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href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Hatfield" title="Welwyn Hatfield – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Welwyn Hatfield" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Hatfield" title="Welwyn Hatfield – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Welwyn Hatfield" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwrdeistref_Welwyn_Hatfield" title="Bwrdeistref Welwyn Hatfield – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bwrdeistref Welwyn Hatfield" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Hatfield" title="Welwyn Hatfield – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Welwyn Hatfield" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Hatfield" title="Welwyn Hatfield – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Welwyn Hatfield" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Hatfield" title="Welwyn Hatfield – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Welwyn Hatfield" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Welwyn Hatfield</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">Borough</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hatfield_House_in_2011_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5834346.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hatfield House"><img alt="Hatfield House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Hatfield_House_in_2011_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5834346.jpg/280px-Hatfield_House_in_2011_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5834346.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Hatfield_House_in_2011_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5834346.jpg/420px-Hatfield_House_in_2011_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5834346.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Hatfield_House_in_2011_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5834346.jpg/560px-Hatfield_House_in_2011_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5834346.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Hatfield_House" title="Hatfield House">Hatfield House</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Welwyn Hatfield"><img alt="Official logo of Welwyn Hatfield" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg/180px-Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg/270px-Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg/360px-Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="155" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Welwyn_Hatfield_UK_locator_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Welwyn Hatfield shown within Hertfordshire"><img alt="Welwyn Hatfield shown within Hertfordshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Welwyn_Hatfield_UK_locator_map.svg/250px-Welwyn_Hatfield_UK_locator_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Welwyn_Hatfield_UK_locator_map.svg/375px-Welwyn_Hatfield_UK_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Welwyn_Hatfield_UK_locator_map.svg/500px-Welwyn_Hatfield_UK_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="992" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Welwyn Hatfield shown within Hertfordshire</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_of_England" title="East of England">East of England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Admin HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City" title="Welwyn Garden City">Welwyn Garden City</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1974</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Welwyn" title="Welwyn">Welwyn</a> (village) and <a href="/wiki/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire" title="Hatfield, Hertfordshire">Hatfield</a> (town)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Non-metropolitan district council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">MP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lewin" title="Andrew Lewin">Andrew Lewin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">C</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">50.02 sq mi (129.55 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">176th <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">(of 296)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">120,213</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">197th <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">(of 296)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,400/sq mi (930/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 78.7% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 8.8% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 6.1% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 4.1% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 2.3% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 47.2% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 37% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 12.5% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 3.3% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC0">UTC0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ONS_coding_system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">26UL (ONS)<br />E07000241 (GSS)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Welwyn_Hatfield&params=51.806277_N_0.195637_W_region:GB_scale:25000">TL245135</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Welwyn Hatfield</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">local government district</a> with <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">borough status</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>, England. Its council is based in <a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City" title="Welwyn Garden City">Welwyn Garden City</a>. The borough borders <a href="/wiki/Hertsmere" title="Hertsmere">Hertsmere</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Albans_City_and_District" class="mw-redirect" title="St Albans City and District">St Albans</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Hertfordshire" title="North Hertfordshire">North Hertfordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Hertfordshire" title="East Hertfordshire">East Hertfordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Broxbourne" title="Borough of Broxbourne">Broxbourne</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Enfield" title="London Borough of Enfield">London Borough of Enfield</a>. </p><p>The borough includes the two towns of <a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City" title="Welwyn Garden City">Welwyn Garden City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire" title="Hatfield, Hertfordshire">Hatfield</a>, along with numerous smaller settlements from <a href="/wiki/Woolmer_Green" title="Woolmer Green">Woolmer Green</a> in the north to <a href="/wiki/Cuffley" title="Cuffley">Cuffley</a> in the south. The borough has six railway stations on the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_route" title="Great Northern route">Great Northern Railway</a>; five being on the main line and one on the <a href="/wiki/Hertford_loop_line" title="Hertford loop line">Hertford loop line</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Digswell_Viaduct" title="Digswell Viaduct">Digswell Viaduct</a> is a local landmark. The <a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1 road</a> passes through the borough. </p><p>Much of the borough lies within the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Green_Belt" title="Metropolitan Green Belt">Metropolitan Green Belt</a> which surrounds <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. Welwyn Garden City is notable as being one of only two <a href="/wiki/Garden_city_movement" title="Garden city movement">Garden Cities</a> in the country, and is uniquely both a Garden City and a designated <a href="/wiki/New_Towns_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="New Towns in the United Kingdom">New Town</a>. