South Staffordshire District Council elections
Local government elections in Staffordshire, England
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South Staffordshire District Council elections are held every four years. South Staffordshire District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 42 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]
Council elections
- 1973 South Staffordshire District Council election
- 1976 South Staffordshire District Council election
- 1979 South Staffordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
- 1983 South Staffordshire District Council election
- 1987 South Staffordshire District Council election
- 1991 South Staffordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)[3][4][5]
- 1995 South Staffordshire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6]
- 1999 South Staffordshire District Council election
- 2003 South Staffordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by one)[7][8]
- 2007 South Staffordshire District Council election
- 2011 South Staffordshire District Council election
- 2015 South Staffordshire District Council election
- 2019 South Staffordshire District Council election
- 2023 South Staffordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[1]
Election results
| Overall control | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dems | Green | Freedom | UKIP | Independent | ||||||||
| 2023 | Conservative | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 2019 | Conservative | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 2015 | Conservative | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 2011 | Conservative | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 2007 | Conservative | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 2003 | Conservative | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
Results maps
By-election results
1995-1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 420 | 49.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 216 | 25.5 | |||
| Labour | 212 | 25.0 | |||
| Majority | 204 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 848 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
1999-2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 321 | 65.4 | −1.4 | ||
| Conservative | 170 | 34.6 | +21.6 | ||
| Majority | 151 | 30.8 | |||
| Turnout | 491 | 30.0 | |||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 575 | 82.4 | +19.2 | ||
| Labour | 123 | 17.6 | +2.8 | ||
| Majority | 452 | 64.8 | |||
| Turnout | 698 | 24.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | unopposed | ||||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2003-2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brian Bates | 395 | 55.2 | −5.5 | |
| Labour | John Jones | 320 | 44.8 | +5.5 | |
| Majority | 75 | 10.4 | |||
| Turnout | 715 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2007-2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Williams | 237 | 44.2 | −10.3 | |
| Labour | Ron Kenyon | 235 | 43.8 | −1.7 | |
| Independent | David Percox | 64 | 11.9 | +11.9 | |
| Majority | 2 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 536 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2011-2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Barry Bond | 404 | 59.3 | −6.2 | |
| UKIP | Lyndon Jones | 182 | 26.7 | −7.8 | |
| Labour | John Brindle | 95 | 14.0 | +14.0 | |
| Majority | 222 | 32.6 | |||
| Turnout | 681 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Anthony Bourke | 314 | 65.1 | +16.9 | |
| Conservative | Nigel Caine | 168 | 34.9 | −16.9 | |
| Majority | 146 | 30.2 | |||
| Turnout | 482 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wendy Sutton | 459 | 40.8 | −3.7 | |
| Labour | Lorna Jones | 352 | 31.3 | +6.4 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Lenton | 225 | 20.0 | +20.0 | |
| Independent | Moira Alden-Court | 89 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
| Majority | 107 | 9.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,125 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2015-2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Lawrence | 357 | 50.9 | +1.1 | |
| Labour | George Bullock | 230 | 32.8 | +5.5 | |
| UKIP | Malcolm McKenzie | 114 | 16.3 | −6.7 | |
| Majority | 127 | 18.1 | |||
| Turnout | 701 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Josephine Chapman | 357 | 57.4 | −2.7 | |
| Labour | Andrew Lenz | 101 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
| Independent | David Oldfield | 99 | 15.9 | −24.0 | |
| Independent | Victor Kelly | 39 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
| Green | Ian Sadler | 15 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Independent | Norman Smallwood | 11 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 256 | 41.2 | |||
| Turnout | 622 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bob Spencer | 490 | 78.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Kevin McElduff | 82 | 13.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Ian Sadler | 50 | 8.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 408 | 65.6 | |||
| Turnout | 622 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2019-2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoff Sisley | 865 | 74.1 | +29.4 | |
| Labour | Michael Vaughan | 154 | 13.2 | +13.2 | |
| Green | Bernadette McGourty | 149 | 12.8 | −16.3 | |
| Majority | 711 | 60.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,168 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Evans | 370 | 50.3 | −22.7 | |
| Green | Claire McIlvenna | 323 | 43.9 | +43.9 | |
| Labour | Denis Beaumont | 42 | 5.7 | −21.3 | |
| Majority | 47 | 6.4 | |||
| Turnout | 735 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andy Adams | 388 | 47.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Harper-Wallis | 378 | 46.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Norman Smallwood | 45 | 5.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 811 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2023-2027
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joe Hill | 358 | 48.7 | ||
| Reform | Craig Humphreyson | 292 | 39.7 | ||
| Labour | Jan Jeffries | 55 | 7.5 | ||
| Green | Danni Braine | 30 | 4.1 | ||
| Majority | 66 | 9.0 | |||
| Turnout | 735 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||