Staffordshire Moorlands District Council elections

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is elected every four years.

Political control

No overall control 1973 - 1991
Independent 1991 - 1995
No overall control 1995 - 2007
Conservative 2007 - present

Council elections

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

By-election results

Biddulph North By-Election 4 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	262	40.7	+3.8
	Conservative	180	28.0	+28.0
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat hold	Swing

Biddulph East By-Election 6 April 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	465	72.3	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat 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 Democrat	122	10.9	+2.6
Majority		6	0.6
Turnout		1,117	27.0
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Biddulph East By-Election 29 July 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Madelaine Lovatt	501	79.4
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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

References

↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ 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.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

External links

Staffordshire Moorlands District 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 2017

Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 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 1982 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 1982 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 1978 1979 1980 1982 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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