, promisingly, took 4.4% and 10.7% less than the winning Conservative. Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper went on to win, in 2019. She became first member of a liberal party to represent the constituency since John Bamford Slack in early 1900s.

In December 2023, the Labour Party included the seat in its published list of 211 non-battleground seats, suggesting they did not see it as winnable.{{cite web |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/12/labour-seats-candidate-selections-apply-constituencies/ |title=Labour selections: Full list of 211 'non-battleground' seats now open to applications |work=labourlist.org |first=Tom |last=Belger |date=8 December 2023 |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209080344/https://labourlist.org/2023/12/labour-seats-candidate-selections-apply-constituencies/ |archive-date=9 December 2023 |url-status=live}}

The noble and local landowning Grimston family have produced nine members throughout the seat's history. The three first heirs to the Earldom of Verulam have won election in the seat – the latest MP from the family was John Grimston who later became the 6th Earl (died 1973).

Sir Hildred Carlile (died 1942) was a textiles entrepreneur and generous benefactor of Bedford College, University of London.

Francis Fremantle was chairman of the Parliamentary Medical Committee from 1923 to 1943.

Peter Lilley was a frontbench minister in government from 1992 until 1997, the Secretary of State for Social Security, after two years as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

• The Municipal Borough of St Albans;
• The Sessional Divisions of Barnet and St Albans; and
• Parts of the Sessional Divisions of Watford, Hertford and Dacorum.{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog|title=The public general acts|last=Great Britain|first=Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales|publisher=Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884|others=unknown library|language=en}}

As well from the Borough of St Albans, the seat included the towns of Harpenden, Hatfield and Chipping Barnet.

• The Municipal Borough of St Albans;
• The Urban Districts of Barnet and East Barnet Valley;
• The Rural Districts of Barnet and Hatfield; and
• The Rural District of St Albans civil parishes of Sandridge Rural, St Michael Rural, St Peter Rural, and St Stephen.{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/representationof00frasrich|title=The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes|last=Fraser|first=Hugh|date=1918|publisher=London : Sweet and Maxwell|others=University of California Libraries}}

North-western parts, including Harpenden, transferred to the new Hemel Hempstead Division. South-western corner (Aldenham) transferred to Watford.

• The Municipal Borough of St Albans;
• The Urban District of Welwyn Garden City;
• The Rural District of Hatfield; and
• The Rural District of St Albans civil parishes of Sandridge Rural, St Michael Rural, St Peter Rural, and St Stephen.{{Cite web|url=http://vote-2012.proboards.com/thread/1254/commons-redistribution-seats-order-1945|title=H of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Order, 1945 {{!}} Vote UK Forum|website=vote-2012.proboards.com|access-date=2019-02-23}}

The Urban Districts of Barnet and East Barnet (formerly East Barnet Valley) and the Rural District of Elstree (formerly Barnet) formed the new Barnet Division. The Urban District of Welwyn Garden City had been formed as a separate local authority which had previously been partly in the Hitchin Division.  Other marginal changes as a result of changes to local authority boundaries.

• The Municipal Borough of St Albans;
• The Urban District of Welwyn Garden City;
• The Rural District of Welwyn; and
• The Rural District of St Albans civil parishes of Sandridge Rural, St Michael Rural, St Peter Rural, St Stephen, and Wheathampstead.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1948/65/contents/enacted/data.htm|title=Representation of the People Act, 1948|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-23}}

The Rural District of Welwyn was transferred from Hitchin and the parish of Wheathampstead from Hemel Hempstead.  The Rural District of Hatfield was transferred to Barnet.

• The Municipal Borough of St Albans; and
• The Rural District of St Albans civil parishes of Colney Heath, London Colney, Sandridge Rural, St Michael Rural, St Stephen, and Wheathampstead.

The Urban District of Welwyn Garden City and the Rural District of Welwyn were transferred to Hertford. (The parish of St Peter Rural had been divided into the parishes of Colney Heath and London Colney).

