2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election

The 2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 56 seats to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Independent Last election 35 seats, 40.1% 10 seats, 13.9% Seats won 25 17 Seat change 10 7 Popular vote 17,132 13,448 Percentage 36.3% 28.5% Swing 3.8% 14.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 13 seats, 24.6% 2 seats, 4.7% Seats won 13 1 Seat change 6 1 Popular vote 12,282 1,969 Percentage 26.0% 4.2% Swing 1.4% 0.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No overall control

Results summary

Election result

2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	42	25	3	13	10	44.6	36.3	17,132	–3.8
	Independent	32	17	9	2	7	30.4	28.5	13,448	+14.6
	Labour	34	13	9	2	6	23.2	26.0	12,282	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	0	1	1	1.8	4.2	1,969	–0.5
	Green	10	0	0	0		0.0	5.1	2,416	+1.9
	UKIP	0	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	–3.3

Ward results

Alton

Alton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hayley Plimley	320	66.5
	Labour	Jenny Lingham	161	33.5
Majority
Turnout				43.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bagnall & Stanley

Bagnall & Stanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sybil Ralphs	421	70.8
	Green	Helen Stead	97	16.3
	Labour	Frances Naggs	77	12.9
Majority
Turnout				43.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Biddulph East

Biddulph East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Salt	482	50.5
	Labour	Kevin Jackson	453	47.4
	Labour	Connor Brady	374	39.2
	Independent	Gerald Adams	341	35.7
	Independent	Chris Perkin	328	34.3
	Independent	Ken Harper	199	20.8
	Conservative	Catharine Aberley	155	16.2
Turnout				21.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Biddulph Moor

Biddulph Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Jones	479	80.5
	Conservative	Pam Gregory	85	14.3
	Labour	Robert Whilding	31	5.2
Majority
Turnout				42.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Biddulph North

Biddulph North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Hall	885	64.6
	Independent	Jim Davies	878	64.1
	Independent	Andrew Hart	795	58.0
	Labour	Jim Bostock	364	26.6
	Labour	Denver Johnson	304	22.2
	Green	Ian Waite	253	18.5
Turnout				30.3
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Biddulph South

Biddulph South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Redfern	154	34.2
	Independent	Paul Barlow	144	32.0
	Labour	Dave Proudlove	89	19.8
	Conservative	Martin Graham	63	14.0
Majority
Turnout				36.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Biddulph West

Biddulph West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hilda Sheldon	873	72.0
	Labour	Nigel Yates	423	34.9
	Conservative	Ian Lawson	374	30.9
	Conservative	Oliver McGuinness	325	26.8
	Conservative	Stefan Trbovic	179	14.8
Turnout				29.8
	Independent hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Brown Edge & Endon

Brown Edge & Endon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Lea	653	48.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Bond	558	41.4
	Conservative	Joe Porter	551	40.8
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Adams	405	30.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Delf	310	23.0
	Labour	Andrew Church	271	20.1
	Green	Alison McCrea	269	19.9
	Labour	Sam Chapple	197	14.6
Turnout				34.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Caverswall

Caverswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Roberts	322	80.1
	Labour	Andy Darrant	80	19.9
Majority
Turnout				28.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cellarhead

Cellarhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony McNicol	389	58.4
	Conservative	Barbara Hughes	342	51.4
	Green	Andrew Sharrock	259	38.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cheadle North East

Cheadle North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Whitehouse	372	51.0
	Independent	Phil Routledge	252	34.6
	Independent	Paulette Upton	175	24.0
	Independent	Julie Bull	158	21.7
	Labour	Martin Chadwick	125	17.1
	Independent	Alan Thomas	98	13.4
	Green	Rachel Fairbanks	65	8.9
Turnout				26.4
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from UKIP

Cheadle South East

Cheadle South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Alcock	448	52.3
	Independent	Peter Elkin	304	35.5
	Independent	Abigail Wilkinson	247	28.9
	Labour	Adam Drane	225	26.3
	Conservative	David Newport	196	22.9
Turnout				29.2
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Cheadle West

Cheadle West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kate Martin	468	45.5
	Independent	Ian Plant	422	41.0
	Independent	Gary Bentley	397	38.6
	Independent	Ron Locker	337	32.8
	Conservative	Stephen Ellis	334	32.5
	Conservative	Peter Jackson	251	24.4
	Conservative	Alan Banks	246	23.9
	Independent	Add Lees	196	19.0
Turnout				25.9
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Checkley

