1990 Stevenage Borough Council election

1990 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]

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3 May 1990

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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	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Seats before	27	10	1
Seats won	13	0	0
Seats after	32	6	1
Seat change	5	4
Popular vote	15,975	2,927	6,255
Percentage	61.5%	11.3%	24.1%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1990 Stevenage Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1990 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1990. 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 1986. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

Overall results

1990 Stevenage Borough Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	13	4	0	4	100.0	61.5	15,975	11.6
	Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	24.1	6,255	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	4		0.0	11.3	2,927	23.4
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	2.1	553	1.9
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	270	New
Total		13						25,980

	Labour hold

All comparisons in seats and vote share are to the corresponding 1986 election.

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Luhman	1,880	77.3%
	Conservative	F. Warner	552	22.7%
Turnout				40.3%
	Labour hold

Bedwell Plash

Bedwell Plash^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Lawrence	1,390	77.2%
	Conservative	S. Robinson	411	22.8%
Turnout				46.2%
	Labour hold

Chells

Chells^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Stuart	927	65.3%
	Conservative	L. Bradshaw	268	18.9%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Wren	225	15.8%
Turnout				45.2%
	Labour hold

Longmeadow

Longmeadow^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Webb	1,361	53.2%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Baskerville	519	20.3%
	Conservative	J. Gordon	498	19.5%
	Green	W. Hoyes	179	7.0%
Turnout				51.0%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Martins Wood

Martins Wood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Strange	1,218	47.9%
	Conservative	I. Sills	713	28.0%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Taylor	412	16.2%
	Green	M. Fowler	200	7.9%
Turnout				48.0%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Mobbsbury

Mobbsbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. O'Carroll	868	47.3%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Parker	759	41.4%
	Conservative	A. Ffinch	208	11.3%
Turnout				54.9%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Monkswood

Monkswood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Cullen	901	80.0%
	Conservative	M. Henry	225	20.0%
Turnout				46.2%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage

Old Stevenage^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Tessier	1,314	49.2%
	Conservative	J. Halling	958	35.9%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Christy	399	14.9%
Turnout				50.3%
	Labour hold

Pin Green

Pin Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Smith	1,223	67.2%
	Conservative	C. Aylin	422	23.2%
	Green	R. Gurney	174	9.6%
Turnout				46.6%
	Labour hold

Roebuck

Roebuck^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Dunnel	1,176	59.4%
	Conservative	P. McPartland	502	25.4%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lucioli	302	15.3%
Turnout				47.4%
	Labour hold

St Nicholas

St Nicholas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Alexander	940	59.0%
	Conservative	T. Woods	341	21.4%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Simister	311	19.5%
Turnout				42.3%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Shephall

Shephall^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Webb	1,094	69.1%
	Independent Labour	S. Greenfield	270	17.0%
	Conservative	S. Huetson	220	13.9%
Turnout				46.3%
	Labour hold

Symonds Green

Symonds Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Kissane	1,683	64.2%
	Conservative	M. Notley	937	35.8%
Turnout				49.1%
	Labour hold

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1990". 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.

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