St Albans City and District

For other places with the same name, see St. Albans.

See also: St Albans

Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City in England, United Kingdom

City of St Albans
Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City
St Albans Cathedral
Flag Coat of arms
St Albans shown within Hertfordshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Hertfordshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City
Admin HQ	St Albans
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	St Albans City and District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet
• MPs	Anne Main Bim Afolami
Area
• Total	62.23 sq mi (161.18 km2)
Area rank	(of 326)
Population (mid-2017 est.)
• Rank	(of 326)
• Ethnicity	90.9% White 4.1% S.Asian 1.7% Black 1.9% Mixed Race 1.4% Chinese or Other
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	26UG (ONS) E07000100 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL148073
Website	www.stalbans.gov.uk

St Albans City and District (/ˈɔːlbənz/) is a local authority district in Hertfordshire in the East of England region. The main urban settlements are St Albans and Harpenden. The council offices are in St Albans.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Geography
  


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  3 Communications
  


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  4 Governance
  
  
  
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    4.1 District council
    
    
    
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      4.1.1 Electoral wards
      
    
    
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      4.1.2 Electoral history
      
    
    
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      4.1.3 Mayoralty
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    4.2 Parish councils
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Economy
  


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  6 Demography
  


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  7 Twin towns
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

History

Main article: History of St Albans

St Albans City and District is a non-metropolitan district and city created on 1 April 1974 as a merger of the Municipal Borough of St Albans, the Harpenden Urban District and most of St Albans Rural District. The municipal borough had had city status since 1877^[1] and it was granted to the entire district by letters patent on 9 July 1974.^[2]

Geography

The district is in the west of Hertfordshire, bounded on the north west by Luton, on the north east by North Hertfordshire, on the east by Welwyn Hatfield, on the south by Hertsmere, on the south west by Watford and Three Rivers and on the west by Dacorum. The largest urban settlement is St Albans, followed in size by Harpenden, with lesser settlements at Redbourn, Wheathamstead, London Colney, Chiswell Green and Bricket Wood. Nearby towns include Hatfield to the east, Welwyn Garden City to the northeast, Luton and Dunstable to the northwest, Hemel Hempstead to the west, Watford to the southwest and Borehamwood to the south.

Communications

The M1 motorway, the M25 motorway, the A414 road and A1081 road run through the district. There are rail routes to London St Pancras from St Albans City railway station and to Watford from St Albans Abbey railway station.

Governance

Local government responsibilities are divided among Hertfordshire County Council, St Albans City and District Council and local parish councils. Hertfordshire County Council is responsible for education, transport, fire and public safety, social care and libraries. The district council has a wide range of responsibilities including electoral services, health and safety, licensing, car parks, pollution control, allotments, arts, cemeteries, grounds maintenance, museums, parks and open spaces, markets, street cleaning, management and maintenance of council owned housing, the administration of housing benefits, planning applications, building control, local development framework and spatial planning.^[3] Parish council responsibilities include allotments, youth projects, leisure facilities, open spaces, traffic calming and community transport schemes.^[3]

District council

The main offices of St Albans City and District Council are in St Albans. There are 58 elected councillors, representing twenty electoral wards. 18 wards elect three councillors each; two elect two each. Since 2015, the Conservative Party has controlled the council. Its present (2016) composition is: Conservative – 31; Liberal Democrats – 17; Labour – 7; Green Party – 1; Independent – 2. The party group leaders are: Conservatives – Cllr Julian Daly; Liberal Democrats – Cllr Chris White; Labour – Cllr Roma Mills; Independent and Green - Cllr Simon Grover.^[4]

Electoral wards

The wards electing two members are denoted with an obelisk (†). The rest elect three members.

