2013 Staffordshire County Council election

UK local electionsMarch 2023 April 2013 2013 Staffordshire County Council election Staffordshire Parliamentary no yes 2009 Staffordshire Council election 2009 2017 United Kingdom local elections 2017 All 62 seats to Staffordshire County Council 32 2 May 2013 Conservative Party (UK) 34 15 Labour Party (UK) 24 21 UKIP 2 2 Staffordshire UK local election 2013 map.svg Map showing the results of the 2013 Staffordshire County Council elections. Council control Council control after election Conservative Conservative An election to Staffordshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 62 electoral divisions returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following a boundary review, new electoral division boundaries were established for this election. No elections were held in Stoke-on-Trent, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The council continues to be administered on the Leader and Cabinet model. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1694/schedule/made The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1 Legislation.gov.uk 13 October 2011 18 April 2012 although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses? The Electoral Commission 5 January 2011 31 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001147/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses dead Summary The election was won by the Conservative Party with 34 seats, despite the loss of 15 seats resulting in a narrow majority of just two councillors. Labour won 24 seats, a net gain of 21. All four Liberal Democrats lost their seats, in each case to a Labour candidate.Some division boundaries are approximate comparisons due to boundary changes, particularly the city of Newcastle-under-Lyme where most divisions were reconfigured. The Kidsgrove and Talke division in 2009 elected two members: one UKIP and a Liberal Democrat. The successor divisions for 2013 (Talke & Red Street and Kidsgrove) were won by Labour party candidates. nStaffordshire County Council 2009 results by division. Retrieved 2013-05-06Staffordshire County Council https://web.archive.org/web/20160305105556/http://moderngov.staffordshire.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=15&V=1&RPID=32313913 5 March 2016 2013 results by division. Retrieved 2013-05-06 Despite an increase in share of the vote across the county to 24%, the number of UKIP councillors elected bucked the national trend with a net loss of two seats."Tories Win Staffordshire County Council" The Sentinel Phil Corrigan – 4 May 2013 Two independent candidates won seats, with one holding the Caverswall division and the other gaining a seat from the Conservative Party.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21840033 BBC News Vote 2013 2013-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20130504093956/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21840033 4 May 2013 Results Staffordshire County Council election, 2013 Conservative Party (UK) 34 -15 Labour Party (UK) 24 +21 UK Independence Party 2 +2 -4 -2 Independent (politician) Independents 2 -1 +1 0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 -4 |} Notes n References Staffordshire 2013 Category:2010s in Staffordshire