The 1979 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1979. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results

, -bgcolor=#F6F6F6 , colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" , Total , style="text-align: right;" , 39 , colspan=5 , , style="text-align: right;" , 41,336 , style="text-align: right;" , , - , colspan="11" bgcolor="", , - , style="background:", , colspan="10", Labour hold

Ward results

Bandley Hill (3 seats)

Bedwell Plash (3 seats)

Chells (2 seats)

Longmeadow (3 seats)

Martins Wood (3 seats)

Mobbsbury (3 seats)

Monkswood (3 seats)

Old Stevenage (3 seats)

Pin Green (3 seats)

Roebuck (3 seats)

St Nicholas (3 seats)

Shephall (3 seats)

Symonds Green (3 seats)

Wellfield (1 seat)

References

{{United Kingdom local elections, 1979

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1979 English local elections 1970s in Hertfordshire