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
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2008 Stevenage Borough Council elections. ; †Councilor Marion Mason defected from Conservatives to UKIP in January 2008.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Borough 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.

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

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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]

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	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	0.0	4.1	853	+4.1
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.5	517	+2.5
Free England Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	158	+0.8
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	67	-0.5

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

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

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

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

2008 Stevenage Borough Council election

Election results

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	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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