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 |
|
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