2008 Stevenage Borough Council election

2008 Stevenage Borough Council election
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13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 32 3
Seats before 32 2†
Seats won 8 4
Seats after 30 5
Seat change Decrease2 Increase3
Popular vote 8,361 7,382
Percentage 40.1% 35.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP
Last election 4 0
Seats before 4 1†
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 3,489 853
Percentage 16.8% 4.1%
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]
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

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]

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2008
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  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%

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward
Bandley Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward
Bedwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Chells

Location of Chells ward
Chells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward
Longmeadow
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

Manor

Location of Manor ward
Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward
Martins Wood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward
Old Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward
Pin Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward
Roebuck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward
St Nicholas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward
Shephall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward
Symonds Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward
Woodfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

References

  1. ^ "Stevenage Conservative councillor defects to UKIP". The Comet. 29 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Elections 2008". BBC News.