1996 Stevenage Borough Council election

1996 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1995 2 May 1996 1998 →
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1996 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1992. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. The council was one of a number where the Conservatives lost their last seats.^[3]

Quick facts 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 38
Liberal Democrats 1^[4]

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	12	3	1	2	92.3	70.3	12,748	27.0
Conservative	0	0	3	2	0	18.6	3,468	17.9
Militant Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	196	New
Social Democrat	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Woodward^[6]	1,175	68.2%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Lloyd	220	12.8%
	Conservative	F. Warner	187	10.9%
	Militant Labour	J. Horton	141	8.2%
Turnout				29.2%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Downing^[6]	1,086	79.9%
	Conservative	M. Wyatt	170	12.5%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Grubert	104	7.6%
Turnout				36.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ken Vale^[6]	879	84.8%
	Conservative	G. Hegan	158	15.2%
Turnout				32.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bruce Jackson^[6]	1,026	64.2%
	Conservative	R. Dimelow	295	18.4%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Latham	278	17.4%
Turnout				33.2%
	Labour hold

1996 Stevenage Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bedwell Plash

Chells

Longmeadow

Martins Wood

Mobbsbury

Monkswood

Old Stevenage

Pin Green

Roebuck

St Nicholas

Shephall

Symonds Green

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael P. Patston^[6]	1,269	64.6%
	Conservative	E. Hegan	437	22.2%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Segadelli	259	13.2%
Turnout				28.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin G. Parker^[6]	847	50.4%
	Labour	J. Nadauld	755	45.0%
	Conservative	S. Huetson	77	4.6%
Turnout				54.2%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liz Harrington^[6]	653	85.6%
	Conservative	P. Rushforth	110	14.4%
Turnout				34.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pamela E.J. Gallagher^[6]	1,261	60.7%
	Conservative	P. McPartland	815	39.3%
Turnout				37.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon K. Speller^[6]	910	74.0%
	Conservative	M. Mason	186	15.1%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Moorcroft	133	10.8%
Turnout				34.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Monika Cherney-Craw^[6]	871	69.4%
	Conservative	M. Hurst	207	16.5%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Hamblin	177	14.1%
Turnout				31.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Fowler^[6]	687	68.1%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Griffith	166	16.5%
	Conservative	S. Woods	156	15.5%
Turnout				29.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert A. Clark^[6]	697	77.2%
	Conservative	M. Davies	89	9.9%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Snell	62	6.9%
	Militant Labour	M. Pickersgrill	55	6.1%
Turnout				28.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony T. Turner^[6]	1,479	71.8%
	Conservative	M. Notley	581	28.2%
Turnout				37.3%
	Labour gain from Conservative