Local Election Results 2005

Staffordshire

New division boundaries came into force at this election.

Note:— The election in Kinver was postponed due to the death of a candidate.

Other results for Staffordshire:2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
By-elections for Staffordshire (may be incomplete): 13th July 2006 (Cheadle & Checkley) — 12th July 2007 (Keele & Westlands) — 1st May 2008 (Newcastle Rural) — 16th June 2011 (Burton Town) — 7th July 2011 (Churnet Valley) — 9th February 2012 (Leek S.) — 5th May 2016 (Uttoxeter Town) — 7th September 2017 (Hednesford & Rawnsley) — 8th February 2018 (Codsall) — 12th December 2019 (Watling S.) — 19th January 2023 (Biddulph N.) — 2nd March 2023 (Watling S.) — 17th July 2025 (Eccleshall & Gnosall)
Results for district councils — Cannock Chase2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — East Staffordshire2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Lichfield2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Newcastle-under-Lyme2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022 — South Staffordshire2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Stafford2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Staffordshire Moorlands2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Tamworth2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024

Map of the results —Export spreadsheet

Consolidated results — Staffordshire 2005

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Conservative	146462	37.6%	28
Labour	146250	37.5%	32
Liberal Democrat	81534	20.9%	2
UK Independence Party	5495	1.4%	0
Independent	4298	1.1%	0
Freedom Party	2360	0.6%	0
Green Party	1794	0.5%	0
Ratepayers (Staffordshire Moorlands)	1295	0.3%	0

Amington

Richard McDermid	Lab	2962	48.2%
Brian Beale	C	2049	33.4%
Andrew Gilman	LD	1132	18.4%

Audley and Chesterton

Edward Boden	Lab	3026	43.7%
Ian Wilkes	LD	2024	29.3%
Betty Cartwright	C	1199	17.3%
David Nixon	UKIP	669	9.7%

Biddulph North

Madelaine Lovatt	Lab	2862	43.5%
David Stone	LD	1891	28.7%
Gerald Adams	Ind	1832	27.8%

Biddulph South and Endon

Christine Jebb	LD	3966	57.9%
Kevin Jackson	Lab	2888	42.1%

Bolebridge

Roger Smith	Lab	2728	50.2%
Ian Lewin	C	1726	31.8%
Geoffrey Blake	LD	982	18.1%

Bradwell and Porthill

Sandra Hambleton	Lab	3416	53.4%
John Cooper	C	1380	21.6%
Emma Cooley	LD	1121	17.5%
Barbara Lewis	UKIP	478	7.5%

Brereton and Ravenhill

Gwilym Roberts	Lab	2535	48.0%
Raymond Easton	LD	1827	34.6%
Doreen Bourton	C	918	17.4%

Brewood

Rex Roberts	C	3156	62.7%
Lorna Jones	Lab	1876	37.3%

Burntwood North

Eric Drinkwater	Lab	2790	49.5%
Douglas Constable	C	1998	35.4%
Maxwell Rea	LD	853	15.1%

Burntwood South

Steven Norman	Lab	2525	48.2%
Brenda Constable	C	1887	36.0%
Marguerite Stockdale	LD	823	15.7%

Burton Tower

James Muir	Lab	2851	45.2%
Elizabeth Staples	C	2329	36.9%
James Shrewsbury	LD	1124	17.8%

Burton Town

Peter Beresford	Lab	2960	55.8%
Tariq Hussain	C	1284	24.2%
Michael Rodgers	LD	1064	20.0%

Burton Trent

Peter Davies	Lab	2939	57.3%
Kathleen Lamb	C	1199	23.4%
Hugh Warner	LD	987	19.3%

Cannock Town Centre

Dennis Dixon	Lab	2809	43.0%
Brian Faulkner	C	2784	42.7%
Stephen Allatt	LD	933	14.3%

Cannock Villages

Janos Toth	Lab	2835	46.8%
John Beddows	C	2020	33.3%
Trevor Stokes	LD	884	14.6%
Robert Bishop	Ind	320	5.3%

Caverswall

William Day	C	3309	46.7%
Austin Hanchard	Lab	2359	33.3%
Brian Whittaker	LD	1414	20.0%

