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2004 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 2004 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2000. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	10	-1	76.9	39.8	8,749	-7.9%
Liberal Democrats	2	+1	15.4	28.3	6,224	+2.9%
Conservative	1	0	7.7	29.4	6,460	+4.3%
Green	0	0	0	1.9	413	+0.5%
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0.5	119	+0.1%

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lillian Strange	739	45.0	−7.2
	Conservative	Mollie Cawthorn	558	34.0	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sean McManus	345	21.0	+2.1
Majority			181	11.0	−12.3
Turnout			1,642	35.1	−11.9

Bedwell

Bedwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cullen	869	49.3	−10.2
	Conservative	Christine Saint-Leitner	408	23.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Meacham	365	20.7	+3.7
	Socialist Alternative	Stephen Glennon	119	6.8	+2.0
Majority			461	26.1	−14.7
Turnout			1,761	38.7	−11.6

Chells

Chells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Lambert	828	45.6	+12.9
	Labour	Jeannette Thomas	643	35.4	−16.5
	Conservative	Jody Hanafin	344	19.0	+3.6
Majority			185	10.2
Turnout			1,815	40.5	−15.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Longmeadow

Longmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Jackson	619	36.6	−10.0
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	606	35.9	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Baskerville	464	27.5	+2.2
Majority			13	0.7	−17.8
Turnout			1,689	39.6	−12.2

Manor

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Snell	1,232	59.2	−7.1
	Conservative	Prudence Howells	458	22.0	+5.2
	Labour	Howard Burrell	392	18.8	+2.0
Majority			774	37.2	−12.3
Turnout			2,082	43.9	−14.1

Martins Wood

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Royall	585	35.5	−7.3
	Conservative	Ralph Dimelow	526	31.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	330	20.0	+2.0
	Green	Ian Murrill	207	12.6	+3.0
Majority			59	3.6	−9.6
Turnout			1,648	37.2	−11.8

Old Town

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Tessier	870	40.4	−6.0
	Conservative	Dilys Clark	746	34.6	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Moorcroft	333	15.5	−2.4
	Green	Bernard Chapman	206	9.6	+1.6
Majority			124	5.8	−12.9
Turnout			2,155	46.3	−11.0

Pin Green

Pin Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Speller	762	46.5	−7.5
	Conservative	Leslie Clark	503	30.7	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	375	22.9	+1.6
Majority			259	15.8	−13.6
Turnout			1,640	37.7	−14.5

Roebuck

Roebuck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lloyd	760	44.5	−5.2
	Conservative	Anita Speight	505	29.6	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knight	441	25.8	+1.1
Majority			255	14.9	−9.2
Turnout			1,706	39.3	−9.7

St Nicholas

St Nicholas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Henry	586	41.2	−7.3
	Conservative	Ian Pritchard	421	29.6	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	414	29.1	+2.6
Majority			165	11.6	−10.4
Turnout			1,421	33.9	−13.1

Shephall

Shephall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Pickersgill	838	52.6	−8.6
	Conservative	Freda Warner	392	24.6	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baskerville	362	22.7	+3.3
Majority			446	28.0	−13.8
Turnout			1,592	37.2	−14.5

Symonds Green

Symonds Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Turner	784	46.6	−13.9
	Conservative	Galina Dimelow	555	33.0	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Lloyd	342	20.3	+5.4
Majority			229	13.6	−22.4
Turnout			1,681	38.6	−15.1

Woodfield

Woodfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Notley	830	54.4	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Griffith	393	25.8	+7.5
	Labour	Ashraf Ismail	302	19.8	−15.7
Majority			437	28.6	+17.9
Turnout			1,525	39.6	−16.7

2004 Stevenage Borough Council election