St Albans
2010 Results:
Conservative: 21533 (40.76%)
Labour: 9288 (17.58%)
Liberal Democrat: 19228 (36.39%)
UKIP: 2028 (3.84%)
Green: 758 (1.43%)
Majority: 2305 (4.37%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 16957 (37.3%)
Labour: 15596 (34.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 11567 (25.4%)
Other: 1357 (3%)
Majority: 1362 (3%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 16953 (37.3%)
Labour: 15592 (34.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 11561 (25.4%)
UKIP: 707 (1.6%)
Other: 649 (1.4%)
Majority: 1361 (3%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 15423 (35.2%)
Labour: 19889 (45.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 7847 (17.9%)
UKIP: 602 (1.4%)
Majority: 4466 (10.2%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 16879 (33.2%)
Labour: 21338 (42%)
Liberal Democrat: 10692 (21%)
Referendum: 1619 (3.2%)
Other: 277 (0.5%)
Majority: 4459 (8.8%)
Boundary changes: almost unchanged. St Albans loses less than 50 voters to Hitchin & Harpenden, gaining around 100 in return, and gains 20 voters from Watford.
Profile: Affluent commuter town to the North of London, about a fifth of the population commute daily into London. Outside the historic centre of St Albans, it is largely leafy suburbia. As well as the city of St Albans itself the constituency includes the countryside to the South and the villages along the M25, including Chiswell Green, Bricket Wood and London Colney. Represented by Peter Lilley until 1997, when he followed the town of Harpenden into the new Hitchin and Harpenden constituency. Held by Labour until 2005 when it was won by Anne Main.
Current MP: Anne Main(Conservative) born 1957, Cardiff. Educated at Swansea Universiy. English and drama teacher. First elected as MP for St Albans in 2005. (more information at They work for you)





2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 87792
Male: 49.4%
Female: 50.6%
Under 18: 22.3%
Over 60: 19.3%
Born outside UK: 11.8%
White: 91.4%
Black: 1.3%
Asian: 4.3%
Mixed: 1.8%
Other: 1.1%
Christian: 69.2%
Hindu: 0.9%
Jewish: 1.1%
Muslim: 3.5%
Full time students: 3%
Graduates 16-74: 35.3%
No Qualifications 16-74: 18.7%
Owner-Occupied: 75.2%
Social Housing: 13.7% (Council: 10.6%, Housing Ass.: 3.1%)
Privately Rented: 8.5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 3.6%