Stalybridge & Hyde         Lab  hold
                                        
                                    5/6 
 T Pendry          Lab    25,363   58.9%
 N de Bois         Con    10,557   24.5%
 M Cross           LibD    5,169   12.0%
 R Clapham         Ref     1,992    4.6%
 Turnout 65.7%; Lab majority 14,806     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 9.3%          
                                        
                                        
    Stevenage                  Lab  gain
                                        
                                        
 B Follett         Lab    28,440   55.3%
 T Wood            Con    16,858   32.8%
 A Wilcock         LibD    4,588    8.9%
 J Coburn          Ref     1,194    2.3%
 D Bundy           ProL      196    0.4%
 A Calcraft        NLP       110    0.2%
 Turnout 76.8%; Lab majority 11,582     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 13.9%         
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