| Election Name: | 2016 Stevenage Borough Council election[1] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Stevenage Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Stevenage Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
| Turnout: | 34.65% |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 30 |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,155 |
| Percentage1: | 42.6% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 6 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,776 |
| Percentage2: | 31.5% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,706 |
| Percentage3: | 12.6% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
The 2016 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Stevenage Borough Council in England.[2] 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 2012. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1973.
| Stevenage Borough Council election, 2016[3] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
| Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | % | ± | ||
| Labour | 10 | 19 | 29 | -1 | 9,155 | 42.6 | ||
| Conservative | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 6,776 | 31.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2,706 | 12.6 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 5.0 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,038 | 4.8 | ||
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 707 | 3.3 | ||
| Give Me Back Elmo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.1 | ||
| Total | 13 | 26 | 39 | - | 21486 | - | - | |
| Turnout | 34.65 | |||||||