2019 Stevenage Borough Council election

2019 Stevenage Borough Council election ^[1]

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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 26 9 4 Seats won 9 2 2 Seats after 27 7 5 Seat change 1 2 1
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2019 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 2 May 2019. 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 that were last contested in 2015. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it has held continuously since 1973.

Results summary

2019 Stevenage Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	9	1	69.2	18	27	69.2	7,860	38.1	-6.1
	Conservative	2	2	15.4	5	7	17.9	6,538	31.7	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	15.4	3	5	12.8	4,634	22.4	+7.5
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,610	7.8	+4.7

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward

Bandley Hill ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Adrian Richard Brown	674	45.7	−1.7
	Conservative	Nicholas Rohan Foster	574	38.9	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew David Anderson	227	15.4	+6.6
Majority			100	6.8
Turnout			1,475	29.49
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward

Bedwell ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Liz Harrington	813	54.2	−6.2
	Conservative	Nicholas John Leech	356	23.7	−6.8
	Green	Victoria Louise Snelling	213	14.2	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Macmillan	119	7.9	New
Majority			457	30.5
Turnout			1,501	27.85
	Labour hold		Swing

Chells

Location of Chells ward

Chells ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Booth	766	46.6	+0.3
	Labour Co-op	Pam Stuart	446	27.1	−5.6
	Conservative	Matthew Paul Wyatt	282	17.2	−3.8
	Green	David Peter Ingarfill	149	9.1	New
Majority			320	19.5
Turnout			1,643	33.54
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Michael Farquharson	682	45.3	−2.8
	Labour	Chris Webb	608	40.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Robert Bye	217	14.4	+3.1
Majority			74	5.0
Turnout			1,507	31.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor

Location of Manor ward

Manor ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Gareth Parker	1,484	75.6	+14.8
	Conservative	James David Corrigan	264	13.5	−6.8
	Labour	David Stanley Wood	214	10.9	−7.9
Majority			1,220	62.1
Turnout			1,962	39.73
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Teresa Lynn Callaghan	526	36.3	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Brinkworth	524	36.1	+11.3
	Conservative	Bret Ray Facey	401	27.6	−6.1
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout			1,451	32.06
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward

Old Town ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Loraine Graziella Rossati	881	39.6	−3.1
	Conservative	James Robert Phillip Fraser	845	38.0	−4.8
	Green	Elizabeth Genevieve Sturges	312	14.0	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	George Eric Pinder	187	8.4	+2.1
Majority			36	1.6
Turnout			2,225	35.59
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jeannette Audrey Thomas	606	43.0	−8.5
	Conservative	Andy Facey	454	32.2	−4.6
	Green	Naomi Ruth Collins	228	16.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ross London	122	8.7	New
Majority			152	10.8
Turnout			1,410	30.10
	Labour hold		Swing

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Gardner	698	43.8	−4.3
	Conservative	Janet Marie Munro	537	33.7	−6.6
	Green	John Malocco Martin	185	11.6	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Matthew Barber	174	10.9	+4.8
Majority			161	10.1
Turnout			1,594	31.75
	Labour hold		Swing

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Claire Lesley Parris	787	46.9	−5.0
	Conservative	Mandi Tandi	642	38.2	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Peter Charles Snell	250	14.9	+9.7
Majority			145	8.7
Turnout			1,679	32.10
	Labour hold		Swing

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sarah Jane Mead	580	46.5	−6.9
	Conservative	Celia Lawrence	368	29.5	−5.9
	Green	Michael Malocco	201	16.1	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Galton Darwin Littleton	99	7.9	+2.9
Majority			212	17.0
Turnout			1,248	27.74
	Labour hold		Swing

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Downing	639	43.6	−8.7
	Conservative	Alexandra Marianne Young	509	34.7	−2.5
	Green	Richard David Warr	173	11.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hearmon	145	9.9	+4.4
Majority			130	8.9
Turnout			1,466	33.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward

Woodfield ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Edward Lawrence	624	46.8	−7.1
	Labour	Jim Callaghan	388	29.1	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Geoffrey Brinkworth	320	24.0	+13.0
Majority			236	17.7
Turnout			1,332	32.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Stevenage Borough Council". BBC News. 3 May 2019.
2. "2019 Election Results". Stevenage Borough Council. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.