2007 Stevenage Borough Council election

2007 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 2007 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2003. 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	46.8	10,130	+0.4%
Conservative	1	7.7	30.2	6,533	+0.5%
Liberal Democrats	1	7.7	21.3	4,612	-0.5%
BNP	0	0	1.0	211	+1.0%
Green	0	0	0.8	172	-0.1%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Hollywell	805	51.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Freda Warner	474	30.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knight	276	17.7	−4.6
Majority			331	21.3	−2.8
Turnout			1,555	32.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Harrington	1,037	60.7	−6.4
	Conservative	Christine St. Leitner	430	25.2	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sydney Grubert	241	14.1	+14.1
Majority			607	35.5	+1.3
Turnout			1,708	36.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Burrell	771	41.9	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Griffith	750	40.8	+7.3
	Conservative	Julie Seddon	318	17.3	−3.7
Majority			21	1.1	−10.9
Turnout			1,839	39.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Monika Cherney-Craw	689	41.8	−5.1
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	645	39.2	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Baskerville	313	19.0	+0.2
Majority			44	2.6	−10.0
Turnout			1,647	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2007 Stevenage Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bedwell

Chells

Longmeadow

Manor

Martins Wood

Old Town

Pin Green

Roebuck

St Nicholas

Shephall

Symonds Green

Woodfield

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Parker	1,091	54.4	+1.8
	Conservative	Susan Smith	465	23.2	−2.2
	Labour	Joseph Sherry	449	22.4	+0.4
Majority			626	31.2	+4.0
Turnout			2,005	41.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Patston	680	43.6	+0.2
	Conservative	Dilys Clark	608	39.0	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	272	17.4	−4.8
Majority			72	4.6	−4.4
Turnout			1,560	34.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Downing	1,018	49.0	+3.4
	Conservative	James Fraser	700	33.7	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Latham	189	9.1	−2.6
	Green	Stuart Madgin	172	8.3	−0.9
Majority			318	15.3	+3.2
Turnout			2,079	43.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Smith	848	51.6	−0.8
	Conservative	Leslie Clark	378	23.0	+1.6
	BNP	Michael Green	211	12.9	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	205	12.5	+1.8
Majority			470	28.6	−2.4
Turnout			1,642	37.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gardner	816	52.2	+2.2
	Conservative	Roger Gill	480	30.7	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Baskerville	266	17.0	−4.2
Majority			336	21.5	+0.3
Turnout			1,562	34.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Raynor	742	50.8	+0.1
	Conservative	Andrew Elwell	399	27.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	320	21.9	−1.3
Majority			343	23.5	−1.1
Turnout			1,461	33.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Webb	806	56.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Anita Speight	348	24.3	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baskerville	278	19.4	−6.5
Majority			458	32.0	+2.8
Turnout			1,432	32.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kissane	1,040	61.6	+7.7
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	470	27.8	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hearmon	179	10.6	−4.9
Majority			570	33.8	+10.5
Turnout			1,689	38.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Clark	818	55.3	+0.9
	Labour	Richard Rawlings	429	29.0	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Lloyd	232	15.7	−4.5
Majority			389	26.3	−2.7
Turnout			1,479	37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing