2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
| country = Staffordshire
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
| previous_year = 2019
| election_date = {{Start date|2023|5|4|df=y}}
| next_election = 2027 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election
| next_year = 2027
| seats_for_election= All 56 seats to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
| majority_seats = 29
| turnout =
| image1 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader1 = Mike Gledhill
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| last_election1 = 13 seats, 26.0%
| seats_before1 = 15
| seats1 = 24
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}11
| popular_vote1 = 17,186
| percentage1 = 36.7%
| swing1 = {{increase}}10.7%
| image2 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader2 = Paul Roberts
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| last_election2 = 25 seats, 36.3%
| seats_before2 = 29
| seats2 = 22
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}3
| popular_vote2 = 16,242
| percentage2 = 34.7%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}1.6%
| image3 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader3 =
| party3 = Independent politician
| last_election3 = 17 seats, 28.5%
| seats_before3 = 11{{efn|Of the eleven independent councillors before the election, six formed the "Independent" group led by Linda Malyon and five formed the "Independent Alliance" group led by Tony Hall.{{cite web |title=Political control and composition |url=https://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/article/1439/Political-control-and-composition |website=Staffordshire Moorlands District Council |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020134843/https://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/article/1439/Political-control-and-composition |archive-date=20 October 2022}}}}
| seats3 = 8
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}9
| popular_vote3 = 7,961
| percentage3 = 17.0%
| swing3 = {{decrease}}11.5%
| image4 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader4 =
| party4 = Green Party of England and Wales
| last_election4 = 0 seats, 5.1%
| seats_before4 = 0
| seats4 = 1
| seat_change4 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote4 = 3,538
| percentage4 = 7.6%
| swing4 = {{increase}}2.5%
| image5 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader5 =
| party5 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| last_election5 = 1 seat, 4.2%
| seats_before5 = 1
| seats5 = 1
| seat_change5 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote5 = 1,745
| percentage5 = 3.7%
| swing5 = {{decrease}}0.5%
| map_image = Staffordshire Moorlands UK ward map 2023.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Winner of each seat at the 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Election
| title = Leader
| posttitle = Leader after election
| before_election = Paul Roberts
| before_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| after_election = Mike Gledhill
Labour
| after_party = No overall control
}}
{{Short description|2023 English local election}}
The 2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The Conservatives lost their majority at this election, with the council going under no overall control and Labour overtaking the Conservatives to become the largest party.
Summary
At the previous 2019 election the Conservatives had lost control of the council to no overall control and subsequently formed an administration with some of the independent councillors. Following a number of by-elections and changes of allegiance the Conservatives regained a majority of the seats on the council during May 2022.{{cite news |last1=Boothroyd |first1=David |title=Post-election roundup |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/2022/05/post-election-roundup-2/ |access-date=30 December 2023 |work=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |date=13 May 2022}}
Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control. Labour was the largest party after the election and was able to form a minority administration with the informal support of independent councillors. Labour's group leader, Mike Gledhill, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023.{{cite news |last1=Price |first1=Richard |title=Deadlock broken as Labour takes control of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/deadlock-broken-labour-takes-control-8450368 |access-date=30 December 2023 |work=Stoke-on-Trent Live |date=19 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 17 May 2023 |url=https://democracy.highpeak.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=133&MId=2507&Ver=4 |website=Staffordshire Moorlands District Council |access-date=30 December 2023}}
Results
{{Local election summary begin|title=2023 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Election{{cite news |title=Staffordshire Moorlands election result |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2023/england/councils/E07000198 |access-date=30 December 2023 |work=BBC News |date=May 2023}}
{{Local election summary party
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidates = 35
|seats = 24
|gain = 9
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}11
|votes % = 36.7
|seats % = 42.9
|votes = 17,186
|plus/minus =+10.7
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidates = 39
|seats = 22
|gain = 1
|loss = 4
|net = {{decrease}}3
|votes % = 34.7
|seats % = 39.3
|votes = 16,242
|plus/minus =-1.6
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidates = 13
|seats = 1
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|net = {{increase}}1
|votes % = 7.6
|seats % = 1.8
|votes = 3,538
|plus/minus =+2.5
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidates = 7
|seats = 1
|gain = 1
|loss = 1
|net = {{nochange}}
|votes % = 3.7
|seats % = 1.8
|votes = 1,745
|plus/minus =-0.5
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party = Reform UK
|candidates = 1
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|votes % = 0.3
|seats % = -
|votes = 135
|plus/minus =N/A
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party = Independent politician
|candidates = 25
|seats = 8
|gain = 0
|loss = 9
|net = {{decrease}}9
|votes % = 17.0
|seats % = 14.3
|votes = 7,961
|plus/minus =-11.5
}}
|-
{{Election box end}}
Ward Results
