2019 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

2019 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
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All 44 seats to Stoke-on-Trent City Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2019 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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2019 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	16	2	7	5	36.4	32.4	22,060	+0.2
	Conservative	44	15	8	0	8	34.1	34.8	23,665	+12.6
	City Independents	38	12	2	4	2	27.3	25.6	17,414	+1.7
	Independent	7	1	1	0	1	2.3	4.0	2,714	+1.2
	Green	7	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	883	–1.0
	UKIP	3	0	0	2	2	0.0	1.0	648	–13.7
	For Britain	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	610	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Mel Baddeley	766	45.0
	Labour	Jo Woolner	540	31.7
	Labour	Matt Crompton	521	30.6
	City Independents	Mike Bridgewater	488	28.6
	Conservative	Richard Brereton	232	13.6
	Independent	Steven Dennis Woolridge	215	12.6
	Conservative	James Vernon	160	9.4
	For Britain	Richard Broughan	147	8.6
Majority			19	1.1
Turnout			1,719	24.22	22.78
Rejected ballots			15	0.9
Registered electors			7,096
	City Independents hold		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Daniel Evans	1,854	49.9
	Conservative	Carl Edwards	1,629	43.8
	Conservative	James Robert Smith	1,292	34.8
	Independent	Gary Elsby	1,120	30.1
	Labour	Jeff Birks	844	22.7
	Labour	Emma Jane Ford	837	22.5
	Labour	Tina Natalello	695	18.7
	City Independents	Chris Wardle	584	15.7
	City Independents	Julie Dawn Bull	525	14.1
	City Independents	Steven Peter Taylor	514	13.8
Majority			172	4.7
Turnout			3,747	28.77	56.73
Rejected ballots			30	0.8
Registered electors			13,025
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from City Independents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Grace Pitt	528	38.5
	Labour	Stephen Christopher Funnell	519	37.8
	City Independents	Sharon Ann Edwards	357	26.0
	UKIP	Gary Fedtschyschak	354	25.8
	City Independents	Dale Morrey	266	19.4
	For Britain	Lee Martin	233	17.0
	Conservative	Sarah Louise Kempson	143	10.4
	Conservative	Liam James Sperrin	95	6.9
Majority			162	11.8
Turnout			1,379	19.02	20.48
Rejected ballots			7	0.5
Registered electors			7,250
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Jean Ann Bowers	869	40.4
	City Independents	Sabrina Ann Bowers	779	36.2
	Conservative	Tim Foxley	656	30.5
	Labour	Sharon Yates	627	29.1
	Conservative	Bert Loweth	605	28.1
	Labour	Muhammed Aumir	577	26.8
Majority			123	5.7
Turnout			2,172	28.70	23.40
Rejected ballots			20	0.9
Registered electors			7,568
	City Independents hold		Swing
	City Independents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lorraine Beardmore	623	42.4	+18.0
	Labour	Joan Bell	342	23.3	−5.5
	City Independents	Susan Elizabeth Whalley	318	21.6	+2.0
	Independent	Brian Ward	186	12.7	−6.9
Majority			281	19.1
Turnout			1,480	35.96
Rejected ballots			11	0.7
Registered electors			4,116
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maxine Clark	322	31.8	+10.6
	City Independents	Neil Douglas Day	315	31.1	+22.7
	Labour	Javid Iqbal Najmi	303	29.9	−13.3
	Green	Pete Latham	72	7.1	N/A
Majority			7	0.7
Turnout			1,026	23.31
Rejected ballots			14	1.4
Registered electors			4,402
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Platt	604	49.2	+18.3
	Conservative	Paul Wilshaw	282	23.0	N/A
	Green	Adam William Colclough	145	11.8	+3.5
	City Independents	Dave Cooper	120	9.8	+1.9
	Independent	Matthew Ken Halliday	76	6.2	N/A
Majority			322	26.2
Turnout			1,237	30.13
Rejected ballots			10	0.8
Registered electors			4,106
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurmeet Singh Kallar	552	56.3	+11.7
	Conservative	Rathi Pragasam	428	43.7	N/A
Majority			124	12.6
Turnout			1,024	27.26
Rejected ballots			44	4.3
Registered electors			3,756
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ali Asman	522	50.5	+22.9
	Labour	Christopher Robinson	512	49.5	+12.4
Majority			10	1.0
Turnout			1,086	27.73
Rejected ballots			52	4.8
Registered electors			3,917
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Ashworth	583	52.8	+3.6
	City Independents	Alan Edward Dutton	444	40.2	−9.0
	Conservative	Sakhir Ahmad	77	7.0	−18.2
Majority			139	12.6
Turnout			1,117	26.5
Rejected ballots			13	1.2
Registered electors			4,216
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Lesley Marion Adams	455	44.9	N/A
	Labour	Joy Anne Garner	410	40.4	+3.2
	Conservative	Chaudhry Amjad Hussain	149	14.7	−6.5
Majority			45	4.5
Turnout			1,032	26.64
Rejected ballots			17	1.6
Registered electors			3,874
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Lilian Jean Dodd	769	48.8	+12.3
	Conservative	Mohammed Shafiq	535	33.9	+8.6
	Labour	Fred Ball	272	17.3	−17.2
Majority			234	14.8
Turnout			1,584	43.04
Rejected ballots			8	0.5
Registered electors			3,680
	City Independents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Melissa Blurton	488	45.3	*N/A*
	Labour	Terry Crowe	358	33.2	−6.1
	City Independents	Jeanette Maddison	231	21.4	−39.3
Majority			130	12.1
Turnout			1,083	30.89
Rejected ballots			6	0.6
Registered electors			3,506
	Conservative gain from City Independents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Majid Khan	823	55.5	+0.6
	City Independents	Khalil Ahmed	479	32.3	N/A
	Conservative	Stuart Neil Barrow	181	12.2	N/A
	Independent	Navid Kaleem	0	0.0	N/A
Majority			344	23.2
Turnout			1,505	37.00
Rejected ballots			22	1.5
Registered electors			4,068
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Chell and Packmoor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Ann Elizabeth James	1,250	63.5
	City Independents	Janine Frances Bridges	1,236	62.8
	Labour	Sue Akkurt	462	23.5
	Labour	Jamie Cameron Tennant	332	16.9
	Conservative	Mark Jellyman	236	12.0
	Conservative	Rahim Danyal Suleman	124	6.3
Majority			774	39.3
Turnout			1,980	25.53
Rejected ballots			13	0.7
Registered electors			7,755
	City Independents hold		Swing
	City Independents hold		Swing

