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 2019âÂÂ2023
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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