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hertfordshire" title="University of Hertfordshire">University of Hertfordshire</a> has its main campus at Hatfield. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Welwyn Hatfield was created on 1 April 1974 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, covering the area of three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield_Rural_District" title="Hatfield Rural District">Hatfield Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City" title="Welwyn Garden City">Welwyn Garden City</a> <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">Urban District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Rural_District" title="Welwyn Rural District">Welwyn Rural District</a></li></ul> <p>The new district was named Welwyn Hatfield.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1974 to 2006 the council was called Welwyn Hatfield District Council. The council petitioned for borough status in 2005, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. The petition was agreed to by the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a> and a charter conferring borough status was issued which took effect on 22 May 2006, when John Hawkins was appointed the first mayor and the council's name changed to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg/150px-Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg/225px-Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg/300px-Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="155" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-metropolitan district council">Non-metropolitan district council</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">Mayor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Frank Marsh, <br /><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> <br />since 20 May 2024<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Max Holloway, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 20 May 2024<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Ka Ng <br />since July 2021<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">48</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Kingdom_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/United_Kingdom_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_2024.svg/250px-United_Kingdom_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/United_Kingdom_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_2024.svg/375px-United_Kingdom_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/United_Kingdom_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_2024.svg/500px-United_Kingdom_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Administration (36)</b> <dl><dd><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (20)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (16)</span></dd></dl> <p><b>Opposition (12)</b> </p> <dl><dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a> (12)</span></dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_election" title="2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election">2 May 2024</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 May 2026</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_Offices.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_Offices.jpg/220px-Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_Offices.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_Offices.jpg/330px-Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_Offices.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_Offices.jpg/440px-Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_Offices.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3484" data-file-height="2613" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Council_Offices,_Welwyn_Garden_City" title="Council Offices, Welwyn Garden City">Council Offices</a>, The Campus, <a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City" title="Welwyn Garden City">Welwyn Garden City</a>, AL8<span class="nowrap"> </span>6AE</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.welhat.gov.uk">www<wbr />.welhat<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Hertfordshire has a two-tier structure of local government, with the ten district councils (including Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council) providing district-level services, and <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_County_Council" title="Hertfordshire County Council">Hertfordshire County Council</a> providing county-level services.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 1 April 1974. Political control since 1974 has been as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-compositions_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compositions-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-change_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-change-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1974–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1976–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1979–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1992–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1994–1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1999–2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>2000–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>2002–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>2019–2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>2021–2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>2023–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Welwyn Hatfield, and is usually held by a different councillor each year. Political leadership is instead provided by the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leader of the council</a>. The leaders since 2005 have been:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>John Dean</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">May 2005</td> <td align="right">6 May 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mandy Perkins</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">21 May 2018</td> <td align="right">29 Sep 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tony Kingsbury</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">19 Nov 2018</td> <td align="right">22 May 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Paul Zukowskyj</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">22 May 2023</td> <td align="right">20 May 2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Max Holloway</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">20 May 2024</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition">Composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2024_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_election" title="2024 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election">2024 local elections</a> the composition of the council is as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="center">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="center">16 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>48 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Since the <a href="/wiki/2023_Welwyn_Hatfield_Borough_Council_election" title="2023 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election">2023 local elections</a> the council has been under <a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">no overall control</a>. While at the time <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a> were the largest party, the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> formed a coalition to take control of the council, with Liberal Democrat group leader Paul Zukowskyj becoming leader of the council and Labour group leader Lynn Chesterman becoming deputy leader of the council.