2019 Stafford Borough Council election

Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on Thursday 2 May 2019.

2019 Stafford Borough Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 40 seats to Stafford Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 29 seats, 48.0% 9 seats, 22.6% Seats won 22 10 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 26,218 14,718 Percentage 48.5% 27.2% Swing 0.5% 4.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Green Last election 2 seats, 11.8% 0 seats, 3.3% Seats won 7 1 Seat change 5 1 Popular vote 7,940 1,622 Percentage 14.7% 3.0% Swing 2.9% 0.3%
Results by ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Summary

Election result

2019 Stafford Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	22	0	7	7	55.0	48.5	26,218	+0.5
	Labour	31	10	1	0	1	25.0	27.2	14,718	+4.6
	Independent	9	7	5	0	5	17.5	14.7	7,940	+2.9
	Green	6	1	1	0	1	2.5	3.0	1,622	–0.3
	UKIP	12	0	0	0		0.0	5.6	3,043	–0.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	490	+0.4

Ward results

Barlaston

Barlaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evan Jones	570	76.4	-23.6
	UKIP	Karen Jones	176	23.6	New
Majority
Turnout				36.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baswich

Baswich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Edgeller	1,233	63.8
	Conservative	Marnie Phillips	923	47.7
	Labour	Rich Duffy	581	30.1
	Labour	Sophie Wain	564	29.2
	UKIP	Ellis Stones	297	15.4
Majority
Turnout				39.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Common

Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Aidan Godfrey	374	49.4	+8.5
	Green	Andy Murray	132	17.4	+9.5
	UKIP	Victor Edwards	126	16.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Joy Jones	125	16.5	-7.9
Majority
Turnout				24.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Coton

Coton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Kemp	745	64.3
	Labour	Louise Nixon	695	60.0
	Conservative	James Cantrill	385	33.2
	Conservative	Lindsey Douglas	374	32.3
Majority
Turnout				23.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Doxey and Castletown

Doxey and Castletown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tony Pearce	557	58.8	+42.9
	Conservative	Isabella Davies	221	23.3	-11.0
	Labour	Eleanor Tristram	169	17.8	-8.1
Majority
Turnout				35.1
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Eccleshall

Eccleshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Pert	1,180	64.4
	Conservative	Peter Jones	1,131	61.7
	UKIP	Tony Pace	458	25.0
	Labour	Bill Lockwood	340	18.5	New
Majority
Turnout				35.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Forebridge

Forebridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Baron	488	60.7	+23.2
	Labour	Stuart Nixon	245	30.5	-4.8
	UKIP	Robert Stephens	71	8.8	New
Majority
Turnout				32.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Fulford

Fulford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roycroft	780	58.3
	Conservative	Michael Dodson	752	56.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Sandiford	490	36.6	New
	Labour	Jule Whittaker	316	23.6	New
Majority
Turnout				28.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Gnosall and Woodseaves

Gnosall and Woodseaves

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Farrington	1,174	56.5
	Conservative	Mike Smith	1,152	55.4
	Labour	Gail Gregory	600	28.9
	UKIP	Susan Harris	470	22.6
Majority
Turnout				38.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Haywood and Hixon

Haywood and Hixon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brendan McKeown	733	38.6
	Conservative	Alexander Brown	655	34.5
	Conservative	Alan Perkins	619	32.6
	Labour	Suzanne O'Farrell	310	16.3
	Labour	Mick Kelly	286	15.1
Majority
Turnout				35.1
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Highfields and Western Downs

Highfields and Western Downs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Holmes	629	53.6
	Labour	Dee Holbrook-Summers	627	53.4
	Conservative	Victoria Jenkinson	500	42.6
	Conservative	Rebecca Davis	498	42.4
Majority
Turnout				24.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Holmcroft

Holmcroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Price	956	50.1
	Conservative	Bryan Cross	937	49.1
	Labour	Yvonne Jordan	504	26.4
	Labour	Julian Thorley	430	22.5
	Green	Emma Carter	273	14.3
	UKIP	Sam Falconer	270	14.1	New
	UKIP	John Jeffrey	259	13.6	New
Majority
Turnout				34.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Littleworth

Littleworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Gillian Pardesi	573	38.2
	Labour Co-op	Tony Nixon	530	35.3
	Conservative	Stewart Bishop	451	30.0
	Conservative	Mary Jennings	415	27.6
	Independent	Rowan Draper	272	18.1	New
	Green	Michael Spight	261	17.4
	UKIP	Paul Williams	220	14.7
	UKIP	Marcus Hoffmann de Visme	168	11.2
Majority
Turnout				34.3
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Manor

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Loughran	737	53.6
	Labour	Anne Hobbs	710	51.6
	Conservative	Mike Heenan	591	43.0
	Conservative	Emily Lewis	572	41.6
Majority
Turnout				26.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Milford

Milford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Cooper	530	56.0	+8.0
	Labour	Paul Martlew	215	22.7	+7.3
	Green	Ann Elphick	201	21.2	New
Majority
Turnout				39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milwich

Milwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Beatty	878	52.0
	Conservative	Andrew Harp	841	49.8
	Independent	Jim Davies	678	40.2	New
	Labour	Jim Livesey	303	18.0	New
	UKIP	Edward Whitfield	265	15.7	New
Majority
Turnout				35.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Penkside

Penkside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Cooke	389	62.6	+18.0
	Conservative	Andrew Edwards	232	37.4	+9.4
Majority
Turnout				25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Rowley

Rowley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carolyn Trowbridge	513	52.1	-1.2
	Labour	Edward Smith	273	27.7	-8.9
	Green	Douglas Rouxel	198	20.1	+10.1
Majority
Turnout				40.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seighford and Church Eaton

Seighford and Church Eaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Sutherland	1,191	70.2
	Conservative	Mark Winnington	1,189	70.1
	Labour Co-op	Trevor Fisher	486	28.6
Majority
Turnout				35.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St. Michael's and Stonefield

St. Michael's and Stonefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rob Kenney	1,243	48.9
	Independent	Philip Leason	1,238	48.7
	Independent	Ian Fordham	1,117	44.0
	Conservative	Lynne Bakker-Collier	637	25.1
	Conservative	William Carlin	615	24.2
	Conservative	Geoff Collier	604	23.8
	Labour	Sally Osborne-Town	477	18.8
	Labour	Mike Osborne-Town	470	18.5
	Labour	Cathy Gregory	466	18.3
	UKIP	Andrew Illsley	263	10.4
Majority
Turnout				32.4
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Swynnerton and Oulton

Swynnerton and Oulton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy James	Unopposed
	Conservative	James Nixon	Unopposed
Majority			–	–
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Walton

Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jill Hood	1,256	73.8
	Independent	Mark Green	915	53.7
	Conservative	Mike Williamson	372	21.8
	Labour	Tracey Lindop	342	20.1
	Conservative	Adrian Harding	312	18.3
Majority
Turnout				34.1
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Weeping Cross and Wildwood

Weeping Cross and Wildwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Barron	1,065	60.9
	Conservative	Ray Barron	1,045	59.7
	Labour	Daniel Cadden	671	38.3
	Labour	Julie Read	661	37.8
Majority
Turnout				38.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Changes 2019–2023

Jenny Barron and Ray Barron, both elected as Conservatives, left the party in March 2022 to sit as independents. This caused the Conservatives to lose their majority, placing the council under no overall control.

In March 2023, in the run-up to the next election, eight of the nine independent councillors formally registered themselves as a political party called the Stafford Borough Independents.