Stoke-on-Trent City Council elections

Stoke-on-Trent City Council elections are held every four years. Stoke-on-Trent City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 44 councillors have been elected from 34 wards.^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Sutton	842	34.2	−2.8
	BNP	John West	782	31.8	+31.8
	Independent	Donald McLean	374	15.2	+15.2
	Conservative	Shaun Bennett	249	10.1	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Maxine Morrow	154	6.3	+6.3
	Socialist	Dave Frost	61	2.5	+2.5
Majority			60
Turnout			2,462
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Owen	657	37.2	+20.3
	Labour	Terence Crowe	432	24.5	−10.7
	Independent	Mohammed Ayub	261	14.8	+14.8
	BNP	Michael Coleman	162	9.2	+9.2
	Independent	Michael Farrington	109	6.2	+6.2
	Conservative	Donald Smith	92	5.2	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	George Salmon	51	2.9	−4.6
Majority			225	12.8
Turnout			1,764
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Knight	525	25.2	+12.8
	Labour	Richard Hughes	496	23.8	−7.1
	BNP	Spencer Cartlidge	465	22.3	−3.0
	Independent	Harold Churchill	445	21.4	+21.4
	Conservative	Darren Lovatt	150	7.2	−8.1
Majority			29	1.4
Turnout			2,081
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Jackie Barnes	370	34.90	N/A
	Labour	Mubsira Aumir	245	23.11
	Liberal Democrats	Les Porch	152	14.33
	Conservative	Harold David Gregory	109	10.28	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Anthony Bedarsky	105	9.90
	Independent	Gary Elsby	36	3.39	N/A
	BNP	Michael Coleman	27	2.54	N/A
	TUSC	Matt Wright	14	1.32	N/A
	Democratic Nationalist Party	Mark Leat	2	0.18	N/A
Majority			125
Turnout			1,060	21.6
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Independents	Anthony Munday	861	32.19
	Conservative	Sam Richardson	504	18.84
	Labour	Candi Chetwynd	444	16.60
	UKIP	Mick Harold	333	12.45
	Independent	Gary Elsby	313	11.70
	BNP	Michael Anthony White	79	2.95
	Green	Adam William Colclough	50	1.86
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Grocock	32	1.19
	Independent	John Davis	27	1.00
	TUSC	Liat James Norris	25	0.93
Majority			357	13.35
Turnout			2,674	19.18
	City Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Council elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tariq Mahmood	769	49.16	+9.56
	Labour	Javid Iqbal Najmi	702	44.88	−15.52
	TUSC	Andy Butcher	77	4.92	+4.92
Majority			67	4.28
Rejected ballots			16	1.0
Turnout			1,564	39.39
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Richardson	582	40.6	+34.1
	Labour	Lee Polshaw	572	39.9	−0.7
	City Independents	Hazel Lyth	171	11.9	−32.6
	Green	Adam Colclough	109	7.6	−0.8
Majority			10	0.7
Turnout			1,434
	Conservative gain from City Independents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Watkins	469	62.5	+29.8
	City Independents	Sharon Edwards	143	19.1	−3.0
	Conservative	Matthew Bridger	138	18.4	+9.5
Majority			326	43.5
Turnout			750
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lauren Davison	469	53.9	+1.6
	Independent	Michelle Swift	216	24.8	−5.3
	Conservative	Khawar Ali	185	21.3	+3.6
Majority			253	29.1
Turnout			870
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Luke Shenton	1,226	58.5
	Labour	Maggie Bradley	449	21.4
	City Independents	Jean Bowers	346	16.5
	Conservative	Khawar Ali	73	3.5
Majority			777	37.1
Turnout			2,094
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing