Chapter 17  West Midlands Unitaries

There were no elections this year in Herefordshire, and Telford and Wrekin, which hold whole council elections and whose next elections will be in 2007.

17.1  Stoke-on-Trent

One-third of council up for election.

Note:— The election in Burslem South was postponed after the death of a candidate.

Abbey Green

Andrew Wragg  Lab  1,076
John West  BNP  653
Robert Costall  C  594
Stephen Pugh  Soc Alt  312

Bentilee and Townsend

Kenneth Downs  Lab  857
Jean Mayer  Ind  681
Stewart Jones  C  319

Berryhill and Hanley East

Sheila Pitt  Lab  954
Linda Burton  Ind  778
Mark Warrington  C  356

Blurton

Michael Tappin  Lab  771
Roy Naylor  Ind  731
Steven Hallam  BNP  655
Harold Mouat  C  363

Burslem North

Dave Conway  Lab  1,102
Ian Norris  Ind  601
Keith Healey  C  381
Diane Thomas  LD  303

Chell and Packmoor

Angela Miller  Ind  1,190
Christopher Wood  Lab  1,010
Steven Morris  C  266

East Valley

Sybil Halfpenny  Lab  823
Allan Eaton  BNP  674
Geoffrey Knight  Ind  429
Donald Smith  C  406
Robert Gore  LD  330

Fenton

Stanley Bate  Lab  721
Mark Platt  BNP  637
Donald Evans  Ind  519
Shaun Bennett  C  309
Nigel Smith  LD  284

Hanley West and Shelton

Marjorie Bate  Lab  747
Asim Shaheen  LD  517
James Piper  Ind  194
James Whitehurst  C  178

Hartshill and Penkhull

Randy Conteh  Ind  1,193
Alan Jervis  Lab  904
Anthony Ball  C  655

Longton North

Mark Leat  BNP  956
John Huson  Lab  916
Avis Wright  LD  456
Linden Yardley  C  398

Longton South

Bagh Ali  Lab  1,229
Gavin Webb  LD  1,193
John Daniels  C  675
Peter Chadwick  Ind  613

Meir Park and Sandon

Christine Follows  C  1,025
Joan Bell  Lab  816
Michael Coleman  BNP  731
Susan Ford  LD  416

Northwood and Birches Head

Reginald Booth  Lab  1,005
Angela Forster  LD  730
Harold Churchill  Ind  334
Christine Warren  C  277
Christine Baldeh  Soc Alt  87
John Milczarek  Ind  41

Norton and Bradeley

Marvin Smith  Lab  1,346
Barry Cuthbertson  BNP  953
John Parry  C  603

Stoke and Trent Vale

Conrad Lubinski  LD  757
Frederick Nutting  Lab  748
Andrew Wesson  Ind  398
Jane Costall  C  395

Trentham and Hanford

Terence Follows  C  1,314
John Bailey  Ind  759
Peter Moody  Lab  667
Christine Grocock  LD  318
Robert Kelson  Ind  97

Tunstall

Margaret Bayley  Lab  1,083
Parvez Akhter  C  933
Jason Smith  Ind  572

Weston and Meir North

Ian McLaughlan  Lab  961
Margaret Pyatt  C  949
Ian Clegg  BNP  815

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Consolidated Results — Stoke-on-Trent

Labour                 17,736  36.2%  13 councillors
Conservative           10,396  21.2%   2 councillors
Independents            9,130  18.6%   2 councillors
British National Party  6,074  12.4%   1 councillor
Liberal Democrat        5,304  10.8%   1 councillor
Socialist Alternative     399   0.8%

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