• The Municipal Borough of St Albans;
• The Urban District of Harpenden; and
• The Rural District of St Albans civil parishes of Harpenden Rural, Redbourn, St Michael Rural, Sandridge, and Wheathampstead.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1674/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-23}}

Boundaries moved northwards: Harpenden U.D. and the parishes of Harpenden Rural and Redbourn were transferred in from Hemel Hempstead. The parishes of Colney Heath, London Colney and St Stephen were transferred out to form part of the new constituency of South Hertfordshire.

• The District of St Albans wards of Ashley, Batchwood, Clarence, Colney Heath, Cunningham, Harpenden East, Harpenden North, Harpenden South, Harpenden West, Marshalswick North, Marshalswick South, Redbourn, St Peter's, Sandridge, Sopwell, and Verulam.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-23}}

Minor changes: Colney Heath transferred from abolished South Hertfordshire; Wheathampstead transferred to Welwyn Hatfield.

• The District of St Albans wards of Ashley, Batchwood, Clarence, Colney Heath, Cunningham, London Colney, Marshalswick North, Marshalswick South, Park Street, St Peter's, St Stephen's, Sopwell, and Verulam; and
• The District of Three Rivers ward of Bedmond.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1626/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-23}}

Moved southwards again, gaining London Colney from Hertsmere, Park Street and St Stephen's from Watford and the Three Rivers District ward of Bedmond from South West Hertfordshire. Northern parts, including Harpenden, formed part of the new constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden.

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• The City of St Albans wards of Ashley, Batchwood, Clarence, Colney Heath, Cunningham, London Colney, Marshalswick North, Marshalswick South, Park Street, St Peter's, St Stephen, Sopwell, and Verulam; and
• The Three Rivers District ward of Bedmond and Primrose Hill.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/schedule/made|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1681)|work=legislation.gov.uk|publisher=The National Archives|access-date=21 August 2013}}

Marginal adjustments to bring the parliamentary boundaries in line with those of local government wards, which had changed since the 1995 review.{{cite web|url=http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_i.pdf|title=Fifth Periodical Report, Volume 1|year=2007|publisher=Boundary Commission for England|page=335|access-date=21 August 2013}}

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was unchanged except for the small part in the District of Three Rivers, which was transferred to South West Hertfordshire.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region}}

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=St Albans {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/st-albans |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The St Albans (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/900/contents/made}} the constituency now comprises the following wards of the City of St Albans from the 2024 general election:

• Batchwood; Bernards Heath; Clarence; Colney Heath; Cunningham; Hill End; London Colney; Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm (majority); Marshalswick West (nearly all); Park Street; St Peters; St Stephen (nearly all); Sopwell; Verulam (nearly all).{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details – St Albans |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=St+Albans |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}

The seat is in Hertfordshire, England. Specifically, it comprises the cathedral city of St Albans and some of the surrounding countryside, mainly to the south of the city.

Neighbouring seats, clockwise from north, are: Harpenden and Berkhamsted, Welwyn Hatfield, Hertsmere, South West Hertfordshire.

Hertfordshire prior to 1885

File:ST Al Election Results.png

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Daisy Cooper

|votes= 29,222

|percentage= 56.6

|change= +6.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=James Spencer|votes=9,388|percentage=18.2|change=−21.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Sophia Bhatti|votes=5,189|percentage=10.1|change=+1.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=John Dowdle|votes=4,336|percentage=8.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Simon Grover|votes=3,272|percentage=6.3|change=+4.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Heritage Party (UK)|candidate=Dafydd Morriss|votes=104|percentage=0.2|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Stewart Satterly|votes=103|percentage=0.2|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=19,834|percentage=38.4|change=+27.7}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=51,614|percentage=71.0|change=−7.0}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 72,739

