You care about the environment, community, and a fairer Stevenage. So do we. But this May, a divided progressive vote hands power to the people who want to dismantle everything we've built together.
This is not scare tactics. Reform stood in Stevenage in 2024 for the first time and immediately polled hundreds of votes. Nationally they're surging. A split progressive vote is the only way they win here.
"Reform UK claimed the party would have won the cancelled Stevenage elections."
The Comet, January 2026In every Stevenage ward, the combined Labour + Green vote dwarfs Reform. But that only matters if it stays combined. Here's the 2024 picture — and what's at stake in each ward this May.
| Ward | Winner 2024 | Green votes | Green share | Reform votes | Labour margin | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Almond Hill |
Labour ✓ |
447 | — | +365 over Con | Green target | |
Bandley Hill &
Poplars |
Labour ✓ |
183 | 266 | +219 over Con | Reform present | |
Bedwell |
Labour ✓ |
282 | — | +419 over Con | Labour safe | |
Chells |
Lib Dem
✓ |
212 | — | -232 vs LD | Lib Dem held | |
Longmeadow |
Labour ✓ |
491 | 548 | +110 over Con | ⚠ Tight + Reform | |
Manor |
Lib Dem
✓ |
189 | — | -625 vs LD | Lib Dem safe | |
Martins Wood |
Labour ✓ |
441 | 519 | +296 over Con | Reform present | |
Old Town |
Labour ✓ |
301 | — | +138 over Con | Closer Con | |
Roebuck |
Labour ✓ |
286 | — | +268 over Con | Labour safe | |
St Nicholas |
Labour ✓ |
305 | — | +555 over Con | Labour safe | |
Shephall |
Labour ✓ |
209 | — | +376 over Con | Labour safe | |
Symonds Green |
Labour ✓ |
351 | — | +157 over Con | Green target | |
Woodfield |
Con + Labour
split |
227 | 146 | +53 over Labour | Contested |
Source: Stevenage Borough Council official election results, 2 May 2024. Shares are approximate proportional representations.
You didn't vote Green because you hate Labour. You voted Green because you wanted more action on the things you care about. Here's where Stevenage Labour is already delivering on those priorities — backed by official council records and the national Labour manifesto.
Labour nationally has committed to clean power by 2030, banning new oil and gas licences, and the Warm Homes Plan offering grants for insulation and low-carbon heating. In Stevenage, the council declared a Climate Emergency in 2019 — and has delivered real cuts.
Stevenage Labour secured £3.9m to retrofit 379 council homes with insulation and clean heating by 2029. An earlier programme already upgraded 240 of the least efficient homes. This is real action on energy poverty — not a promise.
The council manages 240 acres of woodland — much of it ancient — and has secured Biodiversity Net Gain funding, is creating new wildflower meadows, planting more trees, and phasing out chemical weed control across Stevenage's parks.
Under Labour, Stevenage's greenhouse gas emissions fell 22.6% below the 2018 baseline by 2023 — and the town's per-capita emissions are now below county, regional, and national averages. This is measurable, verified progress.
Labour has already brought the railways into public ownership through Great British Railways — a major step that Green voters have consistently supported. Water nationalisation discussions continue at national level.
Stevenage Labour launched a Green Business Grant in 2024, offering £70,000 to help SMEs and charities cut energy use, water waste, and emissions — because the transition to net zero has to work for local economies too.
In thousands of doorstep conversations over 25 years, what has struck me most is not the difference between Labour and Green voters, but the overlap.
— LabourList, March 2026 · Written by a candidate who has run for both parties
This is what a Labour council has delivered for Stevenage on the environment — funded, verified, and ongoing. All figures from official Stevenage Borough Council sources.
We won't pretend otherwise. The Greens are building in Stevenage — they're focusing on Almond Hill and Symonds Green — but in May 2026, in most wards, a vote for Green is a vote that cannot win a seat.
The choice is therefore not between Labour and Green values. It's between a Labour council that has delivered on the environment, and handing seats to Reform UK by splitting the progressive vote.
"Progressive voters cannot be taken for granted. The Greens are not the enemy. Complacency is."
LabourList, March 2026Green voters in Longmeadow, Symonds Green, and Almond Hill vote Green. Reform stands a full slate. Labour's majority narrows or falls. Reform gains a foothold in Stevenage for the first time — and uses it as a platform.
Green-minded voters back Labour in the wards where the Greens cannot win. Labour holds its majority. The council continues its climate programme — retrofitting homes, protecting green spaces, cutting emissions — with no Reform disruption.
Check whether the Greens are standing where you live. Nominations close 8 April 2026. In wards where a Green candidate has a real chance — vote your conscience. But in wards where they aren't standing or can't win, Labour is the progressive vote.
A vote for Labour in Stevenage this May is a vote for cleaner homes, greener spaces, and a council that Reform UK cannot touch.
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