1983 Stevenage Borough Council election

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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	Alliance	Conservative
Seats before	29	8	2
Seats won	9	3	1
Seats after	27	10	2
Seat change	Decrease2	Increase2	Steady
Popular vote	10,162	7,450	6,987
Percentage	41.3%	30.3%	28.4%

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The 1983 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1983. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

1983 Stevenage Borough Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	0	2	Decrease2	69.2	41.3	10,162
	Conservative	3	0	0	Steady	7.7	28.4	6,987
	Alliance	1	2	0	Increase2	23.1	30.3	7,450
Total		13	24,599
Labour hold

Bandley Hill^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Lloyd	1,040	51.4%
Alliance	P. Lucioli	528	26.1%
Conservative	F. Warner	455	22.5%
Turnout			44.6%
Labour hold

Bedwell Plash^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	H. Lawrence	1,109	54.8%
Conservative	B. Mann	507	25.0%
Alliance	R. Bull	409	20.2%
Turnout			49.3%
Labour hold

Longmeadow^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Alliance	D. Peddie	883	37.1%
Conservative	H. Grant	771	32.4%
Labour	J. Tye	726	30.5%
Turnout			48.3%
Alliance gain from Labour

Martins Wood^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	B. Clark	674	37.0%
Alliance	P. Amor	633	34.7%
Conservative	T. Hegan	515	28.3%
Turnout			44.7%
Labour hold

Mobbsbury^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Gotobed	755	41.7%
Conservative	M. Lovett	566	31.3%
Alliance	L. Atkins	488	27.0%
Turnout			50.1%
Labour hold

Monkswood^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	M. Cherney	698	51.0%
Alliance	H. Kearney	382	27.9%
Conservative	W. Travennor	289	21.1%
Turnout			53.7%
Labour hold

Old Stevenage^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	J. Boyd	1,120	45.4%
Labour	A. Spears	795	32.2%
Alliance	K. Taylor	554	22.4%
Turnout			49.0%
Conservative hold

Pin Green^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	D. Weston	755	40.1%
Alliance	J. Lucioli	589	31.3%
Conservative	M. Mason	540	28.7%
Turnout			47.8%
Labour hold

Roebuck^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Cockerton	834	40.0%
Alliance	G. Batley	679	32.6%
Conservative	S. McPartland	570	27.4%
Turnout			48.6%
Labour hold

St Nicholas^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Alliance	C. Cuthbert	592	41.0%
Labour	M. Downing	511	35.4%
Conservative	T. Woods	340	23.6%
Turnout			38.8%
Alliance gain from Labour

Shephall^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	B. Hall	866	51.9%
Alliance	M. Boutell	518	31.0%
Conservative	E. Kolinski	285	17.1%
Turnout			46.6%
Labour hold

Symonds Green^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	M. Cotter	1,115	40.5%
Conservative	G. Balderstone	825	30.0%
Alliance	D. Eaton	811	29.5%
Turnout			51.2%
Labour hold

Wellfield^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Alliance	D. Hills	370	42.4%
Labour	N. Cook	284	32.6%
Conservative	B. Potter	218	25.0
Turnout			50.9%
Labour hold