Ashley Batchwood Clarence Colney Heath† Cunningham

Harpenden East Harpenden North Harpenden South Harpenden West London Colney

Marshalwick North Marshalwick South Park Street Redbourn Sandridge†

Sopwell St Peters St Stephen Verulam Wheathampstead

Electoral history

Main article: St Albans City and District Council elections

Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of seats on the council being elected at each election. Since the first election in 1973, the Conservative party and the Liberal Democrats have had periods in control.^[5] The Conservatives had a majority from 1973 to 1984, and then again from 1998 to 1991 after a period of no overall control. The Liberal Democrats won control in 1994 but lost their majority in 1999. They had control from 2006 to 2007 and from 2008 to 2011.^[5] In the 2011 election the Conservatives took half the seats, with 29 councillors.^[5][6]

Mayoralty

St Albans has had a Mayor for over 450 years since the Charter of 1553. Under modern arrangements, there is an Executive Cabinet of eight senior councillors and the Mayor's role is purely ceremonial. A list of past Mayors is available on the St Albans City and District Council website.^[7]

Parish councils

There are parish councils in Colney Heath, Harpenden, Harpenden Rural, London Colney, Redbourn, St Michael, St Stephen (including the villages of Chiswell Green and Bricket Wood), Sandridge and Wheathampstead. The town of St Albans is unparished^[8] but local affairs are overseen by a City Neighbourhoods Committee.

Parish	Council	Population (2011)	Area (2011)
Colney Heath	Colney Heath Parish Council	5,962	1,119 hectares (4.32 sq mi)
Harpenden	Harpenden Town Council	29,448	1,278 hectares (4.93 sq mi)
Harpenden Rural	Harpenden Rural Parish Council	405	923 hectares (3.56 sq mi)
London Colney	London Colney Parish Council	9,507	513 hectares (1.98 sq mi)
Redbourn	Redbourn Parish Council	5,344	1,908 hectares (7.37 sq mi)
Sandridge	Sandridge Parish Council	11,451	1,518 hectares (5.86 sq mi)
St Michael	St Michael Parish Council	477	2,120 hectares (8.2 sq mi)
St Stephen	St Stephen Parish Council	13,865	2,329 hectares (8.99 sq mi)
Wheathampstead	Wheathampstead Parish Council	6,410	2,599 hectares (10.03 sq mi)
Total parishes		82,869	14,307 hectares (55.24 sq mi)
St Albans (unparished)	City Neighbourhood Committee	57,795	1,811 hectares (6.99 sq mi)
St Albans City and District	St Albans City and District Council	140,664	16,118 hectares (62.23 sq mi)

Economy

The City and District of St Albans has a strong local economy, is an excellent location for rail, road and airports, and is seen by many employers^[who?] as a desirable place to be. The District also benefits from the proximity of the University of Hertfordshire, based close by at Hatfield, which is one of the country’s leading business orientated universities.

St Albans has a highly skilled workforce, with the 4th highest proportion of managers, senior officials and professional occupations in the country. Nearly half of working age residents have a degree or equivalent qualification. Average weekly earnings are £724.40, 44% higher than the national average.^[9] The St Albans District has lower than average unemployment and the lowest in Hertfordshire.^[9] 2.8% of residents are disabled or permanently sick, compared with 5-6% nationally.^[9]

Deloitte, Spreadex, AECOM, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Premier Foods have offices in the district. Sainsbury's Retail Distribution Centre at London Colney employs over 600 staff.^[10]

Demography

In 2001 St Albans City and District had a population of 129,005 (50.8% female, 49.2% male). The mid 2012 population estimate was 138,800. In 2001 there were 20.5% children, 64.5% people of working age (16-64) and 14.9% older people (65+).^[9] 86.9% of St Albans residents are White British, 4.3% Other White, 2% Irish and 1.3% Bangladeshi. 71% identify as Christian, 24.1% as "no religion" or "religion not stated", 2.6% as Muslim and 0.9% as Jewish.^[9]

Twin towns

St Albans is twinned with:^[11]

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  Fano, Italy
  


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  Nyíregyháza, Hungary
  


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  Nevers, France


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  Odense, Denmark
  


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  Worms, Germany
  


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  Nieuwleusen, Netherlands
  


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  Sylhet, Bangladesh
  

In addition, there are friendship links with:

