1995 Stevenage Borough Council election explained

Election Name:1995 Stevenage Borough Council election[1] [2]
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1994 Stevenage Borough Council election
Previous Year:1994
Next Election:1996 Stevenage Borough Council election
Next Year:1996
Seats For Election:14 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
Majority Seats:20
Election Date:4 May 1995
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:31
Seats1:14
Seat Change1:5
Seats After1:36
Popular Vote1:13,438
Percentage1:67.0%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:4
Seats2:0
Seat Change2:2
Seats After2:2
Popular Vote2:3,124
Percentage2:15.6%
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before3:2
Seats3:0
Seat Change3:1
Seats After3:1
Popular Vote3:3,310
Percentage3:16.5%
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:Labour

The 1995 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1995. 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 1991. There was also a second seat up for election in Martins Wood ward. 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;" | 20,061| 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 1991 election.

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 1995. The Elections Centre.