Local Election Results 2005
Staffordshire
New division boundaries came into force at this election.
Note:— The election in Kinver was postponed due to the death of a candidate.
Other results for Staffordshire:
2009
2013
2017
2021
By-elections for Staffordshire (may be incomplete): 13th July 2006 (Cheadle & Checkley)
— 12th July 2007 (Keele & Westlands)
— 1st May 2008 (Newcastle Rural)
— 16th June 2011 (Burton Town)
— 7th July 2011 (Churnet Valley)
— 9th February 2012 (Leek S.)
— 5th May 2016 (Uttoxeter Town)
— 7th September 2017 (Hednesford & Rawnsley)
— 8th February 2018 (Codsall)
— 12th December 2019 (Watling S.)
— 19th January 2023 (Biddulph N.)
— 2nd March 2023 (Watling S.)
Results for district councils — Cannock Chase 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
— East Staffordshire 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
— Lichfield 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
— Newcastle-under-Lyme 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2022
— South Staffordshire 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Stafford 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Staffordshire Moorlands 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Tamworth 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
146462 |
37.6% |
28 |
| Labour |
146250 |
37.5% |
32 |
| Liberal Democrat |
81534 |
20.9% |
2 |
| UK Independence Party |
5495 |
1.4% |
0 |
| Independent |
4298 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Freedom Party |
2360 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Green Party |
1794 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Ratepayers (Staffordshire Moorlands) |
1295 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Richard McDermid |
Lab |
2962 |
48.2% |
| Brian Beale |
C |
2049 |
33.4% |
| Andrew Gilman |
LD |
1132 |
18.4% |
| Edward Boden |
Lab |
3026 |
43.7% |
| Ian Wilkes |
LD |
2024 |
29.3% |
| Betty Cartwright |
C |
1199 |
17.3% |
| David Nixon |
UKIP |
669 |
9.7% |
| Madelaine Lovatt |
Lab |
2862 |
43.5% |
| David Stone |
LD |
1891 |
28.7% |
| Gerald Adams |
Ind |
1832 |
27.8% |
| Christine Jebb |
LD |
3966 |
57.9% |
| Kevin Jackson |
Lab |
2888 |
42.1% |
| Roger Smith |
Lab |
2728 |
50.2% |
| Ian Lewin |
C |
1726 |
31.8% |
| Geoffrey Blake |
LD |
982 |
18.1% |
| Sandra Hambleton |
Lab |
3416 |
53.4% |
| John Cooper |
C |
1380 |
21.6% |
| Emma Cooley |
LD |
1121 |
17.5% |
| Barbara Lewis |
UKIP |
478 |
7.5% |
| Gwilym Roberts |
Lab |
2535 |
48.0% |
| Raymond Easton |
LD |
1827 |
34.6% |
| Doreen Bourton |
C |
918 |
17.4% |
| Rex Roberts |
C |
3156 |
62.7% |
| Lorna Jones |
Lab |
1876 |
37.3% |
| Eric Drinkwater |
Lab |
2790 |
49.5% |
| Douglas Constable |
C |
1998 |
35.4% |
| Maxwell Rea |
LD |
853 |
15.1% |
| Steven Norman |
Lab |
2525 |
48.2% |
| Brenda Constable |
C |
1887 |
36.0% |
| Marguerite Stockdale |
LD |
823 |
15.7% |
| James Muir |
Lab |
2851 |
45.2% |
| Elizabeth Staples |
C |
2329 |
36.9% |
| James Shrewsbury |
LD |
1124 |
17.8% |
| Peter Beresford |
Lab |
2960 |
55.8% |
| Tariq Hussain |
C |
1284 |
24.2% |
| Michael Rodgers |
LD |
1064 |
20.0% |
| Peter Davies |
Lab |
2939 |
57.3% |
