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1998 Stevenage Borough Council election
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1998 UK local government election
March 2020
March 2020
1998 Stevenage Borough Council electionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view Council compositions by year The Elections Centrehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydN1JnOE9BemFROEk/view Local Election Summaries 1998 The Elections Centre England Parliamentary no yes 1996 Stevenage Borough Council election 1996 1999 Stevenage Borough Council election 1999 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 7 May 1998 26.0% Labour Party (UK) 38 12 1 37 9,144 62.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 1 1 2 2,305 15.8% Stevenage UK local election 1998 map.svg 300px Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1998 Stevenage Borough Council elections. Council control Council control after election Labour Labour
Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1994. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Labour 37
Liberal Democrat 2
Election result
Stevenage local election result 1998
Labour Party (UK)
12
0
1
1
92.3
62.5
9,144
2.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
1
1
0
1
7.7
15.8
2,305
2.3
Conservative Party (UK)
0
0
0
0
0
21.5
3,144
0.9
Socialist Party (England and Wales)
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
35
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All comparisons in seats and vote share are to the corresponding 1994 election.September 2025
Ward results
Bandley Hill
thumb|150px|Location of Bandley Hill ward
Bandley Hillhttp://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Stevenage-1973-2012.pdf Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 11 July 2019http://www.stevenage.gov.uk/council/1998elect.htm https://web.archive.org/web/19980610231332/http://www.stevenage.gov.uk/council/1998elect.htm dead 10 June 1998 Stevenage Borough Council Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1998 1 August 2019
Labour Party (UK)
Jacqueline Hollywell
925
71.0%
Conservative Party (UK)
Freda Warner
206
15.8%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Gordon Knigh
136
10.4%
Socialist Party (England and Wales)
Mark Pickersgill
35
2.7%
20.8%
Labour Party (UK)
Bedwell Plash
thumb|150px|Location of Bedwell Plash ward
Bedwell Plash
Labour Party (UK)
William Lawrence
729
73.9%
Conservative Party (UK)
Victoria Greaves
147
14.9%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Peter Wilkins
110
11.2%
26.3%
Labour Party (UK)
Chells
thumb|150px|Location of Chells ward
Chells
Labour Party (UK)
Pamela Stuart
508
70.1%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Leonard Lambert
125
17.2%
Conservative Party (UK)
Gwen Hegan
92
12.7%
21.9%
Labour Party (UK)
Longmeadow
thumb|150px|Location of Longmeadow ward
Longmeadow
Labour Party (UK)
Ann Webb
767
61.3%
Conservative Party (UK)
Matthew Hurst
272
21.7%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Margaret Latham
212
16.9%
25.4%
Labour Party (UK)
Martins Wood
thumb|150px|Location of Martins Wood ward
Martins Wood
Labour Party (UK)
Gary Marshall
853
47.6%
Conservative Party (UK)
Stuart Greaves
706
39.4%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Elisabeth Knight
234
13.1%
22.7%
Labour Party (UK)
Mobbsbury
thumb|150px|Location of Mobbsbury ward
Mobbsbury
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Graham Snell
617
47.7%
Labour Party (UK)
Gillian Tuffin
614
47.4%
Conservative Party (UK)
Matthew Wyatt
63
4.9%
41.7%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Monkswood
thumb|150px|Location of Monkswood ward
Monkswood
Labour Party (UK)
David Cullen
463
77.0%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
George Robbins
70
11.6%
Conservative Party (UK)
Alexandra Young
68
11.3%
27.1%
Labour Party (UK)
Old Stevenage
thumb|150px|Location of Old Stevenage ward
Old Stevenage
Labour Party (UK)
Hugh Tessier
944
53.5%
Conservative Party (UK)
Jean Carter
615
34.9%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Williams
205
11.6%
30.5%
Labour Party (UK)
Pin Green
thumb|150px|Location of Pin Green ward
Pin Green
Labour Party (UK)
Reginald Smith
616
72.0%
Conservative Party (UK)
Marion Mason
145
16.9%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Victoria Kelleher
95
11.1%
24.2%
Labour Party (UK)
Roebuck
thumb|150px|Location of Roebuck ward
Roebuck
Labour Party (UK)
Brian Dunnell
654
66.2%
Conservative Party (UK)
Claire Halling
204
20.6%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Cecil Lewis
130
13.2%
24.5%
Labour Party (UK)
St Nicholas
thumb|150px|Location of St Nicholas ward
St Nicholas
Labour Party (UK)
Stanley Munden
439
53.6%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sheila Woods
201
24.5%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Mary Griffith
179
21.9%
23.2%
Labour Party (UK)
Shephall
thumb|150px|Location of Shephall ward
Shephall
Labour Party (UK)
Eddie Webb
583
82.8%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sheree Huetson
69
9.8%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Heather Snell
52
7.4%
22.5%
Labour Party (UK)
Symonds Green
thumb|150px|Location of Symonds Green ward
Symonds Green
Labour Party (UK)
David Kissane
1,049
67.9%
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter McPartland
356
23.0%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sydney Grubert
140
9.1%
26.6%
Labour Party (UK)
References
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