Stephen McPartland increased his share of the vote when he held on to his seat in Stevenage in a hotly contested race.
David Collins, UKIP – 6,864
David Cox, Independent – 67
Charles Vickers, English Democrats –115
STEPHEN MCPARTLAND, Con – 21,291
Trevor Palmer, TUSC – 175
Sharon Taylor, Lab – 16,336
Susan Van De Ven, Lib Dem – 1,582
Graham White, Green – 1,369
Turnout: (47,934) 67.7 per cent
Spoilt ballots: 127
After winning Mr McPartland said: “It was an absolutely fantastic result. We have received a very warm welcome and reception from the people of Stevenage. I plan to keep on working hard for people in the town specifically on installing a radiotherapy satellite unit at Lister Hospital, improving our schools, railways and on work to widen the A1(M).”
In second place Sharon Taylor said: “I want to firstly congratulate Stephen on his win. I was disappointed to lose but not disappointed with my campaign and want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported me.
“There are still lots of issues in the town and I will remain as a councillor and always do everything I can to work to improve things here.”
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