East Staffordshire Borough Council elections

East Staffordshire Borough Council elections are held every four years. East Staffordshire is a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Staffordshire, England. The Borough Council area of East Staffordshire covers three main settlements such as Burton-Upon-Trent, Uttoxeter and Tutbury, as well several rural towns and villages, such as Barton-under-Needwood, Stramshall, Weaver, Draycott in the Clay, Rolleston-on-Dove, Needwood and Abbots Bromley.

New ward boundaries were implemented as of the May 2023 elections, following a boundary review, electing 37 councillors from 16 wards.^[1]^[2] Between the last boundary changes in 2003 and 2023, 39 councillors were elected from 21 wards.

Council elections

1973 East Staffordshire District Council election
1976 East Staffordshire District Council election
1979 East Staffordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[3]
1983 East Staffordshire District Council election
1987 East Staffordshire District Council election
1991 East Staffordshire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]^[5]
1995 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
1999 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
2003 East Staffordshire Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
2007 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
2011 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
2015 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
2019 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election

Results maps

2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Needwood By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	315	31.2	+5.9
	Labour	265	26.2	−3.9
	Independent	237	23.5	+23.5
	Liberal Democrats	193	19.1	−5.6
Majority		50	5.0
Turnout		1,010
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Town By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	386	48.4	+27.4
	Labour	318	39.9	−13.9
	Independent	93	11.7	−13.4
Majority		68	8.5
Turnout		797
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

1999-2003

Eton By-Election 7 February 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	288	45.4	−17.7
	Conservative	185	29.2	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	147	23.2	+0.1
	UKIP	14	2.2	+2.2
Majority		103	16.2
Turnout		634	23.2
	Labour hold	Swing

Edgehill By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	326	55.0	+3.5
	Conservative	170	28.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	97	16.4	+16.4
Majority		156	26.3
Turnout		593	21.6
	Labour hold	Swing

Outwoods By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	502	58.9
	Labour	153	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	129	15.1
	Independent	68	8.0
Majority		349	40.9
Turnout		852	39.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

2003-2007

Stapenhill By-Election 8 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Key	624	66.6	−4.5
	Conservative	Mary Crowley	268	28.6	+0.3
	UKIP	Philip Lancaster	45	4.8	+4.8
Majority			356	38.0
Turnout			937	16.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Shobnall By-Election 29 June 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Ganley	581	41.0	−8.3
	Conservative	Dilpazir Ahmed	441	31.2	+5.9
	BNP	Clive Jones	291	20.6	+20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Rodgers	102	7.2	+7.2
Majority			140	9.8
Turnout			1,415	31.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Town By-Election 31 August 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Barrett	664	64.9	+24.1
	Labour	Martin Blencowe	255	24.9	+3.3
	UKIP	Philip Lancaster	104	10.2	+10.2
Majority			409	40.0
Turnout			1,023	20.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Stretton By-Election 14 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Len Milner	661	36.9	−11.6
	Labour	John McKiernan	366	20.4	−7.2
	BNP	Clive Jones	327	18.2	+18.2
	Popular Alliance	Brian Buxton	233	13.0	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Ambrose	205	11.4	+11.4
Majority			295	16.5
Turnout			1,792	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bagots By-Election 6 May 2010^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greg Hall	1,177	74.0	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Dean-Young	414	26.0	+26.0
Majority			763	48.0
Turnout			1,591
	Conservative hold		Swing

Abbey By-Election 21 October 2010^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Whittaker	604	87.8	+1.3
	Labour	Liz Harman	84	12.2	−1.3
Majority			520	75.6
Turnout			688
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Yoxall By-Election 3 November 2011^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Behague	478	84.3	+5.0
	Labour	John McKiernan	89	15.7	−5.0
Majority			389	68.6
Turnout			567
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015-2019

