2016 Stevenage Borough Council election

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2016 Stevenage Borough Council election [1]
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  2015 5 May 2016 2018  

13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34.65%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before3063
Seats won1021
Seats after2973
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote9,1556,7762,706
Percentage42.6%31.5%12.6%

Stevenage UK local election 2016 map.svg
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2016 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

The 2016 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Stevenage Borough Council in England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2012. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1973.

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Results

Stevenage Borough Council election, 2016 [3]
PartySeatsPopular vote
WonNot upTotal±Votes%±
  Labour 10192919,15542.6
  Conservative 257+16,77631.5
  Liberal Democrats 12302,70612.6
  Green 00001,0815.0
  UKIP 00001,0384.8
  TUSC 00007073.3
 Give Me Back Elmo0000230.1
Total13263921486
Turnout34.65

Ward Results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward Bandley Hill ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Bandley Hill ward
Bandley Hill [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michelle Gardner 783
Conservative Alexander Farquharson603
Liberal Democrats Barbara Segadelli98
TUSC Mark Pickersgill96
Majority
Turnout 32.11%
Labour hold

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward Bedwell ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Bedwell ward
Bedwell [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Cullen 917
Conservative David William Bundy415
Green Victoria Louise Snelling147
Liberal Democrats Gareth Steiner95
TUSC Steve Glennon68
Majority
Turnout 33.15%
Labour hold

Chells

Location of Chells ward Chells ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Chells ward
Chells [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jackie Hollywell 619
Conservative Matthew Wyatt437
Liberal Democrats Stephen Booth515
TUSC Roger Alexander Charles67
Green Shirley Anne Hicks61
Give Me Back ElmoBobby Smith23
Majority
Turnout 34.66%
Labour hold

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward Longmeadow ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Longmeadow ward
Longmeadow [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Adam Joseph Stephen Mitchell 638
Labour Lorraine Kathleen Bell631
Liberal Democrats Ralph Baskerville131
Green Alex Tasker98
TUSC Helen Dorothy Kerr65
Majority
Turnout 35.78%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Manor

Location of Manor ward Manor ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Manor ward
Manor [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Graham Snell 1,224
Conservative Matthew Clarke414
Labour Monika Elizabeth Cherney-Craw352
Green Marcus Michael Grant Blackburn83
Majority
Turnout 42.2%
Liberal Democrats hold

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward Martins Wood ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Martins Wood ward
Martins Wood [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Maureen McKay 717
Conservative Michael Steven Hearn534
Green Naomi Ruth Collins89
Liberal Democrats Andrew David Anderson79
TUSC Mark Nathan Simon Gentleman56
Majority
Turnout 32.56%
Labour hold

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward Old Town ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Old Town ward
Old Town [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jim Brown 974
Conservative Philip Kenneth Roethenbaugh749
Green Elizabeth Sturges143
Liberal Democrats Matthew Snell97
Majority
Turnout 37.66%
Labour hold

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward Pin Green ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Pin Green ward
Pin Green [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Simon Speller 762
Conservative Michelle Mary Frith477
Green Vicky Lovelace130
Liberal Democrats Patricia Washer99
TUSC Ella Milner58
Majority
Turnout 33.16%
Labour hold

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward Roebuck ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Roebuck ward
Roebuck [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Lloyd 714
Conservative Bret Ray Facey471
UKIP Mark Peter Williams282
Green Martin John Malocco86
Liberal Democrats Denise Baskerville77
TUSC Bryan Clare16
Majority
Turnout 34.05%
Labour hold

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward St Nicholas ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of St Nicholas ward
St Nicholas [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Richard Henry 858
Conservative Kevin Orral540
Liberal Democrats Heather Snell148
Majority
Turnout 33.35%
Labour hold

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward Shephall ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Shephall ward
Shephall [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Philip Mead 708
Conservative Ian Frith381
Green Michael Andrew Malocco133
TUSC Barbara Clare111
Majority
Turnout 29.57%
Labour hold

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward Symonds Green ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Symonds Green ward
Symonds Green [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Laurie Chester 733
Conservative Alex Young457
UKIP Sean Ulick Howlett252
Liberal Democrats Clive Hearmon69
Green Richard David Warr57
TUSC Trevor Michael Palmer16
Majority
Turnout 36.35%
Labour hold

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward Woodfield ward in Stevenage 1999.svg
Location of Woodfield ward
Woodfield [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Margaret Notley 660
Labour Jim Callaghan441
Liberal Democrats Daniel Peter Charles Snell74
Majority
Turnout 34.9%
Conservative hold

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