The 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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All 56 seats to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 29 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Conservatives lost their majority at this election, with the council going under no overall control and Labour overtaking the Conservatives to become the largest party.
Summary
editAt the previous 2019 election the Conservatives had lost control of the council to no overall control and subsequently formed an administration with some of the independent councillors. Following a number of by-elections and changes of allegiance the Conservatives regained a majority of the seats on the council during May 2022.[2]
Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control. Labour was the largest party after the election and was able to form a minority administration with the informal support of independent councillors. Labour's group leader, Mike Gledhill, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023.[3][4]
Results
edit2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Election[5] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Labour | 35 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 42.9 | 36.7 | 17,186 | +10.7 | ||
Conservative | 39 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 39.3 | 34.7 | 16,242 | -1.6 | ||
Green | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.6 | 3,538 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 1,745 | -0.5 | ||
Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.3 | 135 | N/A | ||
Independent | 25 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 14.3 | 17.0 | 7,961 | -11.5 |
Ward Results
editThe results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[6][7][8]
Alton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nigel John Moult | 209 | 54.9 | −11.6 | |
Labour | Jenny Lingham | 172 | 45.1 | +11.6 | |
Turnout | 381 | 33.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bagnall and Stanley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charlotte Hannah Edwards | 356 | 53.7 | −17.1 | |
Independent | Sybil Ralphs* | 189 | 28.5 | −42.3 | |
Labour | Dave Jennings | 79 | 11.9 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lee Jagger | 39 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 666 | 49.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sybil Ralphs had been a Conservative prior to the election but stood as an independent in 2023. Seat shown as Conservative hold to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Biddulph East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jill Salt* | 583 | 72.2 | +21.7 | |
Labour | Connor Brady* | 451 | 55.9 | +16.7 | |
Labour | Christopher Wood | 435 | 53.9 | +6.5 | |
Independent | Sheryl Bayley | 219 | 27.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Chris Perkin | 191 | 23.7 | −10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Preston | 109 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 807 | 18.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Biddulph Moor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Thomas Jones* | 308 | 75.3 | −5.2 | |
Labour | Jim Bostock | 101 | 24.7 | +19.5 | |
Turnout | 409 | 30.2 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Biddulph North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adam Parkes | 652 | 51.7 | +25.1 | |
Independent | Jim Garvey | 643 | 51.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Andrew Hart* | 641 | 50.8 | −7.2 | |
Independent | Ken Harper | 440 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Green | Ian Waite | 277 | 22.0 | +3.5 | |
Turnout | 1,261 | 28.6 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Biddulph South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Stuart Cunningham Church | 207 | 46.8 | +27.0 | |
Independent | Adrian Charles Lawton | 176 | 39.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy William Gregg | 59 | 13.3 | −20.9 | |
Turnout | 442 | 32.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Biddulph West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Yates* | 482 | 44.7 | +9.8 | |
Labour | Dave Proudlove* | 451 | 41.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Charlie Smith* | 440 | 40.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Derek James Stubbs | 419 | 38.8 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Maj Stubbs | 344 | 31.9 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Mark Andrew Stubbs | 328 | 30.4 | +15.6 | |
Independent | Neil Eardley | 282 | 26.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Alistair McLoughlin | 225 | 20.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,079 | 27.0 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Brown Edge and Endon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joe Porter* | 707 | 50.3 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Keith Flunder* | 606 | 43.1 | −5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christina Jebb | 585 | 41.6 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Roy Alan James Molson | 506 | 36.0 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Danielle Spooner | 452 | 32.1 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Joy Majekodunmi | 436 | 31.0 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Redfern* | 339 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,406 | 36.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Caverswall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Roberts* | 241 | 53.3 | −26.8 | |
Labour | Chris Podszus | 211 | 46.7 | +26.8 | |
Turnout | 452 | 31.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cellarhead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Aillen Hughes* | 403 | 59.5 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Patricia Ann Hughes | 319 | 47.1 | −11.3 | |
Green | James Martin Firkins | 267 | 39.4 | +0.5 | |
Green | Julian Bernard King-Salter | 244 | 36.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 677 | 26.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cheadle North East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Liz Whitehouse | 284 | 41.7 | +24.6 | |
Labour | Matthew Charles Spooner | 245 | 36.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Phil Routledge* | 233 | 34.2 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Ellis* | 231 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Julie Bull | 176 | 25.8 | +4.1 | |
Independent | Dennis Wilson | 130 | 19.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 681 | 23.8 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Phil Routledge had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in May 2022. Stephen Ellis had won the seat in a by-election in May 2021 following the death of the previous independent councillor. Both seats shown as independent losses to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Cheadle South East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Haines | 466 | 57.0 | +30.7 | |
Labour | Vicky O'Shea | 401 | 49.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Jackson* | 341 | 41.7 | +18.8 | |
