2015 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election

  Conservative

  Labour

  Liberal Democrat

  UKIP

  Independent / Moorlands Democratic Alliance

The 2015 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 31
• Independent 8
• Labour 7
• Liberal Democrat 2
• Moorlands Democratic Alliance 2
• UKIP 2

Ward results

The candidates highlighted in bold were elected to each ward.

Alton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Sylvester Forrester	666	80
	Labour	Paul Thomas Powner	200	20
Majority			466	53.8	+266
Turnout			866	75.6	+19.33
	Conservative hold

Bagnall and Stanley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sybil Evelyn Ralphs	742	75
	Labour	Paul Thomas Powner	117	12
	Green	Sarah Elizabeth Colwell	64	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Teasdale	61	6.2
Majority			625	63.5	+0.8
Turnout			984	70.29	+21.51
	Conservative hold

Biddulph East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin James Jackson	1366	25.9
	Labour	Madelaine Mary Lovatt	1282	24.2
	Labour	Jeanette Ann Walley	1180	22.3
	Independent	Jill Salt	734	13.9
	UKIP	Lisa Salt	723	13.7
Turnout			5285	54.17	+24.56
	Labour hold

Biddulph Moor (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Jones	544	54.1
	Independent	Hal Wilson	214	21.3
	Conservative	Agnes Gronkiewicz	162	16.1
	Labour	Robert Thomas Arthur Whilding	85	8.4
Majority			330	32.8	-18.9
Turnout			1005	72.35	+24.7
	Independent hold

Biddulph North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jim Davis	1563	26.3
	Independent	Tony Hall	1556	26.1
	Independent	Andrew Hart	1355	22.8
	Labour	Eileen Sylvia Rushton	861	14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Boothroyd	604	10.1
Turnout			5939	70.84	27.84
	Independent hold

Biddulph South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Phillip Redfern	408	43.5
	Labour	Gavin Carl Wood	279	29.7
	Independent	Ken Harper	252	26.8
Majority			156	16.6	+15.6
Turnout			939	67.52	+21.34
	Liberal Democrats hold

Biddulph West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hilda Mary Sheldon	1306	48.5
	Conservative	Ian Sinnett Lawson	1052	39.1
	Labour	Christopher Wood	984	36.6
	Independent	Elaine Elizabeth Baddeley	866	32.1
	Labour	Nigel Richard Yates	789	23.3
	Green	Gareth John Whalley	382	14.2
Turnout			2960	62.4	+25.52
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Brown Edge and Endon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Doreen Lea	1180	40.3
	Conservative	Geoff Bond	1112	38.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Rita Jebb	1101	37.6
	Conservative	Joe Porter	1067	36.4
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Walter Gladwyn Jebb	743	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Danielle Maria Spooner	572	19.5
	Labour	Andrew Stuart Cunningham Church	550	18.8
	Labour	Nick Revell	585	20.0
	Labour	Gareth Richard Taylor	410	14.0
	Green	Brian Geoffrey Smith	243	8.3
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Andy Wragg	112	3.8	-3.0
Turnout			2926	72.02	+21.77
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Caverswall (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul John Roberts	585	63.0	+0.3
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Dave Bateman	343	37.0	-0.9
Majority			585	63.0	+38.8
Turnout			928	67.31	+27.63
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.75

Cheadle North East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Dawn Bull	593	37.0
	UKIP	Peter Wilkinson	515	32.2
	Conservative	Michael John Shirley	386	24.1
	Independent	Ian Tracy Whitehouse	378	23.6
	Labour	John Palfreyman	340	21.3
	UKIP	Thomas Peter Wilkinson	228	14.25
	Independent	Phil Routledge	182	11.4
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Ian William Plant	142	8.9
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Sue Walley	93	5.8
Turnout			1600	56.6	+22.3
	Conservative hold

Cheadle South East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Alcock	702	39.4
	Conservative	Deb Grocott	540	30.3
	Independent	Peter James Elkin	495	27.8
	Conservative	Brian Slaney	486	27.3
	Labour	Jan Hale	476	26.7
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Neil Plant	269	15.0
Turnout			1782	60.3	+22.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cheadle West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Andrew Ellis	1146	53.4
	Conservative	Alan Banks	1059	49.3
	Conservative	Peter Mark Jackson	927	43.1
	Labour	Sam Hale	648	30.2
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Ray Wood	605	28.2
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Ronald Gordon Locker	539	25.1
	Labour	Joe Baker	511	23.8
	Labour	Alan Geoffrey Baker	501	23.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Alvin Silk	211	9.8
Turnout			2461	59.6	+22.6
	Conservative gain from Moorlands Democratic Alliance		Swing