| Kathleen Lamb |
C |
1199 |
23.4% |
| Hugh Warner |
LD |
987 |
19.3% |
| Dennis Dixon |
Lab |
2809 |
43.0% |
| Brian Faulkner |
C |
2784 |
42.7% |
| Stephen Allatt |
LD |
933 |
14.3% |
| Janos Toth |
Lab |
2835 |
46.8% |
| John Beddows |
C |
2020 |
33.3% |
| Trevor Stokes |
LD |
884 |
14.6% |
| Robert Bishop |
Ind |
320 |
5.3% |
| William Day |
C |
3309 |
46.7% |
| Austin Hanchard |
Lab |
2359 |
33.3% |
| Brian Whittaker |
LD |
1414 |
20.0% |
| Derek Davis |
Lab |
3589 |
61.8% |
| John Bernard |
C |
1294 |
22.3% |
| Ian Harris |
LD |
928 |
16.0% |
| Edward Perry |
C |
3462 |
50.5% |
| Jacqueline James |
Lab |
2240 |
32.6% |
| Philip Silk |
LD |
1159 |
16.9% |
| Kathleen Perry |
C |
4815 |
44.0% |
| Michael Lawrence |
C |
4797 |
|
| Thomas Boyle |
Lab |
4633 |
42.3% |
| George Bullock |
Lab |
4470 |
|
| Tracy O'Brien |
LD |
1492 |
13.6% |
| Raymond Jones |
LD |
1077 |
|
| Barrie Mycock |
C |
3149 |
47.6% |
| Mahfooz Ahmad |
Lab |
2144 |
32.4% |
| Michael Whitfield |
LD |
1317 |
19.9% |
| Sonja Oatley |
C |
3098 |
60.5% |
| John Gregory |
Lab |
1317 |
25.7% |
| Ian Sadler |
LD |
708 |
13.8% |
| David Leech |
Lab |
3002 |
53.1% |
| Eileen Braithwaite |
UKIP |
983 |
17.4% |
| Andrew Cooley |
LD |
876 |
15.5% |
| Glenys Davies |
C |
790 |
14.0% |
| Andrew Fraser |
C |
3072 |
47.8% |
| John Morris |
LD |
1724 |
26.8% |
| Susan Grier |
Lab |
1628 |
25.3% |
| Henry Butter |
C |
3378 |
55.6% |
| David Kirby |
LD |
1360 |
22.4% |
| Rosalind Kennedy |
Lab |
1334 |
22.0% |
| Daniel Davies |
LD |
2127 |
40.2% |
| Michael Davey |
Lab |
1801 |
34.1% |
| Warwick Bourton |
C |
1358 |
25.7% |
| Mark Winnington |
C |
3757 |
45.8% |
| Barry Stamp |
LD |
2696 |
32.8% |
| Anthony Nixon |
Lab |
1756 |
21.4% |
| John O'Leary |
Lab |
5258 |
45.2% |
| Susan Woodward |
Lab |
4485 |
|
| John Burnett |
C |
3690 |
31.7% |
| Diane Bennett |
C |
3531 |
|
| Ronald Turville |
LD |
2692 |
23.1% |
| Patricia Ansell |
LD |
2473 |
|
| Peter Haynes |
Lab |
3367 |
45.8% |
| Robert Bather |
C |
2758 |
37.5% |
| Kathleen Winson |
LD |
1223 |
16.6% |
| Glennis Deakin |
C |
2576 |
34.1% |
| Robin Studd |
LD |
2487 |
32.9% |
| Gillian Williams |
Lab |
1848 |
24.4% |
| Carolyn Grocott |
Grn |
403 |
5.3% |
| Andrea Liversage |
UKIP |
246 |
3.3% |
| Margaret Astle |
Lab |
5571 |
49.5% |
| John Taylor |
Lab |
4640 |
|
| Sandra Bowyer |
LD |
2635 |
23.4% |
| Raymond Slater |
LD |
2338 |
|
| Nora Salt |
C |
1994 |
17.7% |
| Andrew Fear |
C |
1644 |
|
| Geoffrey Locke |
UKIP |
1048 |
9.3% |
| Christopher Nixon |
UKIP |
844 |
|
|
C |
2403 |
62.5% |
|
LD |
1051 |
27.4% |
|
Lab |
388 |
10.1% |
| Christine Heath |
C |
3787 |
48.7% |
| Margaret Lovatt |
Lab |
1924 |
24.7% |
| Stephen Harrison |
LD |
1044 |
13.4% |
| Stephen Povey |
UKIP |
1028 |
13.2% |
| Neal Podmore |
C |
2589 |
33.0% |
| Cheryl Priestman |
Lab |
2010 |
25.6% |
| Michael Cozens |
LD |
1589 |
20.2% |
| Keith Harrison |
RSM |
1295 |
16.5% |
| Mark Gater |
Grn |
369 |
4.7% |
| Anthony Wilkins |
Lab |
2379 |
35.7% |
| Antony Thompson |
C |
2289 |
34.4% |
| Trevor James |
LD |
1062 |
15.9% |
| John Walker |
Ind |
930 |
14.0% |
| Terence Finn |
C |
2728 |
46.3% |
| John Smith |
LD |
1862 |
31.6% |
| Ian Crossland |
