Colonel William A. Phillips

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1994. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 37
• Liberal Democrat 2

Election result

Stevenage Local Election Result 1998

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	0	1	1	92.3	62.5	9,144	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	7.7	15.8	2,305	2.3
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	21.5	3,144	0.9
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	35	New

All comparisons in seats and vote share are to the corresponding 1994 election.

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jacqueline Hollywell	925	71.0%
	Conservative	Freda Warner	206	15.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knigh	136	10.4%
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Pickersgill	35	2.7%
Turnout				20.8%
	Labour hold

Bedwell Plash

Bedwell Plash^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Lawrence	729	73.9%
	Conservative	Victoria Greaves	147	14.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilkins	110	11.2%
Turnout				26.3%
	Labour hold

Chells

Chells^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pamela Stuart	508	70.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Lambert	125	17.2%
	Conservative	Gwen Hegan	92	12.7%
Turnout				21.9%
	Labour hold

Longmeadow

Longmeadow^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Webb	767	61.3%
	Conservative	Matthew Hurst	272	21.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Latham	212	16.9%
Turnout				25.4%
	Labour hold

Martins Wood

Martins Wood^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gary Marshall	853	47.6%
	Conservative	Stuart Greaves	706	39.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Knight	234	13.1%
Turnout				22.7%
	Labour hold

Mobbsbury

Mobbsbury^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Snell	617	47.7%
	Labour	Gillian Tuffin	614	47.4%
	Conservative	Matthew Wyatt	63	4.9%
Turnout				41.7%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Monkswood

Monkswood^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Cullen	463	77.0%
	Liberal Democrats	George Robbins	70	11.6%
	Conservative	Alexandra Young	68	11.3%
Turnout				27.1%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage

Old Stevenage^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hugh Tessier	944	53.5%
	Conservative	Jean Carter	615	34.9%
	Liberal Democrats	David Williams	205	11.6%
Turnout				30.5%
	Labour hold

Pin Green

Pin Green^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Reginald Smith	616	72.0%
	Conservative	Marion Mason	145	16.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Kelleher	95	11.1%
Turnout				24.2%
	Labour hold

Roebuck

Roebuck^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Dunnell	654	66.2%
	Conservative	Claire Halling	204	20.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Cecil Lewis	130	13.2%
Turnout				24.5%
	Labour hold

St Nicholas

St Nicholas^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stanley Munden	439	53.6%
	Conservative	Sheila Woods	201	24.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Griffith	179	21.9%
Turnout				23.2%
	Labour hold

Shephall

Shephall^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eddie Webb	583	82.8%
	Conservative	Sheree Huetson	69	9.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Snell	52	7.4%
Turnout				22.5%
	Labour hold

Symonds Green

Symonds Green^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Kissane	1,049	67.9%
	Conservative	Peter McPartland	356	23.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Sydney Grubert	140	9.1%
Turnout				26.6%
	Labour hold

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