The 2023 Stafford Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Stafford Borough Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stafford Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The council remained under no overall control, but went from being run by a Conservative minority administration to being run by a coalition of Labour, local party the Stafford Borough Independents, and the Greens.
Overview
editThe council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Conservative minority administration. The Conservatives had won a majority of the seats at the previous election in 2019, but lost their majority in March 2022 when two councillors left the party to sit as independents.[3] Shortly before the election, eight of the nine independent councillors registered as a new localist party called the Stafford Borough Independents.[4][5][6]
The council remained under no overall control after the election. The Conservative leader of the council, Patrick Farrington, lost his seat.[7] The Labour group leader, Aidan Godfrey, was appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 13 May 2023 with support from the Greens and Stafford Borough Independents, with those three parties each taking positions on the council's cabinet.[8]
Overall results
editThe overall results were:[9]
2023 Stafford Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 39 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 35.0 | 36.1 | 20,843 | –12.4 | ||
Labour | 32 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 32.5 | 29.1 | 16,764 | +1.9 | ||
Stafford Ind. | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 10,094 | N/A | ||
Green | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 7,704 | +10.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1,417 | +1.6 | ||
Reform UK | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 777 | N/A | ||
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 107 | –14.5 |
Ward results
editThe Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Stafford Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[10] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[11][4]
Barlaston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Evan Jones* | 368 | 54.0 | −22.4 | |
Labour | Richard Sidley | 209 | 30.7 | N/A | |
Green | Karen Davies | 104 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 159 | 23.3 | |||
Turnout | 681 | 30.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Baswich
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ann Edgeller* | 915 | 49.9 | −13.9 | |
Conservative | Marnie Phillips* | 688 | 37.5 | −10.2 | |
Labour | Alison Carr | 633 | 34.5 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Kulwant Kang | 524 | 28.6 | −0.6 | |
Stafford Ind. | Maria Davies | 357 | 19.5 | N/A | |
Stafford Ind. | Paul Woodhead | 346 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Green | Timothy Boardman | 205 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 39.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Common
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Aidan Godfrey* | 439 | 63.0 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Martin | 178 | 25.5 | +9.0 | |
Green | Daniel Laidler | 80 | 11.5 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 261 | 37.5 | |||
Turnout | 23.3 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Coton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Louise Nixon* | 645 | 68.3 | +8.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Ant Reid | 564 | 59.7 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Neil Glover | 214 | 22.7 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Startin | 160 | 16.9 | −15.4 | |
Green | Michael Spight | 131 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Michael Riley | 100 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Steven Spennewyn | 74 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 19.7 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Labour Co-op hold |
Doxey and Castletown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Tony Pearce* | 447 | 56.1 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Richard Duffy | 146 | 18.3 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | James Brampton | 97 | 12.2 | −11.1 | |
Independent | Eleanor Tristram | 60 | 7.5 | −10.3 | |
Independent | Isabella Davies | 47 | 5.9 | −17.4 | |
Majority | 301 | 37.8 | |||
Turnout | 28.8 | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Eccleshall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Pert* | 1,028 | 61.4 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Peter Jones* | 949 | 56.7 | −5.0 | |
Labour | Kate Hanley | 591 | 35.3 | +16.8 | |
Labour | Sally Osborne-Town | 444 | 26.5 | N/A | |
Green | Gillian Douce | 338 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 33.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Forebridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Julian Thorley | 418 | 56.1 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | James Cantrill | 188 | 25.2 | N/A | |
Green | Robert Norman | 139 | 18.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 230 | 30.9 | |||
Turnout | 28.0 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Independent | Swing |
Fulford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alec Sandiford | 693 | 54.5 | +17.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Dodson* | 576 | 45.3 | −10.9 | |
Conservative | Lynne Bakker-Collier | 515 | 40.5 | −17.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maria Moore | 429 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Charlie Nutt | 331 | 26.0 | +2.4 | |
Turnout | 30.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Gnosall and Woodseaves
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Winnington* | 962 | 48.6 | −6.8 | |
Green | Scott Spencer | 926 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Patrick Farrington* | 914 | 46.1 | −10.4 | |
Green | Dave Whittaker | 828 | 41.8 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Richard Harris | 171 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Susan Harris | 160 | 8.1 | −14.5 | |
Turnout | 38.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Haywood and Hixon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Stafford Ind. | Brandan McKeown* | 1,088 | 72.4 | +33.8 | |
Conservative | Andy Cooper | 861 | 57.3 | +22.8 | |
Labour | Julian Porter | 684 | 45.5 | +29.2 | |
Green | Victoria Door | 373 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 36.4 | ||||
Stafford Ind. gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative hold |
Highfields and Western Downs
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Andy McNaughton | 597 | 55.4 | +1.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Dee McNaughton* | 548 | 50.9 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | Roy Clarke | 358 | 33.2 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | Barbara Riddle | 334 | 31.0 | −11.4 | |
Green | Jake Mahal | 162 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Green | Rosemary Musson | 156 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 23.3 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Labour Co-op hold |
