13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Seats before
33
3
3
Seats won
8
1
1
Seats after
30
6
3
Seat change
3
3
Popular vote
15,815
14,923
3,082
Percentage
38.2%
36.0%
7.4%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2015 Stevenage Borough Council elections. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election
Labour
Council control after election
Labour
The by-thirds 2015 Stevenage Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect one third (thirteen) of the members (councillors) of the council, one for each ward, as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election.[3] The up for election were last contested in 2011. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1973.
Results
In the previous result the changes were that Labour party candidates gained two Conservative-held seats and a Liberal Democrat took a Labour councillor-held seat.[4] As shown in the 2012 table this meant the total of councillors stood as 31, 4 and 4 for these party groups, the governing group being that of Labour councillors. This election saw three seats in that group convert to the now largest formal opposition group of councillors, local Conservatives.
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^Steven Ayres (18 June 2015). "Local elections 2015". House of Commons Library. p. 21.
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^"District Council Elections - District Council Elections - Thursday, 7 May 2015". South Cambridgeshire District Council. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ ab"Local Election Results - 2015". Stevenage Borough Council. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^Pritchard, Oliver (8 May 2015). "Stevenage Borough Council council elections 2015: Labour hold Symonds Green". The Comet. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^Pritchard, Oliver (8 May 2015). "Stevenage Borough Council elections 2015: Conservatives hold Woodfield". The Comet. Retrieved 8 May 2015.