1996 Stevenage Borough Council election
Appearance
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13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1996 Stevenage Borough Council elections. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1992. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. The council was one of a number where the Conservatives lost their last seats.[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 92.3 | 70.3 | 12,748 | 27.0 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18.6 | 3,468 | 17.9 | |
Militant Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 196 | New | |
Social Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All comparisons in seats and vote share are to the corresponding 1992 election.
Ward results
Bandley Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Woodward[6] | 1,175 | 68.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | K. Lloyd | 220 | 12.8% | |
Conservative | F. Warner | 187 | 10.9% | |
Militant Labour | J. Horton | 141 | 8.2% | |
Turnout | 29.2% | |||
Labour hold |
Bedwell Plash
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Downing[6] | 1,086 | 79.9% | |
Conservative | M. Wyatt | 170 | 12.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Grubert | 104 | 7.6% | |
Turnout | 36.8% | |||
Labour hold |
Chells
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Vale[6] | 879 | 84.8% | |
Conservative | G. Hegan | 158 | 15.2% | |
Turnout | 32.1% | |||
Labour hold |
Longmeadow
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bruce Jackson[6] | 1,026 | 64.2% | |
Conservative | R. Dimelow | 295 | 18.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Latham | 278 | 17.4% | |
Turnout | 33.2% | |||
Labour hold |
Martins Wood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael P. Patston[6] | 1,269 | 64.6% | |
Conservative | E. Hegan | 437 | 22.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Segadelli | 259 | 13.2% | |
Turnout | 28.6% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Mobbsbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robin G. Parker[6] | 847 | 50.4% | |
Labour | J. Nadauld | 755 | 45.0% | |
Conservative | S. Huetson | 77 | 4.6% | |
Turnout | 54.2% | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Note: Mobbsbury ward was won by Labour at the last regular election in 1992, but gained by the Liberal Democrats in an unscheduled election in 1994.
Monkswood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Harrington[6] | 653 | 85.6% | |
Conservative | P. Rushforth | 110 | 14.4% | |
Turnout | 34.0% | |||
Labour hold |
Old Stevenage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pamela E.J. Gallagher[6] | 1,261 | 60.7% | |
Conservative | P. McPartland | 815 | 39.3% | |
Turnout | 37.7% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Pin Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon K. Speller[6] | 910 | 74.0% | |
Conservative | M. Mason | 186 | 15.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Moorcroft | 133 | 10.8% | |
Turnout | 34.7% | |||
Labour hold |
Roebuck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Monika Cherney-Craw[6] | 871 | 69.4% | |
Conservative | M. Hurst | 207 | 16.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Hamblin | 177 | 14.1% | |
Turnout | 31.9% | |||
Labour hold |
St Nicholas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Fowler[6] | 687 | 68.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Griffith | 166 | 16.5% | |
Conservative | S. Woods | 156 | 15.5% | |
Turnout | 29.1% | |||
Labour hold |
Shephall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Robert A. Clark[6] | 697 | 77.2% | |
Conservative | M. Davies | 89 | 9.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Snell | 62 | 6.9% | |
Militant Labour | M. Pickersgrill | 55 | 6.1% | |
Turnout | 28.7% | |||
Labour hold |
Symonds Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony T. Turner[6] | 1,479 | 71.8% | |
Conservative | M. Notley | 581 | 28.2% | |
Turnout | 37.3% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
References
- ^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
- ^ "Local Election Summaries 1996". The Elections Centre.
- ^ Millar, Frank (3 May 1996). "Tories suffer massive defeats in local elections". Irish Times. p. 10.
- ^ a b "Complete list of results;Elections;Local". The Times. 4 May 1996. p. 1.
- ^ 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 l m "Members of the Council". Archived from the original on 8 November 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2019.