City and District of St Albans

St Albans District
Shown within Hertfordshire
Geography
Status:	District (St Albans proper a City by Charter (1877))
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Hertfordshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 205th 161.18 km²
Admin. HQ:	St Albans
ONS code:	26UG
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 139th 128,889 800 / km²
Ethnicity:	93.1% White 3.3% S.Asian 1.0% Afro-Carib.
Politics
St Albans City & District Council http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	No overall control
MPs:	Kerry Pollard (St Albans),Peter Lilley (Harpenden & Hitchin)

The City and District of St Albans is a local government district, in Hertfordshire, England.

Make up

The district includes:

• the city of St Albans (population c58,000)
• the town of Harpenden (population c27,600)
• the parishes of Colney Heath, Harpenden Rural, London Colney, Redbourn, St Michael's, St Stephen's (including the villages of Chiswell Green and Bricket Wood), Sandridge and Wheathampstead.

Naming

The district's irregular sounding name reflects its diverse nature, with two main urban areas and several villages: typically districts with the status of cities are known simply as Cities, (e.g the City of Peterborough or the City of York).

However, the district council was created in 1974 from the combination of St Albans City Council, Harpenden Urban District Council and the St Albans Rural District Council.

The formal name of the council is St Albans District Council, although council vehicles, letterhead and website bear the brand St Albans City & District.

Local election results, 2004

PARTY	PREVIOUS	+/-	2004
Liberal Democrat	24	Gained 5	29
Conservative	20	Lost 3	17
Labour	13	Lost 2	11
Others	1	0	1

Locality

Nearby places outside the district 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.

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