Staffordshire County Council elections

Staffordshire County Council is elected every four years.

Political control

• Labour 1973 - 1977
• Conservative 1977 - 1981
• Labour 1981 - 2009
• Conservative 2009-

Council elections

• Staffordshire County Council election, 2001
• Staffordshire County Council election, 2005
• Staffordshire County Council election, 2009
• Staffordshire County Council election, 2013

County result maps

• Staffordshire UK local election 2013 map.svg

  2013 results map

By-election results

1993-1997

Codsall By-Election 8 August 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,262	55.7
	Liberal Democrat		504	22.2
	Labour		500	22.1
Majority			758	33.5
Turnout			2,266	22.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1997-2001

Burntwood Chase By-Election 18 November 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		574	56.9	-4.9
	Conservative		246	24.4	+24.4
	Liberal Democrat		188	18.7	-4.2
Majority			328	32.5
Turnout			1,008	10.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Stafford Southgate By-Election 30 March 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,832	60.8	+17.4
	Labour		763	25.3	-15.7
	Liberal Democrat		420	13.9	-1.8
Majority			1,069	35.5
Turnout			3,015	26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2001-2005

Gnossal By-Election 7 February 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,273	49.4	+21.0
	Conservative		1,134	44.0	+2.8
	Labour		172	6.7	-18.7
Majority			139	5.4
Turnout			2,579	24.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The Heaths By-Election 21 March 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		701	45.8	-7.1
	Conservative		626	40.9	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat		202	13.2	-0.1
Majority			75	4.9
Turnout			1,529	11.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Lichfield Rural East By-Election 2 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,377	41.9	+20.2
	Conservative		1,202	36.6	-11.0
	Labour		709	21.6	-9.1
Majority			175	5.3
Turnout			3,288
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The Hayes By-Election 27 March 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janos Toth	624	36.7	-11.0
	Liberal Democrat	P Ansell	558	33.0	+14.5
	Conservative	P Freeman	507	30.0	-3.9
Majority			66	3.7
Turnout			1,689	13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2005-2009

Kinver By-Election 23 June 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Edwards	2,403	62.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Simmons	1,051	27.3	+7.1
	Labour	Kevin McElduff	388	10.1	-9.4
Majority			1,352	35.2
Turnout			3,842
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheadle & Checkley By-Election 13 July 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Maryon	791	47.6	-2.9
	Ratepayer	Peter Elkin	560	33.7	+33.7
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Silk	311	18.7	+1.8
Majority			231	13.9
Turnout			962	14.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keele and Westlands By-Election 12 July 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Tagg	1,067	43.8	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Marion Reddish	1,005	39.5	+6.6
	Labour	David Beardmore	268	10.5	-13.9
	UKIP	Wayne Harling	204	8.0	+4.7
Majority			62	2.4
Turnout			2,544	20.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newcastle Rural By-Election 1 May 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Chapman	1,994	50.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Becket	820	20.9	-1.4
	Labour		588	15.0	-10.9
	UKIP	David Howell	529	13.5	+8.2
Majority			1,174	29.8
Turnout			3,931
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Staffordshire County Council