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[edit]

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[edit]

2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map

By-election results[edit]

1995-1999[edit]

Weeping Cross By-Election 28 November 1996
Party		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[edit]

Weeping Cross By-Election 30 March 2000
Party		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		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		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		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		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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Walton By-Election 20 October 2011
	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
	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[edit]

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

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

External links[edit]

Stafford Borough Council

[2015order-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] slation.gov.uk - The Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands (District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 7 November 2015.

[gain-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

[common-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.

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v t e Council elections in Staffordshire
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
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
See also: Wards Boundary changes