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2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election

The 2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

Election result

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Ward results

Alton

Bagnall & Stanley

Biddulph East

Biddulph Moor

Biddulph North

Biddulph South

Biddulph West

Brown Edge & Endon

Caverswall

Cellarhead

Cheadle North East

Cheadle South East

Cheadle West

Checkley

Cheddleton

Churnet

Dane

Forsbrook

Hamps Valley

Horton

Ipstones

Leek East

Leek North

Leek South

Leek West

Manifold

Werrington

Changes 2019–2023

By-elections

  • 6 May 2021: Conservative gain (Stephen Ellis) in Cheadle North East following death of independent Ian Whitehouse.
  • 6 May 2021: Conservative gain (Peter Jackson) in Cheadle South East following resignation of independent Peter Elkin.
  • 5 May 2022: Conservative gain (Zenobia Routledge) in Cheadle South East following death of independent Richard Alcock.

A double by-election after the deaths of incumbent Conservative (Ian Lawson) and independent (Hilda Sheldon) councillors.

Changes of allegiance

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.

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