Stevenage Borough Council election, 2008

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

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%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	853	+4.1%
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	517	+2.5%
	Free England	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	158	+0.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	67	-0.5%

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
	UKIP	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
	UKIP	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
	UKIP	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
	UKIP	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	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
	UKIP	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 Pickersgill	646	47.4	-8.9
	Conservative	Ralph Dimelow	355	26.0	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	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

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

References

Council elections in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Broxbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Dacorum Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hertsmere Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

North Hertfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015

St Albans City and District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Stevenage Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Three Rivers District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Watford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

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