2007 Stevenage Borough Council election

2007 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 2007 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2003. 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 2007
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	84.6	46.8	10,130	+0.4%
Conservative	1	7.7	30.2	6,533	+0.5%
Liberal Democrats	1	7.7	21.3	4,612	-0.5%
BNP	0	0	1.0	211	+1.0%
Green	0	0	0.8	172	-0.1%

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward

Bandley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Hollywell	805	51.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Freda Warner	474	30.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knight	276	17.7	−4.6
Majority			331	21.3	−2.8
Turnout			1,555	32.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward

Bedwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Harrington	1,037	60.7	−6.4
	Conservative	Christine St. Leitner	430	25.2	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sydney Grubert	241	14.1	+14.1
Majority			607	35.5	+1.3
Turnout			1,708	36.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Chells

Location of Chells ward

Chells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Burrell	771	41.9	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Griffith	750	40.8	+7.3
	Conservative	Julie Seddon	318	17.3	−3.7
Majority			21	1.1	−10.9
Turnout			1,839	39.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Monika Cherney-Craw	689	41.8	−5.1
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	645	39.2	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Baskerville	313	19.0	+0.2
Majority			44	2.6	−10.0
Turnout			1,647	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Location of Manor ward

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Parker	1,091	54.4	+1.8
	Conservative	Susan Smith	465	23.2	−2.2
	Labour	Joseph Sherry	449	22.4	+0.4
Majority			626	31.2	+4.0
Turnout			2,005	41.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Patston	680	43.6	+0.2
	Conservative	Dilys Clark	608	39.0	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	272	17.4	−4.8
Majority			72	4.6	−4.4
Turnout			1,560	34.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Downing	1,018	49.0	+3.4
	Conservative	James Fraser	700	33.7	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Latham	189	9.1	−2.6
	Green	Stuart Madgin	172	8.3	−0.9
Majority			318	15.3	+3.2
Turnout			2,079	43.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Smith	848	51.6	−0.8
	Conservative	Leslie Clark	378	23.0	+1.6
	BNP	Michael Green	211	12.9	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	205	12.5	+1.8
Majority			470	28.6	−2.4
Turnout			1,642	37.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gardner	816	52.2	+2.2
	Conservative	Roger Gill	480	30.7	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Baskerville	266	17.0	−4.2
Majority			336	21.5	+0.3
Turnout			1,562	34.7
	Labour hold		Swing

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Raynor	742	50.8	+0.1
	Conservative	Andrew Elwell	399	27.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	320	21.9	−1.3
Majority			343	23.5	−1.1
Turnout			1,461	33.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Webb	806	56.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Anita Speight	348	24.3	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baskerville	278	19.4	−6.5
Majority			458	32.0	+2.8
Turnout			1,432	32.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kissane	1,040	61.6	+7.7
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	470	27.8	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hearmon	179	10.6	−4.9
Majority			570	33.8	+10.5
Turnout			1,689	38.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward

Woodfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Clark	818	55.3	+0.9
	Labour	Richard Rawlings	429	29.0	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Lloyd	232	15.7	−4.5
Majority			389	26.3	−2.7
Turnout			1,479	37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing