2016 Stevenage Borough Council election

2016 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.65%
	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.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

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

Stevenage Borough Council election, 2016^[3]
Party		Seats				Popular vote
Party		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

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward

Bandley Hill^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michelle Gardner	783
	Conservative	Alexander Farquharson	603
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	98
	TUSC	Mark Pickersgill	96
Majority
Turnout				32.11%
	Labour hold

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward

Bedwell^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of Chells ward

Chells^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of Manor ward

Manor^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of Old Town ward

Old Town^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Henry	858
	Conservative	Kevin Orral	540
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	148
Majority
Turnout				33.35%
	Labour hold

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Location of Woodfield ward

Woodfield^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Notley	660
	Labour	Jim Callaghan	441
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Peter Charles Snell	74
Majority
Turnout				34.9%
	Conservative hold

References

^ 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]}

[1] Steven Ayres (19 May 2016). "Local elections 2016" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 23.

[BBC-2] "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[Results-3] "Local election: Stevenage Borough Council results". Hertfordshire Mercury. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[results-4] ^ ^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]}

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