| Election Name: | 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election |
| Country: | Staffordshire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 56 seats to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 29 |
| Leader1: | Mike Gledhill |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 13 seats, 26.0% |
| Seats Before1: | 15 |
| Seats1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 17,186 |
| Percentage1: | 36.7% |
| Swing1: | 10.7% |
| Leader2: | Paul Roberts |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 25 seats, 36.3% |
| Seats Before2: | 29 |
| Seats2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 16,242 |
| Percentage2: | 34.7% |
| Swing2: | 1.6% |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Last Election3: | 17 seats, 28.5% |
| Seats Before3: | 11 |
| Seats3: | 8 |
| Seat Change3: | 9 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,961 |
| Percentage3: | 17.0% |
| Swing3: | 11.5% |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election4: | 0 seats, 5.1% |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 3,538 |
| Percentage4: | 7.6% |
| Swing4: | 2.5% |
| Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat, 4.2% |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,745 |
| Percentage5: | 3.7% |
| Swing5: | 0.5% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Paul Roberts |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Mike Gledhill Labour |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The Conservatives lost their majority at this election, with the council going under no overall control and Labour overtaking the Conservatives to become the largest party.
At the previous 2019 election the Conservatives had lost control of the council to no overall control and subsequently formed an administration with some of the independent councillors. Following a number of by-elections and changes of allegiance the Conservatives regained a majority of the seats on the council during May 2022.[1]
Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control. Labour was the largest party after the election and was able to form a minority administration with the informal support of independent councillors. Labour's group leader, Mike Gledhill, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023.[2] [3]
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The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[4] [5]
Sybil Ralphs had been a Conservative prior to the election but stood as an independent in 2023. Seat shown as Conservative hold to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Phil Routledge had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in May 2022. Stephen Ellis had won the seat in a by-election in May 2021 following the death of the previous independent councillor. Both seats shown as independent losses to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Both seats had been won by independents in 2019, but Peter Jackson won his seat in a by-election in May 2021 and Zenobia Routledge won her seat in a by-election in May 2022. Both seats shown as independent losses to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Michael Bowen had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in May 2022 to sit as an independent. Seat shown as independent loss to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Brian Johnson had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in May 2022. Seat shown as independent loss to allow comparison with 2019 results.