1990 Stevenage Borough Council election explained

Election Name:1990 Stevenage Borough Council election[1] [2]
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1988 Stevenage Borough Council election
Previous Year:1988
Next Election:1991 Stevenage Borough Council election
Next Year:1991
Seats For Election:13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
Majority Seats:20
Election Date:3 May 1990
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:27
Seats1:13
Seat Change1:5
Seats After1:32
Popular Vote1:15,975
Percentage1:61.5%
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before2:10
Seats2:0
Seat Change2:4
Seats After2:6
Popular Vote2:2,927
Percentage2:11.3%
Party3:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before3:1
Seats3:0
Seats After3:1
Popular Vote3:6,255
Percentage3:24.1%
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:Labour

The 1990 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1990. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1986. 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;" | 13| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 25,980| style="text-align: right;" | |-|colspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:"||-| style="color:inherit;background:"|| colspan="10"| Labour holdAll comparisons in seats and vote share are to the corresponding 1986 election.

Ward results

Symonds Green

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Council compositions by year. The Elections Centre.
  2. Web site: Local Election Summaries 1990. The Elections Centre.