Election resulting in Labor Party retaining control
Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2003 . The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Labour 32 Liberal Democrat 4 Conservative 3 Election result Stevenage Local Election Result 2007 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 11 0 0 0 84.6 46.8 10,130 +0.4% Conservative 1 0 0 0 7.7 30.2 6,533 +0.5% Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 7.7 21.3 4,612 -0.5% BNP 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 211 +1.0% Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 172 -0.1%
Ward results Bandley Hill Location of Bandley Hill ward Bandley Hill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jackie Hollywell 805 51.8 +0.9 Conservative Freda Warner 474 30.5 +3.7 Liberal Democrats Gordon Knight 276 17.7 -4.6 Majority 331 21.3 -2.8 Turnout 1,555 32.4 Labour hold Swing
Bedwell Location of Bedwell ward Bedwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Liz Harrington 1,037 60.7 -6.4 Conservative Christine St. Leitner 430 25.2 -7.7 Liberal Democrats Sydney Grubert 241 14.1 +14.1 Majority 607 35.5 +1.3 Turnout 1,708 36.3 Labour hold Swing
Chells Location of Chells ward Chells Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Howard Burrell 771 41.9 -3.6 Liberal Democrats Audrey Griffith 750 40.8 +7.3 Conservative Julie Seddon 318 17.3 -3.7 Majority 21 1.1 -10.9 Turnout 1,839 39.6 Labour hold Swing
Longmeadow Location of Longmeadow ward Longmeadow Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Monika Cherney-Craw 689 41.8 -5.1 Conservative Matthew Hurst 645 39.2 +4.9 Liberal Democrats Ralph Baskerville 313 19.0 +0.2 Majority 44 2.6 -10.0 Turnout 1,647 37.9 Labour hold Swing
Manor Location of Manor ward Manor Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Robin Parker 1,091 54.4 +1.8 Conservative Susan Smith 465 23.2 -2.2 Labour Joseph Sherry 449 22.4 +0.4 Majority 626 31.2 +4.0 Turnout 2,005 41.3 Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Martins Wood Location of Martins Wood ward Martins Wood Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Patston 680 43.6 +0.2 Conservative Dilys Clark 608 39.0 +4.6 Liberal Democrats Barbara Segadelli 272 17.4 -4.8 Majority 72 4.6 -4.4 Turnout 1,560 34.3 Labour hold Swing
Old Town Location of Old Town ward Old Town Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Downing 1,018 49.0 +3.4 Conservative James Fraser 700 33.7 +0.2 Liberal Democrats Margaret Latham 189 9.1 -2.6 Green Stuart Madgin 172 8.3 -0.9 Majority 318 15.3 +3.2 Turnout 2,079 43.1 Labour hold Swing
Pin Green Location of Pin Green ward Pin Green Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Reg Smith 848 51.6 -0.8 Conservative Leslie Clark 378 23.0 +1.6 BNP Michael Green 211 12.9 +12.9 Liberal Democrats Mary Griffith 205 12.5 +1.8 Majority 470 28.6 -2.4 Turnout 1,642 37.3 Labour hold Swing
Roebuck Location of Roebuck ward Roebuck Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Gardner 816 52.2 +2.2 Conservative Roger Gill 480 30.7 +1.9 Liberal Democrats Denise Baskerville 266 17.0 -4.2 Majority 336 21.5 +0.3 Turnout 1,562 34.7 Labour hold Swing
St Nicholas Location of St Nicholas ward St Nicholas Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ralph Raynor 742 50.8 +0.1 Conservative Andrew Elwell 399 27.3 +1.2 Liberal Democrats Heather Snell 320 21.9 -1.3 Majority 343 23.5 -1.1 Turnout 1,461 33.8 Labour hold Swing
Shephall Location of Shephall ward Shephall Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ann Webb 806 56.3 +1.2 Conservative Anita Speight 348 24.3 +5.3 Liberal Democrats Nicholas Baskerville 278 19.4 -6.5 Majority 458 32.0 +2.8 Turnout 1,432 32.6 Labour hold Swing
Symonds Green Location of Symonds Green ward Symonds Green Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David Kissane 1,040 61.6 +7.7 Conservative Matthew Wyatt 470 27.8 -2.8 Liberal Democrats Clive Hearmon 179 10.6 -4.9 Majority 570 33.8 +10.5 Turnout 1,689 38.8 Labour hold Swing
Woodfield Location of Woodfield ward Woodfield Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Graham Clark 818 55.3 +0.9 Labour Richard Rawlings 429 29.0 +3.6 Liberal Democrats Katherine Lloyd 232 15.7 -4.5 Majority 389 26.3 -2.7 Turnout 1,479 37.1 Conservative hold Swing
References 2007 Stevenage election result Ward results