East Staffordshire Borough Council elections

East Staffordshire Borough Council is elected every four years.

Political control

No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1979
No overall control 1979 - 1995
Labour 1995 - 2003
Conservative 2003 - present

Council elections

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

By-election results

Needwood By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		315	31.2	+5.9
	Labour		265	26.2	-3.9
	Independent		237	23.5	+23.5
	Liberal Democrat		193	19.1	-5.6
Majority			50	5.0
Turnout			1,010
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Town By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		386	48.4	+27.4
	Labour		318	39.9	-13.9
	Independent		93	11.7	-13.4
Majority			68	8.5
Turnout			797
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Eton By-Election 7 February 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		288	45.4	-17.7
	Conservative		185	29.2	+15.4
	Liberal Democrat		147	23.2	+0.1
	UKIP		14	2.2	+2.2
Majority			103	16.2
Turnout			634	23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Edgehill By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		326	55.0	+3.5
	Conservative		170	28.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat		97	16.4	+16.4
Majority			156	26.3
Turnout			593	21.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Outwoods By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		502	58.9
	Labour		153	18.0
	Liberal Democrat		129	15.1
	Independent		68	8.0
Majority			349	40.9
Turnout			852	39.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stapenhill By-Election 8 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Key	624	66.6	-4.5
	Conservative	Mary Crowley	268	28.6	+0.3
	UKIP	Philip Lancaster	45	4.8	+4.8
Majority			356	38.0
Turnout			937	16.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Shobnall By-Election 29 June 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Ganley	581	41.0	-8.3
	Conservative	Dilpazir Ahmed	441	31.2	+5.9
	BNP	Clive Jones	291	20.6	+20.6
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Rodgers	102	7.2	+7.2
Majority			140	9.8
Turnout			1,415	31.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Town By-Election 31 August 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Barrett	664	64.9	+24.1
	Labour	Martin Blencowe	255	24.9	+3.3
	UKIP	Philip Lancaster	104	10.2	+10.2
Majority			409	40.0
Turnout			1,023	20.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stretton By-Election 14 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Len Milner	661	36.9	-11.6
	Labour	John McKiernan	366	20.4	-7.2
	BNP	Clive Jones	327	18.2	+18.2
	Popular Alliance	Brian Buxton	233	13.0	-10.9
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Ambrose	205	11.4	+11.4
Majority			295	16.5
Turnout			1,792	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ The District of East Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ 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 Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

External links

East Staffordshire Borough Council

Council elections in Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Lichfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Staffordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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