Staffordshire County Council elections

Local government elections in Staffordshire, England

Staffordshire County Council elections are held every four years. Staffordshire County Council is the upper-tier authority for the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2013, 62 councillors have been elected from 60 electoral divisions.

Results summary

Staffordshire County Council Election, 2021
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	57	+6	91.9	56.5	125,310
Labour	4	-6	6.5	26.2	58,225
Independent	1	0	1.6	6.9	15,251
Green	0	0	0	6.4	14,198
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	2.7	5,949
UKIP	0	0	0	1.0	2,171
Other parties	0	0	0	0.3	729

Staffordshire County Council Election, 2017
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	51	+17	82.3	53.8	116,644
Labour	10	-14	16.1	28.0	60,697
Other parties	1	-1	1.6	2.7	5,789
UKIP	0	-2	0	6.0	12,947
Green	0	0	0	5.0	10,897
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	4.6	10,017

Staffordshire County Council Election, 2013
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	34	-15	54.8	36.2	68,395
Labour	24	+21	38.7	29.7	56,172
UKIP	2	-2	3.2	24.0	45,401
Independent	2	+2	3.2	4.1	7,770
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	4.2	7,904
Green	0	0	0	0.8	1,445
Other parties	0	0	0	0.9	1,743

Staffordshire County Council Election, 2009
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes
Conservative	49	+22	109699
Liberal Democrats	4	+2
UKIP	4	+4
Labour	3	-29	46315

Results maps

2013 results map
2017 results map
2021 results map

Council elections

2001 Staffordshire County Council election
2005 Staffordshire County Council election (new division boundaries)
2009 Staffordshire County Council election
2013 Staffordshire County Council election (new division boundaries)
2017 Staffordshire County Council election
2021 Staffordshire County Council election
2025 Staffordshire County Council election

By-election results

1993-1997

Codsall By-Election 8 August 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	1,262	55.7
	Liberal Democrats	504	22.2
	Labour	500	22.1
Majority		758	33.5
Turnout		2,266	22.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

1997-2001

Burntwood Chase By-Election 18 November 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	574	56.9	−4.9
	Conservative	246	24.4	+24.4
	Liberal Democrats	188	18.7	−4.2
Majority		328	32.5
Turnout		1,008	10.7
	Labour hold	Swing

Stafford Southgate By-Election 30 March 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,832	60.8	+17.4
	Labour	763	25.3	−15.7
	Liberal Democrats	420	13.9	−1.8
Majority		1,069	35.5
Turnout		3,015	26.8
	Conservative hold	Swing

2001-2005

Gnossal By-Election 7 February 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,273	49.4	+21.0
	Conservative	1,134	44.0	+2.8
	Labour	172	6.7	−18.7
Majority		139	5.4
Turnout		2,579	24.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

The Heaths By-Election 21 March 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	701	45.8	−7.1
	Conservative	626	40.9	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	202	13.2	−0.1
Majority		75	4.9
Turnout		1,529	11.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Lichfield Rural East By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,377	41.9	+20.2
	Conservative	1,202	36.6	−11.0
	Labour	709	21.6	−9.1
Majority		175	5.3
Turnout		3,288
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

The Hayes By-Election 27 March 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janos Toth	624	36.7	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	P Ansell	558	33.0	+14.5
	Conservative	P Freeman	507	30.0	−3.9
Majority			66	3.7
Turnout			1,689	13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2005-2009

Kinver By-Election 23 June 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Edwards	2,403	62.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Simmons	1,051	27.3	+7.1
	Labour	Kevin McElduff	388	10.1	−9.4
Majority			1,352	35.2
Turnout			3,842
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheadle & Checkley By-Election 13 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Maryon	791	47.6	−2.9
	Ratepayer	Peter Elkin	560	33.7	+33.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Silk	311	18.7	+1.8
Majority			231	13.9
Turnout			962	14.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keele and Westlands By-Election 12 July 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Tagg	1,067	43.8	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Reddish	1,005	39.5	+6.6
	Labour	David Beardmore	268	10.5	−13.9
	UKIP	Wayne Harling	204	8.0	+4.7
Majority			62	2.4
Turnout			2,544	20.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newcastle Rural By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Chapman	1,994	50.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Becket	820	20.9	−1.4
	Labour		588	15.0	−10.9
	UKIP	David Howell	529	13.5	+8.2
Majority			1,174	29.8
Turnout			3,931
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009-2013