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The joint administration continued after the 2024 local elections when Labour became the party with the most seats on the council. </p><p>The next elections are due to be held in 2026, where a third of the council's seats will be up for election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premises">Premises</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council is based at the <a href="/wiki/Council_Offices,_Welwyn_Garden_City" title="Council Offices, Welwyn Garden City">Council Offices</a> on The Campus in the centre of Welwyn Garden City, which it inherited from the old Welwyn Garden City Urban District Council. The building was completed in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns_and_Parishes">Towns and Parishes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Towns and Parishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Welwyn Hatfield contains eight <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a>. The town of Welwyn Garden City is an <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished area</a>. The parishes are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayot_St_Lawrence" title="Ayot St Lawrence">Ayot St Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayot_St_Peter" title="Ayot St Peter">Ayot St Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essendon,_Hertfordshire" title="Essendon, Hertfordshire">Essendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire" title="Hatfield, Hertfordshire">Hatfield</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Mymms" title="North Mymms">North Mymms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northaw_and_Cuffley" title="Northaw and Cuffley">Northaw and Cuffley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn" title="Welwyn">Welwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolmer_Green" title="Woolmer Green">Woolmer Green</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Hatfield_local_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Welwyn Hatfield local elections">Welwyn Hatfield local elections</a></div> <p>Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 48 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> representing 16 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">wards</a>, each of which elects three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, electing one councillor from each ward each time. Elections to Hertfordshire County Council are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections.<sup id="cite_ref-2016order_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016order-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wards">Wards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Wards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wards of the borough are:<sup id="cite_ref-2016order_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016order-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brookmans_Park_%26_Little_Heath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brookmans Park & Little Heath (page does not exist)">Brookmans Park & Little Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haldens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haldens (page does not exist)">Haldens</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Handside&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Handside (page does not exist)">Handside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatfield Central">Hatfield Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatfield East">Hatfield East</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hatfield_South_West&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hatfield South West (page does not exist)">Hatfield South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield_Villages" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatfield Villages">Hatfield Villages</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hollybush,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hollybush, Hertfordshire (page does not exist)">Hollybush</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Howlands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Howlands (page does not exist)">Howlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northaw_and_Cuffley" title="Northaw and Cuffley">Northaw and Cuffley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panshanger" title="Panshanger">Panshanger</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peartree,_Hertfordshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peartree, Hertfordshire (page does not exist)">Peartree</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sherrards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sherrards (page does not exist)">Sherrards</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welham_Green_and_Hatfield_South&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Welham Green and Hatfield South (page does not exist)">Welham Green and Hatfield South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Welwyn East">Welwyn East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Welwyn West">Welwyn West</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wider_politics">Wider politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Wider politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of Welwyn Hatfield borough is within <a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Hatfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Welwyn Hatfield parliamentary constituency</a>, whose current MP for Welwyn Hatfield is <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lewin" title="Andrew Lewin">Andrew Lewin</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>. The constituency's boundaries differ from the borough only by the single <a href="/wiki/Wards_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Wards of the United Kingdom">ward</a> of <a href="/wiki/Northaw_and_Cuffley" title="Northaw and Cuffley">Northaw and Cuffley</a> being within the borough, but in the <a href="/wiki/Hertsmere_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hertsmere (UK Parliament constituency)">parliamentary constituency of Hertsmere</a>, whose current MP is <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Welwyn Hatfield </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd>Granted 11 February 1976 <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Crest</dt> <dd>On a Wreath of the Colours within a Circlet of eight Roses Gules each charged with another Argent barbed and seeded proper a Garb Or between two Wings displayed Azure.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Or a Fess wavy between in chief a Bar wavy Azure surmounted of two Willow Trees couped and in base an Oak Tree couped fructed proper.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On either side a Hart Royal proper that on the dexter charged on the shoulder with two Pairs of Dividers in fess inverted and extended the interior points contiguous Argent and that on the sinister with a representation of a Roman Wine Jar Or within a Cage Sable.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>By Wisdom And Design</dd> <dt>Badge</dt> <dd>On a Bezant environed of a Torse Or and Azure two Pallets Azure surmounted of a Bar dancetty of two points downward counter-changed.</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welwyn_Hatfield&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Parish council takes the style of "town council".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol 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