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Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2007 Stevenage Borough Council elections. †Councilor Marion Mason defected from Conservatives to UKIP in January 2008. [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2004. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The election saw the Conservative party gain 3 seats but the Labour party remained firmly in control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was: [2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 8 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 61.5 | 40.1 | 8,361 | -6.7% | |
Conservative | 4 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 30.8 | 35.4 | 7,382 | +5.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7.7 | 16.8 | 3,489 | -4.5% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 853 | +4.1% | |
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 517 | +2.5% | |
Free England Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 158 | +0.8% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 67 | -0.5% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lilian Strange | 671 | 41.7 | -10.1 | |
Conservative | Anita Speight | 486 | 30.2 | -0.3 | |
English Democrat | Carl Cooper | 301 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Knight | 153 | 9.5 | -8.2 | |
Majority | 185 | 11.5 | -9.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,611 | 33.9 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Cullen | 788 | 52.6 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | Christine Saint-Leitner | 467 | 31.2 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leonard Lambert | 243 | 16.2 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 321 | 21.4 | -14.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,498 | 32.0 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vickie Warwick | 792 | 43.8 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Steiner | 540 | 29.8 | -11.0 | |
Conservative | Matthew Wyatt | 478 | 26.4 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 252 | 14.0 | +12.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,810 | 38.0 | -1.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Hurst | 688 | 40.4 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Bruce Jackson | 640 | 37.6 | -4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ralph Baskerville | 199 | 11.7 | -7.3 | |
UKIP | Julie Seddon | 177 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Majority | 48 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,704 | 39.5 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Graham Snell | 805 | 40.8 | -13.6 | |
Conservative | Susan Smith | 609 | 30.9 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Joseph Sherry | 458 | 23.2 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Carol Knowles | 101 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 196 | 9.9 | -21.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,973 | 41.3 | +0.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dilys Clark | 611 | 37.6 | -1.4 | |
Labour | Janet Raynor | 574 | 35.3 | -8.3 | |
English Democrat | John Cooper | 216 | 13.3 | +13.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Segadelli | 116 | 7.1 | -10.3 | |
Green | Tom Moore | 67 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Andrew Elwell | 40 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 37 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,624 | 35.9 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Fraser | 886 | 42.1 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Hugh Tessier | 860 | 40.9 | -8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tennille Steiner | 193 | 9.2 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Rick Seddon | 165 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 26 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,104 | 41.2 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Simon Speller | 649 | 47.6 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Leslie Clark | 402 | 29.5 | +6.5 | |
Free England Party | Richard Aitkins | 158 | 11.6 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Griffith | 155 | 11.4 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 247 | 18.1 | -10.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,364 | 32.0 | -5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Lloyd | 578 | 39.7 | -12.5 | |
Conservative | Roger Gill | 482 | 33.1 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Vicky Peebles | 229 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Denise Baskerville | 168 | 11.5 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 96 | 6.6 | -14.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,457 | 32.9 | -1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Henry | 605 | 44.5 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Gillian Mould | 460 | 33.8 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Heather Snell | 295 | 21.7 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 145 | 10.7 | -12.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,360 | 31.6 | -2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jack Pickersgill | 646 | 47.4 | -8.9 | |
Conservative | Ralph Dimelow | 355 | 26.0 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Baskerville | 221 | 16.2 | -3.2 | |
UKIP | Bob Layson | 141 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 291 | 21.4 | -10.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,363 | 31.3 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laurie Chester | 733 | 47.6 | -14.0 | |
Conservative | Paul Mould | 599 | 38.9 | +11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Hearmon | 209 | 13.6 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 134 | 8.7 | -25.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,541 | 35.8 | -3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Notley | 859 | 60.6 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Richard Rawlings | 367 | 25.9 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Lloyd | 192 | 13.5 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 492 | 34.7 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,418 | 36.3 | -0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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