Staffordshire County Council election, 2009

4 June 2009

All 62 seats to Staffordshire County Council
32 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	49	4
Seat change	22	2

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	UKIP	Labour
Seats won	4	3
Seat change	4	29

2009 local election results in Staffordshire

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to Staffordshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 62 councillors were elected from the various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005. The council continues to be administered on the Leader and Cabinet model.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

Summary

The election was won by the Conservatives with 49 seats (a net gain of 22 seats), defeating Labour who were reduced to just 3 seats (a net loss of 29 seats) who were the ruling party for 28 years running. The Liberal Democrats came joint second with UKIP with 4 seats each, and there were 2 independent candidates elected.

Overall Results

Staffordshire County Council election, 2009
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	49			+22	79%	43%	109,699
	Liberal Democrat	4			+2	6.45%	17%
	UKIP	4			+4	6.45%	10%
	Labour	3			-29	4.84%	18%	46,315
	Independent	1	0	0	0	1.61%	4%
	Staffordshire Independent Group	1	1	0	+1	1.61%	<1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2%
	Hands Off Tamworth Schools	0	0	0	0	0	<1%
	Popular Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	<1%
	Mercian Nationalist Party	0	0	0	0	0	<1%

References

↑ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
↑ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

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

(2008 ←)

United Kingdom local elections, 2009 (→ 2010)

County council elections

Mayoral elections

Unitary authorities

Other English councils

Municipal corporation	City of London

See also: European Parliament election

Bold indicates a new unitary authority. Stoke-on-Trent cancelled mayoral election after abolishing mayoral system.

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