Staffordshire Moorlands District Council elections
Appearance
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is elected every four years.
Political control
- No overall control 1973 - 1991
- Independent 1991 - 1995
- No overall control 1995 - 2007
- Conservative 2007 - present
Council elections
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 1973
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)[1]
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 1979
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 1983
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 1987
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[2][3]
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 1995 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 1999
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)[5][6]
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 2007
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 2011
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 2015
By-election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 262 | 40.7 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative | 180 | 28.0 | +28.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 130 | 20.2 | +7.4 | ||
Ratepayer | 72 | 11.2 | −5.2 | ||
Majority | 82 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 644 | 14.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 386 | 58.6 | +8.6 | ||
Conservative | 125 | 19.0 | +9.0 | ||
Ratepayer | 85 | 12.9 | −3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 61 | 9.3 | +4.7 | ||
Majority | 261 | 39.6 | |||
Turnout | 657 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratepayer | 315 | 50.1 | +19.0 | ||
Labour | 195 | 31.0 | −16.3 | ||
Conservative | 119 | 18.9 | +18.9 | ||
Majority | 120 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 629 | 26.3 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 617 | 55.7 | +20.8 | ||
Labour | 382 | 35.0 | −13.7 | ||
Independent | 108 | 9.8 | −6.5 | ||
Majority | 235 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,107 | 31.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 465 | 72.3 | −3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 110 | 17.1 | +4.7 | ||
Conservative | 68 | 10.5 | −1.0 | ||
Majority | 355 | 55.2 | |||
Turnout | 643 | 19.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 506 | 54.1 | +1.9 | ||
Labour | 345 | 36.9 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative | 84 | 9.0 | +9.0 | ||
Majority | 161 | 17.2 | |||
Turnout | 935 | 26.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 357 | 32.0 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative | 351 | 31.4 | +2.9 | ||
Ratepayer | 287 | 25.7 | −8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 122 | 10.9 | +2.6 | ||
Majority | 6 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,117 | 27.0 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Madelaine Lovatt | 501 | 79.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Lewis | 130 | 20.6 | ||
Majority | 371 | 58.8 | |||
Turnout | 631 | 14.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 320 | 41.4 | +11.4 | ||
Labour | 269 | 34.8 | +15.7 | ||
Ratepayer | 103 | 13.3 | −3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 81 | 10.5 | +0.0 | ||
Majority | 51 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 773 | 17.5 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeffrey Bass | 265 | 27.2 | −27.5 | |
Labour | Yvonne Ahmad | 206 | 21.1 | −24.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Leaper | 196 | 20.1 | +20.1 | |
BNP | John Burgess | 162 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Independent | Austin Hanchard | 83 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Independent | Trevor Austin | 34 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
UKIP | Michael Critchlow | 29 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 59 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 975 | 34.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Banks | 354 | 59.7 | +14.8 | |
Ratepayer | Ernest Vernon | 239 | 40.3 | +28.7 | |
Majority | 115 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 593 | 15.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands (District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 7 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.