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2019 Stafford Borough Council election
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All 40 seats to Stafford Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election 29 seats, 48.0% 9 seats, 22.6%
Seats won 22 10
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 1
Popular vote 26,218 14,718
Percentage 48.5% 27.2%
Swing Increase 0.5% Increase 4.6%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Green
Last election 2 seats, 11.8% 0 seats, 3.3%
Seats won 7 1
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 7,940 1,622
Percentage 14.7% 3.0%
Swing Increase 2.9% Decrease 0.3%
Results by ward
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on Thursday 2 May 2019.[1]

Summary

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Election result

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2019 Stafford Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 39 22 0 7 Decrease 7 55.0 48.5 26,218 +0.5
  Labour 31 10 1 0 Increase 1 25.0 27.2 14,718 +4.6
  Independent 9 7 5 0 Increase 5 17.5 14.7 7,940 +2.9
  Green 6 1 1 0 Increase 1 2.5 3.0 1,622 –0.3
  UKIP 12 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 5.6 3,043 –0.8
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.9 490 +0.4

Ward results

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Barlaston

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Barlaston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Evan Jones 570 76.4 −23.6
UKIP Karen Jones 176 23.6 New
Majority
Turnout 36.1
Conservative hold Swing

Baswich

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Baswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Edgeller 1,233 63.8
Conservative Marnie Phillips 923 47.7
Labour Rich Duffy 581 30.1
Labour Sophie Wain 564 29.2
UKIP Ellis Stones 297 15.4
Majority
Turnout 39.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Common

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Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Aidan Godfrey 374 49.4 +8.5
Green Andy Murray 132 17.4 +9.5
UKIP Victor Edwards 126 16.6 +2.1
Conservative Joy Jones 125 16.5 −7.9
Majority
Turnout 24.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Coton

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Coton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Kemp 745 64.3
Labour Louise Nixon 695 60.0
Conservative James Cantrill 385 33.2
Conservative Lindsey Douglas 374 32.3
Majority
Turnout 23.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

Doxey and Castletown

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Doxey and Castletown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tony Pearce 557 58.8 +42.9
Conservative Isabella Davies 221 23.3 −11.0
Labour Eleanor Tristram 169 17.8 −8.1
Majority
Turnout 35.1
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Eccleshall

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Eccleshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Pert 1,180 64.4
Conservative Peter Jones 1,131 61.7
UKIP Tony Pace 458 25.0
Labour Bill Lockwood 340 18.5 New
Majority
Turnout 35.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Forebridge

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Forebridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Baron 488 60.7 +23.2
Labour Stuart Nixon 245 30.5 −4.8
UKIP Robert Stephens 71 8.8 New
Majority
Turnout 32.7
Independent hold Swing

Fulford

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Fulford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Roycroft 780 58.3
Conservative Michael Dodson 752 56.2
Liberal Democrats Alec Sandiford 490 36.6 New
Labour Jule Whittaker 316 23.6 New
Majority
Turnout 28.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Gnosall and Woodseaves

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Gnosall and Woodseaves
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Farrington 1,174 56.5
Conservative Mike Smith 1,152 55.4
Labour Gail Gregory 600 28.9
UKIP Susan Harris 470 22.6
Majority
Turnout 38.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywood and Hixon

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Haywood and Hixon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Brendan McKeown 733 38.6
Conservative Alexander Brown 655 34.5
Conservative Alan Perkins 619 32.6
Labour Suzanne O'Farrell 310 16.3
Labour Mick Kelly 286 15.1
Majority
Turnout 35.1
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Highfields and Western Downs

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Highfields and Western Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Holmes 629 53.6
Labour Dee Holbrook-Summers 627 53.4
Conservative Victoria Jenkinson 500 42.6
Conservative Rebecca Davis 498 42.4
Majority
Turnout 24.2
Labour hold
Labour hold

Holmcroft

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Holmcroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Price 956 50.1
Conservative Bryan Cross 937 49.1
Labour Yvonne Jordan 504 26.4
Labour Julian Thorley 430 22.5
Green Emma Carter 273 14.3
UKIP Sam Falconer 270 14.1 New
UKIP John Jeffrey 259 13.6 New
Majority
Turnout 34.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Littleworth

