Editing Hatfield, Hertfordshire (section)

==Governance==
[[File:Birchwood Leisure Centre.jpg|thumb|Birchwood Leisure Centre: Combined leisure centre and headquarters of town council.]]
There are three tiers of local government covering Hatfield, at parish, district and county level: Hatfield Town Council, [[Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council]] and [[Hertfordshire County Council]]. Hatfield Town Council has its offices and meeting place at the Birchwood Leisure Centre on Longmead. Hatfield town council is currently under a Labour administration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hatfield Town Council |url=https://hatfield-herts.gov.uk/ |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Tudor House, St Albans Road, Hatfield.jpg|thumb|Old council offices, 16 St Albans Road East]]
From 1894 until 1974 the lower two tiers of local government were Hatfield Parish Council and [[Hatfield Rural District|Hatfield Rural District Council]]. The rural district council built itself a headquarters at 16 St Albans Road East in 1930.<ref>{{cite web |title=Percival Blow – List of Works |url=https://www.stalbanshistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Percival-Blow-List-of-Works-October-2019.pdf |website=St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society |access-date=6 July 2023 |date=October 2019}}</ref> The rural district council was abolished in 1974 and its powers transferred to Welwyn Hatfield.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hatfield Rural District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10135424 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>

Hatfield is twinned with the Dutch port town of [[Zierikzee]]. Hatfield is part of the [[Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn Hatfield constituency]], which also includes [[Welwyn Garden City]]. The [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] (MP) for Welwyn Hatfield is [[Andrew Lewin]], of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].