Stevenage Council election, 2007

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 3 May, 2007. 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 % = 46.8
votes = 10,130
plus/minus = +0.4%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 30.2
votes = 6,533
plus/minus = +0.5%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 21.3
votes = 4,612
plus/minus = -0.5%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.0
votes = 211
plus/minus = +1.0%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 172
plus/minus = -0.1%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jackie Hollywell
votes = 805
percentage = 51.8
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Freda Warner
votes = 474
percentage = 30.5
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gordon Knight
votes = 276
percentage = 17.7
change = -4.6Election box majority
votes = 331
percentage = 21.3
change = -2.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,555
percentage = 32.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Liz Harrington
votes = 1,037
percentage = 60.7
change = -6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine St. Leitner
votes = 430
percentage = 25.2
change = -7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sydney Grubert
votes = 241
percentage = 14.1
change = +14.1Election box majority
votes = 607
percentage = 35.5
change = +1.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,708
percentage = 36.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Howard Burrell
votes = 771
percentage = 41.9
change = -3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Audrey Griffith
votes = 750
percentage = 40.8
change = +7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Julie Seddon
votes = 318
percentage = 17.3
change = -3.7Election box majority
votes = 21
percentage = 1.1
change = -10.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,839
percentage = 39.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Monika Cherney-Craw
votes = 689
percentage = 41.8
change = -5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Hurst
votes = 645
percentage = 39.2
change = +4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ralph Baskerville
votes = 313
percentage = 19.0
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 44
percentage = 2.6
change = -10.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,647
percentage = 37.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robin Parker
votes = 1,091
percentage = 54.4
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Smith
votes = 465
percentage = 23.2
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Sherry
votes = 449
percentage = 22.4
change = +0.4Election box majority
votes = 626
percentage = 31.2
change = +4.0Election box turnout
votes = 2,005
percentage = 41.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Patston
votes = 680
percentage = 43.6
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dilys Clark
votes = 608
percentage = 39.0
change = +4.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barbara Segadelli
votes = 272
percentage = 17.4
change = -4.8Election box majority
votes = 72
percentage = 4.6
change = -4.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,560
percentage = 34.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Downing
votes = 1,018
percentage = 49.0
change = +3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Fraser
votes = 700
percentage = 33.7
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Latham
votes = 189
percentage = 9.1
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Stuart Madgin
votes = 172
percentage = 8.3
change = -0.9Election box majority
votes = 318
percentage = 15.3
change = +3.2Election box turnout
votes = 2,079
percentage = 43.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Reg Smith
votes = 848
percentage = 51.6
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Clark
votes = 378
percentage = 23.0
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael Green
votes = 211
percentage = 12.9
change = +12.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Griffith
votes = 205
percentage = 12.5
change = +1.8Election box majority
votes = 470
percentage = 28.6
change = -2.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,642
percentage = 37.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Gardner
votes = 816
percentage = 52.2
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Gill
votes = 480
percentage = 30.7
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Denise Baskerville
votes = 266
percentage = 17.0
change = -4.2Election box majority
votes = 336
percentage = 21.5
change = +0.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,562
percentage = 34.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ralph Raynor
votes = 742
percentage = 50.8
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Elwell
votes = 399
percentage = 27.3
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Heather Snell
votes = 320
percentage = 21.9
change = -1.3Election box majority
votes = 343
percentage = 23.5
change = -1.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,461
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Webb
votes = 806
percentage = 56.3
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anita Speight
votes = 348
percentage = 24.3
change = +5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Baskerville
votes = 278
percentage = 19.4
change = -6.5Election box majority
votes = 458
percentage = 32.0
change = +2.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,432
percentage = 32.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Kissane
votes = 1,040
percentage = 61.6
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Wyatt
votes = 470
percentage = 27.8
change = -2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clive Hearmon
votes = 179
percentage = 10.6
change = -4.9Election box majority
votes = 570
percentage = 33.8
change = +10.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,689
percentage = 38.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Clark
votes = 818
percentage = 55.3
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Rawlings
votes = 429
percentage = 29.0
change = +3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Katherine Lloyd
votes = 232
percentage = 15.7
change = -4.5Election box majority
votes = 389
percentage = 26.3
change = -2.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,479
percentage = 37.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/26uh.stm 2007 Stevenage election result]
* [http://www.stevenage.gov.uk/councilanddemocracy/elections/electionspublishingresults Ward results]

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