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|swing = +13.8

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: St Albans{{cite web |title=Statement of Persons Nominated (St Albans Constituency) |url=https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/Images/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated_St%20Albans_2019_tcm15-68241.pdf |website=stalbans.gov.uk |access-date=19 November 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000960|title=St Albans parliamentary constituency – Election 2019|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Daisy Cooper

|votes = 28,867

|percentage = 50.1

|change = +17.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Anne Main|votes=22,574|percentage=39.2|change=−3.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Rebecca Lury|votes=5,000|percentage=8.7|change=−14.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Simon Grover|votes=1,004|percentage=1.7|change=+0.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Jules Sherrington|votes=154|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=6,293|percentage=10.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=57,599|percentage=78.1|change=−0.2}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =+10.8

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{{Election box begin | title=General election 2017: St Albans{{cite web | url=https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/electionresults/generalelections/2017_Parliamentary_Election_Results.aspx | title=2017 Parliamentary Election Results | publisher=St Albans City and District Council | date=16 June 2017 | access-date=25 November 2019}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anne Main

|votes = 24,571

|percentage = 43.1

|change = −3.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Daisy Cooper

|votes = 18,462

|percentage = 32.4

|change = +13.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kerry Pollard

|votes = 13,137

|percentage = 23.0

|change = −0.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Jack Easton

|votes = 828

|percentage = 1.5

|change = −2.2

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,109

|percentage = 10.7

|change = −12.6

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 56,998

|percentage = 78.3

|change = +6.3

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −8.7

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 2015: St Albans{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/electionresults/generalelections/2015_Parliamentary_Election_Results.aspx | title=2015 Parliamentary Election Results | publisher=St Albans City and District Council | date=8 May 2015 | access-date=8 May 2015}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anne Main

|votes = 25,392

|percentage = 46.6

|change = +5.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kerry Pollard

|votes = 12,660

|percentage = 23.3

|change = +5.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sandy Walkington

|votes = 10,076

|percentage = 18.5

|change = −17.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Chris Wright

|votes = 4,271

|percentage = 7.8

|change = +4.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Jack Easton

|votes = 2,034

|percentage = 3.7

|change = +2.3

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 12,732

|percentage = 23.3

|change = +18.9

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 54,433

|percentage = 72.0

|change = −3.4

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.1

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2010: St Albans{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/Images/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20-%20St%20Albans%20Constituency%20-%20UK%20Parliamentary%20Election%206%20May%202010_tcm15-12492.pdf|title=City & District of St Albans – Statement of persons nominated}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge10/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results May 2010 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anne Main

|votes = 21,533

|percentage = 40.8

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sandy Walkington

|votes = 19,228

|percentage = 36.4

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roma Mills

|votes = 9,288

|percentage = 17.6

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = John Stocker

|votes = 2,028

|percentage = 3.8

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Jack Easton

|votes = 758

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,305

|percentage = 4.4

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 52,835

|percentage = 75.4

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

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• This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 2005 and 2010 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2005: St Albans{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results May 2005 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anne Main

|votes = 16,953

|percentage = 37.3

|change = +2.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kerry Pollard

|votes = 15,592

|percentage = 34.3

|change = −11.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Michael Green

|votes = 11,561

|percentage = 25.4

|change = +7.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Richard Evans

|votes = 707

|percentage = 1.6

|change = +0.2

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{{Election box candidate

|party = St Albans Party

|candidate = Janet Girsman

|votes = 430

|percentage = 0.9

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Mark Reynolds

|votes = 219

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,361

|percentage = 3.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 45,462

|percentage = 70.00

|change = +3.7

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +6.6

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2001: St Albans{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/377.htm |title=General Election result, June 2001 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kerry Pollard

|votes = 19,889

|percentage = 45.4

|change = +3.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charlie Elphicke

|votes = 15,423

|percentage = 35.2

|change = +2.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Nick Rijke

|votes = 7,847

|percentage = 17.9

|change = −3.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Chris Sherwin

|votes = 602

|percentage = 1.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,466

|percentage = 10.2

|change = +1.4

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 43,761

|percentage = 66.3

|change = −11.2

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +0.7

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1997: St Albans{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/377.htm |title=General Election result, May 1997 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kerry Pollard

