1991 Stevenage Borough Council election

1991 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 1991 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1991 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1987. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

Overall results

1991 Stevenage Borough Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	3	0	3	69.2	51.7	11,718	11.2
	Conservative	1	0	0		7.7	28.6	6,478	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	5	5	7.7	14.6	3,319	16.5
	Liberal	2	2	0		15.4	4.4	1,008	New
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	133	New
Total		13						22,656

	Labour hold

All comparisons in seats and vote share are to the corresponding 1987 election.

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Lloyd	1,387	68.0%
	Conservative	F. Warner	653	32.0%
Turnout				33.6%
	Labour hold

Bedwell Plash

Bedwell Plash^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Lawrence	1,197	73.8%
	Conservative	P. Gonzalez	425	26.2%
Turnout				41.1%
	Labour hold

Longmeadow

Longmeadow^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Myson	951	40.7%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Akhurst	840	36.0%
	Conservative	L. Bradshaw	480	20.6%
	Green	W. Hoyes	63	2.7%
Turnout				46.9%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Martins Wood

Martins Wood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Strange	929	40.4%
	Conservative	I. Sills	873	38.0%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Taylor	497	21.6%
Turnout				42.1%
	Labour hold

Mobbsbury

Mobbsbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Parker	869	50.9%
	Labour	J. Watts	637	37.3%
	Conservative	J. Whittaker	201	11.8%
Turnout				51.6%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Monkswood

Monkswood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Underwood	717	75.6%
	Conservative	A. Wells	231	24.4%
Turnout				39.0%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage

Old Stevenage^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Carter	1,195	47.9%
	Labour	J. Cox	1,043	41.8%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Christy	256	10.3%
Turnout				47.2%
	Conservative hold

Pin Green

Pin Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Weston	917	60.2%
	Conservative	C. Aylin	366	24.0%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Simister	170	11.2%
	Green	R. Gurney	70	4.6%
Turnout				44.5%
	Labour hold

Roebuck

Roebuck^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. McCarthy	903	50.5%
	Conservative	S. McPartland	517	28.9%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Baskerville	369	20.6%
Turnout				43.6%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St Nicholas

St Nicholas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	P. Gallagher	637	43.1%
	Labour	M. Pelling	541	36.6%
	Conservative	J. Gordon	301	20.4%
Turnout				40.4%
	Liberal gain from Liberal Democrats

Shephall

Shephall^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Hall	979	78.4%
	Conservative	S. Huetson	269	21.6%
Turnout				36.9%
	Labour hold

Symonds Green

Symonds Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Cotter	1,244	52.2%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Notley	821	34.5%
	Conservative	F. Price	318	13.3%
Turnout				44.3%
	Labour hold

Wellfield

Wellfield^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. Wallis-Price	371	47.0%
	Labour	R. Strange	273	34.6%
	Conservative	J. Halling	146	18.5%
Turnout				47.0%
	Liberal gain from Liberal Democrats

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1991". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1991". The Elections Centre.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.

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