2003 Stevenage Borough Council election

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1 May 2003

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13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	33	3	3
Seats won	11	1	1
Seats after	33	3	3
Seat change
Popular vote	14,542	7,733	7,659
Percentage	47.7%	25.4%	25.1%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2003 Stevenage Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Elections to Stevenage Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election; the seats of the candidates who finished first in each ward in the all-out election of 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council,^[1] as had been predicted before the election.^[2] Overall turnout was 52.2%.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 2003
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	84.6	47.7	14,542	-5.5%
Liberal Democrats	1	7.7	25.4	7,733	+6.7%
Conservative	1	7.7	25.1	7,659	-1.0%
Green	0	0	1.4	431	-0.3%
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0.4	112	+0.0%

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Hollywell	1,174	52.2	-13.8
	Conservative	Freda Warner	650	28.9	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sean McManus	425	18.9	+18.9
Majority			524	23.3	-8.7
Turnout			2,249	47.0

Bedwell

Bedwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Harrington	1,398	59.5	-4.7
	Conservative	Galina Dimelow	440	18.7	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Meacham	399	17.0	+3.6
	Socialist Alternative	Stephen Glennon	112	4.8	+0.2
Majority			958	40.8	-5.6
Turnout			2,349	50.3

Chells

Chells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Vale	1,307	51.9	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Lambert	822	32.7	+3.2
	Conservative	Ralph Dimelow	387	15.4	-2.6
Majority			485	19.2	-3.9
Turnout			2,516	55.6

Longmeadow

Longmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Webb	1,072	46.6	-2.8
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	646	28.1	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Baskerville	582	25.3	+6.6
Majority			426	18.5	-6.1
Turnout			2,300	51.8

Manor

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Parker	1,859	66.3	+12.3
	Labour	Gordana Bjelic-Rados	472	16.8	-9.1
	Conservative	Dilys Clark	472	16.8	-3.3
Majority			1,387	49.5	+21.4
Turnout			2,803	58.0

Martins Wood

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Patston	958	42.8	-7.8
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	664	29.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	404	18.0	+3.3
	Green	Ian Murrill	214	9.6	+2.6
Majority			294	13.2	-9.6
Turnout			2,240	49.0

Old Town

Old Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Downing	1,256	46.4	-4.3
	Conservative	Jody Hanafin	749	27.7	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Moorcroft	484	17.9	+4.3
	Green	Bernard Chapman	217	8.0	+1.3
Majority			507	18.7	-3.0
Turnout			2,706	57.3

Pin Green

Pin Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Smith	1,237	54.0	-5.3
	Conservative	Mollie Cawthorn	564	24.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	488	21.3	+4.2
Majority			673	29.4	-6.3
Turnout			2,289	52.2

Roebuck

Roebuck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gardner	1,094	49.7	-4.2
	Conservative	Anita Speight	563	25.6	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knight	544	24.7	+4.5
Majority			431	24.1	-4.0
Turnout			2,201	49.0

St Nicholas

St Nicholas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Raynor	989	48.5	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	540	26.5	+3.8
	Conservative	Claire Halling	512	25.1	+2.1
Majority			449	22.0	-9.3
Turnout			2,041	47.0

Shephall

Shephall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Hall	1,389	61.2	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baskerville	441	19.4	+1.6
	Conservative	Leslie Clark	440	19.4	+0.4
Majority			948	41.8	-2.4
Turnout			2,270	51.7

Symonds Green

Symonds Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Kissane	1,436	60.5	-4.1
	Conservative	Louisa Notley	582	24.5	-10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Lloyd	354	14.9	+14.9
Majority			854	36.0	+6.8
Turnout			2,372	53.7

Woodfield

Woodfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Clark	990	46.2	+1.0
	Labour	John Lloyd	760	35.5	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Griffith	391	18.3	+2.4
Majority			230	10.7	+4.4
Turnout			2,141	56.3

References

^ "Luton upset for Labour". BBC Online. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
^ "Stage set for eastern drama". BBC Online. 7 April 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
^ "Borough Council Elections - 1st May 2003: Election Results". Stevenage Borough Council. Retrieved 8 July 2008.

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