Election Name: | 2010 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2008 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2008 |
Next Election: | 2011 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Seats For Election: | 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 20 |
Election Date: | 6 May 2010 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 30 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Seats After1: | 27 |
Popular Vote1: | 13,670 |
Percentage1: | 35.8% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 5 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Seats After2: | 9 |
Popular Vote2: | 13,365 |
Percentage2: | 35.0% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 3 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 8,367 |
Percentage3: | 21.9% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
After Election: | Labour |
Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council stood for election; the seats which were last contested in 2006. The election saw the Conservative Party gain a further 3 seats.
After the election, the composition of the council was:[1]
Note: Woodfield ward was won by Marion Mason for the Conservatives in 2006, but she defected to UKIP in January 2008.[2]