1982 Stevenage Borough Council election explained

Election Name:1982 Stevenage Borough Council election[1] [2]
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1980 Stevenage Borough Council election
Previous Year:1980
Next Election:1983 Stevenage Borough Council election
Next Year:1983
Seats For Election:14 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
Majority Seats:20
Election Date:6 May 1982
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:36
Seats1:6
Seat Change1:7
Seats After1:29
Popular Vote1:8,643
Percentage1:38.3%
Party2:SDP–Liberal Alliance
Seats Before2:0
Seats2:7
Seat Change2:8
Seats After2:8
Popular Vote2:8,119
Percentage2:36.0%
Party3:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before3:3
Seats3:1
Seat Change3:1
Seats After3:2
Popular Vote3:5,817
Percentage3:25.8%
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
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

|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 14| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 22,579| style="text-align: right;" | |-|colspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:"||-| style="color:inherit;background:"|| colspan="10"| Labour hold

Ward results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Council compositions by year. The Elections Centre.
  2. Web site: Local Election Summaries 1982. The Elections Centre.