Stafford council election, 2023
Most seats
14
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
40
across 23 wards
Turnout
31.5%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 14 | -6 | 20,843 | 36.1% | -12.2 |
| Labour Party | 13 | +3 | 16,764 | 29.1% | +1.9 |
| Stafford Borough Independents | 7 | +7 | 10,094 | 17.5% | — |
| Green Party | 5 | +4 | 7,704 | 13.4% | +10.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | +1 | 1,417 | 2.5% | +1.6 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 777 | 1.3% | — |
| Independent | 0 | -7 | 107 | 0.2% | -14.4 |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 40 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 39 | |
| Labour Party | 32 | |
| Green Party | 24 | |
| Stafford Borough Independents | 14 | |
| Reform UK | 7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | |
| Independent | 2 |
A party standing a full slate could field 40 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Barlaston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Evan Gareth Rowland Jones Elected | 368 | 54.0% | -22.4 |
| Labour Party | Richard Kirkup Sidley | 209 | 30.7% | — |
| Green Party | Karen Jane Davies | 104 | 15.3% | — |
| Majority | 159 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 681 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Baswich 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ann Edgeller Elected | 915 | 49.9% | -18.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Marnie Phillips Elected | 688 | 37.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Alison Carr | 633 | 34.5% | +2.2 |
| Labour Party | Kulwant Singh Kang | 524 | 28.6% | — |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Maria Davies | 357 | 19.5% | — |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Paul Woodhead | 346 | 18.9% | — |
| Green Party | Timothy John Boardman | 205 | 11.2% | — |
| Majority | 55 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,834 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Common
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Aidan Thomas Arthur Godfrey Elected | 439 | 63.0% | +13.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Patrick Martin | 178 | 25.5% | +9.0 |
| Green Party | Daniel Laidler | 80 | 11.5% | -6.0 |
| Majority | 261 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 697 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Coton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Louise Nixon Elected | 645 | 68.3% | +0.6 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Ant Reid Elected | 564 | 59.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Neil David Glover | 214 | 22.7% | -12.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul David Startin | 160 | 16.9% | — |
| Green Party | Mike Spight | 131 | 13.9% | — |
| Reform UK | Michael Riley | 100 | 10.6% | — |
| Reform UK | Steven Robert Spennewyn | 74 | 7.8% | — |
| Majority | 350 | |||
| Turnout | 20.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 944 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Doxey & Castletown
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Tony Pearce Elected | 447 | 56.1% | -2.7 |
| Labour Party | Rich Duffy | 146 | 18.3% | +0.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Peter Brampton | 97 | 12.2% | -11.2 |
| Independent | Eleanor Catherine Tristram | 60 | 7.5% | — |
| Independent | Isabella Edna Davies | 47 | 5.9% | — |
| Majority | 301 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 797 | |||
Green Party hold
Eccleshall 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jeremy Michael Pert Elected | 1,028 | 61.4% | -14.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Wallace Jones Elected | 949 | 56.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Kate Hanley | 591 | 35.3% | +13.4 |
| Labour Party | Rebecca Sally Osborne-Town | 444 | 26.5% | — |
| Green Party | Gillian Elizabeth Douce | 338 | 20.2% | — |
| Majority | 358 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,675 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Forebridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Julian Thorley Elected | 418 | 56.1% | +25.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Edward George Cantrill | 188 | 25.2% | — |
| Green Party | Robert Thomas James Norman | 139 | 18.7% | — |
| Majority | 230 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 745 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Independent
Fulford 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alec Sandiford Elected | 693 | 54.5% | +12.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Michael George Dodson Elected | 576 | 45.3% | -21.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lynne Barbara Bakker-Collier | 515 | 40.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Alexia Moore | 429 | 33.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Charlie Nutt | 331 | 26.0% | -1.0 |
| Majority | 61 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,272 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Gnosall & Woodseaves 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark James Winnington Elected | 962 | 48.6% | -20.6 |
| Green Party | Scott Nathaniel Spencer Elected | 926 | 46.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Patrick Milton McLean Farrington | 914 | 46.2% | — |
| Green Party | Dave Whittaker | 828 | 41.8% | — |
| Reform UK | Richard Alan Harris | 171 | 8.6% | — |
| Reform UK | Susan Alexandra Harris | 160 | 8.1% | — |
| Majority | 12 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,980 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Haywood & Hixon 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Borough Independents | Brendan McKeown Elected | 1,088 | 72.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Cooper Elected | 861 | 57.3% | +7.0 |
| Labour Party | Julian Richard Porter | 684 | 45.5% | +21.7 |
| Green Party | Victoria Mary Door | 373 | 24.8% | — |
| Majority | 177 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,503 | |||
Stafford Borough Independents gain from Independent · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Highfields & Western Downs 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Andy McNaughton Elected | 597 | 55.4% | -0.4 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Dee McNaughton Elected | 548 | 50.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roy Anthony Clarke | 358 | 33.2% | -11.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Barbara Mary Patricia Riddle | 334 | 31.0% | — |
| Green Party | Jake Mahal | 162 | 15.0% | — |
| Green Party | Rosemary Anne Musson | 156 | 14.5% | — |
| Majority | 190 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,078 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Holmcroft 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Frank Douglas Joseph James Elected | 797 | 49.9% | +22.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bryan Michael Cross Elected | 790 | 49.4% | -3.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jonathan Keith Price | 783 | 49.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Mick Lupton | 583 | 36.5% | — |
