2011 Stafford Borough Council election

Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. All 59 seats on the council were up for election. There were elections held in 26 wards. The Conservative Party retained majority control of the council. Overall turnout was 45.93%, with the lowest turnout (31.1%) in Coton ward and the highest (54.7%) in Chartley.

Election result

Stafford Local Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	38	5	6	-1	%	0	0	0
	Labour	17	6	1	+5	%	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	-3	-3	%	0	0	0
	Green	1	+1	0	+1	%	0	0	0
	Independent	1	0	0	0	0

The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:

• Conservative Party - 38
• Labour - 17
• Liberal Democrats - 2
• Green Party - 1
• Independent - 1

Results by ward

Barlaston and Oulton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evan Gareth Rowland Jones	901
	Conservative	Lynne Bakker-Collier	793
	Liberal Democrats	John Russell	646
Turnout				48.2%

Baswich (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Edgeller	1,183
	Conservative	Paul Trainor	918
	Labour	Ann Millichap	631
	Labour	Diana Smith	537
	Liberal Democrats	Graham John Sellman	150
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Seabrook	111
Turnout				54.4%

Chartley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Elizabeth Beatty	598	49.8%
	Independent	Susan Anita McKeown	261	50.2%
Turnout				54.7%

Church Eaton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Stamp	576
	Conservative	Rose Atkinson	368
	Labour	Chris Plant	76
Turnout				58.9%

Common (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Simpson	578
	Labour	Julian Thorley	543
	Conservative	Ray Barron	395
	Conservative	Jenny Barron	357
	Independent	Simon Andrew Davies	297
	Green	Andrew Murray	170
Turnout				42.1%

Coton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Kemp	596
	Labour	Anthony Welch	494
	Conservative	James Edward George Cantrill	250
	Conservative	Len Bloomer	236
Turnout				31.1%

Eccleshall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Chapman	1,605
	Conservative	Peter Wallace Jones	1,581
	Conservative	Jeremy Michael Pert	1,425
	Labour	Cathy Gregory	654
	Labour	Ros Kennedy	510
	UKIP	Pauline Scott	420
Turnout				47.8%

Forebridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Baron	607
	Green	Tom Harris	495
	Labour	Maureen Compton	457
	Liberal Democrats	David Seary	358
	Green	Lisa Pearce	297
	Conservative	Keith Boardman	280
	Conservative	Rebecca Davis	229
Turnout				45.1%

Fulford (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Holmes	1,239
	Conservative	Michael George Dodson	1,182
	Conservative	Peter Roycroft	1,175
	Labour	Rob Chesworth	722
Turnout				42.6%

Gnosall and Woodseaves (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Kelly	1,699
	Conservative	Kenneth Williamson	1,619
	Conservative	Mike Smith	1,566
	Labour	Andrew Bevington	703
	Labour	Chris Malvern	628
	Labour	John Hartshorne	515
Turnout				48.5%

Haywood and Hixon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Tabernor	1,207
	Conservative	Amyas Stafford Northcote	1,182
	Conservative	Alan Perkins	1,083
	Independent	Brendan McKeown	653
	Independent	Paul Gilbert	582
	Independent	Andrew Carrington	496
	Labour	Rolfe Pearce	468
	Independent	John Mosley	431
	Labour	Amy Louise Hollinshead	356
	Labour	Sharon Hollinshead	338
Turnout				49.6%

Highfields and Western Downs (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Bowen	945
	Labour	Aidan Godfrey	922
	Labour	Stephen O’Connor	851
	Conservative	Ivan Jennings	773
	Conservative	James Nixon	705
	Conservative	Carolyn Trowbridge	699
Turnout				39.4%

Holmcroft (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank James	1,043
	Conservative	Bryan Cross MBE	1,030
	Labour	Ravi Rai Bhakhri	980
	Labour	Alan Ramsay	956
	Conservative	Charles Simpson	944
	Conservative	Sue Francis	887
	BNP	Roland Thomas Hynd	151
Turnout				43.7%

Littleworth (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rowan Draper	1,043
	Labour	Ian Hollinshead	1,006
	Labour	Michael Winkle	961
	Conservative	David Bowyer	902
	Conservative	Denis Skelland	897
	Conservative	Mary Jennings	885
Turnout				43%

Manor (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Loughran	1,003
	Labour	Geoffrey Rowlands	912
	Labour	Patricia Rowlands	899
	Conservative	Ann Foster	608
	Conservative	Michael Eld	607
	Conservative	Neil Washington	488
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Towers	213
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hine	175
Turnout				39.4%

Milford (2 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Finlay	1,200
	Conservative	Robert Stephens	1,084
	Labour	Ed Smith	452
	Labour	Vic Casambros	432
Turnout				44.3%

Milwich (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Harp	616
	UKIP	Rosemary Herbert	157
Turnout				51.5%

Penkside (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Cooke	680
	Labour	Malcolm Millichap	622
	Conservative	Cathy Collier	392
	Conservative	Rosemary Simpson	372
Turnout				37.6%

Rowley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Allan	868
	Conservative	Patrick Farrington	783
	Labour	Anne Hobbs	759
	Labour	Bob Hobbs	711
	Green	Kate Harding	222
	Liberal Democrats	Cathie Ginette Seville	146
Turnout				51.7%

Seighford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Winnington	1,088
	Conservative	Raymond Sutherland	1,070
	Labour	Duncan Cooper	307
	Labour	Barrie Taylor	307
	Independent	Diane Key	268
Turnout				51.7%

St Michael's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Collier	735
	Conservative	Phillip Jones	733
	Labour	Lloyd Brown	541
	Labour	Kim Jones	446
	Independent	Lin Davies	341
	UKIP	Andrew Illsley	197
Turnout				45.5%

Stonefield and Christchurch (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Farnham	845
	Independent	Phillip Leason	590
	Independent	Rob Kenney	504
	Labour	Michael Abbott	424
	Labour	Peter Young	378
Turnout				42.8%

Swynnerton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Highfield	1,124
	Conservative	David Price	947
	Independent	Roy James	530
	UKIP	Daniel Scott	257
Turnout				45.9%

Tillington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isabella Davies	660
	Conservative	Peter Goodland	602
	Labour	Jane Essex	560
	Labour	Anthony Nixon	504
	Green	Jeremy Milln	145
Turnout				43.5%

Walton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Carey	1,009
	Conservative	Margaret Goodall	900
	Conservative	Mike Williamson	824
	Independent	Jill Hood	740
	Labour	Harry Brunt	656
	Labour	Julie Taylor	517
	Labour	Becky Sawyer	469
	Independent	Mark Green	469
Turnout				46%

Weeping Cross (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Dalgarno	1,750
	Conservative	John Francis	1,617
	Conservative	Michael Heenan	1,592
	Labour	Jack Barber	976
	Labour	John Boyle	726
	Labour	Victoria Soper	697
Turnout				51.1%