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2025 Staffordshire County Council election

The 2025 Staffordshire County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Staffordshire County Council in Staffordshire, England. All 62 seats will be elected. This was on the same day as other local elections.

In the previous 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats. However following national trends, their share of the vote in the 2025 dropped dramatically. Reform UK secured an overall majority on the council, winning control from the Conservative Party.

Previous council composition

Changes 2021–2025

  • January 2022: Tom Loughbrough-Rudd (Conservative) suspended from party
  • October 2022: Ian Lawson (Conservative) dies – by-election held January 2023
  • January 2023: Nigel Yates (Labour) gains by-election from Conservatives; Richard Ford (Conservative) resigns – by-election held March 2023
  • March 2023: Alex Farrell (Conservative) wins by-election
  • October 2024: Thomas Jay (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent
  • December 2024: Mike Wilcox (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent

Summary

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. The election saw Reform UK go from having no seats on the council to winning an overall majority, with 49 of the 62 seats. The leader of the council prior to the election, Conservative councillor Alan White, lost his seat. Reform chose Ian Cooper to be their new group leader after the election. He was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2025.

Election result

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Results by district

The results of the election were counted and seats declared on 2 May 2025.

Cannock Chase

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East Staffordshire

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Lichfield

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Newcastle-under-Lyme

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South Staffordshire

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Stafford

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Staffordshire Moorlands

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Tamworth

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By-elections

Eccleshall & Gnosall

A by-election was held on 17 July 2025 after the resignation of Reform councillor, Wayne Titley. Titley resigned just 2 weeks after his election.

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