Checkley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Anthony Deaville	1739	55.7
	Conservative	Colin Pearce	1604	51.4
	Conservative	David Kingsley Trigger	1293	41.4
	Labour	Jane Palfreyman	712	22.8
	Labour	Rosie Hale	667	21.4
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	David Wright	419	13.4
Turnout			3121	67.1	+26.2
	Conservative hold

Cheddleton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Philip Worthington	1622	52.7
	Conservative	Michael Thomas Bowen	1527	49.6
	Conservative	Salvino Scalise	1388	45.1
	Labour	Mahfooz Ahmad	987	32.1
	Green	Paul Mark Fenton	744	24.2
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Harold Rensburgh Jennings	737	23.9
Turnout			3079	69.3	+24.98
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Churnet (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivor John Lucas	960	54.0
	Conservative	Elsie Fallows	735	41.3
	Conservative	Bryan Andrew Bull	662	37.2
Turnout			1778	67.3	+24.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Forsbrook (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian James Herdman	1141	40.3
	Conservative	Keith Flunder	989	34.9
	UKIP	Abigail Laura Wilkinson	889	31.4
	Independent	Gillian Burton	823	29.0
	Labour	Alan Edward Wilson	784	27.7
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Christine Rose Hopley	636	22.5
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Frank John Hopley	603	21.3
Turnout			2830	67.3	+29.3
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

Hamps Valley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Thomas John Wain	726	64.2
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Steven Ratcliffe	234	20.7
	Labour	Terry Riley	171	15.1
Majority			492	43.5	-3.5
Turnout			1131	76.5	+18.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norma Hawkins	951	78.9
	Labour	Lytton Page	234	19.4
Majority			717	59.5	+37.6
Turnout			1205	74.1	+22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ipstones (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Linda Ann Malyon	615	52.0
	Conservative	Brian Warrington	403	34.1
	Labour	Philip James Barks	156	13.2
Majority			212	17.9	-1.8
Turnout			1183	76.42	+17.51
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance hold		Swing

Leek East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Done	997	38.6
	Conservative	Brian Charles Johnson	866	33.5
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Pamela Wood	734	28.4
	Labour	Gwen Gledhill	694	26.9
	Conservative	Roy Denis Tomkinson	659	25.5
	Labour	Bill Cawley	640	24.8
	UKIP	Michael Anthony Mothershaw	537	20.8
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Andrew William Easom	519	20.1
	Green	Megan Ruth Walmsley-Pitts	407	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Gregg	211	8.2
Turnout			2583	63.87	+23.85
	Conservative gain from Moorlands Democratic Alliance		Swing

Leek North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlotte Atkins	1275	52.5
	Labour	Margaret Ann Lovatt	1130	46.5
	Conservative	Dani Ogden	938	38.6
	Labour	Darren Anthony Price	772	31.8
	Green	Keith Robert Naldrett	447	18.4
Turnout			2428	57.1	+21.4
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Leek South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gail Karen Lynn Lockett	850	30.9
	Labour	Mike Gledhill	809	29.4
	Independent	Keith Harrison	789	28.7
	Labour	Susan Coleman	784	28.5
	Conservative	John Povey	779	28.3
	Labour	Keith Hoptroff	698	25.4
	Conservative	Roy Molson	682	24.8
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Roger Adams	537	19.5
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Neil Kirby	401	14.6
	Green	Francisco Philip Davies	384	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Ottewell	171	6.2
Turnout			2749	61.44	+23.41
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Leek West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Emery	1157	43.4
	Conservative	Robert Warrington Plant	994	37.3
	Conservative	Neal Robert Podmore	921	34.5
	Labour	Susan Webster	697	26.7
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Andy Machin	506	19.0
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Brian Hall	490	18.4
	Green	Mark Sidebotham	400	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Gregg	380	14.3
	Independent	Jason Gregory Banks	293	11.0
	Independent	Brian Harry Pointon	184	6.9
Turnout			2665	69.7	+25.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Manifold (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Riley	888	77.8
	UKIP	Gary William Salt	204	17.9
Majority			684	59.9	+10.7
Turnout			1142	75.53	+22.63
	Conservative hold		Swing

Werrington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Shaw	1017	55.9
	Conservative	Ross David Ward	697	38.3
	Staffordshire Independent Group	Lisa Martin	554	30.5
	Labour	Jocelyn Anne Morrison	487	26.8
	Labour	Doreen Jones	471	25.9
Turnout			1817	68.21	+27.5
	Conservative gain from Staffordshire Independent Group		Swing

References

• 2015 election results Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• 2011 election results