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Local Election Results 2015

Staffordshire Moorlands

Whole council up for election. Three Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.

Moorlnds = Moorlands Democratic Alliance
StaffsIG = Staffordshire Independent Group

Other results for Staffordshire Moorlands: 2003 2007 2011 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

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Consolidated results — Staffordshire Moorlands 2015

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 19830 34.8% 35
Labour 12912 22.7% 7
Independent 8558 15.0% 8
Moorlands Democratic Alliance 5997 10.5% 2
Liberal Democrat 3147 5.5% 2
Green Party 3071 5.4% 0
UK Independence Party 2868 5.0% 2
Staffordshire Independent Group 554 1.0% 0

Alton

Arthur Forrester C 666 76.9%
Paul Powner Lab 200 23.1%

Bagnall and Stanley

Sybil Ralphs C 742 75.4%
Deborah Price Lab 117 11.9%
Sarah Colwell Grn 64 6.5%
David Teasdale LD 61 6.2%

Biddulph East (3)

Kevin Jackson Lab 1366 48.4%
Madelaine Lovatt Lab 1282
Jeanette Walley Lab 1180
Jill Salt Ind 734 26.0%
Lisa Salt UKIP 723 25.6%

Biddulph Moor

John Jones Ind 544 54.1%
Hal Wilson Ind 214 21.3%
Agnes Gronkiewicz C 162 16.1%
Robert Whilding Lab 85 8.5%

Biddulph North (3)

Jim Davies Ind 1563 51.6%
Tony Hall Ind 1556
Andrew Hart Ind 1355
Eileen Rushton Lab 861 28.4%
Dave Boothroyd LD 604 19.9%

Biddulph South

John Redfern LD 408 43.5%
Gavin Wood Lab 279 29.7%
Ken Harper Ind 252 26.8%

Biddulph West (3) [1 C gain from Ind]

Hilda Sheldon Ind 1306 35.1%
Ian Lawson C 1052 28.2%
Christopher Wood Lab 984 26.4%
Elaine Baddeley Ind 866
Nigel Yates Lab 789
Gareth Whalley Grn 382 10.3%

Brown Edge and Endon (3) [1 C gain from LD]

Linda Lea C 1180 37.0%
Geoff Bond C 1112
Christina Jebb LD 1101 34.6%
Joe Porter C 1067
Henry Jebb LD 743
Danielle Spooner LD 572
Andrew Church Lab 550 17.3%
Nick Revell Lab 485
Gareth Taylor Lab 410
Brian Smith Grn 243 7.6%
Andy Wragg Moorlnds 112 3.5%

Caverswall

Paul Roberts C 585 63.0%
Dave Bateman Moorlnds 343 37.0%

Cellarhead (2) [1 C gain from StaffsIG]

Barbara Hughes C unop.
Tony McNicol C unop.

Cheadle North East (2) [1 C and 1 UKIP gain from 1 Ind and 1 Moorlnds]

Julie Bull C 593 30.1%
Peter Wilkinson UKIP 515 26.2%
Michael Shirley C 386
Ian Whitehouse Ind 378 19.2%
John Palfreyman Lab 340 17.3%
Thomas Wilkinson UKIP 228
Phil Routledge Ind 182
Ian Plant Moorlnds 142 7.2%
Sue Walley Moorlnds 93

Cheadle South East (2) [1 C gain from Ind]

Richard Alcock Ind 702 35.3%
Deb Grocott C 540 27.2%
Peter Elkin Ind 495
Brian Slaney C 486
Jan Hale Lab 476 24.0%
Neil Plant Moorlnds 269 13.5%

Cheadle West (3) [1 C gain from Moorlnds]

Stephen Ellis C 1146 43.9%
Alan Banks C 1059
Peter Jackson C 927
Sam Hale Lab 648 24.8%
Ray Wood Moorlnds 605 23.2%
Ron Locker Moorlnds 539
Joe Baker Lab 511
Alan Baker Lab 501
Phil Silk LD 211 8.1%

Checkley (3)

Mark Deaville C 1739 58.4%
Colin Pearce C 1604
David Trigger C 1293
Jane Palfreyman Lab 712 23.9%
Rosie Hale Lab 667
Jacquie Leach Moorlnds 527 17.7%
David Wright Moorlnds 419

Cheddleton (3) [1 C gain from Lab]

Mike Worthington C 1622 39.7%
Michael Bowen C 1527
Sav Scalise C 1388
Mahfooz Ahmad Lab 987 24.1%
Paul Fenton Grn 744 18.2%
Harold Jennings Moorlnds 737 18.0%

Churnet (2) [1 Ind gain from C]

Ivor Lucas Ind 960 56.6%
Elsie Fallows C 735 43.4%
Bryan Bull C 662

Dane

Gill Heath C unop.

Forsbrook (3) [1 C and 1 UKIP gain from 1 Ind and 1 StaffsIG]

Ian Herdman C 1141 26.7%
Keith Flunder C 989
Abigail Wilkinson UKIP 889 20.8%
Gill Burton Ind 823 19.3%
Alan Wilson Lab 784 18.3%
Christine Hopley Moorlnds 636 14.9%
Frank Hopley Moorlnds 603

Hamps Valley

Edwin Wain C 726 64.2%
Steven Ratcliffe Moorlnds 234 20.7%
Terry Riley Lab 171 15.1%

Horton

Norma Hawkins C 951 80.3%
Lytton Page Lab 234 19.7%

Ipstones

Linda Malyon Moorlnds 615 52.4%
Brian Warrington C 403 34.3%
Philip Barks Lab 156 13.3%

Leek East (3) [1 C gain from Moorlnds]

Rebecca Done C 997 27.8%
Brian Johnson C 866
Pamela Wood Moorlnds 734 20.5%
Gwen Gledhill Lab 694 19.4%
Roy Tomkinson C 659
Bill Cawley Lab 640
Michael Mothershaw UKIP 537 15.0%
Andrew Easom Moorlnds 519
Megan Walmsley-Pitts Grn 407 11.4%
Judy Gregg LD 211 5.9%

Leek North (3) [1 C gain from UKIP]

Charlotte Atkins Lab 1275 47.9%
Margaret Lovatt Lab 1130
Dani Ogden C 938 35.3%
Darren Price Lab 772
Keith Naldrett Grn 447 16.8%

Leek South (3) [1 Lab gain from C]

Gail Lockett C 850 24.0%
Mike Gledhill Lab 809 22.9%
Keith Harrison Ind 789 22.3%
Susan Coleman Lab 784
John Povey C 779
Keith Hoptroff Lab 698
Roy Molson C 682
Roger Adams Moorlnds 537 15.2%
Neil Kirby Moorlnds 401
Francisco Davies Grn 384 10.8%
Mike Ottewell LD 171 4.8%

Leek West (3) [1 C gain from LD]

Ben Emery C 1157 33.7%
Robert Plant C 994
Neal Podmore C 921
Susan Webster Lab 697 20.3%
Andy Machin Moorlnds 506 14.7%
Brian Hall Moorlnds 490
Mark Sidebotham Grn 400 11.7%
Roy Gregg LD 380 11.1%
Jason Banks Ind 293 8.5%
Brian Pointon Ind 184

Manifold

Teresa Riley C 888 81.3%
Gary Salt UKIP 204 18.7%

Werrington (2) [1 C gain from StaffsIG]

David Shaw C 1017 49.4%
Ross Ward C 697
Lisa Martin StaffsIG 554 26.9%
Jocelyn Morrison Lab 487 23.7%
Doreen Jones Lab 471

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