2010 Stevenage Borough Council election

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council stood for election; the seats which were last contested in 2006. The election saw the Conservative Party gain a further 3 seats.

2010 Stevenage Borough Council election

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13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 30 5 3 Seats won 8 4 1 Seats after 27 9 3 Seat change 3 4 1 Popular vote 13,670 13,365 8,367 Percentage 35.8% 35.0% 21.9%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2010 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:^[1]

• Labour 27
• Conservative 9
• Liberal Democrat 3

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2010

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	3	-3	61.5	35.9	13730	-4.2%
	Conservative	4	3	0	3	30.8	34.9	13365	-0.5%
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	7.7	21.9	8367	+5.1%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	2402	+2.2%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	136	+0.4%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	133	-2.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	121	+0.3%

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward

Bandley Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lloyd	1,149	38.6	−3.1
	Conservative	Roger Gill	1,055	35.5	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	497	16.7	+7.2
	UKIP	Angela Denness	275	9.2	+9.2
Majority			94	3.1	−8.4
Turnout			2976	61.5	+27.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward

Bedwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Underwood	1,114	39.8	−12.8
	Conservative	Christine Saint Leitner	744	26.6	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Lambert	522	18.6	+2.4
	UKIP	Maureen Dilley	421	15.0	+15.0
Majority			370	13.2	−8.2
Turnout			2801	60.0	+28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Chells

Location of Chells ward

Chells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Stuart	1,226	39.1	−4.7
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	973	31.0	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Steiner	937	29.9	+0.1
Majority			253	8.1	−5.9
Turnout			3136	65.2	+27.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Hurst	1,086	37.5	−2.9
	Labour	Suzanne Myson	996	34.4	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Baskerville	561	19.4	+7.7
	UKIP	Roy Worden	254	8.8	−1.6
Majority			90	3.1	+0.3
Turnout			2897	67.2	+27.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Manor

Location of Manor ward

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Mead	1,427	40.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Susan Smith	1,144	32.8	+1.9
	Labour	Joseph Sherry	711	20.4	−2.8
	UKIP	Mark Rowe	210	6.0	+0.9
Majority			283	8.1	−1.8
Turnout			3492	71.0	+29.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hearn	1,044	36.6	−1.0
	Labour	Jeanette Thomas	921	32.1	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Aylward	535	18.6	+11.5
	UKIP	Pat Jones	239	8.3	+5.8
	English Democrat	John Cooper	133	4.6	−8.7
Majority			123	4.5	+2.2
Turnout			2872	62.3	+26.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward

Old Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marilyn Yarnold-Foster	1,421	38.7	−3.4
	Labour	Pamela Gallagher	1,349	36.7	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Snell	662	18.0	+8.8
	UKIP	Bernard Maddox	244	6.6	−1.2
Majority			72	2.0	+0.8
Turnout			3676	66.1	+24.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lin Martin-Haugh	1,163	40.9	−6.7
	Conservative	Philip Roethenbaugh	881	31.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Copsey	480	16.9	+5.5
	UKIP	David McDonagh	181	6.4	+6.4
	BNP	Michael Green	136	4.8	+4.8
Majority			282	9.9	−8.2
Turnout			2841	63.1	+31.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sherma Batson	1,055	37.2	−2.5
	Conservative	Harvey Page	943	33.2	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Baskerville	546	19.2	+7.7
	UKIP	Victoria Gabriel	293	10.3	−5.4
Majority			112	4.0	−2.6
Turnout			2837	62.0	+29.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Latif	1,098	41.4	−3.1
	Conservative	Gillian Mould	855	32.2	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	581	21.9	+0.2
	Independent	Carol Knowles	121	4.6	+4.6
Majority			243	9.2	−1.5
Turnout			2655	61.2	+29.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Clark	1,035	41.5	−5.9
	Conservative	Anita Speight	707	28.4	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baskerville	465	18.7	+2.5
	UKIP	Bob Layson	285	11.4	+1.1
Majority			328	13.1	−8.3
Turnout			2492	58.0	+26.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Taylor	1,191	42.4	−5.2
	Conservative	Paul Mould	1,082	38.5	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hearmon	537	19.1	+5.5
Majority			109	3.9	−4.8
Turnout			2810	64.5	+33.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward

Woodfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Bibby	1,430	52.8	−7.8
	Labour	Christopher Saunders	662	24.4	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Lloyd-Manning	617	22.8	+9.3
Majority			768	28.4	−6.3
Turnout			2709	67.2	+30.9
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Note: Woodfield ward was won by Marion Mason for the Conservatives in 2006, but she defected to UKIP in January 2008.^[2]