Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. All 59 seats on the council were up for election, with boundary changes meaning the number was reduced from 60. There were elections held in 24 wards, with a further 2 wards (Church Eaton and Milwich) uncontested. The Conservative Party gained majority control of the council after the council was under no overall control prior to the election. Overall turnout was 37.51%, with the lowest turnout (24.08%) in Coton ward and the highest (55.77%) in Seighford. As a result of the election, the new council leader was Cllr. Judith Dalgarno.
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 40 | +17 | 67.8% | ||||||
Labour | 14 | -13 | 23.7% | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 5 | -3 | 8.4% | ||||||
Independent | 0 | -2 | 0 |
The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:
- Conservative Party - 40
- Labour - 14
- Liberal Democrats - 5
Sources: BBC Stafford Borough Council
Results by ward edit
All results from Stafford Borough Council.
Barlaston and Oulton (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Fairbanks | 817 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Russell | 763 | |||
Conservative | Philip Jones | 674 | |||
Turnout | 1,443 | 44.29% |
Baswich (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Edgeller | 868 | |||
Conservative | Susan Francis | 728 | |||
Labour | Michael Evans | 349 | |||
Labour | Mellony Millichap | 300 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Brett | 250 | |||
UKIP | Adrian Wood | 195 | |||
Turnout | 1,463 | 42.47% |
Chartley (1 seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brendan McKeown | 346 | 50.2% | ||
Conservative | Christopher Walster | 343 | 49.8% | ||
Turnout | 694 | 47.86% |
Church Eaton (1 seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barry Stamp | Election Uncontested |
Common (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Kennedy | 438 | |||
Labour | William Simpson | 422 | |||
Conservative | James Eld | 246 | |||
Conservative | Carol Lee | 234 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Hine | 178 | |||
UKIP | Leslie Gittins | 142 | |||
Turnout | 920 | 29.00% |
Coton (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Kemp | 378 | |||
Labour | Michael Shone | 345 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Vance-Cotsford | 155 | |||
UKIP | Paul Gilbert | 150 | |||
Conservative | Dominic Brisby | 128 | |||
Conservative | Edith Foster | 121 | |||
Turnout | 696 | 24.08% |
Eccleshall (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Butter | 1134 | |||
Conservative | John Sillito | 1039 | |||
Conservative | Ivan Jennings | 925 | |||
Independent | Gordon Dale | 775 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Kirby | 674 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bryan Delanchy | 465 | |||
Turnout | 1,954 | 38.26 |
Forebridge (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christine Baron | 648 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Seary | 559 | |||
Labour | Ian Ronald | 313 | |||
Labour | Lisa Pearce | 261 | |||
Conservative | Violet Allan | 198 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Roe | 187 | |||
Turnout | 1,138 | 35.09% |
Fulford (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bedson | 1019 | |||
Conservative | Sydney Oldfield | 913 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Harp | 828 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Brayford | 636 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Mycock | 618 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Brayford | 599 | |||
Labour | Michael Shaw | 366 | |||
Turnout | 1,902 | 40.62% |
Gnosall and Woodseaves (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Smith | 1057 | |||
Conservative | James Kelly | 1039 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Williamson | 1019 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Philpott | 623 | |||
Liberal Democrats | George Sunley | 612 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Philpott | 593 | |||
Turnout | 1,806 | 35.66% |
Haywood and Hixon (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Tabernor | 999 | |||
Conservative | Amyas Northcote | 968 | |||
Conservative | Alan Perkins | 951 | |||
Labour | John Coates | 487 | |||
UKIP | John Mosley | 367 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Hackett | 364 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Hemingway | 349 | |||
UKIP | Ronald Chell | 342 | |||
Labour | John Boyle | 336 | |||
Turnout | 2,003 | 39.69% |
Highfields and Western Downs (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aidan Godfrey | 668 | |||
Labour | Maureen Bowen | 630 | |||
Labour | Anthony Pearce | 561 | |||
Independent | Neil Thomas | 428 | |||
Conservative | Richard Downs | 365 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Turner | 333 | |||
Conservative | Trevor Tabernor | 332 | |||
