1986 Stevenage Borough Council election

1986 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 1986 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1986 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986. 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 1982. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

Overall results[]

1986 Stevenage Borough Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	3	0	1	69.2	46.9	11,497	8.6
	Alliance	4	0	2	2	30.8	8,512	34.7	1.3
	Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.0	18.2	4,472	7.6
	Green (UK)	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	54	New
Total		13						24,535

	Labour hold

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1982 election.

Ward results[]

Bandley Hill[]

Location of Bandley Hill ward

Bandley Hill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Luhman	1,226	59.9%
	Alliance	A. Wells-Collins	508	24.8%
	Conservative	J. Bostock	313	15.3%
Turnout				36.8%
	Labour hold

Bedwell Plash[]

Location of Bedwell Plash ward

Bedwell Plash^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Lawrence	1,072	62.2%
	Alliance	P. Herbert	377	21.9%
	Conservative	D. Franks	274	15.9%
Turnout				42.2%
	Labour hold

Chells[]

Location of Chells ward

Chells^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Clark	767	55.0%
	Alliance	S. Gordon-Walker	404	29.0%
	Conservative	T. Finch	224	16.1%
Turnout				41.6%
	Labour hold

Longmeadow[]

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	S. Booth	1,301	50.0%
	Labour	B. Underwood	916	35.2%
	Conservative	P. Gonzalez	383	14.7%
Turnout				51.7%
	Alliance hold

Martins Wood[]

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	D. Kelleher	907	45.8%
	Labour	J. Naduald	747	37.7%
	Conservative	M. Mason	325	16.4%
Turnout				46.7%
	Alliance hold

Mobbsbury[]

Location of Mobbsbury ward

Mobbsbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	R. Parker	910	47.9%
	Labour	J. Watts	762	40.1%
	Conservative	B. Potter	229	12.0%
Turnout				53.1%
	Alliance hold

Monkswood[]

Location of Monkswood ward

Monkswood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Webb	687	62.9%
	Alliance	T. Younger	227	20.8%
	Conservative	F. Haine	178	16.3%
Turnout				44.0%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage[]

Location of Old Stevenage ward

Old Stevenage^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Green	1,016	41.4%
	Conservative	J. Carter	861	35.1%
	Alliance	D. Christy	578	23.5%
Turnout				46.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pin Green[]

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Smith	915	53.3%
	Alliance	B. Clarke	471	27.4%
	Conservative	M. Wyatt	331	19.3%
Turnout				43.4%
	Labour hold

Roebuck[]

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Dunnel	818	41.2%
	Alliance	J. Lewis	762	38.3%
	Conservative	P. McPartland	353	17.8%
	Green	D. Paice	54	2.7%
Turnout				47.3%
	Labour gain from Alliance

St Nicholas[]

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	I. Hargreaves	709	43.2%
	Labour	P. Alexander	655	39.9%
	Conservative	T. Woods	276	16.8%
Turnout				44.6%
	Alliance hold

Shephall[]

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Greenfield	827	59.1%
	Alliance	Shaw G.	382	27.3%
	Conservative	F. Warner	191	13.6%
Turnout				40.0%
	Labour hold

Symonds Green[]

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Kissane	1,089	41.9%
	Alliance	P. Gallagher	976	37.6%
	Conservative	J. Halling	534	20.5%
Turnout				48.6%
	Labour gain from Alliance

References[]

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1986". 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 1986". 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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