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Stafford local election results: Tories lose eight seats but stay in control

Find out all the results from the 2019 Stafford local election count.

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Ralph Cooke celebrates holding his Penkside seat with Labour leader Aidan Godfrey

What happened:

The Conservatives lost eight seats, cutting their majority to just four

Political make-up:

Conservatives 22, Labour 10, Independent 7, Green 1

Turnout: TBC

Scroll down for full results from each ward.

GALLERY: Stafford election count

Stafford MP Jeremy Lefroy with Isabella Davies, who lost her Doxey & Castletown seat
Tony Pearce celebrates winning Doxey & Castletown for the Greens
Carolyn Trowbridge held her Rowley seat for the Conservatives
Ralph Cooke celebrates holding his Penkside seat with Labour leader Aidan Godfrey
Independent Christine Baron held onto her Forebridge seat
The votes were counted at Stafford Leisure Centre
Inside Stafford Leisure Centre
Evan Jones celebrates holding onto Barlaston with Renee Robinson
Conservatives Patrick Farrington, deputy leader, and Mike Smith, leader
Jeremy Lefroy, right, at the count in Stafford

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Ward-by-ward results

* = elected councillor

Barlaston: (Cons hold)

Evan Jones (Cons)* 570

Karen Jones (Ukip) 176

Baswich (2 seats): (Cons hold)

Rich Duffy (Lab) 581

Ann Edgeller (Cons)* 1,233

Marnie Phillips (Cons)* 923

Ellis Stones (Ukip) 297

Sophie Wain (Lab) 564

Common: (Lab hold)

Victor Edwards (Ukip) 126

Aidan Godfrey (Lab)* 374

Joy Jones (Cons) 125

Andy Murray (Green) 132

Coton (2 seats): (Lab hold)

James Cantrill (Cons)* 385

Lindsey Douglas (Cons) 374

Jack Kemp (Lab)* 745

Louise Nixon (Lab) 695

Doxey & Castletown: (Green gain)

Isabella Davies (Cons) 221

Tony Pearce (Green)* 557

Eleanor Tristram (Lab) 169

Eccleshall (2 seats): (Cons hold two seats)

Peter Jones (Cons)* 1,131

Bill Lockwood (Lab) 340

Tony Pace (Ukip) 458

Jeremy Pert (Cons) 1,180

Forebridge: (Indep hold)

Chris Baron (Indep)* 488

Stuart Nixon (Lab) 245

Robert Stephens (Ukip) 71

Fulford (2 seats): (Cons hold two seats)

Michael Dodson (Cons)* 752

Peter Roycroft (Cons)* 780

Alec Sandiford (Lib) 490

Julie Whittaker (Lab) 316

Gnosall and Woodseaves (2 seats): (Cons hold two seats)

Patrick Farrington (Cons)* 1,174

Gail Gregory (Lab) 600

Susan Harris (Ukip) 470

Mike Smith (Cons)* 1,152

Haywood and Hixon (2 seats): (Cons hold one seat and Indep gain one seat)

Alexander Brown (Cons)* 655

Mick Kelly (Lab) 286

Brendan McKeown (Indep)* 733

Suzanne O’Farrell (Lab) 310

Alan Perkins (Cons) 619

Highfields and Western Downs (2 seats): (Lab gain two seats)

Rebecca Davis (Cons) 498

Dee Holbrook-Summers (Lab)* 627

Michael Holmes (Lab)* 629

Victoria Jenkinson (Cons) 500

Holmcroft (2 seats): (Cons hold)

Emma Carter (Green) 273

Bryan Cross (Cons)* 937

Sam Falconer (Ukip) 270

John Jeffrey (Ukip) 259

Yvonne Jordan (Lab) 504

Jonathan Price (Cons)* 956

Julian Thorley (Lab) 430

Littleworth (2 seats): (Lab hold one seat and gain one seat)

Stewart Bishop (Cons) 451

Rowan Draper (Indep) 272

Marcus Hoffmann De Visme (Ukip) 168

Mary Jennings (Cons) 415

Tony Nixon (Lab)* 530

Gillian Pardesi (Lab)* 573

Michael Spight (Green) 261

Paul Graham (Ukip) 220

Manor (2 seats): (Labour hold)

Mike Heenan (Cons) 591

Anne Hobbs (Lab)* 710

Emily Lewis (Cons) 572

Angela Loughran (Lab)* 737

Milford: (Cons hold)

Andy Cooper (Cons)* 530

Ann Elphick (Green) 201

Paul Martlew (Lab) 215

Milwich (2 seats): (Cons hold two seats)

Frances Beatty (Cons)* 878

Jim Davies (Indep) 678

Scott Harp (Cons)* 841

Jim Livesey (Lab) 303

Edward Whitfield (Ukip) 265

Penkside: (Lab hold)

Ralph Cooke (Lab)* 381

Andrew Edwards (Cons) 232

Rowley: (Cons hold)

Douglas Rouxel (Green) 198

Edward Smith (Lab) 273

Carolyn Trowbridge (Cons)* 513

Seighford & Church Eaton: (Con hold two seats)

Trevor Fisher (Lab) 486

Ray Sutherland (Cons)* 1,191

Mark Winnington (Cons)* 1,189

St Michaels & Stonefield (3 seats): (Indep gain three seats)

Lynne Bakker-Collier (Cons) 637

William Carlin (Cons) 615

Geoff Collier (Cons) 604

Ian Fordham (Indep)* 1,117

Cathy Gregory (Lab) 466

Andrew Illsley (Ukip) 263

Rob Kenney (Indep)* 1,243

Philip Leason (Indep)* 1,238

Mike Osborne-Town (Lab) 470

Sally Osborne-Town (Lab) 477

Swynnerton & Oulton: N/A

Roy James (Cons) Uncontested

James Nixon (Cons) Uncontested

Walton (2 seats): (Indep gain two seats)

Mark Green (Indep)* 915

Adrian Harding (Cons) 312

Jill Hood (Indep)* 1,256

Tracey Lindop (Lab) 342

Mike Williamson (Cons) 372

Weeping Cross & Wildwood (2 seats): (Cons hold)

Jenny Barron (Cons)* 1,065

Ray Barron (Cons)* 1,045

Daniel Cadden (Lab) 671

Julie Read (Lab) 661