title: 2000 Stevenage Borough Council election
text: # 2000 Stevenage Borough Council election
  
  Elections to Stevenage Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election; the seats of the candidates who finished third in each ward in the all-out election of 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.
  
  After the election, the composition of the council was:
  
  * Labour 33
  * Liberal Democrat 3
  * Conservative 3
  
  ## Election result
  
  Stevenage Local Election Result 2000 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | 13 | 0 | 86.7 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 6.7 |
  | Conservative | 1 | 0 | 6.7 |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Bandley Hill
  
  Bandley Hill :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Lilian Strange | 631 | 61.7 |
  | | Conservative | F. Warner | 244 | 23.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | M. Latham | 144 | 11.2 |
  | | Socialist Alternative | M. Pickersgill | 33 | 3.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | 37.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 20.7 |
  
  ### Bedwell
  
  Bedwell :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | David Cullen | 1,122 | 63.0 |
  | | Conservative | M. Wyatt | 376 | 21.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | G. Robbins | 282 | 15.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | 41.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.1 |
  
  ### Chells
  
  Chells :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Jeannette Thomas | 572 | 43.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mary Griffith | 572 | 43.5 |
  | | Conservative | W. Clark | 172 | 13.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.3 |
  
  ### Longmeadow
  
  Longmeadow :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Bruce Jackson | 541 | 48.3 |
  | | Conservative | V. Ovenden | 376 | 33.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | D. Wilkins | 156 | 13.9 |
  | | Green | Hoyes W. | 46 | 4.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | 14.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 24.9 |
  
  ### Manor
  
  Manor :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Graham Snell | 875 | 60.4 |
  | | Labour | F. Price | 325 | 22.4 |
  | | Conservative | S. Smith | 249 | 17.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | 38.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.8 |
  
  ### Martins Wood
  
  Martins Wood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | David Royall | 514 | 48.3 |
  | | Conservative | M. Hurst | 340 | 32.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | L. Lambert | 129 | 12.1 |
  | | Green | I. Murrill | 81 | 7.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 174 | 16.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 22.7 |
  
  ### Old Town
  
  Old Town :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Hugh Tessier | 1,035 | 45.4 |
  | | Conservative | S. Greaves | 966 | 42.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Moorcroft | 280 | 12.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | 3.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.2 |
  
  ### Pin Green
  
  Pin Green :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Simon Speller | 644 | 59.5 |
  | | Conservative | L. Notley | 302 | 27.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | H. Snell | 137 | 12.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | 31.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.6 |
  
  ### Roebuck
  
  Roebuck :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Brian Dunnell | 541 | 48.8 |
  | | Conservative | P. Wilkins | 319 | 28.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | J. Bellars | 249 | 22.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | 20.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 24.0 |
  
  ### St Nicholas
  
  St Nicholas :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Richard Henry | 524 | |
  | | Labour | C. Latif | 514 | |
  | | Conservative | L. Clark | 308 | |
  | | Conservative | S. Woods | 295 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | K. Lloyd | 184 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | 21.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 21.2 |
  
  ### Shephall
  
  Shephall :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | David Webb | 818 | |
  | | Labour | Brian Hall | 780 | |
  | | Conservative | V. Greaves | 192 | |
  | | Conservative | S. Kerby | 180 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Baskerville | 153 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | G. Knight | 152 | |
  | | Green | T. Figg | 28 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | 52.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.3 |
  
  ### Symonds Green
  
  Symonds Green :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Tony Turner | 624 | 54.5 |
  | | Conservative | D. Clark | 415 | 36.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | S. Grubert | 105 | 9.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 209 | 18.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 24.9 |
  
  ### Woodfield
  
  Woodfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Margaret Notley | 591 | 58.2 |
  | | Labour | A. Ismail | 354 | 34.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | E. Sturges | 70 | 6.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 237 | 23.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.2 |
  