Stafford Borough Council elections

Stafford Borough Council elections are held every four years. Stafford Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 40 councillors have been elected from 23 wards. ^[1]

Council elections

• 1973 Stafford Borough Council election
• 1976 Stafford Borough Council election
• 1979 Stafford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[2]
• 1983 Stafford Borough Council election
• 1987 Stafford Borough Council election
• 1991 Stafford Borough Council election
• 1995 Stafford Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[3]
• 1999 Stafford Borough Council election
• 2003 Stafford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by one) ^{[4] [5]}
• 2007 Stafford Borough Council election
• 2011 Stafford Borough Council election
• 2015 Stafford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[1]
• 2019 Stafford Borough Council election
• 2023 Stafford Borough Council election

Results maps

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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Weeping Cross By-Election 28 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		832	52.4
	Labour		537	33.8
	Liberal Democrats		215	13.7
Majority			295	18.6
Turnout			1,584	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

1999-2003

Weeping Cross By-Election 30 March 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		892	67.9	+0.4
	Labour		269	20.5	-11.9
	Liberal Democrats		152	11.6	+11.6
Majority			623	47.4
Turnout			1,313	25.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eccleshall By-Election 4 October 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		661	66.3	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats		336	33.7	-4.0
Majority			325	32.6
Turnout			997	21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tillington By-Election 4 October 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		445	47.6	-2.6
	Conservative		368	39.4	+10.4
	UKIP		71	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats		50	5.4	-9.4
Majority			78	8.2
Turnout			934	26.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodseaves By-Election 7 February 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		336	77.1
	Liberal Democrats		65	14.9
	Labour		35	8.0
Majority			271	62.2
Turnout			436	27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forebridge By-Election 5 December 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		310	49.8	-8.8
	Labour		220	35.3	+7.4
	Conservative		93	14.9	+1.4
Majority			90	14.5
Turnout			623	32.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2003-2007

St. Michaels By-Election 3 February 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Collier	368	38.5	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stevens	313	32.8	+7.8
	Labour	Harry Brunt	252	26.4	-7.8
	Independent	David Haswell	22	2.3	+2.3
Majority			55	5.7
Turnout			955	27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fulford By-Election 13 July 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roycroft	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Common By-Election 10 July 2008 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Barron	397	39.6	-4.3
	Labour	Alexandra Gribbon	294	29.3	-26.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Shapland	140	14.0	+14.0
	E.P.P.	Paul Gilbert	78	7.8	+7.8
	Green	Damon Hoppe	76	7.6	+7.6
Majority			103	10.3
Turnout			985	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Walton By-Election 20 October 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jill Hood	569
	Conservative	John O'Leary	372
	Labour	Lloyd Brown	306
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Rowley By-Election 8 March 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Denise Hobbs	620
	Conservative	Violet Allan	540
	Green	Kate Harding	67
	UKIP	Malcolm Hurst	61
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Coton By-Election 2 May 2013 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Hollinshead	448	64.1	-6.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Price	251	35.9	+6.3
Majority			197	28.2
Turnout			699
	Labour hold		Swing

2015-2019

Highfields and Western Downs By-Election 4 May 2017 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Jenkinson	650
	Conservative	William Taylor	620
	Labour	David Barron	602
	Labour	Mike Winkle	544
	Green	Toby Hollinshead	109
	Green	Doug Rouxel	97
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "The Stafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2015", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2015/69, retrieved 16 September 2022
2. The Borough of Stafford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/753)
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands (District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 7 November 2015.
4. "Stafford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 13 August 2009.
5. "The Borough of Stafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2001/1447, retrieved 16 September 2022
6. "Common Ward: Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Stafford Borough Council. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
7. "Local Elections Archive Project — Coton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
8. "Local Elections Archive Project — Highfields and Western Downs Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

• Stafford election results
• By-election results

External links

• Stafford Borough Council