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Littleworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Gillian Pardesi 573 38.2
Labour Co-op Tony Nixon 530 35.3
Conservative Stewart Bishop 451 30.0
Conservative Mary Jennings 415 27.6
Independent Rowan Draper 272 18.1 New
Green Michael Spight 261 17.4
UKIP Paul Williams 220 14.7
UKIP Marcus Hoffmann de Visme 168 11.2
Majority
Turnout 34.3
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Manor

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Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Loughran 737 53.6
Labour Anne Hobbs 710 51.6
Conservative Mike Heenan 591 43.0
Conservative Emily Lewis 572 41.6
Majority
Turnout 26.9
Labour hold
Labour hold

Milford

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Milford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Cooper 530 56.0 +8.0
Labour Paul Martlew 215 22.7 +7.3
Green Ann Elphick 201 21.2 New
Majority
Turnout 39.2
Conservative hold Swing

Milwich

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Milwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frances Beatty 878 52.0
Conservative Andrew Harp 841 49.8
Independent Jim Davies 678 40.2 New
Labour Jim Livesey 303 18.0 New
UKIP Edward Whitfield 265 15.7 New
Majority
Turnout 35.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Penkside

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Penkside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ralph Cooke 389 62.6 +18.0
Conservative Andrew Edwards 232 37.4 +9.4
Majority
Turnout 25.0
Labour hold Swing

Rowley

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Rowley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carolyn Trowbridge 513 52.1 −1.2
Labour Edward Smith 273 27.7 −8.9
Green Douglas Rouxel 198 20.1 +10.1
Majority
Turnout 40.1
Conservative hold Swing

Seighford and Church Eaton

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Seighford and Church Eaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ray Sutherland 1,191 70.2
Conservative Mark Winnington 1,189 70.1
Labour Co-op Trevor Fisher 486 28.6
Majority
Turnout 35.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St. Michael's and Stonefield

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St. Michael's and Stonefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rob Kenney 1,243 48.9
Independent Philip Leason 1,238 48.7
Independent Ian Fordham 1,117 44.0
Conservative Lynne Bakker-Collier 637 25.1
Conservative William Carlin 615 24.2
Conservative Geoff Collier 604 23.8
Labour Sally Osborne-Town 477 18.8
Labour Mike Osborne-Town 470 18.5
Labour Cathy Gregory 466 18.3
UKIP Andrew Illsley 263 10.4
Majority
Turnout 32.4
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Swynnerton and Oulton

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Swynnerton and Oulton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy James Unopposed
Conservative James Nixon Unopposed
Majority – –
Turnout – –
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Walton

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Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jill Hood 1,256 73.8
Independent Mark Green 915 53.7
Conservative Mike Williamson 372 21.8
Labour Tracey Lindop 342 20.1
Conservative Adrian Harding 312 18.3
Majority
Turnout 34.1
Independent hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Weeping Cross and Wildwood

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Weeping Cross and Wildwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jenny Barron 1,065 60.9
Conservative Ray Barron 1,045 59.7
Labour Daniel Cadden 671 38.3
Labour Julie Read 661 37.8
Majority
Turnout 38.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Changes 2019–2023

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Jenny Barron and Ray Barron, both elected as Conservatives, left the party in March 2022 to sit as independents. This caused the Conservatives to lose their majority, placing the council under no overall control.[2]

In March 2023, in the run-up to the next election, eight of the nine independent councillors formally registered themselves as a political party called the Stafford Borough Independents.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Borough Election Results 2019 | Stafford Borough Council". www.staffordbc.gov.uk.
  2. ^ Ashdown, Kerry (28 March 2022). "Tories lose Stafford Council majority as councillor couple go independent". Express and Star. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Councillors". Stafford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ Cook, Jon (23 March 2023). "Stafford Borough Independent councillors form new political party ahead of upcoming elections". A Little Bit of Stone. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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