Stapenhill by-election 26 May 2016^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Craig Jones	536	44.3	+12.5
	UKIP	Sally Green	348	28.8	−2.5
	Conservative	Michael Teasel	208	17.2	−7.3
	Independent	Susan Paxton	75	6.2	+6.2
	Green	Thomas Hadley	24	2.0	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Warner	18	1.5	+1.5
Majority			188	15.5
Turnout			1,214
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Town by-election 2 February 2017^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Hudson	627	52.3	−0.3
	Labour	Zdzislaw Krupski	359	29.9	−3.0
	UKIP	Norman Moir	213	17.8	+17.8
Majority			268	22.4
Turnout			1,199
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burton by-election 16 February 2017^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hall	271	52.7	+5.4
	Labour	Phil Hutchinson	127	24.7	−5.2
	UKIP	Peter Levis	60	11.7	+11.7
	Conservative	Hamid Asghar	56	10.9	−11.9
Majority			144	28.0
Turnout			514
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Horninglow by-election 4 May 2017^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deneice Florence-Jukes	800	44.2	+12.2
	Labour	Louise Walker	756	41.8	+2.0
	UKIP	Peter Levis	199	11.0	−17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Warner	53	2.9	+2.9
Majority			44	2.4
Turnout			1,808
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Shobnall by-election 4 May 2017^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Walker	794	50.9	−8.8
	Conservative	Colin Wood	504	32.3	−8.0
	UKIP	Mike Green	113	7.2	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Douglas-Clark	96	6.1	+6.1
	Green	Simon Hales	54	3.5	+3.5
Majority			290	18.6
Turnout			1,561
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretton by-election 28 September 2017^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Spedding	762	47.2	+2.2
	Independent	Graham Lamb	455	28.2	+28.2
	Labour	Cameron McKiernan	311	19.2	−0.5
	UKIP	Peter Levis	52	3.2	−24.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rhys Buchan	36	2.2	+2.2
Majority			307	19.0
Turnout			1,616
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stretton by-election 8 February 2018^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vicki Gould	764	42.5	−4.7
	Independent	Graham Lamb	625	34.8	+6.6
	Labour	Elaine Pritchard	347	19.3	+0.1
	UKIP	Peter Levis	47	2.6	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rhys Buchan	14	0.8	−1.4
Majority			139	7.7
Turnout			1,797
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019-2023

Yoxall by-election 13 February 2020^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laura Beech	431	78.5	−9.0
	Labour	Michael Baker	118	21.5	+9.0
Majority			313	57.0
Turnout			549
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eton Park by-election 6 May 2021^[17]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Thomas Hadley	660
Labour	Louise Walker	656
Conservative	Michael Ackroyd	330
Conservative	Jack Gould	247
Liberal Democrats	Sam Goldsworthy	53
Liberal Democrats	Hugh Warner	43
Labour hold		Swing
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Tutbury and Outwoods by-election 30 September 2021^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Lock	549	44.3	−13.5
	Independent	John Anderson	464	37.5	+37.5
	Labour	Dale Barr	186	15.0	−27.2
	Green	Lynn Furber	39	3.2	+3.2
Majority			85	6.9
Turnout			1,238
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/1443, retrieved 15 September 2022
^ "The East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2021/1220, retrieved 15 September 2022
^ The District of East Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1066)
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bagots Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Yoxall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stapenhill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Burton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Horninglow Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shobnall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stretton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stretton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Yoxall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Eton Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Tutbury and Outwoods Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

East Staffordshire election results
Local Authority Byelection Results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

East Staffordshire Borough Council

[2001order-1] "The Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/1443, retrieved 15 September 2022

[2] "The East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2021/1220, retrieved 15 September 2022

[3] The District of East Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1066)

[4] slation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[5] slation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bagots Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[7] "Local Elections Archive Project — Abbey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[8] "Local Elections Archive Project — Yoxall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[9] "Local Elections Archive Project — Stapenhill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[10] "Local Elections Archive Project — Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[11] "Local Elections Archive Project — Burton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Horninglow Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Shobnall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[14] "Local Elections Archive Project — Stretton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[15] "Local Elections Archive Project — Stretton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[16] "Local Elections Archive Project — Yoxall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[17] "Local Elections Archive Project — Eton Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[18] "Local Elections Archive Project — Tutbury and Outwoods Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

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Staffordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
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East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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See also: Wards Boundary changes