2000 Stevenage Borough Council election

2000 Stevenage Borough Council election

←  1999 4 May 2000 2002  →
15 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	28.1%
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 33 3 3 Seats won 13 1 1 Seats after 33 3 3 Seat change Percentage 49.7% 28.8% 20.4%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2000 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Elections to Stevenage Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election; the seats of the candidates who finished third in each ward in the all-out election of 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

After the election, the composition of the council was: ^[1]

• Labour 33
• Liberal Democrat 3
• Conservative 3

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2000

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	13			0	86.7
	Liberal Democrats	1			0	6.7
	Conservative	1			0	6.7

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward

Bandley Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lilian Strange [2]	631	61.7
	Conservative	F. Warner	244	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Latham	144	11.2
	Socialist Alternative	M. Pickersgill	33	3.2
Majority				37.8
Turnout				20.7

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward

Bedwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Cullen [2]	1,122	63.0
	Conservative	M. Wyatt	376	21.1
	Liberal Democrats	G. Robbins	282	15.8
Majority				41.9
Turnout				38.1

Chells

Location of Chells ward

Chells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jeannette Thomas [2]	572	43.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	572	43.5
	Conservative	W. Clark	172	13.1
Majority			0	0.0
Turnout				28.3

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bruce Jackson [2]	541	48.3
	Conservative	V. Ovenden	376	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	D. Wilkins	156	13.9
	Green	Hoyes W.	46	4.1
Majority				14.7
Turnout				24.9

Manor

Location of Manor ward

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Snell [2]	875	60.4
	Labour	F. Price	325	22.4
	Conservative	S. Smith	249	17.2
Majority				38.0
Turnout				30.8

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Royall [2]	514	48.3
	Conservative	M. Hurst	340	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	L. Lambert	129	12.1
	Green	I. Murrill	81	7.6
Majority			174	16.3
Turnout				22.7

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward

Old Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hugh Tessier [2]	1,035	45.4
	Conservative	S. Greaves	966	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Moorcroft	280	12.3
Majority			69	3.1
Turnout				49.2

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon Speller [2]	644	59.5
	Conservative	L. Notley	302	27.9
	Liberal Democrats	H. Snell	137	12.7
Majority				31.6
Turnout				23.6

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Dunnell [2]	541	48.8
	Conservative	P. Wilkins	319	28.8
	Liberal Democrats	J. Bellars	249	22.5
Majority				20.0
Turnout				24.0

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Henry [2]	524
	Labour	C. Latif	514
	Conservative	L. Clark	308
	Conservative	S. Woods	295
	Liberal Democrats	K. Lloyd	184
Majority				21.3
Turnout				21.2

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Webb [2]	818
	Labour	Brian Hall [2]	780
	Conservative	V. Greaves	192
	Conservative	S. Kerby	180
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baskerville	153
	Liberal Democrats	G. Knight	152
	Green	T. Figg	28
Majority				52.6
Turnout				26.3

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony Turner [2]	624	54.5
	Conservative	D. Clark	415	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	S. Grubert	105	9.2
Majority			209	18.2
Turnout				24.9

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward

Woodfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Notley [2]	591	58.2
	Labour	A. Ismail	354	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	E. Sturges	70	6.9
Majority			237	23.3
Turnout				31.2

References

1. "Local Elections 2000 Stevenage". BBC News. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
2. "Stevenage Council Wards Members of the Council". Stevenage Borough Council. Archived from the original on 8 November 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

• 2000 Stevenage election result