Staffordshire Moorlands District Council elections

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is elected every four years.

Political control

• No overall control 1973 - 1991
• Independent 1991 - 1995
• No overall control 1995 - 2007
• Conservative 2007 - present

Council elections

• Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 1999
• Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 2003
• Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 2007
• Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 2011
• Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election, 2015

By-election results

Biddulph North By-Election 4 September 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		262	40.7	+3.8
	Conservative		180	28.0	+28.0
	Liberal Democrat		130	20.2	+7.4
	Ratepayer		72	11.2	-5.2
Majority			82	12.7
Turnout			644	14.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Leek NE By-Election 30 October 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		386	58.6	+8.6
	Conservative		125	19.0	+9.0
	Ratepayer		85	12.9	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat		61	9.3	+4.7
Majority			261	39.6
Turnout			657
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle NE By-Election 12 February 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayer		315	50.1	+19.0
	Labour		195	31.0	-16.3
	Conservative		119	18.9	+18.9
Majority			120	19.1
Turnout			629	26.3
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Biddulph South By-Election 30 April 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		617	55.7	+20.8
	Labour		382	35.0	-13.7
	Independent		108	9.8	-6.5
Majority			235	20.7
Turnout			1,107	31.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Biddulph East By-Election 6 April 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		465	72.3	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat		110	17.1	+4.7
	Conservative		68	10.5	-1.0
Majority			355	55.2
Turnout			643	19.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Biddulph South By-Election 8 February 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		506	54.1	+1.9
	Labour		345	36.9	+4.1
	Conservative		84	9.0	+9.0
Majority			161	17.2
Turnout			935	26.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Leek South East By-Election 30 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		357	32.0	+3.4
	Conservative		351	31.4	+2.9
	Ratepayer		287	25.7	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat		122	10.9	+2.6
Majority			6	0.6
Turnout			1,117	27.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Biddulph East By-Election 29 July 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madelaine Lovatt	501	79.4
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Lewis	130	20.6
Majority			371	58.8
Turnout			631	14.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Biddulph North By-Election 9 December 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		320	41.4	+11.4
	Labour		269	34.8	+15.7
	Ratepayer		103	13.3	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat		81	10.5	+0.0
Majority			51	6.6
Turnout			773	17.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Werrington By-Election 9 March 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Bass	265	27.2	-27.5
	Labour	Yvonne Ahmad	206	21.1	-24.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Leaper	196	20.1	+20.1
	BNP	John Burgess	162	16.6	+16.6
	Independent	Austin Hanchard	83	8.5	+8.5
	Independent	Trevor Austin	34	3.2	+3.2
	UKIP	Michael Critchlow	29	3.0	+3.0
Majority			59	6.1
Turnout			975	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheadle West By-Election 13 July 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Banks	354	59.7	+14.8
	Ratepayer	Ernest Vernon	239	40.3	+28.7
Majority			115	19.4
Turnout			593	15.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Staffordshire Moorlands District Council