2010 Stevenage Borough Council election

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2010 Stevenage Borough Council election
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  2008 6 May 2010 2011  

13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before3053
Seats won841
Seats after2793
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg4Steady2.svg1
Popular vote13,67013,3658,367
Percentage35.8%35.0%21.9%

Stevenage UK local election 2008 map.svg
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2010 Stevenage Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council stood for election; the seats which were last contested in 2006. The election saw the Conservative Party gain a further 3 seats.

Contents

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

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 803-361.535.913730-4.2%
  Conservative 430330.834.913365-0.5%
  Liberal Democrats 10007.721.98367+5.1%
  UKIP 000006.32402+2.2%
  BNP 000000.4136+0.4%
  English Democrat 000000.3133-2.2%
  Independent 000000.3121+0.3%

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward Bandley Hill ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Bandley Hill ward
Bandley Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Lloyd 1,149 38.6 −3.1
Conservative Roger Gill1,05535.5+5.3
Liberal Democrats Barbara Segadelli49716.7+7.2
UKIP Angela Denness2759.2+9.2
Majority943.1−8.4
Turnout 297661.5+27.6
Labour hold Swing

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward Bedwell ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Bedwell ward
Bedwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Underwood 1,114 39.8 −12.8
Conservative Christine Saint Leitner74426.6−4.6
Liberal Democrats Leonard Lambert52218.6+2.4
UKIP Maureen Dilley42115.0+15.0
Majority37013.2−8.2
Turnout 280160.0+28.0
Labour hold Swing

Chells

Location of Chells ward Chells ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Chells ward
Chells
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pamela Stuart 1,226 39.1 −4.7
Conservative Matthew Wyatt97331.0+4.6
Liberal Democrats Gareth Steiner93729.9+0.1
Majority2538.1−5.9
Turnout 313665.2+27.2
Labour hold Swing

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward Longmeadow ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Longmeadow ward
Longmeadow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Hurst 1,086 37.5 −2.9
Labour Suzanne Myson99634.4−3.2
Liberal Democrats Ralph Baskerville56119.4+7.7
UKIP Roy Worden2548.8−1.6
Majority903.1+0.3
Turnout 289767.2+27.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Manor

Location of Manor ward Manor ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Manor ward
Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Mead 1,427 40.9 +0.1
Conservative Susan Smith1,14432.8+1.9
Labour Joseph Sherry71120.4−2.8
UKIP Mark Rowe2106.0+0.9
Majority2838.1−1.8
Turnout 349271.0+29.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward Martins Wood ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Martins Wood ward
Martins Wood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hearn 1,044 36.6 −1.0
Labour Jeanette Thomas92132.1−3.2
Liberal Democrats Kevin Aylward53518.6+11.5
UKIP Pat Jones2398.3+5.8
English Democrat John Cooper1334.6−8.7
Majority1234.5+2.2
Turnout 287262.3+26.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward Old Town ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Old Town ward
Old Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marilyn Yarnold-Foster 1,421 38.7 −3.4
Labour Pamela Gallagher1,34936.7−4.2
Liberal Democrats Matthew Snell66218.0+8.8
UKIP Bernard Maddox2446.6−1.2
Majority722.0+0.8
Turnout 367666.1+24.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward Pin Green ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Pin Green ward
Pin Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lin Martin-Haugh 1,163 40.9 −6.7
Conservative Philip Roethenbaugh88131.0+1.5
Liberal Democrats Scott Copsey48016.9+5.5
UKIP David McDonagh1816.4+6.4
BNP Michael Green1364.8+4.8
Majority2829.9−8.2
Turnout 284163.1+31.1
Labour hold Swing

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward Roebuck ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Roebuck ward
Roebuck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sherma Batson 1,055 37.2 −2.5
Conservative Harvey Page94333.2+0.1
Liberal Democrats Denise Baskerville54619.2+7.7
UKIP Victoria Gabriel29310.3−5.4
Majority1124.0−2.6
Turnout 283762.0+29.1
Labour hold Swing

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward St Nicholas ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of St Nicholas ward
St Nicholas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Latif 1,098 41.4 −3.1
Conservative Gillian Mould85532.2−1.6
Liberal Democrats Heather Snell58121.9+0.2
Independent Carol Knowles1214.6+4.6
Majority2439.2−1.5
Turnout 265561.2+29.6
Labour hold Swing

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward Shephall ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Shephall ward
Shephall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Clark 1,035 41.5 −5.9
Conservative Anita Speight70728.4+2.4
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Baskerville46518.7+2.5
UKIP Bob Layson28511.4+1.1
Majority32813.1−8.3
Turnout 249258.0+26.7
Labour hold Swing

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward Symonds Green ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Symonds Green ward
Symonds Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Taylor 1,191 42.4 −5.2
Conservative Paul Mould1,08238.5−0.4
Liberal Democrats Clive Hearmon53719.1+5.5
Majority1093.9−4.8
Turnout 281064.5+33.2
Labour hold Swing

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward Woodfield ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Woodfield ward
Woodfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phil Bibby 1,430 52.8 −7.8
Labour Christopher Saunders66224.4−1.5
Liberal Democrats Katherine Lloyd-Manning61722.8+9.3
Majority76828.4−6.3
Turnout 270967.2+30.9
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

Note: Woodfield ward was won by Marion Mason for the Conservatives in 2006, but she defected to UKIP in January 2008. [2]

References

  1. "Election 2010". BBC News.
  2. "Stevenage Conservative councillor defects to UKIP". The Comet. 29 July 2013.