2019 South Staffordshire District Council election

2019 South Staffordshire District Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 49 seats to South Staffordshire District Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Independent Green Last election 43 seats, 60.9% 4 seats, 14.4% 0 seats, 1.3% Seats won 37 7 3 Seat change 6 3 3 Popular vote 23,348 5,947 4,471 Percentage 57.4% 14.6% 11.0% Swing 3.5% 0.2% 9.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour UKIP Last election 1 seat, 17.8% 1 seat, 5.6% Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 5,578 680 Percentage 13.7% 1.7% Swing 4.1% 3.9%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2019 South Staffordshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the South Staffordshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2019 South Staffordshire District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	45	37	0	6	6	77.1	57.4	23,348	–3.5
	Independent	11	7	3	0	3	14.6	14.6	5,947	+0.2
	Green	11	3	3	0	3	6.3	11.0	4,471	+9.7
	Labour	25	1	1	1		2.1	13.7	5,578	–4.1
	UKIP	2	1	0	0		2.1	1.7	680	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	677	N/A

Ward results

Bilbrook

Bilbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Gary Burnett	747	68.4
	Green	Ian Sadler	580	53.1
	Conservative	Valeria Chapman	419	38.4
	Conservative	Shane Jenkinson	293	26.8
Turnout			1,098	34.0
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Brewood and Coven

Brewood and Coven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Bolton	1,011	62.3
	Conservative	Anne Holmes	1,009	62.1
	Conservative	Wendy Sutton	910	56.0
	Labour	Lorna Jones	462	28.4
	Green	James Sadler	436	26.8
	Labour	Antony Hyett	301	18.5
Majority
Turnout			1,650	30.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon

Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Stephen Hollis	394	46.4
	Labour	Thomas Boyle	344	40.5
	Conservative	Victor Kelly	337	39.6
	Labour	Lee Booker	195	22.9
Turnout			861	25.5
	UKIP hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Cheslyn Hay South

Cheslyn Hay South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Williams	369	45.4
	Conservative	Joseph Lockley	365	45.0
	UKIP	Albert Emery	286	35.2
	Labour	Joseph Davidson	184	22.7
	Labour	Matthew Plant	174	21.4
Turnout			822	28.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Codsall North

Codsall North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Megan Barrow	628	62.8
	Conservative	James Ewart	595	59.5
	Green	Brigid O'Connor	292	29.2
	Labour	Luke Carpenter	215	21.5
Turnout			1,017	30.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Codsall South

Codsall South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Spencer	691	67.8
	Conservative	John Michell	625	61.3
	Green	Hilde Liesens	259	25.4
	Labour	David Jones	164	16.1
	Labour	Kevin McElduff	122	12.0
Turnout			1,037	32.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Essington

Essington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Warren Fisher	697	55.3
	Independent	Christopher Steel	641	50.9
	Independent	David Clifft	436	34.6
	Independent	Peter Lever	370	29.4
	Conservative	Malcolm McKenzie	167	13.3
Turnout			1,265	32.0
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Featherstone and Shareshill

Featherstone and Shareshill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Cope	669	54.8
	Independent	Frank Beardsmore	663	54.3
	Conservative	Henryk Lobuczek	319	26.1
	Labour	John Brindle	260	21.3
Majority
Turnout			1,229	33.3
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Great Wyrley Landywood

Great Wyrley Landywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Williams	522	67.4
	Conservative	Raymond Perry	512	66.1
	Labour	Susan Wood	222	28.6
	Labour	Adam Pearson	212	27.4
Turnout			813	22.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Great Wyrley Town

Great Wyrley Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Perry	731	57.4
	Conservative	Janet Johnson	682	53.6
	Conservative	Michael Lawrence	541	42.5
	Independent	David Norris	357	28.0
	Labour	George Bullock	289	22.7
	Labour	John Jones	255	20.0
	Green	David Mermod	228	17.9
	Labour	Alex Brindle	226	17.8
Turnout			1,291	25.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Himley and Swindon

Himley and Swindon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Lee	350	58.3
	Independent	Gordon Fanthom	240	41.7
Majority
Turnout			598	28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntington and Hatherton

Huntington and Hatherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Williams	393	47.6
	Green	Christopher Benton	358	43.4
	Labour	Leslie Ashley	331	40.1
Turnout			847	21.3
	Conservative hold
	Green gain from Labour

Kinver

Kinver

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Hingley	1,022	55.8
	Conservative	Brian Edwards	1,004	54.8
	Conservative	Henry Williams	889	48.6
	Green	Bernadette McGourty	665	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Talbot-Webb	598	32.7
Turnout			1,860	31.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Pattingham and Patshull

Pattingham and Patshull

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Mason	468	80.4
	Labour	Nicholas Hill	114	19.6
Majority
Turnout			602	33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penkridge South East

Penkridge South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Raven	571	61.5
	Conservative	John Raven	529	56.9
	Labour	Norman Smallwood	330	35.5
	Labour	Andrew Lenz	318	34.2
Turnout			966	27.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Penkridge West

Penkridge West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josephine Chapman	373	78.7
	Labour	Ronald Kenyon	101	21.3
Majority
Turnout			502	28.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Perton East

Perton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Bourke	485	81.1
	Conservative	Richard Simonds	113	18.9
Majority
Turnout			602	36.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Perton Lakeside

Perton Lakeside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Penelope Allen	771	62.6
	Independent	Nigel Caine	618	50.2
	Conservative	Rita Heseltine	532	43.2
	Conservative	Christopher Evans	502	40.8
	Green	Jonathan Stokes	309	25.1
	Conservative	Natalie Neale	274	22.3
Turnout			1,241	25.5
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Wheaton Aston, Bishopswood and Lapley

Wheaton Aston, Bishopswood and Lapley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Cox	686	68.3
	Conservative	Venetia Jackson	685	68.2
	Labour	Barbara Sandland	247	24.6
Turnout			1,046	32.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wombourne North and Lower Penn

Wombourne North and Lower Penn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Bond	813	62.0
	Conservative	Daniel Kinsey	771	58.8
	Conservative	Robert Reade	701	53.5
	Green	Holly Fuller	507	38.7
Turnout			1,348	25.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wombourne South East

Wombourne South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Upton	677	76.3
	Conservative	Reginald Williams	585	66.0
	Labour	Denis Beaumont	250	28.2
	Labour	Michael Vaughan	172	19.4
Turnout			918	28.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold