Stevenage election results: Labour gains in Old Town and Roebuck
Labour's Anne Wells, who won the Roebuck seat, and Jim Brown, for Old Town, both made gains at the Stevenage Borough Council Local Elections 2022 - Credit: Will Durrant
The Stevenage Local Elections 2022 results are in - with Labour gains from the Conservatives in Old Town and Roebuck.
The number of Conservative seats, which stood at 11 before the local election, is now in single figures.
The party has just nine members on the council, matching their total after the 2018 local election four years ago.
Council leader Sharon Taylor, in Symonds Green, has held her seat, and her party - Labour - has held control over the council.
Stephen McPartland MP attended the count to support his Conservative colleagues - Credit: Will Durrant
Stevenage Borough Council election results in full:
Bandley Hill: Labour HOLD
Andrew Anderson - Lib Dem: 232
Barbara Clare - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 42
Joan Lloyd - Labour: 786
Dhiren Malavia - Conservative: 589
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Turnout: 32.63% (down from 34.1% in 2021)
Bedwell: Labour HOLD
Chris Berry - Lib Dem: 191
Catherine Bibby - Conservative: 452
Nazmin Chowdhury - Labour: 941
Steve Glennon - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 73
Turnout: 29.03% (down from 32% in 2021)
Chells: Liberal Democrat HOLD
Roger Charles - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 50
Forhad Chowdhury - Labour: 507
Tom Wren - Lib Dem: 748
Matthew Wyatt - Conservative: 330
Turnout: 32.78% (down from 34.8% in 2021)
Longmeadow: Conservative HOLD
Bret Facey - Conservative: 610
Alistair Gordon - Labour: 594
Matthew Hurst - Independent: 178
Helen Kerr - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 25
Matthew Snell - Lib Dem: 121
Turnout: 34.85% (down from 37.2% in 2021)
Manor: Liberal Democrat HOLD
Louisa Barr - Labour: 315
Dean Carpenter - Green: 93
Victoria Facey - Conservative: 306
Andy McGuinness - Lib Dem: 1,218
Turnout: 37.92% (down from 39.5% in 2021)
Councillor Robin Parker, leader of the Liberal Democrat group at Stevenage Borough Council, saw his party hold on to two seats - Credit: Will Durrant
Martins Wood: Labour HOLD
Jim Borcherds - Green: 104
Lloyd Briscoe - Labour: 659
Andy Goldsmith - Conservative: 380
Isabel Wilks - Lib Dem: 370
Turnout: 33.07% (down from 35.5% in 2021)
Old Town: Labour GAIN (from Conservative)
Jim Brown - Labour: 1,107
Jody Hanafin - Conservative: 942
Mark Kerr - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 17
Madani Mannan - Lib Dem: 111
Elizabeth Sturges - Green: 189
Turnout: 37.77% (down from 40.5% in 2021)
Labour has HELD Stevenage Borough Council, with two Labour gains from the Conservatives in Old Town and Roebuck - Credit: Will Durrant
Pin Green: Labour HOLD
Andy Facey - Conservative: 484
Charles Littleton - Lib Dem: 142
Naomi Lovelace - Collins - Green: 131
Lin Martin-Haugh - Labour: 749
Mark Pickersgill - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 24
Turnout: 32.52% (down from 34.6% in 2021)
Roebuck: Labour GAIN (from Conservative)
Nigel Bye - Lib Dem: 183
Bryan Clare - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 39
Nicholas Leech - Conservative: 628
Anne Wells - Labour: 757
Turnout: 31.45% (down from 33.5% in 2021)
Shephall: Labour HOLD
David Barks - Lib Dem: 134
Rob Broom - Labour: 834
Gwendolyn Lawrence - Conservative: 375
Michael Malocco - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 53
Turnout: 30.5% (down from 31.6% in 2021)
St Nicholas: Labour HOLD
Sandra Barr - Labour: 1,079
Amber Gentleman - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 60
Hazel Jones - Lib Dem: 180
Melanie Mitchell - Conservative: 485
Turnout: 31.93% (up from 31.6% in 2021)
Symonds Green: Labour HOLD
Clive Hearmon - Lib Dem: 115
Jack Ingarfill - Conservative: 523
Trevor Palmer - Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts: 28
Sharon Taylor - Labour: 902
Richard Warr - Green: 112
Turnout: 37.92% (up from 36.9% in 2021)
Stevenage Borough Council leader Sharon Taylor has retained her seat in Symonds Green - Credit: Will Durrant
Woodfield: Conservative HOLD
Amodio Amato - Reform UK: 50
Phil Bibby - Conservative: 674
Neil Brinkworth - Lib Dem: 223
Jim Callaghan - Labour: 488
Turnout: 34.58% (down from 39.4% in 2021)