|votes = 21,338

|percentage = 42.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Rutley

|votes = 16,879

|percentage = 33.2

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Rowlands

|votes = 10,692

|percentage = 21.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Jim Warrilow

|votes = 1,619

|percentage = 3.2

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket

|candidate = Sari Craigen

|votes = 166

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Ian Docker

|votes = 111

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,459

|percentage = 8.8

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 50,805

|percentage = 77.5

|change =

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner= Labour Party (UK)

|loser= Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

• This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1992: St Albans{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results April 1992 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Lilley

|votes = 32,709

|percentage = 52.8

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Monica Howes

|votes = 16,305

|percentage = 26.3

|change = −8.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kerry Pollard

|votes = 12,016

|percentage = 19.4

|change = +7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Craig Simmons

|votes = 734

|percentage = 1.2

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = David Lucas

|votes = 161

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 16,404

|percentage = 26.5

|change = +8.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 61,925

|percentage = 83.5

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −4.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1987: St Albans{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results 1987 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Lilley

|votes = 31,726

|percentage = 52.5

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Alexander Walkington

|votes = 20,845

|percentage = 34.5

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = Tony McWalter

|votes = 6,922

|percentage = 11.5

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party (UK)

|candidate = Elaine Field

|votes = 788

|percentage = 1.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = CPRP

|candidate = William Pass

|votes = 110

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,881

|percentage = 18.0

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 60,391

|percentage = 80.2

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1983: St Albans{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results June 1983 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Lilley

|votes = 29,676

|percentage = 52.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Alexander Walkington

|votes = 21,115

|percentage = 37.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Rita Austin

|votes = 6,213

|percentage = 10.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,561

|percentage = 15.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 57,004

|percentage = 78.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=

}}

{{Election box end}}

• This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1979 and 1983 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1979: St Albans{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results May 1979 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}{{cite web|title='St Albans', Feb 1974 – May 1983|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74534.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=4 April 2016}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Goodhew

|votes = 31,301

|percentage = 53.1

|change = +8.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = David Picton

|votes = 14,057

|percentage = 23.8

|change = −3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = Ronald Greaves

|votes = 13,638

|percentage = 23.1

|change = −5.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 17,244

|percentage = 29.3

|change = +12.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 58,996

|percentage = 80.4

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election October 1974: St Albans{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results October 1974 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Goodhew

|votes = 24,436

|percentage = 45.0

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Edwin Hudson|votes=15,301|percentage=28.2|change=+4.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Charles Anthony Shaw|votes=14,614|percentage=26.9|change=-3.8}}

{{Election box majority|votes=9,135|percentage=16.8|change=+2.3}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=54,351|percentage=78.0|change=−6.6}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −2.15

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election February 1974: St Albans{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results February 1974 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Goodhew

|votes = 26,345

|percentage = 45.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Charles Anthony Shaw|votes=17,924|percentage=30.7|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Lipman Bernstein|votes=14,077|percentage=24.1|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=8,421|percentage=14.5|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=58,356|percentage=84.6|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=}}

{{Election box end}}

• This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1970 and February 1974 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful.

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1970: St Albans {{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results June 1970 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Goodhew

|votes = 24,503

|percentage = 51.5

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Beaumont

|votes = 16,629

|percentage = 35.0

|change = −6.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Shaw

|votes = 6,439

|percentage = 13.5

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,874

|percentage = 16.5

|change = +10.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,571

|percentage = 76.2

|change = −6.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1966: St Albans {{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results March 1966 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Goodhew

|votes = 22,260

|percentage = 47.7

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Keith Kyle

|votes = 19,428

|percentage = 41.6

|change = +5.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Julian J Wates

|votes = 4,977

|percentage = 10.7

|change = −5.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,832

|percentage = 6.1

|change = −5.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 46,665

|percentage = 83.0

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −2.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1964: St Albans {{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results October 1964 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Goodhew

