Staffordshire Moorlands District Council elections

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council elections are held every four years. Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Staffordshire Moorlands in Staffordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 56 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.^[1]

Council elections

1973 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
1976 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
1979 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
1983 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
1987 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
1991 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]^[4]
1995 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
1999 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
2003 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
2007 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
2011 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
2015 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election

By-elections

1995-1999

Biddulph North By-Election 4 September 1997
Party		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

Leek NE By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		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

Cheadle NE By-Election 12 February 1998
Party		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

Biddulph South By-Election 30 April 1998
Party		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

1999-2003

Biddulph East By-Election 6 April 2000
Party		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

Biddulph South By-Election 8 February 2001
Party		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

Leek South East By-Election 30 May 2002
Party		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

2003-2007

Biddulph East By-Election 29 July 2004
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

Biddulph North By-Election 9 December 2004
Party		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

Werrington By-Election 9 March 2006
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

Cheadle West By-Election 13 July 2006
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

2007-2011

Leek East By-Election 19 March 2009^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		452	38.7	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Gregg^[7]	238	20.4	+20.4
	Independent		197	16.9	+16.9
	Staffordshire Independent Group		189	16.2	+16.2
	Green		91	7.8	+7.8
Majority			214	18.3
Turnout			1,167
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Leek North By-Election 9 February 2012^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlotte Atkins	514	54.9	+16.9
	UKIP	Alex Povey	188	20.1	−13.7
	Conservative	Bob Bestwick	178	19.0	−1.6
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Brian Pointon	33	3.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Gregg	24	2.6	+2.6
Majority			326	34.8
Turnout			937
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Leek North By-Election 2 May 2013^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Price	397	32.3	+0.3
	UKIP	Matthew Cooper	347	28.2	−5.6
	Conservative	Bob Bestwick	260	21.1	+0.5
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Maureen Motum	203	16.5	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Gregg	23	1.9	+1.9
Majority			50	4.1
Turnout			1,230
	Labour hold		Swing

Cellarhead By-Election 20 March 2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Hughes	178	32.5	−12.3
	Labour	Jocelyn Morrison	132	24.1	+24.1
	Staffordshire Independent Group	Jean Hodgetts	119	21.8	−33.4
	UKIP	Alex Povey	105	19.2	+19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Routledge	13	2.4	+2.4
Majority			46	8.4
Turnout			547
	Conservative gain from Staffordshire Independent Group		Swing

2015-2019

Leek East by-election 20 July 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Darren Price	505	45.0
	Conservative	Roy Denis Tomkinson	325	28.9
	Independent	Nick Sheldon	219	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roy William Gregg	74	6.6
Majority			180	16.0
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Leek West by-election 22 March 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Cawley	487	42.9	+23.6
	Conservative	James Aberley	370	32.6	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	George Herbert	219	19.2	+8.7
	Independent	Stephen Wales	61	5.4	+5.4
Majority			117	10.3
Turnout			1,137	30.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2019-2023

Cheadle North East by-election 6 May 2021^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Ellis	308	47.2	+47.2
	Independent	Liz Whitehouse	163	25.0	+25.0
	Labour	Debra Gratton	117	17.9	−4.3
	Independent	Paulette Upton	33	5.1	−18.9
	Green	Dan Mayers	31	4.8	−6.8
Majority			145	22.2
Turnout			652
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cheadle South East by-election 6 May 2021^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Jackson	359	42.4	+19.8
	Labour	Liz Haines	206	24.3	−1.6
	Independent	Jamie Evans	153	18.1	+18.1
	Independent	Colin Pearce	87	10.3	+10.3
	Independent	Alan Thomas	24	2.8	+2.8
	Green	Daniella Vickerstaff	18	2.1	+2.1
Majority			153	18.1
Turnout			847
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cheadle South East by-election 5 May 2022^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zenobia Routledge	348	43.0	+20.4
	Labour	Matthew Spooner	325	40.1	+14.2
	Independent	Abigail Wilkinson	137	16.9	−12.0
Majority			23	2.8
Turnout			810
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Biddulph West by-election 19 January 2023 (2 seats)^[14]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Charlie Smith	364
Labour	Dave Proudlove	288
Independent	Abigail Wilkinson	226
Conservative	Rathi Pragasam	185
Independent	Alistair McLoughlin	154
Green	Ian Waite	61
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/1448, retrieved 15 September 2022
^ "The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1976/174, retrieved 15 September 2022
^ 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.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leek East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "Local Campaigner Roy Gregg for Leek East". Staffordshire Moorlands Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leek North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leek North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cellarhead Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cheadle North East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cheadle South East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cheadle South East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Biddulph West East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

External links

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

[2001order-1] "The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/1448, retrieved 15 September 2022

[2] "The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1976/174, retrieved 15 September 2022

[3] slation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[4] slation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

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

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project — Leek East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[7] "Local Campaigner Roy Gregg for Leek East". Staffordshire Moorlands Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[8] "Local Elections Archive Project — Leek North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[9] "Local Elections Archive Project — Leek North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[10] "Local Elections Archive Project — Cellarhead Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[11] "Local Elections Archive Project — Cheadle North East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Cheadle South East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Cheadle South East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[14] "Local Elections Archive Project — Biddulph West East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

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