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Stevenage Borough Council elections

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One third of Stevenage Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Hertfordshire County Council instead.

Council elections[edit]

Borough result maps[edit]

By-election results[edit]

1994-1998[edit]

Pin Green By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,519 59.2 -14.8
Conservative 596 23.2 +8.1
Liberal Democrats 367 14.3 +3.5
Independent 86 3.3 +3.3
Majority 923 36.0
Turnout 2,568
Labour hold Swing
Symonds Green By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,260 53.0 -18.8
Conservative 1,398 32.8 +4.6
Liberal Democrats 603 14.1 +14.1
Majority 862 20.2
Turnout 4,261
Labour hold Swing

1998-2002[edit]

Roebuck By-Election 16 July 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 520 49.6 -16.6
Liberal Democrats 309 29.5 +16.3
Conservative 220 21.0 +0.3
Majority 211 20.1
Turnout 1,049 26.1
Labour hold Swing
Bandley Hill By-Election 23 September 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 495 73.9 +14.2
Conservative 106 15.8 -2.2
Liberal Democrats 69 10.3 -7.4
Majority 389 58.1
Turnout 670 13.5
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006[edit]

Roebuck By-Election 9 December 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sherma Batson 600 52.6 +8.1
Conservative 292 25.6 -4.0
Liberal Democrats Gordon Knight 249 21.8 -4.0
Majority 308 27.0
Turnout 1,141 25.9
Labour hold Swing

2006-2010[edit]

Pin Green By-Election 27 March 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lin Martin-Haugh 671 54.8 +3.2
Conservative Leslie Clark 302 24.7 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Mary Griffith 149 12.2 -0.3
UKIP Rick Seddon 61 5.0 +5.0
Green Tom Moore 41 3.3 +3.3
Majority 368 30.1
Turnout 1,225 29.0
Labour hold Swing
Pin Green By-Election 25 September 2008[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bruce Jackson 716 54.4 +6.9
Conservative Ralph Dimelow 321 24.4 -5.1
Liberal Democrats Gordon Knight 112 8.5 -2.8
UKIP Terence Tompkins 85 6.5 +6.5
Free England Party Richard Atkins 81 6.2 -5.4
Majority 395 30.0
Turnout 1,315
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018[edit]

Roebuck By-Election 4 May 2017[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Farquharson 725 44.1 +15.5
Labour Monika Cherney-Craw 714 43.4 +0.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas Wren 94 5.7 +1.0
Green Martin Malocco 87 5.3 +0.1
TUSC Helen Kerr 25 1.5 +0.5
Majority 11 0.7
Turnout 1,645
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2022-2026[edit]

Bedwell By-Election 19 January 2023[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Conor McGrath 907 69.8 +13.0
Conservative Matthew Wyatt 263 20.2 -7.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Berry 129 9.9 -1.6
Majority 644 49.6
Turnout 1,299
Labour hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Borough of Stevenage (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  2. ^ The East Hertfordshire and Stevenage (Areas) Order 1984
  3. ^ The Hertfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
  4. ^ "Stevenage". BBC Online. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Stevenage (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ^ McRae, Isabella (6 June 2022). "Stevenage could see new boundaries for council wards in the borough". Herts Live. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Pin Green Election Results - 25 September 2008". Stevenage.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  8. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Roebuck Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bedwell Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

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