2006 Stevenage Borough Council election

2006 Stevenage Borough Council election
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13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2006 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2002. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

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:

	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	84.6	46.4	10,466	+6.6%
Conservative	1	7.7	29.7	6,711	+0.3%
Liberal Democrats	1	7.7	21.8	4,913	-6.5%
English Democrat	0	0	1.2	274	+1.2%
Green	0	0	0.9	202	-1.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lloyd	824	50.9	+5.9
	Conservative	Freda Warner	434	26.8	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knight	361	22.3	+1.3
Majority			390	24.1	+13.1
Turnout			1,619
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Underwood	1,144	67.1	+17.8
	Conservative	Christine Saint-Leitner	561	32.9	+9.7
Majority			583	34.2	+8.1
Turnout			1,705
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Stuart	860	45.5	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Griffith	633	33.5	−12.1
	Conservative	Julie Seddon	396	21.0	+2.0
Majority			227	12.0
Turnout			1,889
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suzanne Myson	846	46.9	+10.3
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	618	34.3	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Baskerville	340	18.8	−8.7
Majority			228	12.6	+11.9
Turnout			1,804
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 Stevenage Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bedwell

Chells

Longmeadow

Manor

Martins Wood

Old Town

Pin Green

Roebuck

St Nicolas

Shephall

Symonds Green

Woodfield

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Knight	1,129	52.6	−6.6
	Conservative	Susan Smith	545	25.4	+3.4
	Labour	Thomas McGarry	472	22.0	+3.2
Majority			584	27.2	−10.0
Turnout			2,146
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeannette Thomas	698	43.4	+7.9
	Conservative	Richard Seddon	553	34.4	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	357	22.2	+2.2
Majority			145	9.0	+5.4
Turnout			1,608
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Gallagher	998	45.6	+5.2
	Conservative	James Fraser	732	33.5	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Latham	255	11.7	−3.8
	Green	Stuart Madgin	202	9.2	−0.4
Majority			266	12.1	+6.3
Turnout			2,187
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tanis Kent	933	52.4	+5.9
	Conservative	Mollie Cawthorn	381	21.4	−9.3
	English Democrat	Richard Aitkins	274	15.4	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	191	10.7	−12.2
Majority			552	31.0	+15.2
Turnout			1,779
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sherma Batson	817	50.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Roger Gill	471	28.8	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Baskerville	347	21.2	−4.6
Majority			346	21.2	+6.3
Turnout			1,635
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Latif	772	50.7	+9.5
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	398	26.1	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	353	23.2	−5.9
Majority			374	24.6	+13.0
Turnout			1,523
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Clark	805	55.1	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baskerville	378	25.9	+3.2
	Conservative	Leslie Clark	277	19.0	−5.6
Majority			427	29.2	+1.2
Turnout			1,460
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Taylor	909	53.9	+7.3
	Conservative	Claire Poole	516	30.6	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hearmon	261	15.5	−4.8
Majority			393	23.3	+9.7
Turnout			1,686
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Mason	829	54.4	0.0
	Labour	Monika Cherney-Craw	388	25.4	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Lloyd	308	20.2	−5.6
Majority			441	29.0	+0.4
Turnout			1,525
	Conservative hold		Swing