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.{{cite web |title=District Council Elections 4 May 2023 |url=https://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/article/4178/District-Council-Elections-4-May-2023 |website=Staffordshire Moorlands District Council |access-date=30 December 2023}}{{cite web |title=Councillors |url=https://democracy.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/mgMemberIndexGroup.aspx?g=smcllrs&m=smcllrs |website=Staffordshire Moorlands District Council |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404180409/https://democracy.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/mgMemberIndexGroup.aspx?g=smcllrs&m=smcllrs |archive-date=4 April 2023}}
=Alton=
{{Election box begin | title=Alton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel John Moult
|votes = 209
|percentage = 54.9
|change = -11.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jenny Lingham
|votes = 172
|percentage = 45.1
|change = +11.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 381
|percentage = 33.3
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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=Bagnall and Stanley=
{{Election box begin | title=Bagnall and Stanley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charlotte Hannah Edwards
|votes = 356
|percentage = 53.7
|change = -17.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Sybil Ralphs*
|votes = 189
|percentage = 28.5
|change = -42.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dave Jennings
|votes = 79
|percentage = 11.9
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Lee Jagger
|votes = 39
|percentage = 5.9
|change = N/A
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 666
|percentage = 49.0
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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Sybil Ralphs had been a Conservative prior to the election but stood as an independent in 2023. Seat shown as Conservative hold to allow comparison with 2019 results.
=Biddulph East=
{{Election box begin | title=Biddulph East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jill Salt*
|votes = 583
|percentage = 72.2
|change = +21.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Connor Brady*
|votes = 451
|percentage = 55.9
|change = +16.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Wood
|votes = 435
|percentage = 53.9
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Sheryl Bayley
|votes = 219
|percentage = 27.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Chris Perkin
|votes = 191
|percentage = 23.7
|change = -10.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Geoff Preston
|votes = 109
|percentage = 13.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 807
|percentage = 18.4
|change =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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=Biddulph Moor=
{{Election box begin | title=Biddulph Moor}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = John Thomas Jones*
|votes = 308
|percentage = 75.3
|change = -5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jim Bostock
|votes = 101
|percentage = 24.7
|change = +19.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 409
|percentage = 30.2
|change =
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|winner = Independent politician
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{{Election box end}}
=Biddulph North=
{{Election box begin | title=Biddulph North}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Adam Parkes
|votes = 652
|percentage = 51.7
|change = +25.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Jim Garvey
|votes = 643
|percentage = 51.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Andrew Hart*
|votes = 641
|percentage = 50.8
|change = -7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Ken Harper
|votes = 440
|percentage = 34.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ian Waite
|votes = 277
|percentage = 22.0
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,261
|percentage = 28.6
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent politician
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|winner = Independent politician
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{{Election box end}}
=Biddulph South=
{{Election box begin | title=Biddulph South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Stuart Cunningham Church
|votes = 207
|percentage = 46.8
|change = +27.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Adrian Charles Lawton
|votes = 176
|percentage = 39.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Roy William Gregg
|votes = 59
|percentage = 13.3
|change = -20.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 442
|percentage = 32.4
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Biddulph West=
{{Election box begin | title=Biddulph West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel Yates*
|votes = 482
|percentage = 44.7
|change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dave Proudlove*
|votes = 451
|percentage = 41.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charlie Smith*
|votes = 440
|percentage = 40.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Derek James Stubbs
|votes = 419
|percentage = 38.8
|change = +7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Maj Stubbs
|votes = 344
|percentage = 31.9
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Andrew Stubbs
|votes = 328
|percentage = 30.4
|change = +15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Neil Eardley
|votes = 282
|percentage = 26.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Alistair McLoughlin
|votes = 225
|percentage = 20.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,079
|percentage = 27.0
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link
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{{Election box end}}
=Brown Edge and Endon=
{{Election box begin | title=Brown Edge and Endon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joe Porter*
|votes = 707
|percentage = 50.3
|change = +9.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Flunder*
|votes = 606
|percentage = 43.1
|change = -5.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christina Jebb
|votes = 585
|percentage = 41.6
|change = +11.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Alan James Molson
|votes = 506
|percentage = 36.0
|change = -5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Danielle Spooner
|votes = 452
|percentage = 32.1
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joy Majekodunmi
|votes = 436
|percentage = 31.0
|change = +10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Redfern*
|votes = 339
|percentage = 24.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,406
|percentage = 36.2
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
