Stafford Borough Council elections

Stafford Borough Council in Staffordshire, England is elected every four years. 59 councillors are elected from 26 wards.[1]

Political control
Party in controlYears
No overall control1973 - 1995
Labour1995 - 1999
No overall control1999 - 2003
Conservative2003–present

Council elections
  • 1973 Stafford Borough Council election
  • 1976 Stafford Borough Council election
  • 1979 Stafford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
  • 1983 Stafford Borough Council election
  • 1987 Stafford Borough Council election
  • 1991 Stafford Borough Council election
  • 1995 Stafford Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
  • 1999 Stafford Borough Council election
  • 2003 Stafford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by one)[4][5]
  • 2007 Stafford Borough Council election
  • 2011 Stafford Borough Council election
  • 2015 Stafford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[6]

By-election results

1995-1999
Weeping Cross By-Election 28 November 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 832 52.4
Labour 537 33.8
Liberal Democrats 215 13.7
Majority 295 18.6
Turnout 1,584 31.0
Conservative hold Swing

1999-2003
Weeping Cross By-Election 30 March 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 892 67.9 +0.4
Labour 269 20.5 -11.9
Liberal Democrats 152 11.6 +11.6
Majority 623 47.4
Turnout 1,313 25.5
Conservative hold Swing
Eccleshall By-Election 4 October 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 661 66.3 +4.0
Liberal Democrats 336 33.7 -4.0
Majority 325 32.6
Turnout 997 21.0
Conservative hold Swing
Tillington By-Election 4 October 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 445 47.6 -2.6
Conservative 368 39.4 +10.4
UKIP 71 7.6 +7.6
Liberal Democrats 50 5.4 -9.4
Majority 78 8.2
Turnout 934 26.0
Labour hold Swing
Woodseaves By-Election 7 February 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 336 77.1
Liberal Democrats 65 14.9
Labour 35 8.0
Majority 271 62.2
Turnout 436 27.1
Conservative hold Swing
Forebridge By-Election 5 December 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 310 49.8 -8.8
Labour 220 35.3 +7.4
Conservative 93 14.9 +1.4
Majority 90 14.5
Turnout 623 32.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2003-2007
St. Michaels By-Election 3 February 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Collier 368 38.5 -2.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Stevens 313 32.8 +7.8
Labour Harry Brunt 252 26.4 -7.8
Independent David Haswell 22 2.3 +2.3
Majority 55 5.7
Turnout 955 27.7
Conservative hold Swing
Fulford By-Election 13 July 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Roycroft unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011
Common By-Election 10 July 2008[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Barron 397 39.6 -4.3
Labour Alexandra Gribbon 294 29.3 -26.8
Liberal Democrats Martin Shapland 140 14.0 +14.0
E.P.P. Paul Gilbert 78 7.8 +7.8
Green Damon Hoppe 76 7.6 +7.6
Majority 103 10.3
Turnout 985 37.5
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015
Walton By-Election 20 October 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jill Hood 569
Conservative John O'Leary 372
Labour Lloyd Brown 306
Independent gain from {{{loser}}} Swing
Rowley By-Election 8 March 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Denise Hobbs 620
Conservative Violet Allan 540
Green Kate Harding 67
UKIP Malcolm Hurst 61
Labour gain from {{{loser}}} Swing

References
  1. "Elections - Publishing Results". Stafford Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  2. The Borough of Stafford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  3. legislation.gov.uk - The Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands (District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 7 November 2015.
  4. "Stafford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Stafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The Stafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  7. "Common Ward: Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Stafford Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
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