East Staffordshire Borough Council elections

East Staffordshire Borough Council is elected every four years.

Political control

No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1979
No overall control 1979 - 1995
Labour 1995 - 2003
Conservative 2003 - present

Council elections

East Staffordshire District Council election, 1973
East Staffordshire District Council election, 1976
East Staffordshire District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[1]
East Staffordshire District Council election, 1983
East Staffordshire District Council election, 1987
East Staffordshire District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[2]^[3]
East Staffordshire Borough Council election, 1995
East Staffordshire Borough Council election, 1999
East Staffordshire Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
East Staffordshire Borough Council election, 2007
East Staffordshire Borough Council election, 2011
East Staffordshire Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

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 Democrat	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

Eton By-Election 7 February 2002
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	288	45.4	-17.7
	Conservative	185	29.2	+15.4
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	129	15.1
	Independent	68	8.0
Majority		349	40.9
Turnout		852	39.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

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 Democrat	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

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 Democrat	Bryan Ambrose	205	11.4	+11.4
Majority			295	16.5
Turnout			1,792	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stapenhill by-election 26 May 2016^[5]
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	N/A
	Green	Thomas Hadley	24	2.0	-10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Warner	18	1.5	N/A
Majority			188	15.5
Turnout			1,214	20.54
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Steve Dyche

References

↑ The District of East Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ 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.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ http://www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/elections/results/2016-stapenhill

External links

East Staffordshire Borough Council

Council elections in Staffordshire
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
Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 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 2016
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 1982 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 2016
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 1982 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 1978 1979 1980 1982 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 2016
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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