Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2003. 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 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 11 0 0 0 84.6 46.8 10,130 +0.4%
  Conservative 1 0 0 0 7.7 30.2 6,533 +0.5%
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 7.7 21.3 4,612 -0.5%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 211 +1.0%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 172 -0.1%

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill ward
Bandley Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jackie Hollywell 805 51.8 +0.9
Conservative Freda Warner 474 30.5 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Gordon Knight 276 17.7 −4.6
Majority 331 21.3 −2.8
Turnout 1,555 32.4
Labour hold Swing

Bedwell

Location of Bedwell ward
Bedwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz Harrington 1,037 60.7 −6.4
Conservative Christine St. Leitner 430 25.2 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Sydney Grubert 241 14.1 +14.1
Majority 607 35.5 +1.3
Turnout 1,708 36.3
Labour hold Swing

Chells

Location of Chells ward
Chells
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Howard Burrell 771 41.9 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Audrey Griffith 750 40.8 +7.3
Conservative Julie Seddon 318 17.3 −3.7
Majority 21 1.1 −10.9
Turnout 1,839 39.6
Labour hold Swing

Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward
Longmeadow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Monika Cherney-Craw 689 41.8 −5.1
Conservative Matthew Hurst 645 39.2 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Ralph Baskerville 313 19.0 +0.2
Majority 44 2.6 −10.0
Turnout 1,647 37.9
Labour hold Swing

Manor

Location of Manor ward
Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Parker 1,091 54.4 +1.8
Conservative Susan Smith 465 23.2 −2.2
Labour Joseph Sherry 449 22.4 +0.4
Majority 626 31.2 +4.0
Turnout 2,005 41.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward
Martins Wood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Patston 680 43.6 +0.2
Conservative Dilys Clark 608 39.0 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Barbara Segadelli 272 17.4 −4.8
Majority 72 4.6 −4.4
Turnout 1,560 34.3
Labour hold Swing

Old Town

Location of Old Town ward
Old Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Downing 1,018 49.0 +3.4
Conservative James Fraser 700 33.7 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Latham 189 9.1 −2.6
Green Stuart Madgin 172 8.3 −0.9
Majority 318 15.3 +3.2
Turnout 2,079 43.1
Labour hold Swing

Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward
Pin Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg Smith 848 51.6 −0.8
Conservative Leslie Clark 378 23.0 +1.6
BNP Michael Green 211 12.9 +12.9
Liberal Democrats Mary Griffith 205 12.5 +1.8
Majority 470 28.6 −2.4
Turnout 1,642 37.3
Labour hold Swing

Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward
Roebuck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Gardner 816 52.2 +2.2
Conservative Roger Gill 480 30.7 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Denise Baskerville 266 17.0 −4.2
Majority 336 21.5 +0.3
Turnout 1,562 34.7
Labour hold Swing

St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward
St Nicholas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ralph Raynor 742 50.8 +0.1
Conservative Andrew Elwell 399 27.3 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Heather Snell 320 21.9 −1.3
Majority 343 23.5 −1.1
Turnout 1,461 33.8
Labour hold Swing

Shephall

Location of Shephall ward
Shephall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Webb 806 56.3 +1.2
Conservative Anita Speight 348 24.3 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Baskerville 278 19.4 −6.5
Majority 458 32.0 +2.8
Turnout 1,432 32.6
Labour hold Swing

Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward
Symonds Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Kissane 1,040 61.6 +7.7
Conservative Matthew Wyatt 470 27.8 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Clive Hearmon 179 10.6 −4.9
Majority 570 33.8 +10.5
Turnout 1,689 38.8
Labour hold Swing

Woodfield

Location of Woodfield ward
Woodfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Clark 818 55.3 +0.9
Labour Richard Rawlings 429 29.0 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Katherine Lloyd 232 15.7 −4.5
Majority 389 26.3 −2.7
Turnout 1,479 37.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Stevenage_Borough_Council_election
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