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2010 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 2010 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

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.

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

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2010
	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

References

^ "Election 2010". BBC News.
^ "Stevenage Conservative councillor defects to UKIP". The Comet. 29 July 2013.

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[1] "Election 2010". BBC News.

[2] "Stevenage Conservative councillor defects to UKIP". The Comet. 29 July 2013.

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