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  HMS St Albans (F83)
  

v t e Ceremonial county of Hertfordshire
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Boroughs or districts	Borough of Broxbourne Borough of Dacorum District of East Hertfordshire Borough of Hertsmere District of North Hertfordshire City and District of St Albans Borough of Stevenage District of Three Rivers Borough of Watford Borough of Welwyn Hatfield
Major settlements	Baldock Berkhamsted Bishop's Stortford Borehamwood Broxbourne Buntingford Bushey Cheshunt Harpenden Hatfield Hemel Hempstead Hertford Hitchin Hoddesdon Letchworth Potters Bar Rickmansworth Royston Sawbridgeworth St Albans Stevenage Tring Waltham Cross Ware Watford Welwyn Garden City See also: List of civil parishes in Hertfordshire
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v t e Districts of the East of England
Bedfordshire	Bedford Central Bedfordshire Luton
Cambridgeshire	Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland Huntingdonshire Peterborough South Cambridgeshire
Essex	Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Southend-on-Sea Tendring Thurrock Uttlesford
Hertfordshire	Broxbourne Dacorum East Hertfordshire Hertsmere North Hertfordshire St Albans Stevenage Three Rivers Watford Welwyn Hatfield
Norfolk	Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk
Suffolk	Babergh East Suffolk (from 1 April 2019) Forest Heath (until 31 March 2019) Ipswich Mid Suffolk St Edmundsbury (until 31 March 2019) Suffolk Coastal (until 31 March 2019) Waveney (until 31 March 2019) West Suffolk (from 1 April 2019)

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Scotland	Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow Inverness Perth Stirling
Wales	Bangor Cardiff Newport St Asaph St Davids Swansea
Northern Ireland	Armagh Belfast Derry Lisburn Newry

v t e Civil parishes of Hertfordshire
Broxbourne	Unparished areas Cheshunt Hoddesdon
Dacorum	Parishes Aldbury Berkhamsted Bovingdon Chipperfield Flamstead Flaunden Great Gaddesden Kings Langley Little Gaddesden Markyate Nash Mills Nettleden with Potten End Northchurch Tring Tring Rural Wigginton Unparished areas Hemel Hempstead
East Hertfordshire	Albury Anstey Ardeley Aspenden Aston Bayford Bengeo Rural Benington Bishop's Stortford Bramfield Braughing Brent Pelham Brickendon Liberty Buckland Buntingford Cottered Datchworth Eastwick Gilston Furneux Pelham Great Amwell Great Munden Hertford Hertford Heath Hertingfordbury High Wych Hormead Hunsdon Little Berkhamsted Little Hadham Little Munden Meesden Much Hadham Sacombe Sawbridgeworth Standon Stanstead Abbots Stanstead St Margarets Stapleford Stocking Pelham Tewin Thorley Thundridge Walkern Ware Wareside Watton-at-Stone Westmill Widford Wyddial
Hertsmere	Parishes Aldenham Elstree and Borehamwood Ridge Shenley South Mimms Unparished areas Bushey Potters Bar
North Hertfordshire	Parishes Ashwell Barkway Barley Bygrave Caldecote Clothall Codicote Graveley Great Ashby Hexton Hinxworth Holwell Ickleford Kelshall Kimpton King's Walden Knebworth Langley Lilley Newnham Nuthampstead Offley Pirton Preston Radwell Reed Royston Rushden Sandon St Ippolyts St Paul's Walden Therfield Wallington Weston Wymondley Unparished areas Baldock Hitchin Letchworth Garden City
St Albans	Parishes Colney Heath Harpenden Harpenden Rural London Colney Redbourn Sandridge St Michael St Stephen Wheathampstead Unparished areas St Albans
Three Rivers	Abbots Langley Batchworth Chorleywood Croxley Green Sarratt Watford Rural
Welwyn Hatfield	Parishes Ayot St Lawrence Ayot St Peter Essendon Hatfield North Mymms Northaw and Cuffley Welwyn Woolmer Green Unparished areas Welwyn Garden City
Unparished boroughs	Stevenage Watford
See also	List of places in Hertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°47′N 00°20′W / 51.783°N 0.333°W / 51.783; -0.333

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External links

• St Albans District Council official website

v t e Local authorities in Hertfordshire
County council	Hertfordshire
District councils	Broxbourne Dacorum East Hertfordshire Hertsmere North Hertfordshire St Albans Stevenage Three Rivers Watford Welwyn Hatfield

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