Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on Thursday 2 May 2019.[1]
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Summary
editElection result
edit2019 Stafford Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 39 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 55.0 | 48.5 | 26,218 | +0.5 | |
Labour | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 27.2 | 14,718 | +4.6 | |
Independent | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17.5 | 14.7 | 7,940 | +2.9 | |
Green | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1,622 | –0.3 | |
UKIP | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 3,043 | –0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 490 | +0.4 |
Ward results
editBarlaston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Evan Jones | 570 | 76.4 | −23.6 | |
UKIP | Karen Jones | 176 | 23.6 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 36.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Baswich
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ann Edgeller | 1,233 | 63.8 | ||
Conservative | Marnie Phillips | 923 | 47.7 | ||
Labour | Rich Duffy | 581 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | Sophie Wain | 564 | 29.2 | ||
UKIP | Ellis Stones | 297 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 39.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Common
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Aidan Godfrey | 374 | 49.4 | +8.5 | |
Green | Andy Murray | 132 | 17.4 | +9.5 | |
UKIP | Victor Edwards | 126 | 16.6 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Joy Jones | 125 | 16.5 | −7.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 24.5 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Coton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jack Kemp | 745 | 64.3 | ||
Labour | Louise Nixon | 695 | 60.0 | ||
Conservative | James Cantrill | 385 | 33.2 | ||
Conservative | Lindsey Douglas | 374 | 32.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 23.3 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Doxey and Castletown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Tony Pearce | 557 | 58.8 | +42.9 | |
Conservative | Isabella Davies | 221 | 23.3 | −11.0 | |
Labour | Eleanor Tristram | 169 | 17.8 | −8.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 35.1 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Eccleshall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Pert | 1,180 | 64.4 | ||
Conservative | Peter Jones | 1,131 | 61.7 | ||
UKIP | Tony Pace | 458 | 25.0 | ||
Labour | Bill Lockwood | 340 | 18.5 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 35.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Forebridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Chris Baron | 488 | 60.7 | +23.2 | |
Labour | Stuart Nixon | 245 | 30.5 | −4.8 | |
UKIP | Robert Stephens | 71 | 8.8 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 32.7 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Fulford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Roycroft | 780 | 58.3 | ||
Conservative | Michael Dodson | 752 | 56.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alec Sandiford | 490 | 36.6 | New | |
Labour | Jule Whittaker | 316 | 23.6 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 28.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Gnosall and Woodseaves
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patrick Farrington | 1,174 | 56.5 | ||
Conservative | Mike Smith | 1,152 | 55.4 | ||
Labour | Gail Gregory | 600 | 28.9 | ||
UKIP | Susan Harris | 470 | 22.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Haywood and Hixon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Brendan McKeown | 733 | 38.6 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Brown | 655 | 34.5 | ||
Conservative | Alan Perkins | 619 | 32.6 | ||
Labour | Suzanne O'Farrell | 310 | 16.3 | ||
Labour | Mick Kelly | 286 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 35.1 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Highfields and Western Downs
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Holmes | 629 | 53.6 | ||
Labour | Dee Holbrook-Summers | 627 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | Victoria Jenkinson | 500 | 42.6 | ||
Conservative | Rebecca Davis | 498 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 24.2 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Holmcroft
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Price | 956 | 50.1 | ||
Conservative | Bryan Cross | 937 | 49.1 | ||
Labour | Yvonne Jordan | 504 | 26.4 | ||
Labour | Julian Thorley | 430 | 22.5 | ||
Green | Emma Carter | 273 | 14.3 | ||
UKIP | Sam Falconer | 270 | 14.1 | New | |
UKIP | John Jeffrey | 259 | 13.6 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Littleworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Gillian Pardesi | 573 | 38.2 | ||
Labour Co-op | Tony Nixon | 530 | 35.3 | ||
Conservative | Stewart Bishop | 451 | 30.0 | ||
Conservative | Mary Jennings | 415 | 27.6 | ||
Independent | Rowan Draper | 272 | 18.1 | New | |
Green | Michael Spight | 261 | 17.4 | ||
UKIP | Paul Williams | 220 | 14.7 | ||
UKIP | Marcus Hoffmann de Visme | 168 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.3 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |
Manor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Loughran | 737 | 53.6 | ||
Labour | Anne Hobbs | 710 | 51.6 | ||
Conservative | Mike Heenan | 591 | 43.0 | ||
Conservative | Emily Lewis | 572 | 41.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 26.9 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Milford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andy Cooper | 530 | 56.0 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Paul Martlew | 215 | 22.7 | +7.3 | |
Green | Ann Elphick | 201 | 21.2 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 39.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Milwich
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frances Beatty | 878 | 52.0 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Harp | 841 | 49.8 | ||
Independent | Jim Davies | 678 | 40.2 | New | |
Labour | Jim Livesey | 303 | 18.0 | New | |
UKIP | Edward Whitfield | 265 | 15.7 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 35.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Penkside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ralph Cooke | 389 | 62.6 | +18.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Edwards | 232 | 37.4 | +9.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 25.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rowley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Carolyn Trowbridge | 513 | 52.1 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Edward Smith | 273 | 27.7 | −8.9 | |
Green | Douglas Rouxel | 198 | 20.1 | +10.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Seighford and Church Eaton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ray Sutherland | 1,191 | 70.2 | ||
Conservative | Mark Winnington | 1,189 | 70.1 | ||
Labour Co-op | Trevor Fisher | 486 | 28.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 35.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
St. Michael's and Stonefield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Rob Kenney | 1,243 | 48.9 | ||
Independent | Philip Leason | 1,238 | 48.7 | ||
Independent | Ian Fordham | 1,117 | 44.0 | ||
Conservative | Lynne Bakker-Collier | 637 | 25.1 | ||
Conservative | William Carlin | 615 | 24.2 | ||
Conservative | Geoff Collier | 604 | 23.8 | ||
Labour | Sally Osborne-Town | 477 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | Mike Osborne-Town | 470 | 18.5 | ||
Labour | Cathy Gregory | 466 | 18.3 | ||
UKIP | Andrew Illsley | 263 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 32.4 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Swynnerton and Oulton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy James | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Nixon | Unopposed | |||
Majority | – | – | |||
Turnout | – | – | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Walton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jill Hood | 1,256 | 73.8 | ||
Independent | Mark Green | 915 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Mike Williamson | 372 | 21.8 | ||
Labour | Tracey Lindop | 342 | 20.1 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Harding | 312 | 18.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.1 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Weeping Cross and Wildwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jenny Barron | 1,065 | 60.9 | ||
Conservative | Ray Barron | 1,045 | 59.7 | ||
Labour | Daniel Cadden | 671 | 38.3 | ||
Labour | Julie Read | 661 | 37.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Changes 2019–2023
editJenny 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]
References
edit- ^ "Borough Election Results 2019 | Stafford Borough Council". www.staffordbc.gov.uk.
- ^ Ashdown, Kerry (28 March 2022). "Tories lose Stafford Council majority as councillor couple go independent". Express and Star. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Councillors". Stafford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Cook, Jon (23 March 2023). "Stafford Borough Independent councillors form new political party ahead of upcoming elections". A Little Bit of Stone. Retrieved 29 December 2023.