Independent | Scott Wilson | 296 | |||
Turnout | 1,462 | 30.64% |
Holmcroft (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Cantrill | 845 | |||
Conservative | Bryan Cross MBE | 827 | |||
Labour | Andrew Compton MBE | 693 | |||
Conservative | Isabella Davies | 684 | |||
Labour | Maureen Compton | 679 | |||
Labour | James Paton | 628 | |||
Independent | Andrew James | 281 | |||
UKIP | David Hilton | 160 | |||
Turnout | 1,802 | 35.47% |
Littleworth (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heenan | 850 | |||
Conservative | Michael Bentley | 776 | |||
Conservative | Denis Skelland | 749 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Voss | 642 | |||
Labour | Anothony Welch | 557 | |||
Labour | Rosalind Kennedy | 557 | |||
Labour | Julian Thorley | 503 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Hopkinson | 464 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Milln | 435 | |||
Turnout | 1,920 | 40.73 |
Manor (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Loughran | 757 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Rowlands | 686 | |||
Labour | Patricia Rowlands | 670 | |||
Conservative | Gary Simmonds | 416 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Knapped | 385 | |||
Conservative | Paul Robinson | 352 | |||
UKIP | Carl Gilbert | 243 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Page | 224 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephanie Spiers | 223 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Phillips | 218 | |||
Turnout | 1,540 | 31.74% |
Milford (2 seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Finlay | 904 | |||
Conservative | Trevor Reeves | 808 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Fisher | 278 | |||
Turnout | 1,159 | 33.98% |
Milwich (1 seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilfred Davis | Election Uncontested |
Penkside (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ralph Cooke | 404 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Millichap | 354 | |||
Conservative | Trevor Houlton | 235 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Williams | 200 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julia Towers | 131 | |||
UKIP | Jillian Crutchley | 110 | |||
Turnout | 783 | 28.28% |
Rowley (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Allan | 662 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Farrington | 648 | |||
Labour | Elaine Kidney | 639 | |||
Labour | John Hartshorne | 552 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Hinton | 231 | |||
UKIP | Richard Hilton | 145 | |||
Turnout | 1,527 | 43.04% |
Seighford (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Winnington | 725 | |||
Conservative | Raymond Sutherland | 725 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Frank James | 631 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Cox | 605 | |||
Labour | Raymond Allsop | 177 | |||
Labour | Beryl Kemp | 176 | |||
Turnout | 1,585 | 55.77% |
St Michael's (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Goodall | 571 | |||
Conservative | Linda Davies | 550 | |||
Labour | Harry Brunt | 478 | |||
Labour | Peter Sinnott | 367 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Hatton | 349 | |||
Turnout | 1,272 | 36.07% |
Stonefield and Christchurch (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joyce Farnham | 718 | |||
Conservative | Michael Leese | 522 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Stevens | 484 | |||
Labour | David Smithwick | 477 | |||
Labour | Desmond Byrne | 342 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Warren | 248 | |||
Turnout | 1,474 | 39.99% |
Swynnerton (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Highfield | 857 | |||
Conservative | David Price | 721 | |||
Independent | Robert Simcock | 469 | |||
Labour | Diana Osbourne | 332 | |||
Turnout | 1,408 | 39.98% |
Tillington (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Goodland | 524 | |||
Conservative | Adam Tedstone | 518 | |||
Labour | Stephen Moore | 448 | |||
Labour | Anthony Nixon | 402 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Hughes | 205 | |||
Turnout | 1,161 | 35.21% |
Walton (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Phillip Leason | 821 | |||
Conservative | Michael Carey | 796 | |||
Labour | Deborah Wakefield | 765 | |||
Labour | John Beecham | 672 | |||
Conservative | Douglas Doney | 666 | |||
Labour | Roy Osborne | 625 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Stevens | 279 | |||
Turnout | 1,671 | 36.66% |
Weeping Cross (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Judith Dalgarno | 1,369 | |||
Conservative | John Francis | 1,153 | |||
Conservative | Colin Wilkinson | 1,113 | |||
Labour | Michael Barber | 698 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Henry Towers | 523 | |||
UKIP | Malcolm Hurst | 356 | |||
Turnout | 2,191 | 41.40% |