Stevenage Council election, 2008

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Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

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

[edit] Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2008
Party		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 Democrat	1	0	1	-1	7.7	16.8	3,489	-4.5%
	UK Independence	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	853	+4.1%
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	517	+2.5%
	Free England Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	158	+0.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	67	-0.5%

[edit] Ward results

Bandley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lilian Strange	671	41.7	-10.1
	Conservative	Anita Speight	486	30.2	-0.3
	English Democrats	Carl Cooper	301	18.7	+18.7
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Knight	153	9.5	-8.2
Majority			185	11.5	-9.8
Turnout			1,611	33.9	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cullen	788	52.6	-8.1
	Conservative	Christine Saint-Leitner	467	31.2	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Leonard Lambert	243	16.2	+2.1
Majority			321	21.4	-14.1
Turnout			1,498	32.0	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Chells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vickie Warwick	792	43.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

Longmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	688	40.4	+1.2
	Labour	Bruce Jackson	640	37.6	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ralph Baskerville	199	11.7	-7.3
	UK Independence	Julie Seddon	177	10.4	+10.4
Majority			48	2.8
Turnout			1,704	39.5	+1.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Snell	805	40.8	-13.6
	Conservative	Susan Smith	609	30.9	+7.7
	Labour	Joseph Sherry	458	23.2	+0.8
	UK Independence	Carol Knowles	101	5.1	+5.1
Majority			196	9.9	-21.3
Turnout			1,973	41.3	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dilys Clark	611	37.6	-1.4
	Labour	Janet Raynor	574	35.3	-8.3
	English Democrats	John Cooper	216	13.3	+13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Segadelli	116	7.1	-10.3
	Green	Tom Moore	67	4.1	+4.1
	UK Independence	Andrew Elwell	40	2.5	+2.5
Majority			37	2.3
Turnout			1,624	35.9	+1.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fraser	886	42.1	+8.4
	Labour	Hugh Tessier	860	40.9	-8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Tennille Steiner	193	9.2	+0.1
	UK Independence	Rick Seddon	165	7.8	+7.8
Majority			26	1.2
Turnout			2,104	41.2	-1.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pin Green
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 Democrat	Mary Griffith	155	11.4	-1.1
Majority			247	18.1	-10.5
Turnout			1,364	32.0	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Roebuck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lloyd	578	39.7	-12.5
	Conservative	Roger Gill	482	33.1	+2.4
	UK Independence	Vicky Peebles	229	15.7	+15.7
	Liberal Democrat	Denise Baskerville	168	11.5	-5.5
Majority			96	6.6	-14.9
Turnout			1,457	32.9	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

St Nicholas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Henry	605	44.5	-6.3
	Conservative	Gillian Mould	460	33.8	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Snell	295	21.7	-0.2
Majority			145	10.7	-12.8
Turnout			1,360	31.6	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Shephall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Baskerville	646	47.4	-8.9
	Conservative	Ralph Dimelow	355	26.0	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Baskerville	221	16.2	-3.2
	UK Independence	Bob Layson	141	10.3	+10.3
Majority			291	21.4	-10.6
Turnout			1,363	31.3	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Symonds Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurie Chester	733	47.6	-14.0
	Conservative	Paul Mould	599	38.9	+11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Hearmon	209	13.6	+3.0
Majority			134	8.7	-25.1
Turnout			1,541	35.8	-3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Notley	859	60.6	+5.3
	Labour	Richard Rawlings	367	25.9	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Katherine Lloyd	192	13.5	-2.2
Majority			492	34.7	+8.4
Turnout			1,418	36.3	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing