The 2025 Staffordshire County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Staffordshire County Council in Staffordshire, England. All 62 seats will be elected. This was on the same day as other local elections.
In the previous 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats. However following national trends, their share of the vote in the 2025 dropped dramatically. Reform UK secured an overall majority on the council, winning control from the Conservative Party.
Previous council composition After 2021 election Before 2025 election Party Seats Party Seats 57 53 4 5 1 4
Changes 2021–2025 January 2022: Tom Loughbrough-Rudd (Conservative) suspended from party October 2022: Ian Lawson (Conservative) dies – by-election held January 2023 January 2023: Nigel Yates (Labour) gains by-election from Conservatives; Richard Ford (Conservative) resigns – by-election held March 2023 March 2023: Alex Farrell (Conservative) wins by-election October 2024: Thomas Jay (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent December 2024: Mike Wilcox (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent
Summary The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. The election saw Reform UK go from having no seats on the council to winning an overall majority, with 49 of the 62 seats. The leader of the council prior to the election, Conservative councillor Alan White, lost his seat. Reform chose Ian Cooper to be their new group leader after the election. He was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2025.
Election result
Results by district
The results of the election were counted and seats declared on 2 May 2025.
Cannock Chase
+Cannock Chase district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 7 7 13,012 53.5 +53.1Conservative 0 7 4,473 18.4 –31.6Labour 0 3,339 13.7 –12.7Green 0 2,725 11.2 +8.1Independent 0 492 2.0 +1.4Liberal Democrats 0 196 0.8 –1.1UKIP 0 70 0.3 N/ATUSC 0 30 0.1 –0.2Total724,33731.5Registered electors77,326–
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East Staffordshire
+East Staffordshire district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 5 5 10,152 37.4 N/AConservative 3 3 8,628 31.8 –20.3Labour 1 1 5,254 19.4 –9.6Green 0 2,281 8.4 +1.5Liberal Democrats 0 825 3.0 +1.1Total9 127,14031.3Registered electors92,474–
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Lichfield
+Lichfield district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 5 5 10,391 36.5 N/AConservative 3 5 8,684 30.5 –27.9Labour 0 5,436 19.1 –7.1Liberal Democrats 0 3,306 11.6 +2.2Green 0 686 2.4 –1.8Total828,50333.3Registered electors85,075–
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Newcastle-under-Lyme
+Newcastle-under-Lyme district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 8 8 13,053 44.7 +44.1Conservative 1 8 7,316 25.2 –32.3Labour 0 6,419 22.0 –9.7Liberal Democrats 0 1,978 6.8 +2.0Green 0 195 0.7 –4.6Independent 0 133 0.5 N/ATUSC 0 99 0.3 N/ATotal929,19331.5Registered electors92,911–
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South Staffordshire
+South Staffordshire district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 6 6 11,805 41.9 N/AConservative 2 6 9,733 34.5 –33.9Labour 0 2,467 8.8 –8.3Liberal Democrats 0 2,357 8.4 N/AGreen 0 1,250 4.4 –5.6Independent 0 551 2.0 –0.4UKIP 0 31 0.1 –2.0Total828,19432.7Registered electors86,369–
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Stafford
+Stafford district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 6 6 11,298 32.4 +32.1Conservative 1 6 9,498 27.3 –24.8Green 1 1 3,256 9.3 –1.5Stafford Ind. 1 2,597 7.5 N/ALabour 0 1 5,409 15.5 –7.9Liberal Democrats 0 2,439 7.0 +6.0Independent 0 303 0.9 –6.4TUSC 0 39 0.1 –0.2Total934,839
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Staffordshire Moorlands
+Staffordshire Moorlands district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 7 7 11,810 40.3 N/AConservative 0 6 8,727 29.8 –26.7Labour 0 1 3,749 12.8 –17.2Independent 0 2,649 9.0 +3.6Green 0 1,590 5.4 –0.4Liberal Democrats 0 809 2.8 +0.4Total729,33438.1Registered electors77,056–
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Tamworth
+Tamworth district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 5 5 9,607 49.5 N/AConservative 0 6 4,415 22.8 –34.4Labour 0 3,427 17.7 –12.3Independent 0 1,021 5.3 –0.3Green 0 625 3.2 +1.3UKIP 0 255 1.3 –4.0Workers Party 0 56 0.3 N/ATotal5 119,40632.2Registered electors60,480–
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By-elections
Eccleshall & Gnosall A by-election was held on 17 July 2025 after the resignation of Reform councillor, Wayne Titley. Titley resigned just 2 weeks after his election.
See also Staffordshire County Council elections
References