Conservative | Zenobia Rose Lillian Routledge* | 324 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 817 | 28.5 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Both seats had been won by independents in 2019, but Peter Jackson won his seat in a by-election in May 2021 and Zenobia Routledge won her seat in a by-election in May 2022. Both seats shown as independent losses to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Cheadle West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Kate Mills* | 602 | 52.9 | +7.4 | |
Independent | Gary Bentley* | 551 | 48.4 | +9.8 | |
Independent | Ian William Plant* | 464 | 40.7 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Bernie Charlesworth | 438 | 38.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jonathan Nicholas Mason | 334 | 29.3 | −3.2 | |
Turnout | 1,139 | 28.6 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Checkley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Peter Wilkinson* | 629 | 47.2 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Anthony Deaville* | 603 | 45.2 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Alan Hulme* | 532 | 39.9 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Liz Haines | 399 | 29.9 | +9.0 | |
Independent | Luke Daniel Emery | 371 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Green | Derek Tatton | 301 | 22.6 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Mark Hall | 218 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,333 | 29.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cheddleton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Worthington* | 607 | 41.2 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Dylan Pascall | 526 | 35.7 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Oliver Pointon | 507 | 34.4 | −9.5 | |
Conservative | Andrea Grocott | 461 | 31.3 | −11.5 | |
Labour | Eddie Sabir | 418 | 28.4 | −1.9 | |
Independent | Michael Thomas Bowen* | 364 | 24.7 | −19.2 | |
Green | Dan Mayers | 246 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Harold Jennings | 194 | 13.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Keith Harvey | 168 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Judy Gregg | 162 | 11.0 | −9.2 | |
Independent | Ferenc Kari | 116 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,472 | 33.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Michael Bowen had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in May 2022 to sit as an independent. Seat shown as independent loss to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Churnet
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Aberley* | 505 | 62.3 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Elsie Fallows* | 475 | 58.6 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Hugh Gerald Thomas Black | 257 | 31.7 | +13.0 | |
Reform UK | Warwick Alexander McKenzie | 135 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 811 | 30.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dane
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Callum George Beswick | 295 | 63.3 | −4.8 | |
Green | Alison Rosemary McCrea | 171 | 36.7 | +4.8 | |
Turnout | 474 | 35.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Forsbrook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Holmes* | 589 | 49.8 | −10.3 | |
Conservative | Marc Durose | 497 | 42.0 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Ian Herdman* | 495 | 41.9 | −13.5 | |
Labour | Paul Thomas Powner | 437 | 37.0 | −10.4 | |
Independent | Abigail Wilkinson | 402 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Green | Helen Stead | 372 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,182 | 28.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hamps Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Wain* | 332 | 64.6 | −20.1 | |
Green | Wendy Bohme | 182 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 514 | 35.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Horton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jo Cox | 324 | 54.3 | +29.5 | |
Green | Dominic Cooney | 273 | 45.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 597 | 40.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Ipstones
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Linda Ann Malyon* | Uncontested | 100.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Leek East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Darren Price* | 766 | 57.7 | +22.0 | |
Labour | Crecy Janina Christian Boone | 681 | 51.3 | +21.0 | |
Labour | Gareth Richard Taylor | 591 | 44.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Chauveau | 476 | 35.9 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | Andy Machin | 442 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brian Johnson* | 436 | 32.9 | −1.8 | |
Green | Mike Jones | 278 | 20.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,327 | 32.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Brian Johnson had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in May 2022. Seat shown as independent loss to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Leek North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charlotte Atkins* | 742 | 73.2 | +11.0 | |
Labour | Lyn Swindlehurst* | 673 | 66.4 | +19.8 | |
Labour | Mark David Johnson | 633 | 62.4 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | Charlotte Lockett | 297 | 29.3 | −1.4 | |
Independent | Ferenc Kari | 116 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,014 | 24.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leek South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matt Swindlehurst | 880 | 66.4 | +20.0 | |
Labour | Mike Gledhill* | 801 | 60.4 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Keith Hoptroff* | 794 | 59.9 | +19.1 | |
Green | Daniella Vickerstaff | 375 | 28.3 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Neil David Cox | 357 | 26.9 | −4.6 | |
Turnout | 1,326 | 29.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leek West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Cawley* | 802 | 62.4 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Philip Barks | 688 | 53.5 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Ben Emery* | 572 | 44.5 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Charlie Bromilow | 564 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Neal Robert Podmore | 490 | 38.1 | +1.4 | |
Turnout | 1,286 | 35.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Manifold
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Jonathan Paul Kempster | 306 | 52.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Wales | 275 | 47.3 | −17.4 | |
Turnout | 581 | 39.6 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Werrington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Shaw* | 404 | 56.3 | −6.8 | |
Conservative | Ross Ward* | 370 | 51.6 | −6.4 | |
Independent | Nigel Michael Meakin | 262 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Green | Andrew Sharrock | 246 | 34.3 | −4.7 | |
Turnout | 717 | 27.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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