South Staffordshire District Council elections

South Staffordshire District Council in Staffordshire, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - present

Council elections

• South Staffordshire District Council election, 1973
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 1976
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 1983
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 1987
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 1991 (New ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[2][3][4]
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 1995 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 1999
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by one)^[6][7]
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 2007
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 2011
• South Staffordshire District Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Bilbrook By-Election 25 July 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		420	49.5
	Liberal Democrat		216	25.5
	Labour		212	25.0
Majority			204	24.0
Turnout			848
	Conservative hold		Swing

1999-2003

Shareshill By-Election 7 March 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		321	65.4	-1.4
	Conservative		170	34.6	+21.6
Majority			151	30.8
Turnout			491	30.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Codsall South By-Election 30 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		575	82.4	+19.2
	Labour		123	17.6	+2.8
Majority			452	64.8
Turnout			698	24.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheslyn Hay By-Election 24 October 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		unopposed
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

2003-2007

Great Wyrley Town By-Election 3 November 2005[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Bates	395	55.2	-5.5
	Labour	John Jones	320	44.8	+5.5
Majority			75	10.4
Turnout			715
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Featherstone and Shareshill By-Election 21 June 2007 (2)[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Cope	557
	Independent	Frank Beardsmore	383
	Conservative	Mike Lawrence	310
	Labour	John Brindle	242
	Conservative	Jan Tate	211
	Labour	Alex Brindle	168
	UKIP	Steve Hollis	115
Turnout			1,986	29.3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. The District of South Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
2. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1989. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. "Great Wyrley Town By-Election - November 2005". Staffordshire District Council. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
9. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). South Staffordshire District Council. Retrieved 2009-08-09.

• South Staffordshire election results
• By-election results

External links

• South Staffordshire District Council