Local Election Results 2003
Staffordshire Moorlands
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. Two Conservative councillors and three Labour councillors were elected unopposed.
RSM = Ratepayers (Staffordshire Moorlands)
Other results for Staffordshire Moorlands:
2007
2011
2015
2019
By-elections for Staffordshire Moorlands (may be incomplete): 29th July 2004 (Biddulph E.)
— 9th December 2004 (Biddulph N.)
— 9th March 2006 (Werrington)
— 13th July 2006 (Cheadle W.)
— 19th March 2009 (Leek E.)
— 9th February 2012 (Leek N.)
— 2nd May 2013 (Leek N.)
— 20th March 2014 (Cellarhead)
— 20th July 2017 (Leek E.)
— 22nd March 2018 (Leek W.)
— 6th May 2021 (Cheadle N.E.; Cheadle S.E.)
— 5th May 2022 (Cheadle S.E.)
— 19th January 2023 (Biddulph W.)
Results for Staffordshire county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
8719 |
28.7% |
18 |
| Ratepayers (Staffordshire Moorlands) |
6573 |
21.6% |
12 |
| Liberal Democrat |
5270 |
17.3% |
11 |
| Labour |
5167 |
17.0% |
7 |
| Independent |
4702 |
15.5% |
8 |
| Sybil Ralphs |
C |
464 |
74.7% |
| Colin Dawson |
RSM |
80 |
12.9% |
| Elizabeth Millington |
LD |
77 |
12.4% |
| Deborah Alston |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| James Harrison |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| Kevin Jackson |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| John Jones |
LD |
402 |
72.6% |
| Roger Ball |
Ind |
78 |
14.1% |
| Norman Chesters |
RSM |
74 |
13.4% |
| Derek Hall |
Ind |
718 |
30.0% |
| Gerald Adams |
Ind |
633 |
|
| John Gannon |
C |
575 |
24.0% |
| Jeanette Walley |
Lab |
458 |
19.1% |
| Alison Carter |
Lab |
441 |
|
| Arnold Machin |
RSM |
392 |
16.4% |
| Anthony Larose |
Lab |
325 |
|
| Ronald Sherwin |
LD |
252 |
10.5% |
| John Redfern |
LD |
391 |
73.8% |
| Cynthia Ellis |
C |
139 |
26.2% |
| David Stone |
LD |
640 |
31.3% |
| Claire Stone |
LD |
620 |
|
| Terence Gibson |
RSM |
455 |
22.2% |
| Madelaine Lovatt |
Lab |
454 |
22.2% |
| Clive Ferguson |
Lab |
413 |
|
| Maureen Roberts |
Lab |
307 |
|
| Elaine Baddeley |
Ind |
249 |
12.2% |
| John Rowley |
C |
249 |
12.2% |
| Christina Jebb |
LD |
1177 |
52.2% |
| Mary Ellis |
LD |
1003 |
|
| Henry Jebb |
LD |
904 |
|
| Susan Hardacre |
Ind |
572 |
25.4% |
| John Smith |
C |
505 |
22.4% |
| Wallace Williams |
C |
483 |
|
| Paul Roberts |
C |
258 |
54.7% |
| Alan Simpson |
RSM |
214 |
45.3% |
| William Day |
C |
400 |
43.9% |
| Tony McNicol |
C |
351 |
|
| Yvonne Ahmad |
Lab |
269 |
29.5% |
| John Ashley |
Lab |
253 |
|
| Patricia Batigan |
RSM |
243 |
26.6% |
| Royston Batigan |
RSM |
210 |
|
| Ronald Locker |
RSM |
442 |
53.8% |
| Margaret Locker |
RSM |
365 |
|
| Frederick Burton |
Lab |
239 |
29.1% |
| John Charlesworth |
Lab |
172 |
|
| Fozlu Miah |
C |
140 |
17.1% |
| Ian Barnish |
C |
137 |
|
| Frederick Alcock |
Ind |
362 |
46.2% |
| Peter Elkin |
Ind |
286 |
|
| Karen Maryon |
C |
241 |
30.8% |
| George Eyre |
Lab |
180 |
23.0% |
| Michael Maryon |
C |
172 |
|
| Raymond Keeling |
Lab |
150 |
