2000 Stevenage Borough Council election

2000 Stevenage Borough Council election
15 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council ; 20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	28.1%
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2000 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour ;	Council control after election; Labour ;

Last updated October 23, 2022

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.

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2000
	Seats	Seats %
Labour	13	86.7
Liberal Democrats	1	6.7
Conservative	1	6.7

Ward results

Bandley Hill

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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References

↑ "Local Elections 2000 Stevenage". BBC News. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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