2003 Stevenage Borough Council election

2003 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 2003 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election; the seats of the candidates who finished first in each ward in the all-out election of 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council,^[1] as had been predicted before the election.^[2] Overall turnout was 52.2%.^[3]

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

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	84.6	47.7	14,542	-5.5%
Liberal Democrats	1	7.7	25.4	7,733	+6.7%
Conservative	1	7.7	25.1	7,659	-1.0%
Green	0	0	1.4	431	-0.3%
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0.4	112	+0.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Hollywell	1,174	52.2	−13.8
	Conservative	Freda Warner	650	28.9	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sean McManus	425	18.9	+18.9
Majority			524	23.3	−8.7
Turnout			2,249	47.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Harrington	1,398	59.5	−4.7
	Conservative	Galina Dimelow	440	18.7	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Meacham	399	17.0	+3.6
	Socialist Alternative	Stephen Glennon	112	4.8	+0.2
Majority			958	40.8	−5.6
Turnout			2,349	50.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Vale	1,307	51.9	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Lambert	822	32.7	+3.2
	Conservative	Ralph Dimelow	387	15.4	−2.6
Majority			485	19.2	−3.9
Turnout			2,516	55.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Webb	1,072	46.6	−2.8
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	646	28.1	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Baskerville	582	25.3	+6.6
Majority			426	18.5	−6.1
Turnout			2,300	51.8

2003 Stevenage Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bedwell

Chells

Longmeadow

Manor

Martins Wood

Old Town

Pin Green

Roebuck

St Nicholas

Shephall

Symonds Green

Woodfield

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Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Parker	1,859	66.3	+12.3
	Labour	Gordana Bjelic-Rados	472	16.8	−9.1
	Conservative	Dilys Clark	472	16.8	−3.3
Majority			1,387	49.5	+21.4
Turnout			2,803	58.0

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Patston	958	42.8	−7.8
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	664	29.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	404	18.0	+3.3
	Green	Ian Murrill	214	9.6	+2.6
Majority			294	13.2	−9.6
Turnout			2,240	49.0

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Downing	1,256	46.4	−4.3
	Conservative	Jody Hanafin	749	27.7	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Moorcroft	484	17.9	+4.3
	Green	Bernard Chapman	217	8.0	+1.3
Majority			507	18.7	−3.0
Turnout			2,706	57.3

Pin Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Smith	1,237	54.0	−5.3
	Conservative	Mollie Cawthorn	564	24.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	488	21.3	+4.2
Majority			673	29.4	−6.3
Turnout			2,289	52.2