2016 Stevenage Borough Council election
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13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 34.65% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2016 Stevenage Borough Council elections. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Stevenage Borough Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2012. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1973.
Results
[edit]Stevenage Borough Council election, 2016[3] | ||||||||
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Party | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | % | ± | ||
Labour | 10 | 19 | 29 | −1 | 9,155 | 42.6 | ||
Conservative | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 6,776 | 31.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2,706 | 12.6 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 5.0 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,038 | 4.8 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 707 | 3.3 | ||
Give Me Back Elmo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.1 | ||
Total | 13 | 26 | 39 | – | 21486 | – | – | |
Turnout | 34.65 |
Ward Results
[edit]Bandley Hill
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Michelle Gardner | 783 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Farquharson | 603 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Segadelli | 98 | ||
TUSC | Mark Pickersgill | 96 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 32.11% | |||
Labour hold |
Bedwell
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | David Cullen | 917 | ||
Conservative | David William Bundy | 415 | ||
Green | Victoria Louise Snelling | 147 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Steiner | 95 | ||
TUSC | Steve Glennon | 68 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 33.15% | |||
Labour hold |
Chells
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Jackie Hollywell | 619 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Wyatt | 437 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Booth | 515 | ||
TUSC | Roger Alexander Charles | 67 | ||
Green | Shirley Anne Hicks | 61 | ||
Give Me Back Elmo | Bobby Smith | 23 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 34.66% | |||
Labour hold |
Longmeadow
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Adam Joseph Stephen Mitchell | 638 | |||
Labour | Lorraine Kathleen Bell | 631 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ralph Baskerville | 131 | |||
Green | Alex Tasker | 98 | |||
TUSC | Helen Dorothy Kerr | 65 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 35.78% | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Manor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal Democrats | Graham Snell | 1,224 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Clarke | 414 | ||
Labour | Monika Elizabeth Cherney-Craw | 352 | ||
Green | Marcus Michael Grant Blackburn | 83 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 42.2% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Martins Wood
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Maureen McKay | 717 | ||
Conservative | Michael Steven Hearn | 534 | ||
Green | Naomi Ruth Collins | 89 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew David Anderson | 79 | ||
TUSC | Mark Nathan Simon Gentleman | 56 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 32.56% | |||
Labour hold |
Old Town
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Jim Brown | 974 | ||
Conservative | Philip Kenneth Roethenbaugh | 749 | ||
Green | Elizabeth Sturges | 143 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Snell | 97 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 37.66% | |||
Labour hold |
Pin Green
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Simon Speller | 762 | ||
Conservative | Michelle Mary Frith | 477 | ||
Green | Vicky Lovelace | 130 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Washer | 99 | ||
TUSC | Ella Milner | 58 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 33.16% | |||
Labour hold |
Roebuck
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | John Lloyd | 714 | ||
Conservative | Bret Ray Facey | 471 | ||
UKIP | Mark Peter Williams | 282 | ||
Green | Martin John Malocco | 86 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Denise Baskerville | 77 | ||
TUSC | Bryan Clare | 16 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 34.05% | |||
Labour hold |
St Nicholas
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Richard Henry | 858 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Orral | 540 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Heather Snell | 148 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 33.35% | |||
Labour hold |
Shephall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | John Philip Mead | 708 | ||
Conservative | Ian Frith | 381 | ||
Green | Michael Andrew Malocco | 133 | ||
TUSC | Barbara Clare | 111 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 29.57% | |||
Labour hold |
Symonds Green
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Laurie Chester | 733 | ||
Conservative | Alex Young | 457 | ||
UKIP | Sean Ulick Howlett | 252 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Clive Hearmon | 69 | ||
Green | Richard David Warr | 57 | ||
TUSC | Trevor Michael Palmer | 16 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 36.35% | |||
Labour hold |
Woodfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Margaret Notley | 660 | ||
Labour | Jim Callaghan | 441 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Peter Charles Snell | 74 | ||
Majority | ||||
Turnout | 34.9% | |||
Conservative hold |
References
[edit]- ^ Steven Ayres (19 May 2016). "Local elections 2016" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 23.
- ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Local election: Stevenage Borough Council results". Hertfordshire Mercury. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Stevenage Borough Council Local Election Results". Stevenage Borough Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2019.[permanent dead link]