|
| Alan Thomas |
Ind |
115 |
|
| Julie Bull |
Ind |
111 |
|
| Stephen Ellis |
C |
676 |
44.9% |
| Edward Perry |
C |
645 |
|
| Susan Walley |
C |
497 |
|
| Raymond Wood |
Ind |
362 |
24.0% |
| John Palfreyman |
Lab |
294 |
19.5% |
| Ernest Vernon |
RSM |
175 |
11.6% |
| Frankland Mawson |
RSM |
150 |
|
| Lynn Plant |
RSM |
702 |
32.4% |
| Mark Deaville |
C |
579 |
26.7% |
| Patrick McGarry |
Ind |
518 |
23.9% |
| Heather Graham |
Ind |
465 |
|
| Brian Evans |
C |
414 |
|
| Jane Palfreyman |
Lab |
370 |
17.1% |
| Karen Fallon |
C |
312 |
|
| Michael Worthington |
C |
552 |
31.6% |
| Malcolm Ward |
Lab |
426 |
24.4% |
| Mahfooz Ahmad |
Lab |
407 |
|
| Joyce Davies |
C |
377 |
|
| Stephen Dawson |
Lab |
339 |
|
| Marilyn Smith |
RSM |
327 |
18.7% |
| Edward Ash |
RSM |
306 |
|
| Jacqueline Day |
Ind |
283 |
16.2% |
| Lucy Twigg |
RSM |
271 |
|
| Carl Lister |
LD |
161 |
9.2% |
| Hilary Corby |
RSM |
686 |
41.8% |
| Harold Richardson |
Ind |
627 |
38.2% |
| Ramon Mycock |
C |
329 |
20.0% |
| Peter Warrilow |
C |
158 |
|
| Christine Heath |
C |
438 |
79.5% |
| Judith Gregg |
LD |
113 |
20.5% |
| Gillian Burton |
Ind |
535 |
40.1% |
| Sheila Edwards |
Ind |
485 |
|
| Brian Whittaker |
LD |
471 |
35.3% |
| Francis Boddy |
Ind |
470 |
|
| Edgar Elderton |
LD |
370 |
|
| Alan Wilson |
Lab |
327 |
24.5% |
| Philip Silk |
LD |
236 |
|
| Edwin Wain |
C |
501 |
68.1% |
| Robert Salt |
RSM |
144 |
19.6% |
| Terence Riley |
Lab |
91 |
12.4% |
| Linda Malyon |
RSM |
563 |
73.6% |
| Brian Snow |
C |
152 |
19.9% |
| Stephen Harrison |
LD |
50 |
6.5% |
| Allison Hobson |
RSM |
603 |
34.4% |
| Maureen Motum |
RSM |
552 |
|
| Barry Cowie |
RSM |
525 |
|
| Arthur Rowlands |
C |
486 |
27.7% |
| Patrick Burke |
C |
477 |
|
| Trudie McGuinness |
Lab |
472 |
26.9% |
| Keith Hoptroff |
Lab |
448 |
|
| Ann Hollingsworth |
LD |
194 |
11.1% |
| Margaret Lovatt |
Lab |
616 |
41.5% |
| Paul Robinson |
Lab |
597 |
|
| Stephen Povey |
RSM |
530 |
35.7% |
| Donald Mole |
Lab |
499 |
|
| John Hurst |
RSM |
432 |
|
| John Broome |
RSM |
394 |
|
| Robert Bestwick |
C |
248 |
16.7% |
| James Chadwick |
C |
173 |
|
| Keith Walker |
C |
140 |
|
| Paul Woodcock |
LD |
91 |
6.1% |
| Keith Harrison |
RSM |
649 |
35.6% |
| Paul Hawley |
RSM |
429 |
|
| Neal Podmore |
C |
383 |
21.0% |
| Cheryl Priestman |
Lab |
371 |
20.4% |
| Andrew Machin |
RSM |
286 |
|
| Richard Bloor |
C |
259 |
|
| Maxwell Birchenough |
LD |
235 |
12.9% |
| Katherine Ridge |
Ind |
184 |
10.1% |
| John Fisher |
LD |
1016 |
48.6% |
| Kevin Oliver |
LD |
858 |
|
| Roy Gregg |
LD |
677 |
|
| Robert Plant |
C |
554 |
26.5% |
| Edward Povey |
C |
441 |
|
| Paul Chauveau |
C |
352 |
|
| Jill Peacock |
RSM |
294 |
14.1% |
| Susan Webster |
Lab |
225 |
10.8% |
| Jason Hails |
C |
398 |
65.0% |
| Graeme Chapman |
Ind |
214 |
35.0% |
| Francis Evans |
C |
452 |
54.7% |
| Barbara Hughes |
C |
412 |
|
| Austin Hanchard |
Lab |
375 |
45.3% |
| Jocelyn Finn |
Lab |
331 |
|
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