|votes = 22,063

|percentage = 48.0

|change = −4.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Bruce Douglas-Mann

|votes = 16,672

|percentage = 36.3

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Glanville Brown

|votes = 7,231

|percentage = 15.7

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 5,391

|percentage = 11.7

|change = −7.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 45,966

|percentage = 82.6

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −3.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1959: St Albans {{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results October 1959 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Goodhew

|votes = 23,157

|percentage = 52.9

|change = −4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Lawrence William Carroll

|votes = 14,650

|percentage = 33.5

|change = −9.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = WA Newton Jones

|votes = 5,948

|percentage = 13.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,507

|percentage = 19.4

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 52,823

|percentage = 82.8

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1955: St Albans {{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results May 1955 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Grimston

|votes = 21,828

|percentage = 57.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Renée Short

|votes = 16,107

|percentage = 42.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 5,721

|percentage = 15.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 37,935

|percentage = 79.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=

}}

{{Election box end}}

• This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1951 and 1955 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1951: St Albans{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results October 1951|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Grimston

|votes = 28,602

|percentage = 54.5

|change = +7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John McKnight

|votes = 23,911

|percentage = 45.5

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,691

|percentage = 9.0

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 52,513

|percentage = 84.1

|change = −0.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1950: St Albans {{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results February 1950 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=4 February 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Grimston

|votes = 24,733

|percentage = 47.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Cyril Dumpleton

|votes = 22,351

|percentage = 42.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Deryck Abel

|votes = 5,280

|percentage = 10.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,382

|percentage = 4.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 52,464

|percentage = 85.0

|change =

}}

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|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|loser=Labour Party (UK)

|swing=

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{{Election box end}}

• This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1945 and 1950 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1945: St Albans

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Cyril Dumpleton

|votes = 24,241

|percentage = 46.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=John Grimston|votes=22,362|percentage=42.8 |change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Enid Lakeman|votes=5,601|percentage=10.7|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=1,879|percentage=3.7|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=50,384|percentage=72.6|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

• This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1935 and 1945 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful

{{Election box begin|title=1943 St Albans by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Grimston

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1935: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Fremantle

|votes = 33,743

|percentage = 67.5

|change = −10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Franklin

|votes = 16,233

|percentage = 35.5

|change = +13.6

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 17,510

|percentage = 35.0

|change = −21.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 49,976

|percentage = 62.6

|change = −9.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −10.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1931: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Fremantle

|votes = 36,690

|percentage = 78.1

|change = +30.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Monica Whately

|votes = 10,289

|percentage = 21.9

|change = −5.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 26,401

|percentage = 56.2

|change = +35.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 46,979

|percentage = 71.9

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +17.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1929: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Fremantle

|votes = 20,436

|percentage = 48.1

|change = −19.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Monica Whately

|votes = 11,699

|percentage = 27.6

|change = −4.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Gordon Honeyman

|votes = 10,299

|percentage = 24.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,737

|percentage = 20.5

|change = −14.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 41,434

|percentage = 72.6

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −7.25

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1924: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Fremantle

|votes = 18,004

|percentage = 67.5

|change = +19.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Frank Herbert

|votes = 8,862

|percentage = 32.5

|change = +6.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 9,322

|percentage = 35.0

|change = +13.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 26,864

|percentage = 70.3

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +6.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1923: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Fremantle

|votes = 11,968

|percentage = 47.7

|change = −10.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Thomson

|votes = 6,640

|percentage = 26.5

|change = −15.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Krauss Nield

|votes = 6,469

|percentage = 25.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 5,328

|percentage = 21.2

|change = +5.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 25,077

|percentage = 68.8

|change = -2.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +2.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1922: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Fremantle

|votes = 14,594

|percentage = 57.8

|change = +12.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John W. Brown

|votes = 10,662

|percentage = 42.2

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,932

|percentage = 15.6

|change = +12.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 25,256

|percentage = 71.1

|change = +8.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +6.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Francis Edward Fremantle.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=1919 St Albans by-electionLarge Labour Vote At St. Albans, Seat Held By Coalition, The Times, Wednesday 24 December 1919, page 10

