1995 Stevenage Borough Council election

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14 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	31	4	2
Seats won	14	0	0
Seats after	36	2	1
Seat change	Increase5	Decrease2	Decrease1
Popular vote	13,438	3,124	3,310
Percentage	67.0%	15.6%	16.5%

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The 1995 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1995. 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 1991. There was also a second seat up for election in Martins Wood ward. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

1995 Stevenage Borough Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	4	0	Increase4	100.0	67.0	13,438	Increase15.3
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	Decrease1	0.0	16.5	3,310	Increase1.9
	Conservative	0	0	1	Decrease2	15.6	3,124	Decrease13.0
	Militant Labour	0	0	2	Decrease2	0.0	0.9	189	Decrease4.1
Total		13	20,061
Labour hold

All comparisons in seats and vote share are to the corresponding 1991 election.

Bandley Hill^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Joan E. Lloyd[4]	1,327	72.2%
Conservative	F. Warner	196	10.7%
Liberal Democrats	A. Segadelli	184	10.0%
Militant Labour	J. Horton	131	7.1%
Turnout			31.3%
Labour hold

Bedwell Plash^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Hilda Lawrence[4]	1,210	81.3%
Conservative	M. Wyatt	148	9.9%
Liberal Democrats	G. Knight	130	8.7%
Turnout			39.9%
Labour hold

Longmeadow^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Sue Myson[4]	1,298	64.4%
Conservative	M. Davies	412	20.4%
Liberal Democrats	A. Dodd	305	15.1%
Turnout			41.8%
Labour hold

Martins Wood^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Lilian Strange[4]	1,293
Labour	S. Speller	1,287
Conservative	M. Mason	455
Conservative	E. Hegan	409
Liberal Democrats	B. Segadelli	308
Liberal Democrats	K. Taylor	306
Turnout			32.6%
Labour hold
Labour hold

Mobbsbury^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Tanis G.M. Kent[4]	793	47.8%
Liberal Democrats	R. Parker	778	46.9%
Conservative	S. Huetson	87	5.2%
Turnout			53.1%
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Monkswood^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Brian Underwood[4]	715	80.2%
Conservative	P. Rushforth	94	10.5%
Liberal Democrats	G. Robbins	83	9.3%
Turnout			38.5%
Labour hold

Old Stevenage^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	David Royall[4]	1,294	55.9%
Conservative	J. Carter	796	34.4%
Liberal Democrats	J. Moorcroft	226	9.8%
Turnout			41.1%
Labour gain from Conservative

Pin Green^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	D. Weston	995	76.5%
Liberal Democrats	S. Grubert	162	12.5%
Conservative	H. Poole	143	11.0%
Turnout			35.6%
Labour hold

Roebuck^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Alfred McCarthy[4]	1,006	73.0%
Conservative	M. Hurst	216	15.7%
Liberal Democrats	A. Tron	157	11.4%
Turnout			35.0%
Labour hold

St Nicholas^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Richard J. Henry[4]	728	54.3%
Liberal Democrats	M. Griffith	475	35.4%
Conservative	S. Woods	138	10.3%
Turnout			38.0%
Labour gain from Liberal

Shephall^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Brian P. Hall[4]	863	80.9%
Liberal Democrats	G. Snell	79	7.4%
Conservative	D. Notley	67	6.3%
Militant Labour	M. Evans	58	5.4%
Turnout			34.1%
Labour hold

Symonds Green^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Cox	1,450	73.8%
Conservative	R. Dimelow	308	15.7%
Liberal Democrats	J. Ward	206	10.5%
Turnout			36.8%
Labour hold

Wellfield^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Judith Wallis-Price[4]	466	62.4%
Liberal Democrats	M. Latham	217	29.0%
Conservative	L. Clark	64	8.6%
Turnout			46.5%
Labour gain from Liberal