1995 Stevenage Borough Council election

1995 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
14 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1995 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1995 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1995. 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 1991. There was also a second seat up for election in Martins Wood ward. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

Overall results

1995 Stevenage Borough Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	4	0	4	100.0	67.0	13,438	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	1	0.0	16.5	3,310	1.9
	Conservative	0	0	1	2		15.6	3,124	13.0
	Militant Labour	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.9	189	4.1
Total		13						20,061

	Labour hold

All comparisons in seats and vote share are to the corresponding 1991 election.

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan E. Lloyd^[4]	1,327	72.2%
	Conservative	F. Warner	196	10.7%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Segadelli	184	10.0%
	Militant Labour	J. Horton	131	7.1%
Turnout				31.3%
	Labour hold

Bedwell Plash

Location of Bedwell Plash ward

Bedwell Plash^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hilda Lawrence^[4]	1,210	81.3%
	Conservative	M. Wyatt	148	9.9%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Knight	130	8.7%
Turnout				39.9%
	Labour hold

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sue Myson^[4]	1,298	64.4%
	Conservative	M. Davies	412	20.4%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Dodd	305	15.1%
Turnout				41.8%
	Labour hold

Martins Wood (2 seats)

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lilian Strange^[4]	1,293
	Labour	S. Speller	1,287
	Conservative	M. Mason	455
	Conservative	E. Hegan	409
	Liberal Democrats	B. Segadelli	308
	Liberal Democrats	K. Taylor	306
Turnout				32.6%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Mobbsbury

Location of Mobbsbury ward

Mobbsbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tanis G.M. Kent^[4]	793	47.8%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Parker	778	46.9%
	Conservative	S. Huetson	87	5.2%
Turnout				53.1%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Monkswood

Location of Monkswood ward

Monkswood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Underwood^[4]	715	80.2%
	Conservative	P. Rushforth	94	10.5%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Robbins	83	9.3%
Turnout				38.5%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage

Location of Old Stevenage ward

Old Stevenage^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Royall^[4]	1,294	55.9%
	Conservative	J. Carter	796	34.4%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Moorcroft	226	9.8%
Turnout				41.1%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Weston	995	76.5%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Grubert	162	12.5%
	Conservative	H. Poole	143	11.0%
Turnout				35.6%
	Labour hold

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alfred McCarthy^[4]	1,006	73.0%
	Conservative	M. Hurst	216	15.7%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Tron	157	11.4%
Turnout				35.0%
	Labour hold

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard J. Henry^[4]	728	54.3%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Griffith	475	35.4%
	Conservative	S. Woods	138	10.3%
Turnout				38.0%
	Labour gain from Liberal

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian P. Hall^[4]	863	80.9%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Snell	79	7.4%
	Conservative	D. Notley	67	6.3%
	Militant Labour	M. Evans	58	5.4%
Turnout				34.1%
	Labour hold

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Cox	1,450	73.8%
	Conservative	R. Dimelow	308	15.7%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Ward	206	10.5%
Turnout				36.8%
	Labour hold

Wellfield

Location of Wellfield ward

Wellfield^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Judith Wallis-Price^[4]	466	62.4%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Latham	217	29.0%
	Conservative	L. Clark	64	8.6%
Turnout				46.5%
	Labour gain from Liberal

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1995". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Members of the Council". Archived from the original on 8 November 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1995". The Elections Centre.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[names-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Members of the Council". Archived from the original on 8 November 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

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