Hanford and Trentham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Mark Jellyman	2,673	73.7
	Conservative	Rachel Louise Kelsall	2,120	58.5
	City Independents	Harold David Gregory	461	12.7
	Labour	John Hume Cunnison	452	12.5
	Labour	Sue Ramm	450	12.4
	City Independents	Ian Stuart Jones	384	10.6
	Green	Alan Edmund Borgars	300	8.3
Majority			659	45.8
Turnout			3,643	39.33
Rejected ballots			17	0.5
Registered electors			9,263
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from City Independents		Swing

Hartshill and Basford (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Patrick Pender	802	61.6	+21.6
	Conservative	Christine Warren	295	22.6	−1.0
	City Independents	Gulzar Ahmed	206	15.8	+10.2
Majority			507	39.0
Turnout			1,323	29.52
Rejected ballots			20	1.5
Registered electors			4,482
	Labour hold		Swing

Joiners Square (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alastair Scott Watson	644	58.1	+16.3
	City Independents	Asim Shaheen	335	30.2	+11.0
	Conservative	Claire Picken	129	11.6	N/A
Majority			309	27.9
Turnout			1,131	28.35
Rejected ballots			23	2.0
Registered electors			3,989
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Shotton	384	33.3	+2.6
	Independent	Alan James Gerrard	382	33.1	+7.6
	City Independents	Susan Helen Pickering	241	20.9	N/A
	Conservative	William Peter Litherland	146	12.7	−2.7
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout			1,154	27.88
Rejected ballots			1	0.1
Registered electors			4,139
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cheryl Elizabeth Gerrard	520	43.2	+12.8
	City Independents	Mick Bell	337	27.8	−4.8
	Labour	Christine Mallaband-Brown	240	19.9	−1.4
	Conservative	Tayyab Hussain	75	6.2	−7.4
	Green	Brian Burgess	32	2.7	N/A
Majority			183	15.2
Turnout			1,210	30.70
Rejected ballots			6	0.5
Registered electors			3,942
	Independent gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Candi Chetwynd	451	44.3	+8.4
	Conservative	Dean Trevor Richardson	290	28.5	−3.6
	City Independents	Mike Lucking	276	27.1	−4.8
Majority			161	15.8
Turnout			1,032	24.23
Rejected ballots			15	1.5
Registered electors			4,259
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chandra Mohan Kanneganti	710	54.1	+26.5
	Labour	Lucy Kelly	362	27.6	−17.6
	City Independents	Peter Wheeldon	241	18.4	−8.8
Majority			348	26.5
Turnout			1,331	30.75
Rejected ballots			18	1.4
Registered electors			4,329
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amjid Wazir	577	69.4	+5.4
	City Independents	Fawad Gul	189	22.7	+9.2
	Conservative	Sharon Wilshaw	66	7.9	N/A
Majority			388	46.7
Turnout			839	38.73
Rejected ballots			7	0.8
Registered electors			2,166
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Shaun Lee Bennett	432	44.1	+12.8
	Labour	Kath Banks	375	38.3	−3.1
	Conservative	Carlton Espley	172	17.6	−5.6
Majority			57	5.8
Turnout			987	23.32
Rejected ballots			8	0.8
Registered electors			4,233
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sadaqat Maqsoom	1,436	59.0	+13.7
	Labour	Bagh Ali	998	41.0	+1.1
Majority			438	18.0
Turnout			2,458	61.68
Rejected ballots			24	1.0
Registered electors			3,985
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Williams	513	45.4	+8.3
	City Independents	Dave Conway	406	35.9	−8.9
	UKIP	Lian Brennan	140	12.4	−5.7
	Conservative	Waheed Karim	72	6.4	N/A
Majority			107	9.5
Turnout			1,134	27.18
Rejected ballots			3	0.3
Registered electors			4,172
	Labour gain from City Independents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig David Beardmore	861	68.1	+32.7
	Labour	Asim Ali	234	18.5	−15.6
	City Independents	Teresa Joy Slizewski-Whalley	169	13.4	N/A
Majority			627	49.6
Turnout			1,278	33.23
Rejected ballots			14	1.1
Registered electors			3,846
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desiree Gail Elliott	244	25.6	−13.7
	Independent	Ruth Victoria Rosenau	215	22.5	−16.8
	Conservative	Steve Brown	176	18.4	−5.1
	City Independents	Michelle Suzanne Swift	165	17.3	N/A
	UKIP	David Pegg	154	16.1	−16.4
Majority			29	3.1
Turnout			962	22.50
Rejected ballots			8	0.8
Registered electors			4,275
	Labour hold		Swing

