2018 Stevenage Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2018 Stevenage Borough Council election[1] [2]
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2016 Stevenage Borough Council election
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2019 Stevenage Borough Council election
Next Year:2019
Seats For Election:13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
Majority Seats:20
Election Date:3 May 2018
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:29
Seats1:8
Seat Change1:3
Seats After1:26
Popular Vote1:10,035
Percentage1:44.2%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:7
Seats2:3
Seat Change2:2
Seats After2:9
Popular Vote2:8,583
Percentage2:37.8%
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before3:3
Seats3:2
Seat Change3:1
Seats After3:4
Popular Vote3:3,387
Percentage3:14.9%
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:Labour

Elections to Stevenage Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2014. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1973.

Result Summary

[3] |-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 40| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 22,720| 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: Local Elections 2018. House of Commons Library. Noel Dempsey. 14 May 2018. 21.
  2. Web site: Stevenage Borough Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505193450/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cz3nm49dx89t/stevenage-borough-council. dead. BBC News. 3 May 2018. 5 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Stevenage Borough Council.