1999 Stevenage Borough Council election

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All 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majorityTurnout29.9%

	First party	Second party	Third party
Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Seats before	37	2	0
Seats won	33	1	3
Seats after	33	3	3
Seat change	Decrease4	Increase1	Increase3
Percentage	54.9%	25.3%	19.0%

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Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Stevenage Local Election Result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33	-4	84.6
	Liberal Democrats	3	+1	7.7
	Conservative	3	+3	7.7

Bandley Hill^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Robert Woodward	789
Labour	Joan Lloyd	774
Labour	Lilian Strange	764
Conservative	Sherree Kerby	238
Conservative	Claire Halling	234
Socialist Alternative	Jean Halling	62
Turnout			23%

Bedwell^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Elizabeth Harrington	1,135
Labour	David Cullen	1,097
Labour	Brian Underwood	1,097
Conservative	James Bellers	235
Liberal Democrats	George Robbins	262
Liberal Democrats	Sydney Grubert	246
Turnout			31%

Chells^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Kenneth Vale	861
Labour	Pamela Stuart	854
Labour	Gill Tuffin	830
Liberal Democrats	Leonard Lambert	355
Liberal Democrats	Tracey MacFadyen	332
Liberal Democrats	Steve Destafeno	282
Conservative	Susan Smith	190
Turnout			28%

Longmeadow^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Ann Webb	749
Labour	Suzanne Myson	710
Labour	Bruce Jackson	704
Liberal Democrats	Patricia Akhurst	392
Conservative	Val Ovenden	376
Liberal Democrats	Margaret Latham	329
Liberal Democrats	Denise Baskerville	314
Green	Bill Hoyes	102
Turnout			30%

Manor^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	Robin Parker	1,018
Liberal Democrats	Lis Knight	948
Liberal Democrats	Graham Snell	939
Labour	Jeanette Thomas	528
Labour	Jacqueline Hollywell	501
Labour	Mahendran Chelvachandran	479
Conservative	Stuart Greaves	460
Conservative	Edward Hegan	426
Conservative	Gwen Hegan	421
Turnout			43%

Martins Wood^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Michael Patston	793
Labour	Dave Monaghan	776
Labour	David Royall	764
Liberal Democrats	Barbara Segadelli	427
Turnout			25%

Old Town^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Michael Downing	969
Labour	Pamela Gallagher	966
Labour	Hugh Tessier	886
Conservative	Victoria Greaves	498
Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Moorcroft	433
Turnout			33%

Pin Green^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Reg Smith	1,003
Labour	Tanis Kent	981
Labour	Simon Speller	937
Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	352
Turnout			28%

Roebuck^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	John Gardner	742
Labour	Alfred McCarthy	734
Labour	Brian Dunnell	694
Conservative	Matthew Hurst	350
Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilkins	483
Turnout			28%

St Nicholas^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Judith Wallis Price	768
Labour	Stanley Munden	753
Labour	Richard Henry	752
Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	388
Conservative	Terri Woods	295
Turnout			27%

Shephall^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Eddie Webb	926
Labour	Bob Clark	895
Labour	Brian Hall	884
Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knight	241
Conservative	Freda Warner	229
Turnout			28%

Symonds Green^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	David Kissane	988
Labour	Sharon Taylor	884
Labour	Anthony Turner	847
Conservative	Margaret Notley	402
Conservative	Claire Halling	376
Conservative	Jean Halling	363
Liberal Democrats	Cecil Lewis	181
Turnout			31%

Woodfield^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Graham Clark	526
Conservative	Marion Mason	514
Conservative	Peter McPartland	510
Labour	Caroline Latif	424
Labour	Patrick Newman	417
Labour	Omar Ismail	374
Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Sturges	145
Turnout			34%

• 1999 Stevenage election result