2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election

The 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 56 members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in Staffordshire, England. Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control.[2]

2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 56 seats to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Mike Gledhill Paul Roberts
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before 13 25
Seats after 24 22
Seat change Increase11 Decrease3
Popular vote 17,186 16,242
Percentage 36.7% 34.7%
Swing Increase10.7% Decrease1.6%
  Third party
  Blank
Leader Linda Malyon
Party Independent
Seats before 17
Seats after 8
Seat change Decrease9
Popular vote 7,961
Percentage 17.0%
Swing Decrease11.5
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Election
Leader before election

Paul Roberts
Conservative
No overall control

 Leader after election

Mike Gledhill[1]
Labour
No Overall Control

Background

Staffordshire Moorlands is one of the eight district councils that comprise Staffordshire County Council, in England. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the urban districts of Biddulph and Leek, along with Cheadle and Leek Rural Districts.

Staffordshire Moorlands is the local UK Parliament constituency, however its boundaries do not completely match up with the District Council area. The MP since 2010 has been Karen Bradley, a Conservative. She served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 14 July 2016 until 8 January 2018, when she was appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

The Council has been under no overall control since 2019 when the Conservative Party lost its majority. Before then, it was typically either under no overall control or a Conservative Party majority.

The location of Staffordshire Moorlands District shown within the County of Staffordshire in England


Results
2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Election[3][4]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 35 24 9 0 Increase11 42.9 36.7 17,186 +10.7
  Conservative 39 22 1 4 Decrease3 39.3 34.7 16,242 -1.6
  Green 13 1 1 0 Increase1 1.8 7.6 3,538 +2.5
  Liberal Democrats 7 1 1 1 Steady 1.8 3.7 1,745 -0.5
  Reform UK 1 0 0 0 Steady - 0.3 135 N/A
  Independent 25 8 0 9 Decrease9 14.3 17.0 7,961 -11.5

Ward Results

Alton
Alton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel John Moult 209 54.9 -11.6
Labour Jenny Lingham 172 45.1 +11.6
Turnout 381 33.3
Conservative hold Swing

Bagnall and Stanley
Bagnall and Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlotte Hannah Edwards 356 53.7 -17.1
Independent Sybil Ralphs 189 28.5 -42.3
Labour Dave Jennings 79 11.9 -1.0
Liberal Democrats Lee Jagger 39 5.9 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Biddulph East
Biddulph East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jill Salt 583 72.2 +21.7
Labour Connor Brady 451 55.9 +16.7
Labour Christopher Wood 435 53.9 +6.5
Independent Sheryl Bayley 219 27.1 N/A
Independent Chris Perkin 191 23.7 -10.6
Liberal Democrats Geoff Preston 109 13.5 N/A
Turnout 807 18.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Biddulph Moor
Biddulph Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Thomas Jones 308 75.3 -5.2
Labour Jim Bostock 101 24.7 +19.5
Turnout 409 30.2
Independent hold Swing

Biddulph North
Biddulph North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Parkes 652 51.7 +25.1
Independent Jim Garvey 643 51.0 N/A
Independent Andrew Hart 641 50.8 -7.2
Independent Ken Harper 440 34.9 N/A
Green Ian Waite 277 22.0 +3.5
Turnout 1,261 28.6
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Biddulph South
Biddulph South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Stuart Cunningham Church 207 46.8 +27.0
Independent Adriawn Charles Lawton 176 39.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roy William Gregg 59 13.3 -20.9
Turnout 442 32.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Biddulph West
Biddulph West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Yates 482 44.7 +9.8
Labour Dave Proudlove 451 41.8 N/A
Labour Charlie Smith 440 40.8 N/A
Conservative Derek James Stubbs 419 38.8 +7.9
Conservative Maj Stubbs 344 31.9 +5.1
Conservative Mark Andrew Stubbs 328 30.4 +15.6
Independent Neil Eardley 282 26.1 N/A
Independent Alistair McLoughlin 225 20.9 N/A
Turnout 1,079 27.0
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Brown Edge and Endon
Brown Edge and Endon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joe Porter 707 50.3 +9.5
Conservative Keith Flunder 606 43.1 -5.3
Liberal Democrats Christina Jebb 585 41.6 +11.6
Conservative Roy Alan James Molson 506 36.0 -5.4
Liberal Democrats Danielle Spooner 452 32.1 +9.1
Labour Joy Majekodunmi 436 31.0 +10.9
Liberal Democrats John Redfern 339 24.1 N/A
Turnout 1,406 36.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Caverswall
Caverswall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Roberts 241 53.3 -26.8
Labour Chris Podszus 211 46.7 +26.8
Turnout 452 31.1
Conservative hold Swing

