2019 Stafford Borough Council election

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2019 Stafford Borough Council election
Staffordshire Flag.svg
  2015 2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) 2023  

All 40 seats to Stafford Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election29 seats, 48.0%9 seats, 22.6%
Seats won2210
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote26,21814,718
Percentage48.5%27.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.5%Increase2.svg 4.6%

 Third partyFourth party
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Party Independent Green
Last election2 seats, 11.8%0 seats, 3.3%
Seats won71
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote7,9401,622
Percentage14.7%3.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.9%Decrease2.svg 0.3%

Stafford UK ward map 2019.svg
Results by ward

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on Thursday 2 May 2019. [1]

Contents

Summary

Election result

2019 Stafford Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 392207Decrease2.svg 755.048.526,218+0.5
  Labour 311010Increase2.svg 125.027.214,718+4.6
  Independent 9750Increase2.svg 517.514.77,940+2.9
  Green 6110Increase2.svg 12.53.01,622–0.3
  UKIP 12000Steady2.svg0.05.63,043–0.8
  Liberal Democrats 1000Steady2.svg0.00.9490+0.4

Ward results

Barlaston

Barlaston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Evan Jones 570 76.4 -23.6
UKIP Karen Jones17623.6New
Majority
Turnout 36.1
Conservative hold Swing

Baswich

Baswich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Edgeller 1,233 63.8
Conservative Marnie Phillips 923 47.7
Labour Rich Duffy58130.1
Labour Sophie Wain56429.2
UKIP Ellis Stones29715.4
Majority
Turnout 39.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Common

Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Aidan Godfrey 374 49.4 +8.5
Green Andy Murray13217.4+9.5
UKIP Victor Edwards12616.6+2.1
Conservative Joy Jones12516.5-7.9
Majority
Turnout 24.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Coton

Coton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Kemp 745 64.3
Labour Louise Nixon 695 60.0
Conservative James Cantrill38533.2
Conservative Lindsey Douglas37432.3
Majority
Turnout 23.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

Doxey and Castletown

Doxey and Castletown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tony Pearce 557 58.8 +42.9
Conservative Isabella Davies22123.3-11.0
Labour Eleanor Tristram16917.8-8.1
Majority
Turnout 35.1
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Eccleshall

Eccleshall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Pert 1,180 64.4
Conservative Peter Jones 1,131 61.7
UKIP Tony Pace45825.0
Labour Bill Lockwood34018.5New
Majority
Turnout 35.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Forebridge

Forebridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Chris Baron 488 60.7 +23.2
Labour Stuart Nixon24530.5-4.8
UKIP Robert Stephens718.8New
Majority
Turnout 32.7
Independent hold Swing

Fulford

Fulford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Roycroft 780 58.3
Conservative Michael Dodson 752 56.2
Liberal Democrats Alec Sandiford49036.6New
Labour Jule Whittaker31623.6New
Majority
Turnout 28.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Gnosall and Woodseaves

Gnosall and Woodseaves
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Farrington 1,174 56.5
Conservative Mike Smith 1,152 55.4
Labour Gail Gregory60028.9
UKIP Susan Harris47022.6
Majority
Turnout 38.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywood and Hixon

Haywood and Hixon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brendan McKeown 733 38.6
Conservative Alexander Brown 655 34.5
Conservative Alan Perkins61932.6
Labour Suzanne O'Farrell31016.3
Labour Mick Kelly28615.1
Majority
Turnout 35.1
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Highfields and Western Downs

Highfields and Western Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Holmes 629 53.6
Labour Dee Holbrook-Summers 627 53.4
Conservative Victoria Jenkinson50042.6
Conservative Rebecca Davis49842.4
Majority
Turnout 24.2
Labour hold
Labour hold

Holmcroft

Holmcroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Price 956 50.1
Conservative Bryan Cross 937 49.1
Labour Yvonne Jordan50426.4
Labour Julian Thorley43022.5
Green Emma Carter27314.3
UKIP Sam Falconer27014.1New
UKIP John Jeffrey25913.6New
Majority
Turnout 34.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Littleworth

Littleworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Gillian Pardesi 573 38.2
Labour Co-op Tony Nixon 530 35.3
Conservative Stewart Bishop45130.0
Conservative Mary Jennings41527.6
Independent Rowan Draper27218.1New
Green Michael Spight26117.4
UKIP Paul Williams22014.7
UKIP Marcus Hoffmann de Visme16811.2
Majority
Turnout 34.3
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Manor

Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Loughran 737 53.6
Labour Anne Hobbs 710 51.6
Conservative Mike Heenan59143.0
Conservative Emily Lewis57241.6
Majority
Turnout 26.9
Labour hold
Labour hold

Milford

Milford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andy Cooper 530 56.0 +8.0
Labour Paul Martlew21522.7+7.3
Green Ann Elphick20121.2New
Majority
Turnout 39.2
Conservative hold Swing

Milwich

Milwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Beatty 878 52.0
Conservative Andrew Harp 841 49.8
Independent Jim Davies67840.2New
Labour Jim Livesey30318.0New
UKIP Edward Whitfield26515.7New
Majority
Turnout 35.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Penkside

Penkside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ralph Cooke 389 62.6 +18.0
Conservative Andrew Edwards23237.4+9.4
Majority
Turnout 25.0
Labour hold Swing

Rowley

Rowley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carolyn Trowbridge 513 52.1 -1.2
Labour Edward Smith27327.7-8.9
Green Douglas Rouxel19820.1+10.1
Majority
Turnout 40.1
Conservative hold Swing

Seighford and Church Eaton

Seighford and Church Eaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ray Sutherland 1,191 70.2
Conservative Mark Winnington 1,189 70.1
Labour Co-op Trevor Fisher48628.6
Majority
Turnout 35.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St. Michael's and Stonefield

St. Michael's and Stonefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Rob Kenney 1,243 48.9
Independent Philip Leason 1,238 48.7
Independent Ian Fordham 1,117 44.0
Conservative Lynne Bakker-Collier63725.1
Conservative William Carlin61524.2
Conservative Geoff Collier60423.8
Labour Sally Osborne-Town47718.8
Labour Mike Osborne-Town47018.5
Labour Cathy Gregory46618.3
UKIP Andrew Illsley26310.4
Majority
Turnout 32.4
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Swynnerton and Oulton

Swynnerton and Oulton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy James Unopposed
Conservative James Nixon Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Walton

Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jill Hood 1,256 73.8
Independent Mark Green 915 53.7
Conservative Mike Williamson37221.8
Labour Tracey Lindop34220.1
Conservative Adrian Harding31218.3
Majority
Turnout 34.1
Independent hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Weeping Cross and Wildwood

Weeping Cross and Wildwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jenny Barron 1,065 60.9
Conservative Ray Barron 1,045 59.7
Labour Daniel Cadden67138.3
Labour Julie Read66137.8
Majority
Turnout 38.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Changes 2019–2023

Jenny Barron and Ray Barron, both elected as Conservatives, left the party in March 2022 to sit as independents. This caused the Conservatives to lose their majority, placing the council under no overall control. [2]

In March 2023, in the run-up to the next election, eight of the nine independent councillors formally registered themselves as a political party called the Stafford Borough Independents. [3] [4]

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