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|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Caverswall=
{{Election box begin | title=Caverswall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Roberts*
|votes = 241
|percentage = 53.3
|change = -26.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Chris Podszus
|votes = 211
|percentage = 46.7
|change = +26.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 452
|percentage = 31.1
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Cellarhead=
{{Election box begin | title=Cellarhead}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Barbara Aillen Hughes*
|votes = 403
|percentage = 59.5
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Patricia Ann Hughes
|votes = 319
|percentage = 47.1
|change = -11.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = James Martin Firkins
|votes = 267
|percentage = 39.4
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Julian Bernard King-Salter
|votes = 244
|percentage = 36.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 677
|percentage = 26.0
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=Cheadle North East=
{{Election box begin | title=Cheadle North East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Liz Whitehouse
|votes = 284
|percentage = 41.7
|change = +24.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew Charles Spooner
|votes = 245
|percentage = 36.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Phil Routledge*
|votes = 233
|percentage = 34.2
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Ellis*
|votes = 231
|percentage = 33.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Julie Bull
|votes = 176
|percentage = 25.8
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Dennis Wilson
|votes = 130
|percentage = 19.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 681
|percentage = 23.8
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent politician
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link
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|loser = Independent politician
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{{Election box end}}
Phil Routledge had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in May 2022. Stephen Ellis had won the seat in a by-election in May 2021 following the death of the previous independent councillor. Both seats shown as independent losses to allow comparison with 2019 results.
=Cheadle South East=
{{Election box begin | title=Cheadle South East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mike Haines
|votes = 466
|percentage = 57.0
|change = +30.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Vicky O'Shea
|votes = 401
|percentage = 49.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Jackson*
|votes = 341
|percentage = 41.7
|change = +18.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Zenobia Rose Lillian Routledge*
|votes = 324
|percentage = 39.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 817
|percentage = 28.5
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent politician
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{{Election box end}}
Both seats had been won by independents in 2019, but Peter Jackson won his seat in a by-election in May 2021 and Zenobia Routledge won her seat in a by-election in May 2022. Both seats shown as independent losses to allow comparison with 2019 results.
=Cheadle West=
{{Election box begin | title=Cheadle West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Kate Mills*
|votes = 602
|percentage = 52.9
|change = +7.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Gary Bentley*
|votes = 551
|percentage = 48.4
|change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Ian William Plant*
|votes = 464
|percentage = 40.7
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bernie Charlesworth
|votes = 438
|percentage = 38.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathan Nicholas Mason
|votes = 334
|percentage = 29.3
|change = -3.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,139
|percentage = 28.6
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Checkley=
{{Election box begin | title=Checkley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Peter Wilkinson*
|votes = 629
|percentage = 47.2
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Anthony Deaville*
|votes = 603
|percentage = 45.2
|change = -3.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Hulme*
|votes = 532
|percentage = 39.9
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Liz Haines
|votes = 399
|percentage = 29.9
|change = +9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Luke Daniel Emery
|votes = 371
|percentage = 27.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Derek Tatton
|votes = 301
|percentage = 22.6
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Mark Hall
|votes = 218
|percentage = 16.4
|change = N/A
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,333
|percentage = 29.4
|change =
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=Cheddleton=
{{Election box begin | title=Cheddleton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mike Worthington*
|votes = 607
|percentage = 41.2
|change = -1.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dylan Pascall
|votes = 526
|percentage = 35.7
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Oliver Pointon
|votes = 507
|percentage = 34.4
|change = -9.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrea Grocott
|votes = 461
|percentage = 31.3
|change = -11.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eddie Sabir
|votes = 418
|percentage = 28.4
|change = -1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Michael Thomas Bowen*
|votes = 364
|percentage = 24.7
|change = -19.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Dan Mayers
|votes = 246
|percentage = 16.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Harold Jennings
|votes = 194
|percentage = 13.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Keith Harvey
|votes = 168
|percentage = 11.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Judy Gregg
|votes = 162
|percentage = 11.0
|change = -9.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Ferenc Kari
|votes = 116
|percentage = 7.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,472
|percentage = 33.9
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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Michael Bowen had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in May 2022 to sit as an independent. Seat shown as independent loss to allow comparison with 2019 results.
