2012 Stevenage Borough Council election

2012 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 2012 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;

Elections to Stevenage Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council were elected; the seats which were last contested in 2008.

The composition of the council after the election was:^[1]

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2012
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	3	0	+3	84.6	52.6	10498	+5.8%
Conservative	1	0	3	-3	7.7	28.8	5740	-2.4%
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	±0	7.7	11.6	2309	+1.3%
UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0	2.9	587	-7.1%
TUSC	0	0	0	±0	0	2.2	438	+1.0%
Green	0	0	0	±0	0	1.9	377	+1.5%

Ward Results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward

Bandley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Gardner	814	53.8	+6.5
	Conservative	Sharon Hearn	492	32.5	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	105	6.9	+0.8
	TUSC	Amanda Dilley	101	6.7	+3.6
Majority			322	21.3	+7.0
Turnout			1512	30.7	−9.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward

Bedwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cullen	897	56.8	+0.1
	Conservative	Ellin Joseph	258	16.3	−5.3
	UKIP	Sean Howlett	218	13.8	+0.6
	Green	Ian Cropton	88	5.6	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Betts	78	4.9	+4.9
	TUSC	Steve Glennon	39	2.5	−0.2
Majority			639	40.5	+5.4
Turnout			1578	31.1	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Chells

Location of Chells ward

Chells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vickie Warwick	875	56.2	+8.2
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	382	24.5	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Steiner	201	12.9	−1.6
	TUSC	Mark Pickersgill	100	6.4	+6.4
Majority			493	31.6	+8.8
Turnout			1558	31.1	−10.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lorraine Bell	778	47.0	+5.1
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	596	36.0	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Baskerville	172	10.4	+0.6
	TUSC	Helen Kerr	109	6.6	+3.5
Majority			182	11.0	+5.4
Turnout			1655	36.4	−8.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Manor

Location of Manor ward

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Snell	837	45.6	+4.3
	Labour	Amanda King	566	30.8	+4.9
	Conservative	Susan Smith	432	23.5	−2.2
Majority			271	14.8	−0.6
Turnout			1835	36.6	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen McKay	835	60.1	+12.2
	Conservative	Dilys Clark	425	30.6	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Aylward	130	9.4	+2.6
Majority			410	29.5	+17.2
Turnout			1390	29.7	−12.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Brown	1,020	49.5	+1.8
	Conservative	James Fraser	783	38.0	+1.0
	Green	Elizabeth Sturges	159	7.7	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Snell	99	4.8	−2.9
Majority			237	11.5	+0.8
Turnout			2061	33.8	−9.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Speller	861	58.1	+7.3
	Conservative	Bill Whelan	336	22.7	−9.2
	UKIP	Michael Kumar	188	12.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Piroth	97	6.5	−0.2
Majority			525	35.4	+16.4
Turnout			1482	31.9	−9.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lloyd	758	52.8	+3.9
	Conservative	Adam Mitchell	424	29.5	−3.6
	Green	Graham White	130	9.1	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Baskerville	83	5.8	+5.8
	TUSC	Bryan Clare	41	2.9	−0.4
Majority			334	23.2	+7.3
Turnout			1436	30.3	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward

Location of Shephall ward

St Nicholas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Henry	860	62.6	+9.8
	Conservative	Gillian Mould	352	25.6	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	162	11.8	+1.8
Majority			508	37.0	+11.8
Turnout			1374	28.9	−11.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Pickersgill	760	58.7	+4.3
	Conservative	Michelle Calcutt	215	16.6	−5.8
	UKIP	Andrea Taylor	181	14.0	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baskerville	91	7.0	−2.1
	TUSC	Barbara Clare	48	3.7	−0.9
Majority			545	42.1	+10.2
Turnout			1295	28.6	−8.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurie Chester	953	63.2	+4.8
	Conservative	Paul Mould	431	28.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hearmon	123	8.2	+2.2
Majority			522	34.6	+4.3
Turnout			1507	33.6	−9.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward

Woodfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Notley	614	48.5	+0.5
	Labour	Jim Callaghan	521	41.2	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Lloyd-Manning	131	10.3	+1.4
Majority			93	7.3	−2.3
Turnout			1266	30.3	−12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"2012 Election Results". Stevenage Borough Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

^ "Vote 2012". BBC News.

[1] "Vote 2012". BBC News.

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