Stoke-on-Trent council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 34 wards · 44 seats contested

Most seats
29
Labour Party
Seats contested
44
across 34 wards
Turnout
25.6%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 29 +13 35,398 46.1% +13.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 14 -1 30,418 39.6% +4.8
City Independents 1 -11 5,908 7.7% -17.9
Independent 0 -1 4,084 5.3% +1.3
Green Party 0 +0 953 1.2% -0.1
Reform UK 0 +0 46 0.1% —
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 25 0.0% —

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 44
Labour Party 44
Conservative and Unionist Party 43
City Independents 15
Independent 15
Green Party 5
Communist Party of Britain 1
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 44 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.

Abbey Hulton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steve Watkins Elected 429 50.1% —
Independent Melanie Baddeley 272 31.8% —
City Independents Amanda Helena Webber 109 12.7% —
Reform UK Luke Stephen Shenton 46 5.4% —
Majority157
Turnout17.0%
Registered electors5,002
Ballots cast856

Baddeley, Milton & Norton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dave Evans Elected 1,743 45.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Carl Edwards Elected 1,581 41.6% —
Labour Party Duncan Walker Elected 1,508 39.7% —
Labour Party Dan Mazhar 1,480 38.9% —
Labour Party Fiona Wood 1,443 38.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jenny Taylor 1,443 38.0% —
Independent Gary Elsby 817 21.5% —
Majority28
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors14,306
Ballots cast3,800

Basford & Hartshill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shaun Pender Elected 930 82.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Waheed Karim 194 17.3% —
Majority736
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors4,399
Ballots cast1,124

Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Jane Colclough Elected 883 62.1% —
Labour Party Lynn Watkins Elected 717 50.4% —
City Independents Sharon Ann Edwards 308 21.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Warren 249 17.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Arthur Richardson 243 17.1% —
City Independents Dale Morrey 217 15.2% —
Majority409
Turnout16.0%
Registered electors9,102
Ballots cast1,423

Birches Head & Northwood 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steve Blakemore Elected 957 45.4% —
Labour Party Adrian Knapper Elected 830 39.4% —
City Independents Jean Ann Bowers 694 32.9% —
City Independents Ralf O'Neill 509 24.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Wil Weaver 432 20.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harold Gregory 412 19.5% —
Green Party Morrighan Bridie Jordan 98 4.6% —
Majority136
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors8,278
Ballots cast2,109

Blurton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lorraine Beardmore Elected 705 52.9% —
Labour Party Kath Banks 495 37.2% —
Independent Brian Ward 75 5.6% —
City Independents Susan Elizabeth Whalley 57 4.3% —
Majority210
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,756
Ballots cast1,332

Boothen

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andy Platt Elected 662 66.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Fesar Hussain 126 12.7% —
Independent Mark Anthony Warrington 107 10.8% —
Green Party Adam William Colclough 96 9.7% —
Majority536
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors4,023
Ballots cast991

Bradeley & Chell Heath

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gurmeet Singh Kallar Elected 787 79.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dany Suleman 125 12.6% —
Independent Steven Peter Taylor 83 8.3% —
Majority662
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors4,205
Ballots cast995

Bucknall & Eaton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Heather Blurton Elected 693 49.7% —
Labour Party Sam Hackney 648 46.5% —
City Independents Andrew Colin Bates 54 3.9% —
Majority45
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors4,718
Ballots cast1,395

Burslem

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Jane Ashworth Elected 700 75.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Waqas Shahzad 228 24.6% —
Majority472
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors4,595
Ballots cast928

Burslem Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Glen Watson Elected 676 61.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Leslie Marion Adams 423 38.5% —
Majority253
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors4,335
Ballots cast1,098

Dresden & Florence

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
City Independents Lilian Jean Dodd Elected 637 49.5% —
Labour Party Nigel Ross 517 40.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Siona Louise Williams 132 10.3% —
Majority120
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors4,754
Ballots cast1,286

Etruria & Hanley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Majid Khan Elected 803 56.0% —
Independent Qamar Sohail 381 26.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Khalil Ahmed 249 17.4% —
Majority422
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,928
Ballots cast1,433

Fenton East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mubsira Aumir Elected 513 47.5% —
Independent Alan James Gerrard 340 31.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Grant Christian Barnes 226 20.9% —
Majority173
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors4,491
Ballots cast1,079

Fenton West & Mount Pleasant

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lyn Sharpe Elected 581 47.4% —
Independent Cheryl Elizabeth Gerrard 331 27.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Khawar Ali 289 23.6% —
Communist Party of Britain Jordan Roden 25 2.0% —
Majority250
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,466
Ballots cast1,226

