1982 Stevenage Borough Council election

1982 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]

6 May 1982

14 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	36	0	3
Seats won	6	7	1
Seats after	29	8	2
Seat change	7	8	1
Popular vote	8,643	8,119	5,817
Percentage	38.3%	36.0%	25.8%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1982 Stevenage Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1982 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1982. 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.

Overall results

1982 Stevenage Borough Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Alliance	7	7	0	7	50.0	36.0	8,119
	Labour	6	0	6	6	42.9	38.3	8,643
	Conservative	1	0	1	1	7.1	25.8	5,817
Total		14						22,579

	Labour hold

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Luhman	817	43.0%
	Alliance	C. Dale	705	37.1%
	Conservative	F. Warner	377	19.9%
Turnout				42.6%
	Labour hold

Bedwell Plash

Bedwell Plash^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Lawrence	868	45.8%
	Alliance	P. Lucioli	583	30.8%
	Conservative	A. Mann	443	23.4%
Turnout				45.2%
	Labour hold

Chells

Chells^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Clarke	664	45.4%
	Alliance	K. Taylor	472	32.2%
	Conservative	P. McPartland	328	22.4%
Turnout				43.3%
	Labour hold

Longmeadow

Longmeadow^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	S. Booth	888	41.7%
	Labour	W. Sheaff	661	31.0%
	Conservative	H. Grant	581	27.3%
Turnout				43.2%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Martins Wood

Martins Wood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	D. Kelleher	635	38.6%
	Labour	D. Weston	556	33.8%
	Conservative	E. Hegan	456	27.7%
Turnout				40.5%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Mobbsbury

Mobbsbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	R. Parker	636	39.7%
	Labour	J. Naduald	608	37.9%
	Conservative	C. Aylin	359	22.4%
Turnout				46.7%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Monkswood

Monkswood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Hopkins	584	50.1%
	Alliance	R. Edwards	390	33.4%
	Conservative	W. Trevennor	192	16.5%
Turnout				45.1%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage

Old Stevenage^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Boyd	987	41.1%
	Labour	P. Hillier	783	32.6%
	Alliance	J. Lucioli	634	26.4%
Turnout				47.9%
	Conservative hold

Pin Green

Pin Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Smith	636	40.4%
	Alliance	L. Atkins	526	33.4%
	Conservative	A. Ffinch	412	26.2%
Turnout				39.8%
	Labour hold

Roebuck

Roebuck^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	P. Selley	689	39.1%
	Labour	M. Cherney	614	34.9%
	Conservative	E. Baker	458	26.0%
Turnout				40.9%
	Alliance gain from Conservative

St Nicholas

St Nicholas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	I. Hargreaves	745
	Alliance	C. Cuthbert	718
	Labour	J. Graham	440
	Labour	M. Spears	399
	Conservative	S. Woods	294
	Conservative	B. Shorten	292
Turnout				39.8%
	Alliance gain from Labour
	Alliance gain from Labour

Shephall

Shephall^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Greenfield	704	49.3%
	Alliance	K. McKechnie	467	32.7%
	Conservative	J. Cannin	258	18.1%
Turnout				39.8%
	Labour hold

Symonds Green

Symonds Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	J. Blundell	749	35.2%
	Labour	M. Downing	708	33.3%
	Conservative	D. Eaton	672	31.6%
Turnout				39.7%
	Alliance gain from Labour

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1982". 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.

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