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Fremantle

|votes = 9,621

|percentage = 45.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John W. Brown

|votes = 8,908

|percentage = 42.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Milner Gray

|votes = 2,474

|percentage = 11.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 713

|percentage = 3.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 21,003

|percentage = 62.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1918: St Albans

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link coalition 1918

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Hildred Carlile

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner =Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

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{{Election box begin|title=General election, December 1910: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hildred Carlile

|votes = 6,899

|percentage = 59.1

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Charles Phillimore

|votes = 4,777

|percentage = 40.9

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,122

|percentage = 18.2

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 11,676

|percentage = 83.8

|change = −6.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election, January 1910: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hildred Carlile

|votes = 7,323

|percentage = 58.1

|change = +5.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Henry Roscoe Beddoes

|votes = 5,271

|percentage = 41.9

|change = −5.6

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,052

|percentage = 16.2

|change = +11.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 12,594

|percentage = 90.4

|change = +10.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hildred Carlile

|votes = 5,856

|percentage = 52.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Bamford Slack

|votes = 5,304

|percentage = 47.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 552

|percentage = 5.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 11,160

|percentage = 89.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,497

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Bamford Slack.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=1904 St Albans by-election

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Bamford Slack

|votes = 4,757

|percentage = 50.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Vicary Gibbs

|votes = 4,635

|percentage = 49.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 132

|percentage = 1.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 9,382

|percentage = 81.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,518

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: St Albans

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Vicary Gibbs

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Vicary Gibbs

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Vicary Gibbs MP.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Vicary Gibbs

|votes = 3,417

|percentage = 45.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Morgan Harvey{{cite thesis| last=Moore |first=Julie Patricia |date = September 2010 |title=The Impact of Agricultural Depression and Land Ownership Change on the County of Hertfordshire, c.1870–1914 |url=https://uhra.herts.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/2299/5413/Julie%20Moore%20-%20final%20PhD%20submission.pdf?sequence=1 |publisher = University of Hertfordshire |type=PhD|page=214}}

|votes = 2,573

|percentage = 34.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent Conservative

|candidate = William Henry Bingham-Cox

|votes = 1,580

|percentage = 20.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 844

|percentage = 11.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 7,570

|percentage = 78.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,672

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Grimston

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Grimston

|votes = 4,108

|percentage = 57.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Coles

|votes = 3,037

|percentage = 42.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,071

|percentage = 15.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 7,145

|percentage = 81.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,741

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

On 3 May 1852, the borough was disenfranchised after a Royal Commission found proof of extensive bribery. The electorate was incorporated into Hertfordshire.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 24 December 1850: St Albans{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book |page=261 }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Jacob Bell

|votes = 276

|percentage = 65.2

|change = −5.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Carden

|votes = 147

|percentage = 34.8

|change = +5.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 129

|percentage = 30.4

|change = +28.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 423

|percentage = 87.6

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 483

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −5.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

• Caused by Raphael's death

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1847: St Albans{{cite news |title=Wilks and Independence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000352/18470724/040/0001 |access-date=30 November 2018 |work=Hertford Mercury and Reformer |date=24 July 1847 |page=1 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Alexander Raphael

|votes = 295

|percentage = 31.8

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Repton

|votes = 276

|percentage = 29.8

|change = −27.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Wilks

|votes = 230

|percentage = 24.8

|change = +9.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Frederick Craven{{cite news |title=St Albans |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001289/18470731/044/0003 |access-date=30 November 2018 |work=Bedfordshire Mercury |date=31 July 1847 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 126

|percentage = 13.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 464 (est)

|percentage = 87.1 (est)

|change = −3.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 532

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 19

|percentage = 2.0

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +9.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 46

|percentage = 5.0

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −27.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 11 August 1846: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Benjamin Bond Cabbell

|votes = 264

|percentage = 63.9

|change = −7.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Hare

|votes = 149

|percentage = 36.1

|change = +6.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 115

|percentage = 27.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 413

|percentage = 76.3

|change = −14.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 541

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −7.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

