The 2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
Election result
Ward results
Alton
Bagnall & Stanley
Biddulph East
Biddulph Moor
Biddulph North
Biddulph South
Biddulph West
Brown Edge & Endon
Caverswall
Cellarhead
Cheadle North East
Cheadle South East
Cheadle West
Checkley
Cheddleton
Churnet
Dane
Forsbrook
Hamps Valley
Horton
Ipstones
Leek East
Leek North
Leek South
Leek West
Manifold
Werrington
Changes 2019–2023 May 2022: Norma Hawkins, Brian Johnson and Phillip Routledge, all elected as independents, joined the Conservatives, while Michael Bowen, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent. These changes gave the council an overall Conservative majority, having previously been under no overall control.
By-elections
Cheadle North East
The by-election was triggered by the death of independent councillor Ian Whitehouse on 30 November 2020.
Cheadle South East (2021)
The by-election was triggered by independent councillor Peter Elkin leaving the council; the council had granted him a dispensation from attending meetings because of illness.
Cheadle South East (2022)
The by-election was triggered by the death of independent councillor Richard Alcock.
Biddulph West
The by-election was a double by-election following the deaths of Conservative councillor Ian Lawson and independent councillor Hilda Sheldon.
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