2018 Stevenage Borough Council election

2018 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 Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 29 7 3 Seats won 8 3 2 Seats after 26 9 4 Seat change 3 2 1 Popular vote 10,035 8,583 3,387 Percentage 44.2% 37.8% 14.9%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2018 Stevenage Borough Council elections. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Elections to Stevenage Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2014. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1973.

Results summary

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Stevenage Borough Council election, 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	26	0	3	3		44.2	10,035	1.6
	Conservative	9	2	0	2		37.8	8,583	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	1		14.9	3,387	2.3
	Green	0	0	0			3.1	715	1.0
Total		39						22,720
	Labour hold

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward

Bandley Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lloyd	772	47.4	−2.2
	Conservative	Nicholas Foster	715	43.9	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Anderson	143	8.8	+2.6
Majority			57	3.5
Turnout			1,630	32.01
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward

Bedwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lizzy Kelly	1,001	60.4	+4.6
	Conservative	Michelle Frith	506	30.5	+5.2
	Green	Victoria Snelling	151	9.1	+0.1
Majority			495	29.9
Turnout			1,658	31.35
	Labour hold		Swing

Chells

Location of Chells ward

Chells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Wren	796	46.3	+16.4
	Labour	Pam Stuart	562	32.7	−3.2
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	360	21.0	−4.4
Majority			234	13.6
Turnout			1,718	34.65
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doug Bainbridge	789	48.1	+7.3
	Labour	David Wood	665	40.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Booth	185	11.3	+2.9
Majority			124	7.5
Turnout			1,639	36.31
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Manor

Location of Manor ward

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy McGuinness	1,196	60.8	+1.8
	Conservative	Matthew Clarke	400	20.3	+0.3
	Labour	David Martin	370	18.8	+1.8
Majority			796	40.5
Turnout			1,966	39.27
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lloyd Briscoe	639	41.5	−7.1
	Conservative	Joseph Barnes	518	33.7	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Brinkworth	382	24.8	+19.4
Majority			121	7.8
Turnout			1,539	33.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward

Old Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jody Hanafin	1,012	42.8	+9.9
	Labour	Monika Cherney-Craw	1,010	42.7	−0.1
	Green	Elizabeth Sturges	194	8.2	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mason Humberstone	149	6.3	+2.0
Majority			2	0.1
Turnout			2,365	37.65
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lin Martin-Haugh	811	51.5	+1.6
	Conservative	Charlie Laing	579	36.8	+5.5
	Green	Vicky Lovelace	184	11.7	+3.2
Majority			232	14.7
Turnout			1,574	32.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah-Jane Potter	842	48.1	+4.7
	Conservative	Alex Farquharson	706	40.3	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bye	113	6.5	+1.8
	Green	Martin Malocco	90	5.1	−0.1
Majority			136	7.8
Turnout			1,751	34.23
	Labour hold		Swing

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Broom	727	53.4	+0.3
	Conservative	Michael Hearn	482	35.4	+6.8
	Green	Michael Malocco	84	6.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Barber	68	5.0	New
Majority			245	18.0
Turnout			1,361	29.79
	Labour hold		Swing

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Barr	951	51.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Amanda Tandi	690	37.6	+5.4
	Green	Naomi Collins	96	5.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Snell	96	5.2	−3.6
Majority			261	14.3
Turnout			1,833	34.87
	Labour hold		Swing

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Taylor	847	52.3	+6.0
	Conservative	Alex Young	602	37.2	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hearmon	89	5.5	+1.1
	Green	Richard Warr	81	5.0	+1.4
Majority			245	15.1
Turnout			1,619	36.36
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward

Woodfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Bibby	835	53.9	+8.3
	Labour	Irfan Javed	543	35.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Brinkworth	170	11.0	+5.9
Majority			292	18.8
Turnout			1,548	36.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. Noel Dempsey (14 May 2018). "Local Elections 2018" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 21.
2. "Stevenage Borough Council". BBC News. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.
3. "Stevenage Borough Council".