Abbey Hulton and Townsend

Baddeley, Milton and Norton

Bentilee and Ubberley

Birches Head and Central Forest Park

Blurton East

Blurton West and Newstead

Boothen and Oakhill

Bradeley and Chell Heath

Broadway and Longton East

Burslem Central

Burslem Park

Dresden and Florence

Eaton Park

Etruria and Hanley

Fenton East

Fenton West and Mount Pleasant

Ford Green and Smallthorne

Goldenhill and Sandyford

Great Chell and Packmoor

Hanford and Trentham

Hanley Park and Shelton

Hartshill and Basford

Hollybush and Longton West

Joiners Square

Lightwood North and Normacot

Little Chell and Stanfield

Meir Hay

Meir North

Meir Park

Meir South

Moorcroft

Penkhull and Stoke

Sandford Hill

Sneyd Green

Springfields and Trent Vale

Tunstall

Weston Coyney

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Penkhull and Stoke

Bentilee and Ubberley

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abi Brown	1,130	84.4	+9.1
	Labour	Marty Christopher Day	209	15.6	−9.1
Majority			921	68.8
Turnout			1,369	36.94
Rejected ballots			30	2.2
Registered electors			3,706
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Faisal Hussain	405	39.7	+17.5
	Labour	Debbie Wheeldon	326	32.0	−7.2
	City Independents	John Ayres	288	28.3	+15.6
Majority			79	7.7
Turnout			1,027	27.13
Rejected ballots			8	0.8
Registered electors			3,785
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Pervez	992	60.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Tariq Mahmood	650	39.6	+23.3
Majority			342	20.8
Turnout			1,691	44.12
Rejected ballots			49	2.9
Registered electors			3,833
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Randy Conteh	679	44.5	+1.8
	Labour	Jim Bradbury	620	40.6	+14.3
	Green	Robert Hywel Bennett Griffiths	129	8.4	−1.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Ateeq	99	6.5	−11.9
Majority			59	3.9
Turnout			1,538	33.74
Rejected ballots			11	0.7
Registered electors			4,558
	City Independents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ally Simcock	430	40.6	+1.6
	Conservative	James Robert Nicholas Watts	399	37.7	+17.9
	For Britain	Alex Wright	230	21.7	N/A
Majority			31	2.9
Turnout			1,071	25.65
Rejected ballots			13	1.2
Registered electors			4,176
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Joanne Clare Powell-Beckett	561	56.2	+21.8
	Labour	Helen Patricia Harrison	288	28.8	−4.8
	Conservative	Beth Peake	150	15.0	−16.9
Majority			273	27.08
Turnout			1,008	26.25
Rejected ballots			9	0.9
Registered electors			3,840
	City Independents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Jackie Barnes	567	47.6	+15.6
	Labour	Birgit Allport	417	35.0	+10.1
	Green	Jade Hanna Taylor	114	9.6	+2.2
	Conservative	Bilal Mohammad	92	7.7	N/A
Majority			150	12.6
Turnout			1,196	27.14
Rejected ballots			12	1.0
Registered electors			4,407
	City Independents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Lee Wanger	584	47.1	−0.3
	Labour	Omair Ahmed Hussain	529	42.6	+3.6
	Conservative	Christopher Martin John Mulroy	128	10.3	−3.4
Majority			55	4.5
Turnout			1,254	32.97
Rejected ballots			13	1.0
Registered electors			3,803
	City Independents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ross Andrew Irving	758	60.2	+32.5
	Labour	Chris Walker	282	22.4	−1.2
	City Independents	Julian Richard Read	128	10.2	−0.6
	Green	Jan Zablocki	91	7.2	−7.5
Majority			476	37.8
Turnout			1,272	32.36
Rejected ballots			12	0.9
Registered electors			3,931
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tariq Mahmood	769	49.7	+10.1
	Labour	Javid Najmi	702	45.4	−15.0
	TUSC	Andy Butcher	77	5.0	N/A
Majority			67	4.3
Turnout			1,564	39.39	4.73
Rejected ballots			16	1.0
Registered electors			3,971
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing