THE Conservatives have held on to Hatfield Town Council - by just ONE seat.

The overall make-up of the council now consists of eight Conservative, seven Labour and no Liberal Democrats, who lost in every seat.

The results in full are as follows (* denotes elected councillors):

Villages (3 seats)

Liberal Democrat - Bridgeman 185; Labour - B Croft 387; Conseravative - Laver-Walton 645*; Conservative - Morgan 678*; Liberal Democrats - Quinton 180; Liberal Democrats - Rohale 199; Conservative - Wheeler 586*; Labour - Whiteson 365

Central (3 seats)

Labour - Alder 709*; Conservative - Atkinson 497; Liberal Democrat - Bailey 233; Labour - C Croft 742*; Liberal Democrats - Edwards 177; Labour - Jones 653*; Liberal Democrats - Richardson 202; Conservative - Stevens 480; Conservative - Tilley 487

East (3 seats)

Liberal Democrat - Brennan 385; Conservative - L Clark 879*; Conservative - M Clarke 772*; Labour - Cook 589; Labour - Elliott 564; Labour - Jenkins 560; Conservative - Juggins 768*; Liberal Democrat - Meyland-Smith 269

West (3 seats)

Liberal Democrat - Finlay 219; Labour - Heyman 841*; Liberal Democrat - Laming 292; Conservative - Langley 984*; Conservative - Moorman 812; Liberal Democrat - Richardson 204; Conservative - Tovey 809; Labour - Watson 818; Labour - White 827*

South (2 seats)

Labour - D Archer 536*; Liberal Democrat - S Archer 134; Liberal Democrat - Griffiths 92; Conservative - Laver-Walton 332; Labour - Mendez 556*; Conservative - Roberts 320

Newgate Street and Wildhill (1 seat)

Labour - Cook 31; Conservative - Wiltshire 247*