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[]

Location of 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[]

Location of Bedwell Plash ward

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[]

Location of Longmeadow ward

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[]

Location of Martins Wood ward

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[]

Location of Mobbsbury ward

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[]

Location of Monkswood ward

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

Old Stevenage[]

Location of Old Stevenage ward

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[]

Location of Pin Green ward

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[]

Location of Roebuck ward

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[]

Location of St Nicholas ward

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[]

Location of Shephall ward

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

Symonds Green[]

Location of Symonds Green ward

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[]

Location of Wellfield ward

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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