Cellarhead
Cellerhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara Aillen Hughes 403 59.5 +8.1
Conservative Patricia Ann Hughes 319 47.1 -11.3
Green James Martin Firkins 267 39.4 +0.5
Green Julian Bernard King-Salter 244 36.0 N/A
Turnout 677 26.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cheadle North East
Cheadle North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz Whitehouse 284 41.7 +24.6
Labour Matthew Charles Spooner 245 36.0 N/A
Conservative Phil Routledge 233 34.2 -0.4
Conservative Stephen Ellis 231 33.9 N/A
Independent Julie Bull 176 25.8 +4.1
Independent Dennis Wilson 130 19.1 N/A
Turnout 681 23.8
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Cheadle South East
Cheadle South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Haines 466 57.0 +30.7
Labour Vicky O'Shea 401 49.1 N/A
Conservative Peter Jackson 341 41.7 +18.8
Conservative Zenobia Rose Lillian Routledge 324 39.7 N/A
Turnout 817 28.5
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Cheadle West
Cheadle West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kate Mills 602 52.9 +7.4
Independent Gary Bentley 551 48.4 +9.8
Independent Ian William Plant 464 40.7 -0.3
Labour Bernie Charlesworth 438 38.5 N/A
Conservative John Nicholas Mason 334 29.3 -3.2
Turnout 1,139 28.6
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Checkley
Checkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Wilkinson 629 47.2 +1.5
Conservative Mark Anthony Deaville 603 45.2 -3.3
Conservative Alan Hulme 532 39.9 -0.8
Labour Liz Haines 399 29.9 +9.0
Independent Luke Daniel Emery 371 27.8 N/A
Green Derek Tatton 301 22.6 +0.2
Independent Mark Hall 218 16.4 N/A
Turnout 1,333 29.4
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cheddleton
Cheddleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Worthington 607 41.2 -1.8
Labour Dylan Pascall 526 35.7 +0.2
Conservative Oliver Pointon 507 34.4 -9.5
Conservative Andrea Grocrott 461 31.3 -11.5
Labour Eddie Sabir 418 28.4 -1.9
Independent Michael Thomas Bowen 364 24.7 -19.2
Green Dan Mayers 246 16.7 N/A
Independent Harold Jennings 194 13.2 N/A
Independent Keith Harvey 168 11.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Judy Gregg 162 11.0 -9.2
Independent Ferenc Kari 116 7.9 N/A
Turnout 1,472 33.9
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Churnet
Churnet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Aberley 505 62.3 +13.3
Conservative Elsie Fallows 475 58.6 +6.0
Labour Hugh Gerald Thomas Black 257 31.7 +13.0
Reform UK Warwick Alexander McKenzie 135 16.6 N/A
Turnout 811 30.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Dane
Dane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Callum George Beswick 295 54.5 -13.6
Green Alison Rosemary McCrea 246 45.5 +13.6
Turnout 541 35.5
Conservative hold Swing

Forsbrook
Forsbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Holmes 589 49.8 -10.3
Conservative Marc Durose 497 42.0 -7.1
Conservative Ian Herdman 495 41.9 -13.5
Labour Paul Thomas Powner 437 37.0 -10.4
Independent Abigail Wilkinson 402 34.0 N/A
Green Helen Stead 372 31.5 N/A
Turnout 1,182 28.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hamps Valley
Hamps Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Wain 332 64.6 -20.1
Green Wendy Bohme 182 35.4 N/A
Turnout 514 35.9
Conservative hold Swing

Horton
Horton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jo Cox 324 54.3 +29.5
Green Dominic Cooney 273 45.7 N/A
Turnout 597 40.1
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Ipstones
Ipstones
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Linda Ann Malyon Uncontested 100.0
Independent hold Swing

Leek East
Leek East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Darren Price 766 57.7 +22.0
Labour Crecy Janina Christian Boone 681 51.3 +21.0
Labour Gareth Richard Taylor 591 44.5 N/A
Conservative Paul Chauveau 476 35.9 +12.2
Conservative Andy Machin 442 33.3 N/A
Conservative Brian Johnson 436 32.9 -1.8
Green Mike Jones 278 20.9 N/A
Turnout 1,327 32.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Leek North
Cheddleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlotte Atkins 742 73.2 +11.0
Labour Lyn Swindlehurst 673 66.4 +19.8
Labour Mark David Johnson 633 62.4 +18.5
Conservative Charlotte Lockett 297 29.3 -1.4
Independent Ferenc Kari 116 11.4 N/A
Turnout 1,014 24.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Leek South
Leek South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Swindlehurst 880 66.4 +20.0
Labour Mike Gledhill 801 60.4 +5.5
Labour Keith Hoptroff 794 59.9 +19.1
Green Daniella Vickerstaff 375 28.3 +3.4
Conservative Neil David Cox 357 26.9 -4.6
Turnout 1,326 29.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Leek West
Leek West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Cawley 802 62.4 +9.4
Labour Philip Barks 688 53.5 +11.9
Conservative Ben Emery 572 44.5 +0.6
Labour Charlie Bromilow 564 43.9 N/A
Conservative Neil Robert Podmore 490 38.1 +1.4
Turnout 1,286 35.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Manifold
Manifold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jonathan Paul Kempster 306 52.8 N/A
Conservative Stephen Wales 274 47.2 -17.4
Turnout 580 39.6
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Werrington
Werrington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Shaw 404 56.3 -6.8
Conservative Ross Ward 370 51.6 -6.4
Independent Nigel Michael Meakin 262 36.5 N/A
Green Andrew Sharrock 246 34.3 -4.7
Turnout 717 27.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Political Control And Composition - Staffordshire Moorlands District Council". Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, 2023, https://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/article/1439/Political-control-and-composition. Accessed 23 May 2023.
  2. Coyle, Simon (2023-05-04). "Staffordshire Moorlands council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. "Staffordshire Moorlands Result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News, 2023, https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2023/england/councils/E07000198. Accessed 23 May 2023.
  4. Coyle, Simon (2023-05-04). "Staffordshire Moorlands council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
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