Ford Green & Smallthorne

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Diane Williams Elected 755 66.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Candi Chetwynd 354 31.4% —
Majority401
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors4,734
Ballots cast1,129

Goldenhill & Sandyford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chandra Kanneganti Elected 860 71.4% —
Labour Party Jeff Birks 265 22.0% —
Independent Alan Edward Dutton 79 6.6% —
Majority595
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors4,742
Ballots cast1,204

Great Chell & Packmoor 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sue Akkurt Elected 774 39.4% —
Labour Party David Mountford Elected 710 36.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jan Bridges 621 31.7% —
City Independents Ann Elizabeth James 602 30.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Robert Smith 508 25.9% —
City Independents David Owens 466 23.8% —
Majority89
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors8,515
Ballots cast1,962

Hanford, Newstead & Trentham 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Jellyman Elected 2,283 56.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Maxine Clark Elected 2,070 51.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rachel Louise Kelsall Elected 2,069 51.4% —
Labour Party John Cunnison 1,328 33.0% —
Labour Party Lauren Davison 1,169 29.1% —
Labour Party Clare Frances Stanier 1,063 26.4% —
City Independents Andrew George Gilbride 583 14.5% —
Green Party Debbie Patricia Georgakakou 574 14.3% —
Majority741
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors14,258
Ballots cast4,024

Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alastair Watson Elected 1,245 54.1% —
Labour Party Amjid Wazir Elected 1,231 53.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Murtaza Alam 754 32.8% —
Independent AliRom Alirom 471 20.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Raja Ravi Varma Sangaraju 454 19.7% —
Majority477
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors8,629
Ballots cast2,301

Hartshill Park & Stoke

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Daniela Santoro Elected 630 68.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nathan Andrew Purchase 242 26.2% —
Independent David Edward Barker 52 5.6% —
Majority388
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors3,712
Ballots cast924

Hollybush

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Fin Gordon-McCusker Elected 631 55.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shaun Lee Bennett 393 34.4% —
City Independents Michelle Francis Whalley 118 10.3% —
Majority238
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors4,580
Ballots cast1,142

Lightwood North & Normacot

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sadaqat Maqsoom Elected 1,288 57.0% —
Labour Party Omar Ali 970 43.0% —
Majority318
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,258

Little Chell & Stanfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Williams Elected 676 57.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Imran Khurshid 335 28.4% —
Independent Anthony Screen 168 14.2% —
Majority341
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors4,461
Ballots cast1,179

Longton & Meir Hay South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Chris Robinson Elected 684 55.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Asman Ali 549 44.5% —
Majority135
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors4,600
Ballots cast1,233

Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Craig Beardmore Elected 1,409 59.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ross Andrew Irving Elected 1,293 54.5% —
Labour Party Samantha Yates 942 39.7% —
Labour Party Zain Albadeen Mohammed 730 30.8% —
Majority351
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors9,831
Ballots cast2,373

Meir North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Desiree Elliott Elected 485 52.3% —
City Independents Michelle Suzanne Swift 279 30.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Hussain 164 17.7% —
Majority206
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors4,946
Ballots cast928

Meir Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Abi Brown Elected 982 73.4% —
Labour Party Taimour Arfan 260 19.4% —
Green Party Jenny Louise Harper 95 7.1% —
Majority722
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors4,044
Ballots cast1,337

Meir South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Faisal Hussain Elected 684 52.5% —
Labour Party Bagh Ali 618 47.5% —
Majority66
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,444
Ballots cast1,302

Moorcroft & Sneyd Green 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Javid Iqbal Najmi Elected 1,198 42.1% —
Labour Party Laura Anne Carter Elected 1,157 40.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tariq Mahmood 787 27.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tariq Mahmood 787 27.7% —
City Independents Joanne Clare Powell-Beckett 720 25.3% —
City Independents Kerry Ellis 555 19.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marilyn Anne Marathe 483 17.0% —
Majority370
Turnout—
Registered electors9,027
Ballots cast (estimated)2,844

Penkhull & Springfields

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Ann Hill Elected 719 55.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dean Trevor Richardson 478 37.1% —
Green Party Tom Holland 90 7.0% —
Majority241
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors4,303
Ballots cast1,287

Sandford Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Joan Bell Elected 615 59.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ally Simcock 428 41.0% —
Majority187
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors4,622
Ballots cast1,043

Trent Vale & Oak Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Waseem Akbar Elected 592 52.7% —
Independent Jackie Barnes 400 35.6% —
Independent Bridge Allport 131 11.7% —
Majority192
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors4,175
Ballots cast1,123

Tunstall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tabrase Din Elected 650 45.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Joy Anne Garner 392 27.6% —
Independent Lee Wanger 377 26.6% —
Majority258
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors4,982
Ballots cast1,419

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