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 control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - 2003
Conservative	2003 - present

Council elections

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

2003-2007

St. Michaels By-Election 3 February 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Collier	368	38.5	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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

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

External links

Stafford 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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