Stevenage Council election, 2006

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 4 May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 32
*Liberal Democrat 4
*Conservative 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 11
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 84.6
votes % = 46.4
votes = 10,466
plus/minus = +6.6%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 29.7
votes = 6,711
plus/minus = +0.3%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 21.8
votes = 4,913
plus/minus = -6.5%Election Summary Party
party = English Democrats Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.2
votes = 274
plus/minus = +1.2%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.9
votes = 202
plus/minus = -1.0%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Lloyd
votes = 824
percentage = 50.9
change = +5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Freda Warner
votes = 434
percentage = 26.8
change = -7.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gordon Knight
votes = 361
percentage = 22.3
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 390
percentage = 24.1
change = +13.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,619
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Underwood
votes = 1,144
percentage = 67.1
change = +17.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Saint-Leitner
votes = 561
percentage = 32.9
change = +9.7Election box majority
votes = 583
percentage = 34.2
change = +8.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,705
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Stuart
votes = 860
percentage = 45.5
change = +10.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Audrey Griffith
votes = 633
percentage = 33.5
change = -12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Julie Seddon
votes = 396
percentage = 21.0
change = +2.0Election box majority
votes = 227
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,889
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Suzanne Myson
votes = 846
percentage = 46.9
change = +10.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Hurst
votes = 618
percentage = 34.3
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ralph Baskerville
votes = 340
percentage = 18.8
change = -8.7Election box majority
votes = 228
percentage = 12.6
change = +11.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,804
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Elisabeth Knight
votes = 1,129
percentage = 52.6
change = -6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Smith
votes = 545
percentage = 25.4
change = +3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas McGarry
votes = 472
percentage = 22.0
change = +3.2Election box majority
votes = 584
percentage = 27.2
change = -10.0Election box turnout
votes = 2,146
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeannette Thomas
votes = 698
percentage = 43.4
change = +7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Seddon
votes = 553
percentage = 34.4
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barbara Segadelli
votes = 357
percentage = 22.2
change = +2.2Election box majority
votes = 145
percentage = 9.0
change = +5.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,608
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Gallagher
votes = 998
percentage = 45.6
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Fraser
votes = 732
percentage = 33.5
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Latham
votes = 255
percentage = 11.7
change = -3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stuart Madgin
votes = 202
percentage = 9.2
change = -0.4Election box majority
votes = 266
percentage = 12.1
change = +6.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,187
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tanis Kent
votes = 933
percentage = 52.4
change = +5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mollie Cawthorn
votes = 381
percentage = 21.4
change = -9.3Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Richard Aitkins
votes = 274
percentage = 15.4
change = +15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Griffith
votes = 191
percentage = 10.7
change = -12.2Election box majority
votes = 552
percentage = 31.0
change = +15.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,779
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sherma Batson
votes = 817
percentage = 50.0
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Gill
votes = 471
percentage = 28.8
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Denise Baskerville
votes = 347
percentage = 21.2
change = -4.6Election box majority
votes = 346
percentage = 21.2
change = +6.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,635
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Caroline Latif
votes = 772
percentage = 50.7
change = +9.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Wyatt
votes = 398
percentage = 26.1
change = -3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Heather Snell
votes = 353
percentage = 23.2
change = -5.9Election box majority
votes = 374
percentage = 24.6
change = +13.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,523
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Clark
votes = 805
percentage = 55.1
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Baskerville
votes = 378
percentage = 25.9
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Clark
votes = 277
percentage = 19.0
change = -5.6Election box majority
votes = 427
percentage = 29.2
change = +1.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,460
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sharon Taylor
votes = 909
percentage = 53.9
change = +7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Claire Poole
votes = 516
percentage = 30.6
change = -2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clive Hearmon
votes = 261
percentage = 15.5
change = -4.8Election box majority
votes = 393
percentage = 23.3
change = +9.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,686
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Mason
votes = 829
percentage = 54.4
change = +0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Monika Cherney-Craw
votes = 388
percentage = 25.4
change = +5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Katherine Lloyd
votes = 308
percentage = 20.2
change = -5.6Election box majority
votes = 441
percentage = 29.0
change = +0.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,525
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/26uh.stm 2006 Stevenage election result]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/loc06/pages/Stevenage/results2006.html Ward results]

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