1998 Stevenage Borough Council election

1998 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	26.0%
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1998 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1994. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Quick facts 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Labour 37
Liberal Democrat 2

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[2]

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	12	0	1	1	92.3	62.5	9,144	2.8
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	7.7	15.8	2,305	2.3
Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	21.5	3,144	0.9
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	35	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jacqueline Hollywell	925	71.0%
	Conservative	Freda Warner	206	15.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knigh	136	10.4%
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Pickersgill	35	2.7%
Turnout				20.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Lawrence	729	73.9%
	Conservative	Victoria Greaves	147	14.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilkins	110	11.2%
Turnout				26.3%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pamela Stuart	508	70.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Lambert	125	17.2%
	Conservative	Gwen Hegan	92	12.7%
Turnout				21.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Webb	767	61.3%
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	272	21.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Latham	212	16.9%
Turnout				25.4%
	Labour hold

1998 Stevenage Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bedwell Plash

Chells

Longmeadow

Martins Wood

Mobbsbury

Monkswood

Old Stevenage

Pin Green

Roebuck

St Nicholas

Shephall

Symonds Green

References

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Martins Wood^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gary Marshall	853	47.6%
	Conservative	Stuart Greaves	706	39.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Knight	234	13.1%
Turnout				22.7%
	Labour hold

Mobbsbury^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Snell	617	47.7%
	Labour	Gillian Tuffin	614	47.4%
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	63	4.9%
Turnout				41.7%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Monkswood^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Cullen	463	77.0%
	Liberal Democrats	George Robbins	70	11.6%
	Conservative	Alexandra Young	68	11.3%
Turnout				27.1%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hugh Tessier	944	53.5%
	Conservative	Jean Carter	615	34.9%
	Liberal Democrats	David Williams	205	11.6%
Turnout				30.5%
	Labour hold