1996 Stevenage Borough Council election

1996 Stevenage Borough Council election ^{[1] [2]}

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13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 36 1 Seats won 12 1 Seats after 38 1 Seat change 2 Popular vote 12,748 2,246 Percentage 68.3% 12.0%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1996 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1992. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. The council was one of a number where the Conservatives lost their last seats. ^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 38
• Liberal Democrats 1 ^[4]

Election result

Stevenage local election result 1996 ^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	3	1	2	92.3	70.3	12,748	27.0
	Conservative	0	0	3	2	0	18.6	3,468	17.9
	Militant Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	196	New
	Social Democrat	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

All comparisons in seats and vote share are to the corresponding 1992 election.

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Woodward [6]	1,175	68.2%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Lloyd	220	12.8%
	Conservative	F. Warner	187	10.9%
	Militant Labour	J. Horton	141	8.2%
Turnout				29.2%
	Labour hold

Bedwell Plash

Location of Bedwell Plash ward

Bedwell Plash ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Downing [6]	1,086	79.9%
	Conservative	M. Wyatt	170	12.5%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Grubert	104	7.6%
Turnout				36.8%
	Labour hold

Chells

Location of Chells ward

Chells ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ken Vale [6]	879	84.8%
	Conservative	G. Hegan	158	15.2%
Turnout				32.1%
	Labour hold

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bruce Jackson [6]	1,026	64.2%
	Conservative	R. Dimelow	295	18.4%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Latham	278	17.4%
Turnout				33.2%
	Labour hold

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael P. Patston [6]	1,269	64.6%
	Conservative	E. Hegan	437	22.2%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Segadelli	259	13.2%
Turnout				28.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Mobbsbury

Location of Mobbsbury ward

Mobbsbury ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin G. Parker [6]	847	50.4%
	Labour	J. Nadauld	755	45.0%
	Conservative	S. Huetson	77	4.6%
Turnout				54.2%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Note: Mobbsbury ward was won by Labour at the last regular election in 1992, but gained by the Liberal Democrats in an unscheduled election in 1994.

Monkswood

Location of Monkswood ward

Monkswood ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liz Harrington [6]	653	85.6%
	Conservative	P. Rushforth	110	14.4%
Turnout				34.0%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage

Location of Old Stevenage ward

Old Stevenage ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pamela E.J. Gallagher [6]	1,261	60.7%
	Conservative	P. McPartland	815	39.3%
Turnout				37.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon K. Speller [6]	910	74.0%
	Conservative	M. Mason	186	15.1%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Moorcroft	133	10.8%
Turnout				34.7%
	Labour hold

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Monika Cherney-Craw [6]	871	69.4%
	Conservative	M. Hurst	207	16.5%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Hamblin	177	14.1%
Turnout				31.9%
	Labour hold

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Fowler [6]	687	68.1%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Griffith	166	16.5%
	Conservative	S. Woods	156	15.5%
Turnout				29.1%
	Labour hold

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert A. Clark [6]	697	77.2%
	Conservative	M. Davies	89	9.9%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Snell	62	6.9%
	Militant Labour	M. Pickersgrill	55	6.1%
Turnout				28.7%
	Labour hold

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony T. Turner [6]	1,479	71.8%
	Conservative	M. Notley	581	28.2%
Turnout				37.3%
	Labour gain from Conservative

References

1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
2. "Local Election Summaries 1996". The Elections Centre.
3. Millar, Frank (3 May 1996). "Tories suffer massive defeats in local elections". Irish Times. p. 10.
4. "Complete list of results;Elections;Local". The Times . 4 May 1996. p. 1.
5. "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
6. "Members of the Council". Archived from the original on 8 November 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2019.