2019 East Staffordshire Borough Council election

2019 UK local government election

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2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

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All 39 seats to East Staffordshire Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	25 seats, 48.9%	12 seats, 36.9%
Seats won	25	10
Seat change		2
Popular vote	22,293	17,923
Percentage	48.1%	38.7%
Swing	0.7%	1.8%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Independent	Liberal Democrats
Last election	N/A	1 seat, 0.6%
Seats won	3	1
Seat change	3
Popular vote	2,673	1,534
Percentage	5.8%	3.3%
Swing	N/A	2.7%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2019 East Staffordshire Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the East Staffordshire Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2019 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	25	1	1		64.1	48.1	22,293	–0.7
	Labour	36	10	0	2	2	25.6	38.7	17,923	+1.8
	Independent	4	3	3	0	3	7.7	5.8	2,673	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	6	1	0	0		2.6	3.3	1,534	+2.7
	UKIP	3	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.2	1,020	–9.1
	Green	4	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	926	–0.4

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Colin Whittaker	Unopposed
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Anglesey

Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Syed Hussain	1,082	79.0
	Labour	Ali Chaudhry	900	65.7
	Conservative	Aaron Bell	201	14.7
	Conservative	Liam Sperrin	182	13.3
Turnout			1,370	30.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bagots

Bagots
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Greg Hall	Unopposed
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Branston

Branston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Ackroyd	927	54.4
	Conservative	Adam Clarke	886	52.0
	Conservative	Richard Grosvenor	861	50.5
	Labour	Arshad Afsar	652	38.2
	Labour	Mick Huckbury	606	35.5
	Labour	Sajid Rashid	581	34.1
Turnout			1,705	29.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Brizlincote

Brizlincote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Peters	898	60.8
	Conservative	Colin Wileman	821	55.5
	Labour	Tom Hadley	366	24.8
	Labour	William Walker	319	21.6
	Green	Carol Sharratt	276	18.7
Turnout			1,478	35.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Burton

Burton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hall	339	57.0
	Labour	Jami Shrive	176	29.6
	Conservative	Conor Wileman	80	13.4
Majority
Turnout			606
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Churnet

Churnet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Sankey	428	57.8
	Labour	David Vaughan-Birch	175	23.6
	Independent	Chris Smith	137	18.5
Majority
Turnout			740	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crown

Crown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Hudson	602	82.7
	Labour	Cristina Parker	126	17.3
Majority
Turnout			770	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eton Park

Eton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sonia Andjelkovic	569	44.7
	Independent	Dale Spedding	519	40.7
	Labour	Louise Walker	500	39.2
	UKIP	Peter Levis	226	17.7
	Conservative	Jack Gould	171	13.4
	Conservative	Philip White	127	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Warner	60	4.7
Turnout			1,274	27.0
	Labour hold
	Independent gain from Labour

Heath

Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Sylvester	671	52.0
	Conservative	Duncan Goodfellow	628	48.7
	Labour	Jo Cane	530	41.1
	Labour	Zdzislaw Krupski	498	38.6
Turnout			1,290	26.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Horninglow

Horninglow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ken Builth	672	44.5
	Independent	Deneice Florence-Jukes	628	41.6
	Labour	Mandy Shrive	621	41.1
	Labour	Bob Johnston	540	35.8
	Conservative	Mike Ackroyd	428	28.3
	Conservative	Ishrat Abbasi	304	20.1
	Conservative	Georgina Graham	293	19.4
Turnout			1,510	24
	Labour hold
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Needwood

Needwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jacqui Jones	1,010	59.4
	Conservative	Bev Ashcroft	838	49.3
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Lord	509	30.0
	Labour	Michael Baker	335	19.7
	UKIP	Luke Norman	240	14.1
Turnout			1,699	36.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Rolleston-on-Dove

Rolleston-on-Dove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Beryl Toon	779	71.3
	Labour	Ron Clarke	313	28.7
Turnout			1,119	41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shobnall

Shobnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Walker	695	52.2
	Labour	Shelagh Mckiernan	671	50.4
	Conservative	Hamid Asghar	475	35.7
	Conservative	Maqsood Hussain	377	28.3
	Green	Simon Hales	196	14.7
Turnout			1,332	25.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stapenhill

Stapenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alison Legg	534	43.7
	Labour	Michael Fitzpatrick	519	42.5
	Conservative	Becky Brady	511	41.9
	Labour	Craig Jones	401	32.8
	Conservative	Lynda Peters	397	32.5
	Conservative	Helen Smart	369	30.2
	Green	Robert Sharratt	246	20.1
Turnout			1,221	21.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from UKIP

Stretton

Stretton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Graham Lamb	1,389	61.5
	Conservative	Vicki Gould	902	39.9
	Conservative	Julie Killoran	784	34.7
	UKIP	Brain Buxton	554	24.5
	Conservative	Shruti Purandare	540	23.9
	Labour	Michael Slater	377	16.7
	Labour	May Low	280	12.4
	Labour	Martin Partridge	241	10.7
Turnout			2,258	37.0
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Town

Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue McGarry	787	52.8
	Conservative	George Allen	761	51.0
	Labour	Dave Trenery	632	42.4
	Labour	John Mckiernan	521	34.9
Turnout			1,491	28.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Tutbury and Outwoods

Tutbury and Outwoods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Gaskin	935	55.6
	Conservative	Gary Raybould	856	50.9
	Labour	John Anderson	683	40.6
	Labour	Lewis Anderson	627	37.3
Turnout			1,683	32.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Weaver

Weaver
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Barker	525	79.4
	Labour	Pat Slater	136	20.6
Majority
Turnout				42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winshill

Winshill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ray Faulkner	789	42.0
	Labour	Dennis Fletcher	756	40.2
	Conservative	Mike Metcalfe	730	38.8
	Conservative	Mathew Webb	714	38.0
	Labour	Kim Smith	671	35.7
	Labour	Philippa Saddington	517	27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Coates	239	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Goldsworthy	214	11.4
	Green	Dena Rapley	208	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Theo Hollier	173	9.2
Turnout			1,880	30.3
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Yoxall

Yoxall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Johnson	706	87.5
	Labour	Dale Barr	101	12.5
Turnout				37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Eaton Park

Eaton Park By-Election 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Michael Ackroyd
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Goldsworthy
	Conservative	Jack Gould
	Labour	Thomas Hadley
	Labour	Louise Walker
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Warner
Majority
Turnout

Tutbury & Outwoods

Tutbury & Outwoods: 30 September 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Lock	549	44.3	−13.4
	Independent	John Anderson	464	37.5	N/A
	Labour	Dale Barr	186	15.0	−27.2
	Green	Lynn Furber	39	3.2	N/A
Majority			85	6.8
Turnout			1,240	22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	25.5

References

"2019 Borough and Parish Election Results | ESBC". eaststaffsbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

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