Election Name: | 2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election |
Country: | Staffordshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2015 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Seats For Election: | All 56 seats to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council |
Majority Seats: | 29 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 35 seats, 40.1% |
Seats1: | 25 |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Popular Vote1: | 17,132 |
Percentage1: | 36.3% |
Swing1: | 3.8% |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Last Election2: | 10 seats, 13.9% |
Seats2: | 17 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Popular Vote2: | 13,448 |
Percentage2: | 28.5% |
Swing2: | 14.6% |
Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election4: | 13 seats, 24.6% |
Seats4: | 13 |
Seat Change4: | 6 |
Popular Vote4: | 12,282 |
Percentage4: | 26.0% |
Swing4: | 1.4% |
Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election5: | 2 seats, 4.7% |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 1,969 |
Percentage5: | 4.2% |
Swing5: | 0.5% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Party: | No overall control |
The 2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
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A double by-election after the deaths of incumbent Conservative (Ian Lawson) and independent (Hilda Sheldon) councillors.
In May 2022, Norma Hawkins, Brian Johnson and Phil Routledge, all elected as independents, joined the Conservatives. At the same time, Michael Bowen, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent. These changes gave the council an overall Conservative majority, having previously been under no overall control.[2]