- Staffordshire Moorlands local elections
Staffordshire Moorlands 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 Council election 1999 Staffordshire Moorlands Council election 2003 Staffordshire Moorlands Council election 2007 By-election results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 262
percentage = 40.7
change = +3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 180
percentage = 28.0
change = +28.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 130
percentage = 20.2
change = +7.4Election box candidate
party = Ratepayer
candidate =
votes = 72
percentage = 11.2
change = -5.2Election box majority
votes = 82
percentage = 12.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 644
percentage = 14.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 386
percentage = 58.6
change = +8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 125
percentage = 19.0
change = +9.0Election box candidate
party = Ratepayer
candidate =
votes = 85
percentage = 12.9
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 61
percentage = 9.3
change = +4.7Election box majority
votes = 261
percentage = 39.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 657
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate
party = Ratepayer
candidate =
votes = 315
percentage = 50.1
change = +19.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 195
percentage = 31.0
change = -16.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 119
percentage = 18.9
change = +18.9Election box majority
votes = 120
percentage = 19.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 629
percentage = 26.3
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 617
percentage = 55.7
change = +20.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 382
percentage = 35.0
change = -13.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate =
votes = 108
percentage = 9.8
change = -6.5Election box majority
votes = 235
percentage = 20.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,107
percentage = 31.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 465
percentage = 72.3
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 110
percentage = 17.1
change = +4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 68
percentage = 10.5
change = -1.0Election box majority
votes = 355
percentage = 55.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 643
percentage = 19.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 506
percentage = 54.1
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 345
percentage = 36.9
change = +4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 84
percentage = 9.0
change = +9.0Election box majority
votes = 161
percentage = 17.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 935
percentage = 26.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 357
percentage = 32.0
change = +3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 351
percentage = 31.4
change = +2.9Election box candidate
party = Ratepayer
candidate =
votes = 287
percentage = 25.7
change = -8.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 122
percentage = 10.9
change = +2.6Election box majority
votes = 6
percentage = 0.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,117
percentage = 27.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Madelaine Lovatt
votes = 501
percentage = 79.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Lewis
votes = 130
percentage = 20.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 371
percentage = 58.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 631
percentage = 14.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate =
votes = 320
percentage = 41.4
change = +11.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 269
percentage = 34.8
change = +15.7Election box candidate
party = Ratepayer
candidate =
votes = 103
percentage = 13.3
change = -3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 81
percentage = 10.5
change = +0.0Election box majority
votes = 51
percentage = 6.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 773
percentage = 17.5
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeffrey Bass
votes = 265
percentage = 27.2
change = -27.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Yvonne Ahmad
votes = 206
percentage = 21.1
change = -24.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Leaper
votes = 196
percentage = 20.1
change = +20.1Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = John Burgess
votes = 162
percentage = 16.6
change = +16.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Austin Hanchard
votes = 83
percentage = 8.5
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Trevor Austin
votes = 34
percentage = 3.2
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Michael Critchlow
votes = 29
percentage = 3.0
change = +3.0Election box majority
votes = 59
percentage = 6.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 975
percentage = 34.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Banks
votes = 354
percentage = 59.7
change = +14.8Election box candidate
party = Ratepayer
candidate = Ernest Vernon
votes = 239
percentage = 40.3
change = +28.7Election box majority
votes = 115
percentage = 19.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 593
percentage = 15.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =External links
* [http://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk Staffordshire Moorlands Council]
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