• Caused by Hare's appointment as a Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1841: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Repton

|votes = 288

|percentage = 30.4

|change = −8.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Hare

|votes = 258

|percentage = 27.2

|change = +8.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Thomas Worley

|votes = 251

|percentage = 26.5

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Alfred Muskett

|votes = 150

|percentage = 15.8

|change = −2.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 482

|percentage = 90.6

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 532

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 30

|percentage = 3.2

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −5.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7

|percentage = 0.7

|change = −13.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +5.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 9 February 1841: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Hare

|votes = 252

|percentage = 55.1

|change = +17.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Benjamin Bond Cabbell

|votes = 205

|percentage = 44.9

|change = −17.6

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 47

|percentage = 10.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 457

|percentage = 85.9

|change = −8.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 532

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +17.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

• Caused by Grimston's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1837: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Grimston⋅

|votes = 361

|percentage = 38.9

|change = −2.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Alfred Muskett

|votes = 347

|percentage = 37.4

|change = +5.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Benjamin Bond Cabbell

|votes = 219

|percentage = 23.6

|change = −3.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 561

|percentage = 94.3

|change = {{circa|+13.1}}

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 595

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 14

|percentage = 1.5

|change = −7.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −2.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 128

|percentage = 13.8

|change = +8.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +5.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1835: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Grimston⋅

|votes = 362

|percentage = 41.0

|change = +25.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Henry George Ward

|votes = 284

|percentage = 32.2

|change = −36.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Horsley Beresford{{cite news |title=Page 1 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000270/18350103/017/0001 |access-date=24 April 2020 |work=Bucks Herald |date=3 January 1835 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 237

|percentage = 26.8

|change = +11.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = {{circa|442}}

|percentage = {{circa|81.2}}

|change = {{circa|−15.8}}

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 544

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 78

|percentage = 8.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +22.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 47

|percentage = 5.4

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −36.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1832: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Francis Vincent

|votes = 392

|percentage = 35.3

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Henry George Ward

|votes = 373

|percentage = 33.6

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = William Turner

|votes = 345

|percentage = 31.1

|change = +4.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 28

|percentage = 2.5

|change = −7.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 637

|percentage = 97.0

|change = {{circa|+9.5}}

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 657

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −2.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −2.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1831: St Albans{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=David R. |title=St. Albans |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/st-albans |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=24 April 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Francis Vincent

|votes = 421

|percentage = 37.5

|change = +8.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Richard Godson

|votes = 406

|percentage = 36.1

|change = +10.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = James Grimston

|votes = 297

|percentage = 26.4

|change = −19.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 109

|percentage = 9.7

|change = +6.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 656

|percentage = {{circa|87.5}}

|change = {{circa|+4.4}}

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = {{circa|750}}

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +9.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

|swing = +10.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1830: St Albans

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = James Grimston

|votes = 495

|percentage = 45.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Tennant

|votes = 311

|percentage = 28.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Henry Gally Knight

|votes = 280

|percentage = 25.8

}}

{{Election box turnout no change

|votes = 623

|percentage = {{circa|83.1}}

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|750}}

}}

{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 184

|percentage = 17.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 31

|percentage = 2.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)

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• Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&q=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament]
• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125310/http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]
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• Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
• {{Rayment-hc|s|1|date=March 2012}}

• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/498.stm 2005 voting statistics] from the BBC
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/498.stm 2001 and 1997 voting statistics] from the BBC
• [http://www.obv.org.uk/elec2001/areaprof/stalbans.html OBV]
• [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/election/constituency/0,,200-528,00.html Coverage from]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Times
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13395.html St Albans UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65715.html St Albans UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168459.html St Albans UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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