Stoke-on-Trent City Council elections

Stoke-on-Trent City Council elections are held every four years. Stoke-on-Trent City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2011, 44 councillors have been elected from 37 wards.[1] New ward boundaries have been prepared to come into effect from the 2023 election.[2]

Political control

From the federation of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910 until 1974, Stoke-on-Trent was a county borough, independent from any county council.[3] The borough was awarded city status on 5 June 1925.[4] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it became a non-metropolitan district, with Staffordshire County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. The city became a unitary authority on 1 April 1997, regaining its independence from Staffordshire County Council.[5] Political control of the council since 1910 has been held by the following parties:[6][7]

County borough

Party in controlYears
Independent1910–1929
Labour1929–1931
Independent1931–1934
Labour1934–1937
Independent1937–1945
Labour1945–1970
No overall control1970–1971
Labour1971–1974

Non-metropolitan district

Party in controlYears
Labour1974–1997

Unitary authority

Party in controlYears
Labour1997–2002
No overall control2002–2004
Labour2004–2006
No overall control2006–2011
Labour2011–2015
No overall control2015–2023
Labour2023–present

Leadership
For the ceremonial leader, see List of lord mayors of Stoke-on-Trent.
For the directly-elected mayor which existed from 2002 to 2009, see Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent.

The role of Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent is largely ceremonial. Prior to 2002, political leadership was provided by the leader of the council. From 2002 to 2009, the city council had a directly elected mayor who acted as political leader. Since the abolition of the directly elected mayor position in 2009, leadership has again been provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been:[8]

Leaders

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Jim Westwood[9] Labour19741976
Arthur Cholerton[10] Labour19761982
Ronald Southern Labour1982May 1990
Ted Smith[11] LabourMay 19901997
Barry Stockley Labour19972002
Geoff Davies IndependentMay 2002Oct 2002

Directly-elected mayors

MayorPartyFromTo
Mike Wolfe Independent27 Oct 20028 May 2005
Mark Meredith Labour9 May 20055 Jun 2009

Leaders

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Ross Irving Conservative5 Jun 200927 May 2010
Mohammed Pervez Labour27 May 201028 May 2015
Dave Conway Independent28 May 201517 May 2018
Ann James Independent17 May 201823 May 2019
Abi Brown Conservative23 May 201925 May 2023
Jane Ashworth Labour25 May 2023

Council elections
  • 1973 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1976 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1979 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election (New ward boundaries)[12]
  • 1980 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1982 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1983 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1984 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1986 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1987 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1988 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1990 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1991 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1992 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1994 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1995 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1996 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1998 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 1999 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 2000 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 2002 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election (New ward boundaries)[13]
  • 2003 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 2004 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 2006 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 2007 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 2008 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 2010 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 2011 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election (New ward boundaries)[1]
  • 2015 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election[14]
  • 2019 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
  • 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election (New ward boundaries)[15]

Mayoral elections

City result maps

By-election results
Springfields & Trent Vale Ward by-election, 26 July 2012 [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
City Independents Jackie Barnes 370 34.90 N/A
Labour Mubsira Aumir 245 23.11
Liberal Democrats Les Porch 152 14.33
Conservative Harold David Gregory 109 10.28 N/A
UKIP Michael Anthony Bedarsky 105 9.90
Independent Gary Elsby 36 3.39 N/A
BNP Michael Coleman 27 2.54 N/A
TUSC Matt Wright 14 1.32 N/A
Democratic Nationalist Party Mark Leat 2 0.18 N/A
Majority 125
Turnout 1,060 21.6
Baddeley, Milton and Norton Ward by-election, 14 November 2013[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
City Independents Anthony Munday 861 32.19
Conservative Sam Richardson 504 18.84
Labour Candi Chetwynd 444 16.60
UKIP Mick Harold 333 12.45
Independent Gary Elsby 313 11.70
BNP Michael Anthony White 79 2.95
Green Adam William Colclough 50 1.86
Liberal Democrats Tom Grocock 32 1.19
Independent John Davis 27 1.00
TUSC Liat James Norris 25 0.93
Majority 357 13.35
Turnout 2,674 19.18
Moorcroft by-election, 6 May 2021 [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tariq Mahmood 769 49.16 +9.56
Labour Javid Iqbal Najmi 702 44.88 -15.52
TUSC Andy Butcher 77 4.92 +4.92
Majority 67 4.28
Rejected ballots 16 1.0
Turnout 1,564 39.39
Conservative gain from Labour

References
  1. "The Stoke-on-Trent (Electoral Changes) Order 2011", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2011/167, retrieved 14 September 2022
  2. "The Stoke-on-Trent (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/665, retrieved 14 September 2022
  3. "Stoke-on-Trent Municipal Borough / County Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. "No. 33063". The London Gazette. 3 July 1925. p. 4440.
  5. "The Staffordshire (City of Stoke-on-Trent) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 14 September 2022, SI 1995/1779
  6. "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  7. "Elections 2011 - England council elections - Stoke-on-Trent". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  8. "Council minutes". Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  9. "The Queen honours..." Staffordshire Newsletter. 18 June 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  10. Hughes, Fred. "People who made the Potteries: Arthur Cholerton and Ronald Southern". Stoke-on-Trent Local History. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  11. "'Fit' Ted to lead city council". Staffordshire Sentinel. 9 May 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  12. The City of Stoke-on-Trent (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1820)
  13. "The City of Stoke-on-Trent (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/1449, retrieved 14 September 2022
  14. "Election 2015: Stoke on Trent City Council Results". Stoke Sentinel. Local World. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  15. "New ward boundaries for Stoke-on-Trent – how are you affected?". Stoke Sentinel. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  16. By-election result page on council site
  17. "By-election: Baddeley, Milton and Norton - Stoke-on-Trent City Council". Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  18. "Live: Tories beat Labour in battle to replace ex-Stoke-on-Trent council leader". 7 May 2021.
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