Lab |
1300 |
22.1% |
| Matthew Ellis |
C |
2613 |
38.8% |
| Roger Bennion |
LD |
2512 |
37.3% |
| Neil Bradley |
Lab |
1608 |
23.9% |
| Janet Eagland |
C |
4002 |
56.9% |
| Kevin McCarthy |
LD |
1565 |
22.2% |
| David Whatton |
Lab |
1469 |
20.9% |
| Erica Bayliss |
C |
3909 |
63.1% |
| Roderick Campbell |
Lab |
1367 |
22.1% |
| Elfriede Roe |
LD |
919 |
14.8% |
| Frank Lewis |
C |
3629 |
53.1% |
| Elaine Moore |
Lab |
2058 |
30.1% |
| Peter Roe |
LD |
1151 |
16.8% |
| Timothy Corbett |
C |
4250 |
53.5% |
| Susan Palmer |
Lab |
2360 |
29.7% |
| Victoria Trelinska |
LD |
1341 |
16.9% |
| Robert Edwards |
C |
3085 |
46.5% |
| Robert Howells |
Lab |
1718 |
25.9% |
| David Becket |
LD |
1478 |
22.3% |
| Joseph Bonfiglio |
UKIP |
352 |
5.3% |
| Richard Gorton |
Lab |
2798 |
40.3% |
| Gwynneth Bosley |
C |
1885 |
27.1% |
| David Clarke |
LD |
1779 |
25.6% |
| Paul Gregory |
UKIP |
486 |
7.0% |
| Veronica Downes |
C |
3739 |
50.8% |
| Trevor Downing |
Lab |
2568 |
34.9% |
| Diane Key |
LD |
1052 |
14.3% |
| John Garforth |
Lab |
2597 |
43.7% |
| Kenneth Gant |
C |
2256 |
37.9% |
| Jennifer Blake |
LD |
1092 |
18.4% |
| Robert Marshall |
C |
2937 |
57.1% |
| Suzanne Randle |
Lab |
1308 |
25.4% |
| Albert Smith |
LD |
623 |
12.1% |
| Stuart Hinde |
Grn |
275 |
5.3% |
| Maureen Compton |
Lab |
2990 |
44.9% |
| Christine Baron |
LD |
1974 |
29.6% |
| Amyas Stafford-Northcote |
C |
1702 |
25.5% |
| Robert Simpson |
Lab |
3202 |
53.1% |
| Dennis Philip |
C |
1690 |
28.0% |
| Cathie Halliday |
LD |
893 |
14.8% |
| Josie Whitney |
Grn |
245 |
4.1% |
| Michael Barber |
Lab |
3741 |
42.7% |
| John Francis |
C |
3550 |
40.5% |
| John Affleck |
LD |
1475 |
16.8% |
| Leonard Bloomer |
C |
3273 |
46.8% |
| Brendan McKeown |
LD |
1795 |
25.7% |
| John Kennedy |
Lab |
1629 |
23.3% |
| Edward Clarke |
Grn |
296 |
4.2% |
| Michael Poulter |
Lab |
3658 |
50.2% |
| Trevor Houlton |
C |
2171 |
29.8% |
| Frank James |
LD |
1459 |
20.0% |
| Ian Parry |
C |
3198 |
50.3% |
| Alison Wedgwood |
Lab |
1866 |
29.3% |
| John Russell |
LD |
1298 |
20.4% |
| Vincent Wakefield |
Lab |
3138 |
39.2% |
| Philip Jones |
C |
2667 |
33.3% |
| Peter Stevens |
LD |
2210 |
27.6% |
| Peter White |
Lab |
2149 |
42.7% |
| Christopher Cooke |
Ind |
1216 |
24.2% |
| Kevin Taylor |
C |
1095 |
21.8% |
| Pete Cousins |
LD |
569 |
11.3% |
| Philip Atkins |
C |
3533 |
63.1% |
| Jane Reeves |
Lab |
1234 |
22.0% |
| Roy Gregg |
LD |
832 |
14.9% |
| Geoffrey Morrison |
C |
2389 |
41.6% |
| James Fergus |
Lab |
2354 |
41.0% |
| Charles Dean-Young |
LD |
999 |
17.4% |
| Terence Dix |
Lab |
2531 |
48.0% |
| Andrew James |
C |
1870 |
35.4% |
| Penelope Bennion |
LD |
877 |
16.6% |
| Carol Dean |
Lab |
2609 |
43.6% |
| Robert Pritchard |
C |
2345 |
39.2% |
| Roger Jones |
LD |
1024 |
17.1% |
| Michael Clarke |
Lab |
2383 |
41.2% |
| Simon Tagg |
C |
2008 |
34.7% |
| Elizabeth Shenton |
LD |
979 |
16.9% |
| Ann Beirne |
Grn |
206 |
3.6% |
| Mark Barlow |
UKIP |
205 |
3.5% |
| Peter Timms |
C |
2441 |
37.9% |
| Sharron Edwards |
Freedom |
2360 |
36.6% |
| John Brindle |
Lab |
1065 |
16.5% |
| John Fallon |
LD |
581 |
9.0% |
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