St Albans                  Lab  gain
                                        
                                    3/6 
 K Pollard         Lab    21,338   42.0%
 D Rutley          Con    16,879   33.2%
 A Rowlands        LibD   10,692   21.0%
 J Warrilow        Ref     1,619    3.2%
 S Craigen         DRT       166    0.3%
 I Docker          NLP       111    0.2%
 Turnout 77.5%; Lab majority 4,459      
 Swing from Con to Lab of 14.7%         
    St Helens North            Lab  hold
                                        
                                        
 D Watts           Lab    31,953   64.9%
 P Walker          Con     8,536   17.3%
 J Beirne          LibD    6,270   12.7%
 D Johnson         Ref     1,276    2.6%
 R Waugh           SLP       830    1.7%
 R Rudin           UKIP      363    0.7%
 Turnout 69.0%; Lab majority 23,417     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 9.1%          
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