Stevenage Borough Council

Stevenage Borough Council is the local authority for the Stevenage non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Stevenage is located in the north-east of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region.

Stevenage Borough Council
Leadership
Margaret Notley,
Conservative
since 25 May 2022[1]
Richard Henry,
Labour and Co-operative
since 1 January 2023[2]
Matt Partridge
since 25 July 2019[3]
Structure
Seats39[4]
Political groups
Administration (24)
  Labour and Co-operative (24)
Other parties (15)
  Conservative (9)
  Liberal Democrat (6)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
2022
Next election
2023
Meeting place

Daneshill House, Danestrete, Stevenage
Website
http://www.stevenage.gov.uk

The Council consists of 39 elected members, representing thirteen electoral wards; each of the wards elects three councillors. Youth representatives from Stevenage Youth Council and the elected Stevenage Youth Mayor also attend Stevenage Borough Council meetings in a non-voting role.[5][6]

The Council is currently controlled by the Labour and Co-operative Group, who hold 24 of the 39 seats. Labour have controlled the council continuously since its creation as a non-metropolitan district in 1974. The Conservative Group hold 9 seats and the Liberal Democrat Group hold 6 seats and there is 1 Independent (ex-Labour). The Leader of the Labour and Co-operative Group and the Council is Councillor Richard Henry.[7]

Composition
See also: Stevenage Borough Council elections
Party Councillors Change
(2021)
2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021
Labour Co-op 33 30 29 26 27 22 -5
Conservative 3 (6) (7) (9) (7) (11) +4
Liberal Democrats (3) 3 3 4 5 6 +1
Total 39 39 39 39 39 39
Key: Bold: Leading Group, (bracket): Main Opposition Group
Source:[8]

Wards

Stevenage consists of thirteen wards.

Arms
Coat of arms of Stevenage Borough Council
Notes
Originally granted to Stevenage Urban District Council on 10 March 1958.
Crest
Out of a crown palisado Or a demi hart Proper its sinister fore leg resting upon a cogwheel Gold.
Escutcheon
Argent on a mount in base point Vert an oak tree eradicated Proper fructed Or transfixed with a sword in bend sinister point downward also Proper hilt and pommel also Or and over all a fess Gules charged with six mullets of six points Gold.
Motto
The Heart Of A Town Lies In Its People.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Minutes, Council 26 May 2021". Stevenage Borough Council. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. "Council minutes, 14 December 2022". Stevenage Borough Council. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. "New CEO for Stevenage". The UK Innovation Corridor. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. "Political Makeup".
  5. "Stevenage's first youth mayor calls for young people's ideas". BBC News. 28 May 2012.
  6. "Youth Council". Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  7. "Local Election Results - 2015". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. "Local councillors". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  9. "East of England Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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