2018 Stevenage Borough Council election

2018 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2018 Stevenage Borough Council elections. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

Elections to Stevenage Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2014. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1973.

Result Summary

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Stevenage Borough Council election, 2018
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	26	0	3	3	44.2	10,035	1.6
	Conservative	9	2	0	2	37.8	8,583	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	1	14.9	3,387	2.3
	Green	0	0	0		3.1	715	1.0
Total		40					22,720

	Labour hold

Ward Results

Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lloyd	772	47.4	−2.2
	Conservative	Nicholas Foster	715	43.9	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Anderson	143	8.8	+2.6
Majority			57	3.5
Turnout			1,630	32.01
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedwell

Bedwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lizzy Kelly	1,001	60.4	+4.6
	Conservative	Michelle Frith	506	30.5	+5.2
	Green	Victoria Snelling	151	9.1	+0.1
Majority			495	29.9
Turnout			1,658	31.35
	Labour hold		Swing

Chells

Chells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Wren	796	46.3	+16.4
	Labour	Pam Stuart	562	32.7	−3.2
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	360	21.0	−4.4
Majority			234	13.6
Turnout			1,718	34.65
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Longmeadow

Longmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doug Bainbridge	789	48.1	+7.3
	Labour	David Wood	665	40.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Booth	185	11.3	+2.9
Majority			124	7.5
Turnout			1,639	36.31
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Manor

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy McGuinness	1,196	60.8	+1.8
	Conservative	Matthew Clarke	400	20.3	+0.3
	Labour	David Martin	370	18.8	+1.8
Majority			796	40.5
Turnout			1,966	39.27
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Martins Wood

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lloyd Briscoe	639	41.5	−7.1
	Conservative	Joseph Barnes	518	33.7	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Brinkworth	382	24.8	+19.4
Majority			121	7.8
Turnout			1,539	33.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jody Hanafin	1,012	42.8	+9.9
	Labour	Monika Cherney-Craw	1,010	42.7	−0.1
	Green	Elizabeth Sturges	194	8.2	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mason Humberstone	149	6.3	+2.0
Majority			2	0.1
Turnout			2,365	37.65
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pin Green

Pin Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lin Martin-Haugh	811	51.5	+1.6
	Conservative	Charlie Laing	579	36.8	+5.5
	Green	Vicky Lovelace	184	11.7	+3.2
Majority			232	14.7
Turnout			1,574	32.89
	Labour hold		Swing

Roebuck

Roebuck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah-Jane Potter	842	48.1	+4.7
	Conservative	Alex Farquharson	706	40.3	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bye	113	6.5	+1.8
	Green	Martin Malocco	90	5.1	−0.1
Majority			136	7.8
Turnout			1,751	34.23
	Labour hold		Swing

Shephall

Shephall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Broom	727	53.4	+0.3
	Conservative	Michael Hearn	482	35.4	+6.8
	Green	Michael Malocco	84	6.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Barber	68	5.0	New
Majority			245	18.0
Turnout			1,361	29.79
	Labour hold		Swing

St Nicholas

St Nicholas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Barr	951	51.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Amanda Tandi	690	37.6	+5.4
	Green	Naomi Collins	96	5.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Snell	96	5.2	−3.6
Majority			261	14.3
Turnout			1,833	34.87
	Labour hold		Swing

Symonds Green

Symonds Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Taylor	847	52.3	+6.0
	Conservative	Alex Young	602	37.2	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hearmon	89	5.5	+1.1
	Green	Richard Warr	81	5.0	+1.4
Majority			245	15.1
Turnout			1,619	36.36
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodfield

Woodfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Bibby	835	53.9	+8.3
	Labour	Irfan Javed	543	35.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Brinkworth	170	11.0	+5.9
Majority			292	18.8
Turnout			1,548	36.37
	Conservative hold		Swing