Staffordshire Moorlands council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 26 wards · 55 seats contested

Most seats
24
Labour Party
Seats contested
55
across 26 wards
Turnout
31.6%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 24 +11 17,186 36.7% +10.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 22 -3 16,242 34.7% -1.5
Independent 7 -10 7,961 17.0% -11.5
Green Party 1 +1 3,538 7.6% +2.4
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 1,745 3.7% -0.4
Reform UK 0 +0 135 0.3% —

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 55
Conservative and Unionist Party 39
Labour Party 35
Independent 24
Green Party 13
Liberal Democrats 7
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 55 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.

Alton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel John Moult Elected 209 54.9% -11.7
Labour Party Jenny Lingham 172 45.1% +11.7
Majority37
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors1,152
Ballots cast381

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bagnall and Stanley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlotte Hannah Edwards Elected 356 63.2% -7.5
Independent Sybil Ralphs 189 33.6% —
Labour Party Dave Jennings 79 14.0% +1.1
Liberal Democrats Lee Jagger 39 6.9% —
Majority167
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors1,359
Ballots cast563

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Biddulph East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jill Salt Elected 583 72.2% +10.2
Labour Party Connor Brady Elected 451 55.9% —
Labour Party Christopher Wood Elected 435 53.9% —
Independent Sheryl Bayley 219 27.1% -16.7
Independent Chris Perkin 191 23.7% —
Liberal Democrats Geoff Preston 109 13.5% —
Majority216
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors4,458
Ballots cast807

Labour Party hold

Biddulph Moor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent John Thomas Jones Elected 308 75.3% -5.2
Labour Party Jim Bostock 101 24.7% +19.5
Majority207
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors1,366
Ballots cast409

Independent hold

Biddulph North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Adam Parkes Elected 652 51.7% +20.3
Independent Jim Garvey Elected 643 51.0% -25.3
Independent Andrew Hart Elected 641 50.8% —
Independent Ken Harper 440 34.9% —
Green Party Ian Waite 277 22.0% +0.2
Majority201
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,436
Ballots cast1,261

Independent hold · Labour Party gain from Independent

Biddulph South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andrew Stuart Cunningham Church Elected 207 46.8% +27.1
Independent Adriawn Charles Lawton 176 39.8% +7.8
Liberal Democrats Roy William Gregg 59 13.3% -20.9
Majority31
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors1,351
Ballots cast442

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Biddulph West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nigel Yates Elected 482 44.7% -12.3
Labour Party Dave Proudlove Elected 451 41.8% —
Labour Party Charlie Smith Elected 440 40.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Derek Stubbs 419 38.8% +9.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Maj Stubbs 344 31.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Andrew Stubbs 328 30.4% —
Independent Neil Eardley 282 26.1% -9.2
Independent Alistair McLoughlin 225 20.9% —
Majority21
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors4,012
Ballots cast1,079

Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold

Brown Edge and Endon 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Joe Porter Elected 707 50.3% -10.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Flunder Elected 606 43.1% —
Liberal Democrats Christina Rita Jebb Elected 585 41.6% +3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Alan James Molson 506 36.0% —
Liberal Democrats Danielle Spooner 452 32.1% —
Labour Party Joy Majekodunmi 436 31.0% +5.7
Liberal Democrats John Redfern 339 24.1% —
Majority79
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors3,915
Ballots cast1,406

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Caverswall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Roberts Elected 241 50.0% -30.1
Labour Party Chris Podszus 211 43.8% +23.9
Majority30
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors1,469
Ballots cast482

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Cellarhead 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Aileen Hughes Elected 403 59.5% -19.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Ann Hughes Elected 319 47.1% —
Green Party James Martin Firkins 267 39.4% -12.9
Green Party Julian Bernard King-Salter 244 36.0% —
Majority52
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors2,628
Ballots cast677

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Cheadle North East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Liz Whitehouse Elected 284 41.7% +23.8
Labour Party Matthew Charles Spooner Elected 245 36.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Routledge 233 34.2% -13.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Ellis 231 33.9% —
Independent Julie Bull 176 25.8% +0.8
Independent Dennis Wilson 130 19.1% —
Majority12
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors2,863
Ballots cast681

Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party gain from Independent

Cheadle South East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mike Haines Elected 466 57.0% +16.9
Labour and Co-operative Party Vicky O'Shea Elected 401 49.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Jackson 341 41.7% -1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Zenobia Rose Lillian Routledge 324 39.7% —
Majority60
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors2,895
Ballots cast817

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Independent · Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Independent

