Stevenage Borough Council election, 2010

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council stood for election. The election saw the Conservative party gain a further 3 seats.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• 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 Democrat	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 Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lloyd	1,149	38.6	-3.1
	Conservative	Roger Gill	1,055	35.5	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Underwood	1,114	39.8	-12.8
	Conservative	Christine Saint Leitner	744	26.6	-4.6
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Stuart	1,226	39.1	-4.7
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	973	31.0	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Steiner	937	29.9	+0.1
Majority			253	8.1	-5.9
Turnout			3136	65.2	+27.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Longmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Hurst	1,086	37.5	-2.9
	Labour	Suzanne Myson	996	34.4	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hearn	1,044	36.6	-1.0
	Labour	Jeanette Thomas	921	32.1	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Aylward	535	18.6	+11.5
	UKIP	Pat Jones	239	8.3	+5.8
	English Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marilyn Yarnold-Foster	1,421	38.7	-3.4
	Labour	Pamela Gallagher	1,349	36.7	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lin Martin-Haugh	1,163	40.9	-6.7
	Conservative	Philip Roethenbaugh	881	31.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sherma Batson	1,055	37.2	-2.5
	Conservative	Harvey Page	943	33.2	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Latif	1,098	41.4	-3.1
	Conservative	Gillian Mould	855	32.2	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Clark	1,035	41.5	-5.9
	Conservative	Anita Speight	707	28.4	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Taylor	1,191	42.4	-5.2
	Conservative	Paul Mould	1,082	38.5	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Hearmon	537	19.1	+5.5
Majority			109	3.9	-4.8
Turnout			2810	64.5	+33.2
	Labour hold		Swing

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

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