Holmcroft
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank James | 797 | 49.9 | +23.5 | |
Conservative | Bryan Cross* | 790 | 49.5 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Price* | 783 | 49.0 | −1.1 | |
Labour | Mick Lupton | 583 | 36.5 | +14.0 | |
Green | Jonathan Moore | 242 | 15.1 | +0.8 | |
Turnout | 31.2 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Littleworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Gillian Pardesi* | 775 | 58.6 | +20.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Tony Nixon* | 704 | 53.2 | +17.9 | |
Conservative | Maria Redfern | 370 | 28.0 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | William Taylor | 370 | 28.0 | +0.4 | |
Green | Andrew Murray | 202 | 15.3 | −2.1 | |
Reform UK | Michael Bailey | 120 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Martyn Garbett | 106 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 32.0 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Labour Co-op hold |
Manor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Loughran* | 853 | 62.1 | +8.5 | |
Labour | Anne Hobbs* | 785 | 57.2 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Alex Oldridge | 450 | 32.8 | −10.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Gwynn | 432 | 31.5 | −10.1 | |
Green | Hayley Percival | 227 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 28.5 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Milford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Edgeller | 444 | 48.6 | −7.4 | |
Labour | Nicholas Shaw | 344 | 37.6 | +14.9 | |
Green | Katherine Dewey | 126 | 13.8 | −7.4 | |
Majority | 100 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 38.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Milwich
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frances Beatty* | 836 | 49.2 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | Karine Aspin | 752 | 44.2 | −5.6 | |
Stafford Ind. | Jim Davies | 424 | 24.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Kathryn Williams | 414 | 24.4 | +6.4 | |
Stafford Ind. | Susan McKeown | 403 | 23.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Paul McGee | 365 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Green | Tom Harris | 205 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 34.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Penkside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ralph Cooke* | 324 | 54.5 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Anthony Boucker | 169 | 28.4 | −9.0 | |
Green | Roisin Chambers | 56 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Fran Clark | 46 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 155 | 26.1 | |||
Turnout | 23.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rowley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Doug Rouxel | 496 | 41.3 | +21.2 | |
Conservative | Carolyn Trowbridge* | 406 | 33.8 | −18.3 | |
Labour | Deborah Hawkes | 300 | 25.0 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 90 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,202 | 40.1 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Seighford and Church Eaton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Emma Carter | 974 | 55.8 | N/A | |
Green | Jack Rose | 777 | 44.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Cathy Collier | 710 | 40.7 | −29.5 | |
Conservative | Geoff Collier | 681 | 39.0 | −31.1 | |
Labour | Joe McCormick | 349 | 20.0 | −8.6 | |
Turnout | 1,860 | 33.6 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
St Michaels and Stonefield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Stafford Ind. | Rob Kenney* | 1,323 | 59.8 | +10.9 | |
Stafford Ind. | Philip Leason* | 1,306 | 59.0 | +10.3 | |
Stafford Ind. | Ian Fordham* | 1,219 | 55.1 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Mike Osborne-Town | 863 | 39.0 | +20.5 | |
Conservative | Simon Bell | 795 | 35.9 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Adrian Harding | 679 | 30.7 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Duncan Sandbrook | 454 | 20.5 | −3.3 | |
Turnout | 32.9 | ||||
Stafford Ind. gain from Independent | |||||
Stafford Ind. gain from Independent | |||||
Stafford Ind. gain from Independent |
Swynnerton and Oulton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roy James* | 676 | 43.8 | +43.8 | |
Conservative | James Nixon* | 546 | 35.4 | +35.4 | |
Labour | Adrian Holmes | 435 | 28.2 | N/A | |
Stafford Ind. | Kerry Dawson | 356 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Paul Warman | 347 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Jones | 295 | 19.1 | N/A | |
Stafford Ind. | Jason Metters | 239 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Green | Simon Capewell | 195 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 32.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Walton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stafford Ind. | Jill Hood* | 1,144 | 81.6 | +7.8 | |
Stafford Ind. | Jon Powell | 658 | 46.9 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Bill Lockwood | 536 | 38.2 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Ivor Parry | 252 | 18.0 | −3.8 | |
Conservative | Stephen Walker | 213 | 15.2 | −3.1 | |
Turnout | 27.7 | ||||
Stafford Ind. gain from Independent | |||||
Stafford Ind. gain from Independent |
Weeping Cross and Wildwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Stafford Ind. | Jenny Barron* | 639 | 36.6 | −24.3 | |
Labour | Julie Read | 630 | 36.1 | −1.7 | |
Stafford Ind. | Ray Barron* | 592 | 33.9 | −25.8 | |
Labour | James Withington | 587 | 33.6 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Steph Travis | 372 | 21.3 | −39.6 | |
Conservative | Lianne al-Khaldi | 358 | 20.4 | −39.3 | |
Green | Sarah Matthews | 189 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Green | Martin Sandbrook | 126 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 38.0 | ||||
Stafford Ind. gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Jenny Barron and Ray Barron had both been elected as Conservatives in 2019 but left the party in March 2022 to sit as independents, subsequently joining the Stafford Borough Independents.[3] Seats shown as gains from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 results.
References
edit- ^ "Councillor Patrick M M Farrington". Stafford Borough Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Councillor Aidan T A Godfrey". Stafford Borough Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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- ^ a b "Councillors". Stafford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Cook, Jon (23 March 2023). "Stafford Borough Independent councillors form new political party ahead of upcoming elections". A Little Bit of Stone. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Stafford Borough Independents". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Stafford Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "Borough Election Results 2023". Stafford Borough Council. Retrieved 29 December 2023.