Staffordshire
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2025 62 races · 62 seats 74.2% below quota
- 2021 60 races · 62 seats 24.2% below quota
- 2017 60 races · 62 seats 29.0% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
62 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 62 seats were up across 62 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 62 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 91,138 | 41.3% | 49 | 79.0% | 27 | 43.5% | +22 |
| Conservative Party | 61,265 | 27.8% | 10 | 16.1% | 18 | 29.0% | -8 |
| Labour Party | 35,500 | 16.1% | 1 | 1.6% | 10 | 16.1% | -9 |
| Green Party | 12,608 | 5.7% | 1 | 1.6% | 3 | 4.8% | -2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 11,910 | 5.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 4.8% | -3 |
| Independent | 5,180 | 2.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.6% | -1 |
| Stafford Borough Independents | 2,597 | 1.2% | 1 | 1.6% | 0 | 0.0% | +1 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 325 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 168 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Workers Party of Britain | 56 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 220,747 | 100.0% | 62 | 100.0% | 62 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amington | 41% | 58% | |
| Audley and Chesterton | 39% | 50% | 52% |
| Biddulph North | 59% | 58% | 39% |
| Biddulph South and Endon | 36% | 58% | 42% |
| Bolebridge | 44% | 59% | |
| Bradwell and Porthill | 53% | ||
| Bradwell, Porthill and Wolstanton | 49% | ||
| Bradwell/ Porthill and Wolstanton | 53% | ||
| Brereton and Ravenhill | 36% | 41% | 50% |
| Brewood | 71% | 74% | 45% |
| Burntwood North | 47% | 49% | 52% |
| Burntwood South | 53% | 48% | 47% |
| Burton South | 48% | ||
| Burton Tower | 62% | 59% | 39% |
| Burton Town | 43% | 50% | 35% |
| Burton Trent | 56% | 59% | 42% |
| Cannock Town | 52% | ||
| Cannock Town Centre | 55% | 62% | |
| Cannock Villages | 49% | 54% | |
| Caverswall | 68% | 71% | 42% |
| Chadsmoor | 51% | 49% | 63% |
| Cheadle and Checkley | 56% | 53% | 38% |
| Cheslyn Hay Village, Featherstone and Shareshill | 51% | ||
| Cheslyn Hay, Essington and Great Wyrley | 63% | ||
| Cheslyn Hay/ Essington and Great Wyrley | 72% | ||
| Churnet Valley | 55% | 63% | 46% |
| Codsall | 75% | 68% | 41% |
| Dove | 63% | 58% | 44% |
| Eccleshall | 73% | 67% | |
| Eccleshall and Gnosall | 35% | ||
| Etching Hill and Heath | 57% | ||
| Etching Hill and the Heath | 46% | ||
| Etchingh Hill and Heath | 66% | ||
| Gnosall and Doxey | 70% | ||
| Gnossall and Doxey | 54% | ||
| Great Wyrley and Essington | 50% | ||
| Hawks Green, Rawnsley and Cannock Wood | 47% | ||
| Hednesford and Rawnsley | 39% | 50% | |
| Hednesford North | 57% | ||
| Horninglow and Stretton | 53% | 51% | |
| Keele, Knutton and Silverdale | 52% | ||
| Keele/ Knutton and Silverdale | 57% | ||
| Kidsgrove | 35% | 64% | 54% |
| Kinver | 64% | 74% | 45% |
| Leek Rural | 57% | 57% | 42% |
| Leek South | 55% | 57% | 32% |
| Lichfield City North | 46% | 42% | 34% |
| Lichfield City South | 56% | 48% | 29% |
| Lichfield Rural East | 63% | 67% | 39% |
| Lichfield Rural North | 68% | 59% | 33% |
| Lichfield Rural South | 74% | 77% | 43% |
| Lichfield Rural West | 70% | 74% | 42% |
| May Bank and Cross Heath | 46% | 50% | |
| May Bank and Wolstanton | 35% | ||
| Needwood Forest | 72% | 67% | 37% |
| Newcastle Rural | 73% | 66% | 40% |
| Newcastle South | 51% | 56% | 39% |
| Norton Canes, Heath Hayes and Wimblebury | 61% | ||
| Penkridge | 64% | 68% | 38% |
| Perrycrofts | 49% | 45% | 35% |
| Perton | 74% | 58% | 35% |
| Silverdale and Knutton | 51% | ||
| Stafford Central | 46% | 43% | 34% |
| Stafford North | 41% | 55% | 31% |
| Stafford South East | 61% | 62% | 45% |
| Stafford South West | 37% | ||
| Stafford Trent Valley | 67% | 48% | 31% |
| Stafford West | 47% | 50% | |
| Stafford West and Rural | 35% | ||
| Stone Rural | 68% | 57% | |
| Stone Rural North | 35% | ||
| Stone Urban | 43% | 48% | 43% |
| Stonydelph | 42% | 56% | |
| Stretton | 39% | ||
| Talke and Red Street | 55% | 52% | 58% |
| The Cotes/Two Rivers | 51% | ||
| The Heaths | 55% | ||
| Uttoxeter Rural | 79% | 73% | 39% |
| Uttoxeter Town | 60% | 31% | 43% |
| Watling | 56% | ||
| Watling North | 50% | 60% | |
| Watling South | 59% | 67% | |
| Westlands and Thistleberry | 52% | 66% | |
| Westlands, Thistleberry and Keele | 50% | ||
| Wilnecote | 54% | ||
| Wombourne | 78% | 71% | 47% |