Cheadle West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Kate Mills Elected 602 52.9% -0.1
Independent Gary Bentley Elected 551 48.4% —
Independent Ian William Plant Elected 464 40.7% —
Labour Party Bernie Charlesworth 438 38.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Nicholas Mason 334 29.3% -8.5
Majority26
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors3,989
Ballots cast1,139

Independent hold

Checkley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Peter Wilkinson Elected 629 47.2% -11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Anthony Deaville Elected 603 45.2% -16.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Hulme Elected 532 39.9% —
Labour Party Liz Haines 399 29.9% +3.1
Independent Luke Daniel Emery 371 27.8% —
Green Party Derek Tatton 301 22.6% -6.1
Independent Mark Hall 218 16.4% —
Majority133
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,540
Ballots cast1,333

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Independent hold

Cheddleton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Worthington Elected 607 41.2% -12.8
Labour Party Dylan Pascall Elected 526 35.7% -7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver Pointon Elected 507 34.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Grocott 461 31.3% —
Labour Party Eddie Sabir 418 28.4% —
Independent Michael Thomas Bowen 364 24.7% —
Green Party Dan Mayers 246 16.7% —
Independent Harold Jennings 194 13.2% —
Independent Keith Harvey 168 11.4% —
Liberal Democrats Judith Elizabeth Gregg 162 11.0% -13.9
Independent Ferenc Kari 116 7.9% —
Majority46
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors4,370
Ballots cast1,472

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Churnet 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James Aberley Elected 505 62.3% -2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Elsie Fallows Elected 475 58.6% —
Labour Party Hugh Gerald Thomas Black 257 31.7% +8.8
Reform UK Warwick McKenzie 135 16.6% —
Majority218
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors2,657
Ballots cast811

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Dane

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Callum George Beswick Elected 295 63.3% -4.8
Green Party Alison Rosemary McCrea 171 36.7% +4.8
Majority124
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors1,337
Ballots cast466

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Forsbrook 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Holmes Elected 589 49.8% -35.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Marc Durose Elected 497 42.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Herdman Elected 495 41.9% —
Labour Party Paul Thomas Powner 437 37.0% -30.1
Independent Abigal Wilkinson 402 34.0% —
Green Party Helen Stead 372 31.5% —
Majority58
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,231
Ballots cast1,182

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hamps Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Edwin Wain Elected 332 64.6% -20.1
Green Party Wendy Bohme 182 35.4% —
Majority150
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors1,441
Ballots cast514

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Horton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jo Cox Elected 324 54.3% +29.4
Green Party Dominic Cooney 273 45.7% —
Majority51
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors1,512
Ballots cast597

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent

Leek East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Darren Price Elected 766 57.7% +11.9
Labour Party Crecy Janina Christine Boone Elected 681 51.3% —
Labour Party Gareth Richard Taylor Elected 591 44.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Chauveau 476 35.9% +6.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Machin 442 33.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Johnson 436 32.9% —
Green Party Mike Jones 278 20.9% —
Majority115
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors3,070
Ballots cast1,327

Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold

Leek North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Charlotte Jean Scott Atkins Elected 742 73.4% -12.9
Labour Party Lyn Swindlehurst Elected 673 66.6% —
Labour Party Mark David Johnson Elected 633 62.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlotte Lockett 297 29.4% -16.0
Majority336
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors4,136
Ballots cast1,011

Labour Party hold

Leek South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Matt Swindlehurst Elected 880 66.6% -6.1
Labour Party Mike Gledhill Elected 801 60.6% —
Labour Party Keith Hoptroff Elected 794 60.1% —
Green Party Daniella Vickerstaff 375 28.4% -4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil David Cox 357 27.0% -14.7
Majority419
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors4,428
Ballots cast1,321

Labour Party hold

Leek West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bill Cawley Elected 802 62.4% -2.0
Labour Party Philip Barks Elected 688 53.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Emery Elected 572 44.5% -8.8
Labour Party Charlie Bromilow 564 43.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Robert Podmore 490 38.1% —
Majority8
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors3,666
Ballots cast1,286

Labour Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Manifold

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jonathan Paul Kempster Elected 306 52.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Wales 275 47.3% -17.2
Majority31
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors1,484
Ballots cast581

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Werrington 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Shaw Elected 404 56.3% -22.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Ross David Ward Elected 370 51.6% —
Independent Nigel Michael Meakin 262 36.5% —
Green Party Andrew Sharrock 246 34.3% -14.4
Majority108
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors2,644
Ballots cast717

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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