Stevenage Council election, 2008

Stevenage 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
*Labour 30
*Conservative 5
*Liberal Democrat 3
*United Kingdom Independence Party 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 8
gain = 1
loss = 3
net = -2
seats % = 61.5
votes % = 40.1
votes = 8,361
plus/minus = -6.7%
Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain = 3
loss = 0
net = +3
seats % = 30.8
votes % = 35.4
votes = 7,382
plus/minus = +5.2%
Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 16.8
votes = 3,489
plus/minus = -4.5%
Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 4.1
votes = 853
plus/minus = +4.1%
Election Summary Party
party = English Democrats Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.5
votes = 517
plus/minus = +2.5%
Election Summary Party
party = Free England Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 158
plus/minus = +0.8%
Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 67
plus/minus = -0.5%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lilian Strange
votes = 671
percentage = 41.7
change = -10.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anita Speight
votes = 486
percentage = 30.2
change = -0.3
Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Carl Cooper
votes = 301
percentage = 18.7
change = +18.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gordon Knight
votes = 153
percentage = 9.5
change = -8.2
Election box majority
votes = 185
percentage = 11.5
change = -9.8
Election box turnout
votes = 1,611
percentage = 33.9
change = +1.5
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Cullen
votes = 788
percentage = 52.6
change = -8.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Saint-Leitner
votes = 467
percentage = 31.2
change = +6.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Leonard Lambert
votes = 243
percentage = 16.2
change = +2.1
Election box majority
votes = 321
percentage = 21.4
change = -14.1
Election box turnout
votes = 1,498
percentage = 32.0
change = -4.3
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Vickie Warwick
votes = 792
percentage = 43.8
change = +1.9
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gareth Steiner
votes = 540
percentage = 29.8
change = -11.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Wyatt
votes = 478
percentage = 26.4
change = +9.1
Election box majority
votes = 252
percentage = 14.0
change = +12.9
Election box turnout
votes = 1,810
percentage = 38.0
change = -1.6
Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Hurst
votes = 688
percentage = 40.4
change = +1.2
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bruce Jackson
votes = 640
percentage = 37.6
change = -4.2
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ralph Baskerville
votes = 199
percentage = 11.7
change = -7.3
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Julie Seddon
votes = 177
percentage = 10.4
change = +10.4
Election box majority
votes = 48
percentage = 2.8
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,704
percentage = 39.5
change = +1.6
Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Graham Snell
votes = 805
percentage = 40.8
change = -13.6
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Smith
votes = 609
percentage = 30.9
change = +7.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Sherry
votes = 458
percentage = 23.2
change = +0.8
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Carol Knowles
votes = 101
percentage = 5.1
change = +5.1
Election box majority
votes = 196
percentage = 9.9
change = -21.3
Election box turnout
votes = 1,973
percentage = 41.3
change = +0.0
Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dilys Clark
votes = 611
percentage = 37.6
change = -1.4
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Raynor
votes = 574
percentage = 35.3
change = -8.3
Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = John Cooper
votes = 216
percentage = 13.3
change = +13.3
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barbara Segadelli
votes = 116
percentage = 7.1
change = -10.3
Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Tom Moore
votes = 67
percentage = 4.1
change = +4.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Andrew Elwell
votes = 40
percentage = 2.5
change = +2.5
Election box majority
votes = 37
percentage = 2.3
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,624
percentage = 35.9
change = +1.6
Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Fraser
votes = 886
percentage = 42.1
change = +8.4
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Tessier
votes = 860
percentage = 40.9
change = -8.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tennille Steiner
votes = 193
percentage = 9.2
change = +0.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Rick Seddon
votes = 165
percentage = 7.8
change = +7.8
Election box majority
votes = 26
percentage = 1.2
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 2,104
percentage = 41.2
change = -1.9
Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Speller
votes = 649
percentage = 47.6
change = -4.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Clark
votes = 402
percentage = 29.5
change = +6.5
Election box candidate with party link
party = Free England Party
candidate = Richard Aitkins
votes = 158
percentage = 11.6
change = +11.6
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Griffith
votes = 155
percentage = 11.4
change = -1.1
Election box majority
votes = 247
percentage = 18.1
change = -10.5
Election box turnout
votes = 1,364
percentage = 32.0
change = -5.3
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Lloyd
votes = 578
percentage = 39.7
change = -12.5
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Gill
votes = 482
percentage = 33.1
change = +2.4
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Vicky Peebles
votes = 229
percentage = 15.7
change = +15.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Denise Baskerville
votes = 168
percentage = 11.5
change = -5.5
Election box majority
votes = 96
percentage = 6.6
change = -14.9
Election box turnout
votes = 1,457
percentage = 32.9
change = -1.8
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Henry
votes = 605
percentage = 44.5
change = -6.3
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Mould
votes = 460
percentage = 33.8
change = +6.5
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Heather Snell
votes = 295
percentage = 21.7
change = -0.2
Election box majority
votes = 145
percentage = 10.7
change = -12.8
Election box turnout
votes = 1,360
percentage = 31.6
change = -2.2
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Baskerville
votes = 646
percentage = 47.4
change = -8.9
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ralph Dimelow
votes = 355
percentage = 26.0
change = +1.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Baskerville
votes = 221
percentage = 16.2
change = -3.2
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Bob Layson
votes = 141
percentage = 10.3
change = +10.3
Election box majority
votes = 291
percentage = 21.4
change = -10.6
Election box turnout
votes = 1,363
percentage = 31.3
change = -1.3
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Laurie Chester
votes = 733
percentage = 47.6
change = -14.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Mould
votes = 599
percentage = 38.9
change = +11.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clive Hearmon
votes = 209
percentage = 13.6
change = +3.0
Election box majority
votes = 134
percentage = 8.7
change = -25.1
Election box turnout
votes = 1,541
percentage = 35.8
change = -3.0
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Notley
votes = 859
percentage = 60.6
change = +5.3
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Rawlings
votes = 367
percentage = 25.9
change = -3.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Katherine Lloyd
votes = 192
percentage = 13.5
change = -2.2
Election box majority
votes = 492
percentage = 34.7
change = +8.4
Election box turnout
votes = 1,418
percentage = 36.3
change = -0.8
Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/26uh.stm 2008 Stevenage election result]
* [http://www.stevenage.gov.uk/councilanddemocracy/elections/electionspublishingresults Ward results]
* [http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED02%20May%202008%2001%3A52%3A35%3A413 Tories gain seats in Stevenage]
* [http://www.whtimes.co.uk/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestCMT&itemid=WEED02%20May%202008%2000%3A33%3A51%3A300 Video: Stevenage election results]

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