Burton Town By-Election 16 June 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Clarke	1,233	43.7	+9.3
	Conservative	Ahmet Orta	884	31.3	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Rodgers	525	18.6	−9.1
	UKIP	Peter McGuiggan	182	6.4	+6.4
Majority			349	12.4
Turnout			2,824
	Labour hold		Swing

Churnet Valley By-Election 7 July 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Worthington	1,063	52.0	−1.9
	Labour	Mahfooz Ahmad	491	24.0	+4.4
	UKIP	Darren Federici	316	15.5	+15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Brewin	173	8.5	−18.0
Majority			572	28.0
Turnout			2,043
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leek South By-Election 9 February 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neal Podmore	725	27.3	−0.8
	UKIP	Alex Povey	556	20.9	−15.7
	Labour	Margaret Lovatt	432	16.2	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Fisher	419	15.8	−3.0
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Pamela Wood	336	12.6	+12.6
	Independent	Bill Cawley	192	7.2	+7.2
Majority			169	6.4
Turnout			2,660
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

2013-2017

Uttoxeter Town By-Election 5 May 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Brookes	1,247	42.6	+2.9
	Labour	John McKiernan	967	33.0	−3.2
	UKIP	Julian Lee	713	24.4	+3.9
Majority			280	9.6
Turnout			2,927
	Conservative hold		Swing

2017-2021

Hednesford and Rawnsley By-Election 7 September 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Jones	1,484	32.5	−3.5
	Labour	George Adamson	1,454	31.9	+4.2
	Green	Paul Woodhead	1,316	28.9	+3.8
	UKIP	John Bernard	175	3.8	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Ansell	67	1.5	+1.5
	Chase Independent Party	Ron Turville	65	1.4	−2.1
Majority			30	0.7
Turnout			4,561
	Conservative hold		Swing

Codsall By-Election 8 February 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Spencer	1,274	67.6	−7.5
	Green	Gary Burnett	329	17.4	+6.7
	Labour	Kevin McElduff	283	15.0	+0.8
Majority			945	50.1
Turnout			1,886
	Conservative hold		Swing

Watling South By-Election 12 December 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ford	4,304	67.5	+8.4
	Labour	Simon Peaple	1,493	23.4	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jones	580	9.1	+4.7
Majority			2,811	44.1
Turnout			6,377
	Conservative hold		Swing

2021-2025

Biddulph North By-Election 19 January 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Yates	931	49.5	+13.8
	Independent	Andrew Hart	493	26.2	+26.2
	Conservative	Rathi Pragasam	458	24.3	−33.3
Majority			438	23.3
Turnout			1,882
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Watling South By-Election 2 March 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Farrell	858	46.6	−20.0
	Labour	Carol Dean	714	38.8	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Miller-Viney	160	8.7	+8.7
	Reform UK	Barry Gwilt	110	6.0	+6.0
Majority			144	7.8
Turnout			1,842
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "The Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2012", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2012/875, retrieved 14 September 2022
"Staffordshire County Council Elections - Thursday 6th May 2021". Staffordshire County Council. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
"Staffordshire County Council Elections - Thursday 6th May 2021 - Staffordshire Live". Staffordshire Live. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
"Staffordshire County Council election results 2017". Staffordshire County Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
"The Elections Centre - Election results Year Tables". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
"The County of Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2004/2818, retrieved 14 September 2022
"Local Elections Archive Project — Burton Town Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Churnet Valley Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Leek South Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Uttoxeter Town Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Hednesford and Rawnsley Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Codsall Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Watling South Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Biddulph North Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Watling South Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

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Staffordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Lichfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022
South Staffordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 2019 2023
Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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