Checkley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Deaville	664	48.5
	Independent	Peter Wilkinson	626	45.7
	Conservative	Alan Hulme	557	40.7
	Independent	Sandra Peck	389	28.4
	Conservative	Paul McCormack	382	27.9
	Green	James Firkins	307	22.4
	Labour	John Palfreyman	287	20.9
Turnout				29.7
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Cheddleton

Cheddleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Bowen	640	43.9
	Conservative	Mike Worthington	627	43.0
	Conservative	Sav Scalise	623	42.8
	Labour	Steven Proffitt	517	35.5
	Labour	Ian Dakin	441	30.3
	Labour	Mahfooz Ahmed	410	28.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Preston	295	20.2
Turnout				34.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Churnet

Churnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elsie Fallows	491	52.6
	Conservative	James Aberley	458	49.0
	Independent	Ivor Lucas	405	43.4
	Labour	Paul Powner	175	18.7
Turnout				35.7
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Dane

Dane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Heath	341	68.1
	Green	Mike Jones	160	31.9
Majority
Turnout				38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forsbrook

Forsbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Holmes	707	60.1
	Conservative	Ian Herdman	652	55.4
	Conservative	Keith Flunder	578	49.1
	Labour	Joanne Darrant	557	47.4
Turnout				29.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from UKIP

Hamps Valley

Hamps Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Wain	524	84.7
	Labour	Neil Singh	95	15.3
Turnout				42.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horton

Horton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norma Hawkins	366	60.2
	Conservative	Bob Cooper	151	24.8
	Labour	Laura Robinson	91	15.0
Turnout				39.9
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Ipstones

Ipstones

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Linda Malyon	511	74.5
	Conservative	Dan Newton	175	25.5
Turnout				45.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Leek East

Leek East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pamela Wood	939	67.1
	Labour	Darren Price	500	35.7
	Independent	Brian Johnson	485	34.7
	Labour	Andrew Kidd	424	30.3
	Independent	Stephen Wales	388	27.7
	Conservative	Michael Howson	332	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Gregg	216	15.4
Turnout				35.5
	Independent hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Leek North

Leek North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlotte Atkins	731	62.2
	Labour	Lyn Swindlehurst	548	46.6
	Labour	Lytton Page	516	43.9
	Conservative	Dani Ogden	384	32.7
	Independent	Charlotte Lockett	361	30.7
Turnout				28.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Leek South

Leek South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Gledhill	775	54.9
	Labour	Sue Coleman	654	46.4
	Labour	Keith Hoptroff	575	40.8
	Conservative	Jo Cox	445	31.5
	Green	Daniella Vickerstaff	352	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Ottewell	214	15.2
	Independent	Gail Lockett	182	12.9
Turnout				32.0
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Independent
	Labour gain from Conservative

Leek West

Leek West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Cawley	714	53.0
	Conservative	Ben Emery	591	43.9
	Labour	Phil Taylor	560	41.6
	Conservative	Neal Podmore	494	36.7
	Green	Mark Sidebotham	382	28.4
	Conservative	Roy Molson	351	26.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Jagger	235	17.4
Turnout				36.8
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Manifold

Manifold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Riley	357	64.6
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Wolstencroft	140	25.3
	Labour	Jonathan Rowley	56	10.1
Majority
Turnout				38.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Werrington

Werrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Shaw	440	63.1
	Conservative	Ross Ward	404	58.0
	Green	Teresa Pattison	272	39.0
Turnout				26.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Changes 2019–2023

By-elections

• 6 May 2021: Conservative gain (Stephen Ellis) in Cheadle North East following death of independent Ian Whitehouse.
• 6 May 2021: Conservative gain (Peter Jackson) in Cheadle South East following resignation of independent Peter Elkin.
• 5 May 2022: Conservative gain (Zenobia Routledge) in Cheadle South East following death of independent Richard Alcock.

Biddulph West: 19 January 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Smith	364	50.5
	Labour	Dave Proudlove	288	39.9
	Independent	Neil Eardley	226	31.3
	Conservative	Rathi Pragasam	185	25.7
	Independent	Alistair McLoughlin	154	21.4
	Green	Ian Waite	61	8.5
Turnout			721	17.9
Registered electors			4,039
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Independent

A double by-election after the deaths of incumbent Conservative (Ian Lawson) and independent (Hilda Sheldon) councillors.

Changes of allegiance

In May 2022, Norma Hawkins, Brian Johnson and Phil Routledge, all elected as independents, joined the Conservatives. At the same time, Michael Bowen, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent. These changes gave the council an overall Conservative majority, having previously been under no overall control.