1999 Stevenage Borough Council election

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6 May 1999

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All 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

29.9%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Seats before	37	2	0
Seats won	33	1	3
Seats after	33	3	3
Seat change	4	1	3
Percentage	54.9%	25.3%	19.0%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1999 Stevenage Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result[edit]

Stevenage Local Election Result 1999
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Labour	33	-4	84.6
Liberal Democrats	3	+1	7.7
Conservative	3	+3	7.7

Ward results[edit]

Bandley Hill[edit]

Bandley Hill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Woodward	789
	Labour	Joan Lloyd	774
	Labour	Lilian Strange	764
	Conservative	Sherree Kerby	238
	Conservative	Claire Halling	234
	Socialist Alternative	Jean Halling	62
Turnout				23%

Bedwell[edit]

Bedwell^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth Harrington	1,135
	Labour	David Cullen	1,097
	Labour	Brian Underwood	1,097
	Conservative	James Bellers	235
	Liberal Democrats	George Robbins	262
	Liberal Democrats	Sydney Grubert	246
Turnout				31%

Chells[edit]

Chells^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kenneth Vale	861
	Labour	Pamela Stuart	854
	Labour	Gill Tuffin	830
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Lambert	355
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey MacFadyen	332
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Destafeno	282
	Conservative	Susan Smith	190
Turnout				28%

Longmeadow[edit]

Longmeadow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Webb	749
	Labour	Suzanne Myson	710
	Labour	Bruce Jackson	704
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Akhurst	392
	Conservative	Val Ovenden	376
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Latham	329
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Baskerville	314
	Green	Bill Hoyes	102
Turnout				30%

Manor[edit]

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Parker	1,018
	Liberal Democrats	Lis Knight	948
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Snell	939
	Labour	Jeanette Thomas	528
	Labour	Jacqueline Hollywell	501
	Labour	Mahendran Chelvachandran	479
	Conservative	Stuart Greaves	460
	Conservative	Edward Hegan	426
	Conservative	Gwen Hegan	421
Turnout				43%

Martins Wood[edit]

Martins Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Patston	793
	Labour	Dave Monaghan	776
	Labour	David Royall	764
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	427
Turnout				25%

Old Town[edit]

Old Town^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Downing	969
	Labour	Pamela Gallagher	966
	Labour	Hugh Tessier	886
	Conservative	Victoria Greaves	498
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Moorcroft	433
Turnout				33%

Pin Green[edit]

Pin Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Reg Smith	1,003
	Labour	Tanis Kent	981
	Labour	Simon Speller	937
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	352
Turnout				28%

Roebuck[edit]

Roebuck^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Gardner	742
	Labour	Alfred McCarthy	734
	Labour	Brian Dunnell	694
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	350
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilkins	483
Turnout				28%

St Nicholas[edit]

St Nicholas^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Judith Wallis Price	768
	Labour	Stanley Munden	753
	Labour	Richard Henry	752
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	388
	Conservative	Terri Woods	295
Turnout				27%

Shephall[edit]

Shephall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eddie Webb	926
	Labour	Bob Clark	895
	Labour	Brian Hall	884
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knight	241
	Conservative	Freda Warner	229
Turnout				28%

Symonds Green[edit]

Symonds Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Kissane	988
	Labour	Sharon Taylor	884
	Labour	Anthony Turner	847
	Conservative	Margaret Notley	402
	Conservative	Claire Halling	376
	Conservative	Jean Halling	363
	Liberal Democrats	Cecil Lewis	181
Turnout				31%

Woodfield[edit]

Woodfield^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Clark	526
	Conservative	Marion Mason	514
	Conservative	Peter McPartland	510
	Labour	Caroline Latif	424
	Labour	Patrick Newman	417
	Labour	Omar Ismail	374
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Sturges	145
Turnout				34%

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1999". Archived from the original on 9 February 2001.

1999 Stevenage election result

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