| Green Party | Jonathan Thomas Moore | 242 | 15.1% | +0.1 |
| Majority | 7 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,598 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Littleworth 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Gillian Parminder Kaur Pardesi Elected | 775 | 58.5% | +18.9 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Tony Nixon Elected | 704 | 53.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Maria Ann Redfern | 370 | 27.9% | -3.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | William Sebastian John Taylor | 370 | 27.9% | — |
| Green Party | Andrew Murray | 202 | 15.3% | -2.8 |
| Reform UK | Michael Bailey | 120 | 9.1% | — |
| Reform UK | Martyn Garbett | 106 | 8.0% | — |
| Majority | 334 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,324 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Manor 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Angela Mary Loughran Elected | 853 | 62.1% | +5.6 |
| Labour Party | Anne Hobbs Elected | 785 | 57.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alex Oldridge | 450 | 32.8% | -12.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert Andrew Gwynn | 432 | 31.4% | — |
| Green Party | Hayley Percival | 227 | 16.5% | — |
| Majority | 335 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,374 | |||
Labour Party hold
Milford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Charles Edgeller Elected | 444 | 48.6% | -7.4 |
| Labour Party | Nicholas Dominic Shaw | 344 | 37.6% | +14.9 |
| Green Party | Katherine Laura Dewey | 126 | 13.8% | -7.5 |
| Majority | 100 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 914 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Milwich 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Frances Elizabeth Beatty Elected | 836 | 49.2% | -5.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Karine Michele Aspin Elected | 752 | 44.2% | — |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Jim Davies | 424 | 24.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Kathryn Ann Williams | 414 | 24.4% | +5.6 |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Susan Anita McKeown | 403 | 23.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul McGee | 365 | 21.5% | — |
| Green Party | Tom Harris | 205 | 12.1% | — |
| Majority | 328 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,700 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Penkside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Ralph Philip Cooke Elected | 324 | 54.5% | -8.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Anthony Stephen Boucker | 169 | 28.4% | -9.0 |
| Green Party | Roisin Ita Chambers | 56 | 9.4% | — |
| Reform UK | Fran Clark | 46 | 7.7% | — |
| Majority | 155 | |||
| Turnout | 24.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 595 | |||
Labour Party hold
Rowley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Doug Rouxel Elected | 496 | 41.3% | +21.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Carolyn Velma Trowbridge | 406 | 33.8% | -18.4 |
| Labour Party | Deborah Frances Hawkes | 300 | 25.0% | -2.8 |
| Majority | 90 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,202 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Seighford & Church Eaton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Emma Louise Carter Elected | 974 | 55.8% | — |
| Green Party | Jack Thomas Rose Elected | 777 | 44.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Cathy Collier | 710 | 40.7% | -42.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Geoff Collier | 681 | 39.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Joe McCormick | 349 | 20.0% | -13.9 |
| Majority | 67 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,746 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
St Michael's & Stonefield 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Borough Independents | Rob Kenney Elected | 1,323 | 59.8% | — |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Philip Anthony Leason Elected | 1,306 | 59.0% | — |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Ian David Fordham Elected | 1,219 | 55.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Mike Osborne-Town | 863 | 39.0% | +18.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon Michael John Bell | 795 | 35.9% | +9.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Adrian Clive Harding | 679 | 30.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Duncan Shaun Sandbrook | 454 | 20.5% | — |
| Majority | 356 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,213 | |||
Stafford Borough Independents gain from Independent · Stafford Borough Independents gain from Independent · Stafford Borough Independents gain from Independent
Swynnerton & Oulton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roy Arthur James Elected | 676 | 43.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Anthony Nixon Elected | 546 | 35.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Adrian John Bryan Holmes | 435 | 28.2% | — |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Kerry Elizabeth Rose Dawson | 356 | 23.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul Frederick Warman | 347 | 22.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Ezra Jones | 295 | 19.1% | — |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Jason Christopher Metters | 239 | 15.5% | — |
| Green Party | Simon Capewell | 195 | 12.6% | — |
| Majority | 111 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,544 | |||
Walton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Borough Independents | Jill Hood Elected | 1,144 | 81.6% | — |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Jon Powell Elected | 658 | 46.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Bill Lockwood | 536 | 38.2% | +16.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ivor David Parry | 252 | 18.0% | -5.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stephen Frederick Walker | 213 | 15.2% | — |
| Majority | 122 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,402 | |||
Stafford Borough Independents gain from Independent · Stafford Borough Independents gain from Independent
Weeping Cross & Wildwood 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Borough Independents | Jenny Barron Elected | 639 | 36.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Julie Patricia Read Elected | 630 | 36.1% | -2.9 |
| Stafford Borough Independents | Ray Barron | 592 | 33.9% | — |
| Labour Party | James Howard Mark Withington | 587 | 33.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steph Travis | 372 | 21.3% | -40.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lianne Jayne Al-Khaldi | 358 | 20.5% | — |
| Green Party | Sarah Matthews | 189 | 10.8% | — |
| Green Party | Martin John Sandbrook | 126 | 7.2% | — |
| Majority | 38 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,746 | |||
Stafford Borough Independents gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party