Chadsmoor

Derek Davis	Lab	3589	61.8%
John Bernard	C	1294	22.3%
Ian Harris	LD	928	16.0%

Cheadle and Checkley

Edward Perry	C	3462	50.5%
Jacqueline James	Lab	2240	32.6%
Philip Silk	LD	1159	16.9%

Cheslyn Hay, Essington and Great Wyrley (2)

Kathleen Perry	C	4815	44.0%
Michael Lawrence	C	4797
Thomas Boyle	Lab	4633	42.3%
George Bullock	Lab	4470
Tracy O'Brien	LD	1492	13.6%
Raymond Jones	LD	1077

Churnet Valley

Barrie Mycock	C	3149	47.6%
Mahfooz Ahmad	Lab	2144	32.4%
Michael Whitfield	LD	1317	19.9%

Codsall

Sonja Oatley	C	3098	60.5%
John Gregory	Lab	1317	25.7%
Ian Sadler	LD	708	13.8%

Cross Heath and Silverdale

David Leech	Lab	3002	53.1%
Eileen Braithwaite	UKIP	983	17.4%
Andrew Cooley	LD	876	15.5%
Glenys Davies	C	790	14.0%

Dove

Andrew Fraser	C	3072	47.8%
John Morris	LD	1724	26.8%
Susan Grier	Lab	1628	25.3%

Eccleshall

Henry Butter	C	3378	55.6%
David Kirby	LD	1360	22.4%
Rosalind Kennedy	Lab	1334	22.0%

Etching Hill and Heath

Daniel Davies	LD	2127	40.2%
Michael Davey	Lab	1801	34.1%
Warwick Bourton	C	1358	25.7%

Gnosall and Doxey

Mark Winnington	C	3757	45.8%
Barry Stamp	LD	2696	32.8%
Anthony Nixon	Lab	1756	21.4%

Hednesford and Rawnsley (2)

John O'Leary	Lab	5258	45.2%
Susan Woodward	Lab	4485
John Burnett	C	3690	31.7%
Diane Bennett	C	3531
Ronald Turville	LD	2692	23.1%
Patricia Ansell	LD	2473

Horninglow and Stretton

Peter Haynes	Lab	3367	45.8%
Robert Bather	C	2758	37.5%
Kathleen Winson	LD	1223	16.6%

Keele and Westlands

Glennis Deakin	C	2576	34.1%
Robin Studd	LD	2487	32.9%
Gillian Williams	Lab	1848	24.4%
Carolyn Grocott	Grn	403	5.3%
Andrea Liversage	UKIP	246	3.3%

Kidsgrove and Talke (2)

Margaret Astle	Lab	5571	49.5%
John Taylor	Lab	4640
Sandra Bowyer	LD	2635	23.4%
Raymond Slater	LD	2338
Nora Salt	C	1994	17.7%
Andrew Fear	C	1644
Geoffrey Locke	UKIP	1048	9.3%
Christopher Nixon	UKIP	844

Kinver [Postponed poll; held 23rd June 2005]

C	2403	62.5%
LD	1051	27.4%
Lab	388	10.1%

Leek Rural

Christine Heath	C	3787	48.7%
Margaret Lovatt	Lab	1924	24.7%
Stephen Harrison	LD	1044	13.4%
Stephen Povey	UKIP	1028	13.2%

Leek South

Neal Podmore	C	2589	33.0%
Cheryl Priestman	Lab	2010	25.6%
Michael Cozens	LD	1589	20.2%
Keith Harrison	RSM	1295	16.5%
Mark Gater	Grn	369	4.7%

Lichfield City North

Anthony Wilkins	Lab	2379	35.7%
Antony Thompson	C	2289	34.4%
Trevor James	LD	1062	15.9%
John Walker	Ind	930	14.0%

Lichfield City South

Terence Finn	C	2728	46.3%
John Smith	LD	1862	31.6%
Ian Crossland	Lab	1300	22.1%

Lichfield Rural East

Matthew Ellis	C	2613	38.8%
Roger Bennion	LD	2512	37.3%
Neil Bradley	Lab	1608	23.9%

