Stoke-on-Trent City Council elections

Stoke-on-Trent City council, since 2011, has 44 councillors, elected in whole-council elections every four years. ^[1]

Political control

Before 1996 political control of the council was held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
Independent	1910 - 1929
Labour	1929 - 1931
Independent	1931 - 1934
Labour	1934 - 1937
Independent	1937 - 1945
Labour	1945 - 1970
No overall control	1970 - 1971
Labour	1971 - 1996

Since 1996 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1996 - 2002
No overall control	2002 - 2004
Labour	2004 - 2006
No overall control	2006 - 2011
Labour	2011 - present

Current composition

Party	number of councillors
Labour	31
City Independents	10
Conservative	2
Non aligned	1

Council elections

By-election results

Springfields & Trent Vale Ward by-election, 26 July 2012 ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Jackie Barnes	370	34.90	N/A
	Labour	Mubsira Aumir	245	23.11
	Liberal Democrat	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

Baddeley, Milton and Norton Ward by-election, 14 November 2013^[4]
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 Democrat	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

References

Council elections in Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Lichfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

South Staffordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Unitary authorities of England

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