2006 Stevenage Borough Council election

2006 Stevenage Borough Council election
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2006 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2002. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	84.6	46.4	10,466	+6.6%
Conservative	1	7.7	29.7	6,711	+0.3%
Liberal Democrats	1	7.7	21.8	4,913	-6.5%
English Democrat	0	0	1.2	274	+1.2%
Green	0	0	0.9	202	-1.0%

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward

Bandley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lloyd	824	50.9	+5.9
	Conservative	Freda Warner	434	26.8	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knight	361	22.3	+1.3
Majority			390	24.1	+13.1
Turnout			1,619
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward

Bedwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Underwood	1,144	67.1	+17.8
	Conservative	Christine Saint-Leitner	561	32.9	+9.7
Majority			583	34.2	+8.1
Turnout			1,705
	Labour hold		Swing

Chells

Location of Chells ward

Chells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Stuart	860	45.5	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Griffith	633	33.5	−12.1
	Conservative	Julie Seddon	396	21.0	+2.0
Majority			227	12.0
Turnout			1,889
	Labour hold		Swing

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suzanne Myson	846	46.9	+10.3
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	618	34.3	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Baskerville	340	18.8	−8.7
Majority			228	12.6	+11.9
Turnout			1,804
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Location of Manor ward

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Knight	1,129	52.6	−6.6
	Conservative	Susan Smith	545	25.4	+3.4
	Labour	Thomas McGarry	472	22.0	+3.2
Majority			584	27.2	−10.0
Turnout			2,146
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeannette Thomas	698	43.4	+7.9
	Conservative	Richard Seddon	553	34.4	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	357	22.2	+2.2
Majority			145	9.0	+5.4
Turnout			1,608
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Gallagher	998	45.6	+5.2
	Conservative	James Fraser	732	33.5	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Latham	255	11.7	−3.8
	Green	Stuart Madgin	202	9.2	−0.4
Majority			266	12.1	+6.3
Turnout			2,187
	Labour hold		Swing

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tanis Kent	933	52.4	+5.9
	Conservative	Mollie Cawthorn	381	21.4	−9.3
	English Democrat	Richard Aitkins	274	15.4	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	191	10.7	−12.2
Majority			552	31.0	+15.2
Turnout			1,779
	Labour hold		Swing

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sherma Batson	817	50.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Roger Gill	471	28.8	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Baskerville	347	21.2	−4.6
Majority			346	21.2	+6.3
Turnout			1,635
	Labour hold		Swing

St Nicolas

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Latif	772	50.7	+9.5
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	398	26.1	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	353	23.2	−5.9
Majority			374	24.6	+13.0
Turnout			1,523
	Labour hold		Swing

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Clark	805	55.1	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baskerville	378	25.9	+3.2
	Conservative	Leslie Clark	277	19.0	−5.6
Majority			427	29.2	+1.2
Turnout			1,460
	Labour hold		Swing

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Taylor	909	53.9	+7.3
	Conservative	Claire Poole	516	30.6	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hearmon	261	15.5	−4.8
Majority			393	23.3	+9.7
Turnout			1,686
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward

Woodfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Mason	829	54.4	0.0
	Labour	Monika Cherney-Craw	388	25.4	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Lloyd	308	20.2	−5.6
Majority			441	29.0	+0.4
Turnout			1,525
	Conservative hold		Swing