Lichfield Rural North

Janet Eagland	C	4002	56.9%
Kevin McCarthy	LD	1565	22.2%
David Whatton	Lab	1469	20.9%

Lichfield Rural South

Erica Bayliss	C	3909	63.1%
Roderick Campbell	Lab	1367	22.1%
Elfriede Roe	LD	919	14.8%

Lichfield Rural West

Frank Lewis	C	3629	53.1%
Elaine Moore	Lab	2058	30.1%
Peter Roe	LD	1151	16.8%

Needwood Forest

Timothy Corbett	C	4250	53.5%
Susan Palmer	Lab	2360	29.7%
Victoria Trelinska	LD	1341	16.9%

Newcastle Rural

Robert Edwards	C	3085	46.5%
Robert Howells	Lab	1718	25.9%
David Becket	LD	1478	22.3%
Joseph Bonfiglio	UKIP	352	5.3%

Newcastle South

Richard Gorton	Lab	2798	40.3%
Gwynneth Bosley	C	1885	27.1%
David Clarke	LD	1779	25.6%
Paul Gregory	UKIP	486	7.0%

Penkridge

Veronica Downes	C	3739	50.8%
Trevor Downing	Lab	2568	34.9%
Diane Key	LD	1052	14.3%

Perrycrofts

John Garforth	Lab	2597	43.7%
Kenneth Gant	C	2256	37.9%
Jennifer Blake	LD	1092	18.4%

Perton

Robert Marshall	C	2937	57.1%
Suzanne Randle	Lab	1308	25.4%
Albert Smith	LD	623	12.1%
Stuart Hinde	Grn	275	5.3%

Stafford Central

Maureen Compton	Lab	2990	44.9%
Christine Baron	LD	1974	29.6%
Amyas Stafford-Northcote	C	1702	25.5%

Stafford North

Robert Simpson	Lab	3202	53.1%
Dennis Philip	C	1690	28.0%
Cathie Halliday	LD	893	14.8%
Josie Whitney	Grn	245	4.1%

Stafford South East

Michael Barber	Lab	3741	42.7%
John Francis	C	3550	40.5%
John Affleck	LD	1475	16.8%

Stafford Trent Valley

Leonard Bloomer	C	3273	46.8%
Brendan McKeown	LD	1795	25.7%
John Kennedy	Lab	1629	23.3%
Edward Clarke	Grn	296	4.2%

Stafford West

Michael Poulter	Lab	3658	50.2%
Trevor Houlton	C	2171	29.8%
Frank James	LD	1459	20.0%

Stone Rural

Ian Parry	C	3198	50.3%
Alison Wedgwood	Lab	1866	29.3%
John Russell	LD	1298	20.4%

Stone Urban

Vincent Wakefield	Lab	3138	39.2%
Philip Jones	C	2667	33.3%
Peter Stevens	LD	2210	27.6%

Stonydelph

Peter White	Lab	2149	42.7%
Christopher Cooke	Ind	1216	24.2%
Kevin Taylor	C	1095	21.8%
Pete Cousins	LD	569	11.3%

Uttoxeter Rural

Philip Atkins	C	3533	63.1%
Jane Reeves	Lab	1234	22.0%
Roy Gregg	LD	832	14.9%

Uttoxeter Town

Geoffrey Morrison	C	2389	41.6%
James Fergus	Lab	2354	41.0%
Charles Dean-Young	LD	999	17.4%

Watling North

Terence Dix	Lab	2531	48.0%
Andrew James	C	1870	35.4%
Penelope Bennion	LD	877	16.6%

Watling South

Carol Dean	Lab	2609	43.6%
Robert Pritchard	C	2345	39.2%
Roger Jones	LD	1024	17.1%

Wolstanton

Michael Clarke	Lab	2383	41.2%
Simon Tagg	C	2008	34.7%
Elizabeth Shenton	LD	979	16.9%
Ann Beirne	Grn	206	3.6%
Mark Barlow	UKIP	205	3.5%

Wombourne

Peter Timms	C	2441	37.9%
Sharron Edwards	Freedom	2360	36.6%
John Brindle	Lab	1065	16.5%
John Fallon	LD	581	9.0%

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