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Stevenage 2025

Local elections held 1 May 2025.

6 ward races
6 seats
6 elected below the proportional quota
100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 6 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 6 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Reform UK7,08634.8%583.3%233.3%+3
Labour and Co-operative Party4,89624.0%00.0%233.3%-2
Conservative and Unionist Party3,92819.3%00.0%116.7%-1
Liberal Democrats2,97814.6%116.7%116.7%0
Green Party1,3256.5%00.0%00.0%0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1760.9%00.0%00.0%0
Total20,389100.0%6100.0%6100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

St. Nicholas · single-seat

Marginal winner 30.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +19.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,442

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Matthew HurstReform UK1,05130.5%Elected
2Claire ParrisLabour and Co-operative Party1,00429.2%
3Phil BibbyConservative and Unionist Party81523.7%
4Neil Geoffrey BrinkworthLiberal Democrats2908.4%
5Jennifer Marie ArndtGreen Party2577.5%
6Amber Elizabeth GentlemanTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition250.7%

Electorate 10,809 · Ballots cast 3,449 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code 56948 · Back to ward index

Old Stevenage · single-seat

Marginal winner 34.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +15.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,735

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Doug BainbridgeReform UK1,28334.4%Elected
2Richard HenryLabour and Co-operative Party98026.2%
3Maria WheelerConservative and Unionist Party80221.5%
4Jill BrinkworthLiberal Democrats3318.9%
5Becca WattsGreen Party3108.3%
6Trevor Michael PalmerTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition290.8%

Electorate 10,743 · Ballots cast 3,747 · Invalid 12 · EC ward code 56944 · Back to ward index

Broadwater · single-seat

Marginal winner 35.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +14.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,546

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Janet Marie BainbridgeReform UK1,25435.4%Elected
2Adam Joseph Stephen MitchellConservative and Unionist Party94926.8%
3Coleen De FreitasLabour and Co-operative Party81122.9%
4David John BarksLiberal Democrats2777.8%
5Glen RozemontGreen Party2286.4%
6Helen Dorothy KerrTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition270.8%

Electorate 11,668 · Ballots cast 3,557 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code 56945 · Back to ward index

Shephall · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +11.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,135

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Wendy RouseReform UK1,20738.5%Elected
2Jackie HollywellLabour and Co-operative Party84126.8%
3Victoria FaceyConservative and Unionist Party62219.8%
4Jaysica MarvellLiberal Democrats2618.3%
5Stephani Karyim MokGreen Party1755.6%
6Barbara Jane ClareTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition290.9%

Electorate 10,659 · Ballots cast 3,147 · Invalid 12 · EC ward code 56946 · Back to ward index

Bedwell · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,999

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Peter Lawrence ColleyReform UK1,19639.9%Elected
2Ellie PlaterLabour and Co-operative Party85328.4%
3David Denny-StubbsConservative and Unionist Party42214.1%
4Nigel Robert ByeLiberal Democrats2638.8%
5Balgiisa AhmedGreen Party2277.6%
6Steve GlennonTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition381.3%

Electorate 10,937 · Ballots cast 3,007 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code 56947 · Back to ward index

Chells · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,532

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Robin Gareth ParkerLiberal Democrats1,55644.1%Elected
2Robert HenryReform UK1,09531.0%
3Forhad ChowdhuryLabour and Co-operative Party40711.5%
4Margaret Penelope NotleyConservative and Unionist Party3189.0%
5Dave IngarfillGreen Party1283.6%
6Mark GentlemanTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition280.8%

Electorate 11,205 · Ballots cast 3,536 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code 56943 · Back to ward index