2017 Staffordshire County Council election

The 2017 Staffordshire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of 2017 local elections in the UK.[1] All 62 councillors were elected from electoral divisions (two of which serve dual-councillor electoral divisions) for a four-year term of office. The system used is first-past-the-post voting.

4 May 2017

All 62 seats to Staffordshire County Council
32 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	UKIP
Last election	34 seats, 36%	24 seats, 30%	2 seats, 24%
Seats won	51	10	0
Seat change	21	14	2
Popular vote	116,644	60,697	12,947
Percentage	53.8%	28.0%	6.0%
Swing	17.8%	2.0%	18.0%

Map showing the results of the 2017 Staffordshire County Council elections.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The result was Conservative councillors formed an increased majority on the council.

Results summary

Staffordshire County Council election, 2017[2]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	51	+17	53.8	116,644
Labour	10	-14	28.0	60,697
Other parties	1	-1	2.7	5,789
UKIP	0	-2	6.0	12,947
Green	0	0	5.0	10,897
Liberal Democrats	0	0	4.6	10,017

References

"Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
"Staffordshire County Council election results 2017". Staffordshire County Council. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2017-05-08.

Council elections in Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Lichfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
South Staffordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2019
Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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