=Churnet=
{{Election box begin | title=Churnet}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Aberley*
|votes = 505
|percentage = 62.3
|change = +13.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elsie Fallows*
|votes = 475
|percentage = 58.6
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Gerald Thomas Black
|votes = 257
|percentage = 31.7
|change = +13.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Warwick Alexander McKenzie
|votes = 135
|percentage = 16.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 811
|percentage = 30.8
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Dane=
{{Election box begin | title=Dane}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Callum George Beswick
|votes = 295
|percentage = 63.3
|change = -4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Alison Rosemary McCrea
|votes = 171
|percentage = 36.7
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 474
|percentage = 35.5
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Forsbrook=
{{Election box begin | title=Forsbrook}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Holmes*
|votes = 589
|percentage = 49.8
|change = -10.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marc Durose
|votes = 497
|percentage = 42.0
|change = -7.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Herdman*
|votes = 495
|percentage = 41.9
|change = -13.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Thomas Powner
|votes = 437
|percentage = 37.0
|change = -10.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Abigail Wilkinson
|votes = 402
|percentage = 34.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Helen Stead
|votes = 372
|percentage = 31.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,182
|percentage = 28.0
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Hamps Valley=
{{Election box begin | title=Hamps Valley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edwin Wain*
|votes = 332
|percentage = 64.6
|change = -20.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Wendy Bohme
|votes = 182
|percentage = 35.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 514
|percentage = 35.9
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Horton=
{{Election box begin | title=Horton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jo Cox
|votes = 324
|percentage = 54.3
|change = +29.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Dominic Cooney
|votes = 273
|percentage = 45.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 597
|percentage = 40.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Ipstones=
{{Election box begin | title=Ipstones}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Linda Ann Malyon*
|votes = Uncontested
|percentage = 100.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Independent politician
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Leek East=
{{Election box begin | title=Leek East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Darren Price*
|votes = 766
|percentage = 57.7
|change = +22.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Crecy Janina Christian Boone
|votes = 681
|percentage = 51.3
|change = +21.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gareth Richard Taylor
|votes = 591
|percentage = 44.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Chauveau
|votes = 476
|percentage = 35.9
|change = +12.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andy Machin
|votes = 442
|percentage = 33.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian Johnson*
|votes = 436
|percentage = 32.9
|change = -1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Mike Jones
|votes = 278
|percentage = 20.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,327
|percentage = 32.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
Brian Johnson had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in May 2022. Seat shown as independent loss to allow comparison with 2019 results.
=Leek North=
{{Election box begin | title=Leek North}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charlotte Atkins*
|votes = 742
|percentage = 73.2
|change = +11.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lyn Swindlehurst*
|votes = 673
|percentage = 66.4
|change = +19.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark David Johnson
|votes = 633
|percentage = 62.4
|change = +18.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charlotte Lockett
|votes = 297
|percentage = 29.3
|change = -1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Ferenc Kari
|votes = 116
|percentage = 11.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,014
|percentage = 24.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}
=Leek South=
{{Election box begin | title=Leek South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Matt Swindlehurst
|votes = 880
|percentage = 66.4
|change = +20.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mike Gledhill*
|votes = 801
|percentage = 60.4
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Hoptroff*
|votes = 794
|percentage = 59.9
|change = +19.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Daniella Vickerstaff
|votes = 375
|percentage = 28.3
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Neil David Cox
|votes = 357
|percentage = 26.9
|change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,326
|percentage = 29.9
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}
=Leek West=
{{Election box begin | title=Leek West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bill Cawley*
|votes = 802
|percentage = 62.4
|change = +9.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Barks
|votes = 688
|percentage = 53.5
|change = +11.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ben Emery*
|votes = 572
|percentage = 44.5
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charlie Bromilow
|votes = 564
|percentage = 43.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Neal Robert Podmore
|votes = 490
|percentage = 38.1
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,286
|percentage = 35.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}
=Manifold=
{{Election box begin | title=Manifold}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jonathan Paul Kempster
|votes = 306
|percentage = 52.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Wales
|votes = 275
|percentage = 47.3
|change = -17.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 581
|percentage = 39.6
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Green Party of England and Wales
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Werrington=
{{Election box begin | title=Werrington}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Shaw*
|votes = 404
|percentage = 56.3
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ross Ward*
|votes = 370
|percentage = 51.6
|change = -6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Nigel Michael Meakin
|votes = 262
|percentage = 36.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Andrew Sharrock
|votes = 246
|percentage = 34.3
|change = -4.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 717
|percentage = 27.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:May 2023 in the United Kingdom