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South Staffordshire local election results: Tories hold power but lose eight seats

Find out all the results from the 2019 South Staffordshire local election count.

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Green Party organiser Hilda Liesens and Huntington and councillor Chris Benton celebrate in South Staffordshire

What happened:

The Tories held power but lost eight seats as the Greens gained three and seven independent councillors were returned.

Political make-up:

Conservatives 35, Green 3, Labour 1, Ukip 1, Indep 7, Vacant 2

Turnout: 29 per cent

Scroll down for the full ward-by-ward results.

GALLERY: South Staffordshire election count

Henry Williams, Brian Edwards MBE and Lin Hingley celebrate their elections
Votes were counted at Codsall Leisure Centre
Green Party organiser Hilda Liesens and Huntington and councillor Chris Benton celebrate in South Staffordshire
Returning Officer Dave Heywood, Chief Executive of South Staffordshire Council
Kevin McElduff, chair of South Staffordshire's Labour party
Smiles for Anne Holmes, Wendy Sutton and Joyce Bolton
The count at Codsall Leisure Centre

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Ward-by-ward results

* = elected councillor

Bilbrook (2 seats): (Green gain x2)

Gary Burnett (Green)* 747

Val Chapman (Cons) 419

Shane Jenkinson (Cons) 293

Ian Sadler (Green)* 580

Brewood and Coven (3 seats): (Cons hold x3)

Joyce Bolton (Cons)* 1,011

Anne Holmes (Cons)* 1,009

Antony Hyett (Lab) 301

Lorna Jones (Lab) 462

James Sadler (Green) 436

Wendy Sutton (Cons)* 910

Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon (2 seats): (Ukip hold, Lab gain)

Lee Booker (Lab) 195

Mike Boyle (Lab)* 344

Stephen Hollis (Ukip)* 394

Vic Kelly (Cons) 337

Cheslyn Hay South (2 seats): (Cons hold x2)

Joseph Davison (Lab) 184

Albert Emery (Ukip) 286

Dave Lockley (Cons)* 365

Matthew Plant (Lab) 174

Bernard Williams (Cons)* 369

Codsall North (2 seats): (Cons x2)

Meg Barrow (Cons)* 628

Luke Carpenter (Lab)

Matt Ewart (Cons)* 595

Brigid O’Connor (Green) 292

Codsall South (2 seats): (Cons hold x2)

David Jones (Lab) 164

Hilde Liesens (Green) 259

Kevin McElduff (Lab) 122

John Michell (Cons)* 625

Bob Spencer (Cons)* 691

Essington (2 seats): (2x Indep hold)

David Clifft (Indep) 436

Warren Fisher (Indep)* 697

Peter Lever (Indep) 370

Malcolm McKenzie (Cons) 167

Christopher Steel (Indep)* 641

Featherstone and Shareshill (2 seats): (Indep hold, Indep gain)

Frank Beardsmore (Indep)* 663

John Brindle (Lab) 260

Bob Cope (Indep) 669

Henryk Lobuczek (Cons) 319

Great Wyrley Landywood (2 seats): (Cons hold x2)

Adam Pearson (Lab) 212

Ray Perry (Cons)* 512

Kath Williams (Cons)* 522

Sue Wood (Lab) 222

Great Wyrley Town (3 seats): (Cons hold x3)

Alex Brindle (Lab) 220

George Bullock (Lab) 289

Janet Johnson (Cons)* 682

John Jones (Lab) 255

Mike Lawrence (Cons)* 541

David Mermod (Green) 228

David Norris (Indep) 357

Kath Perry (Cons)* 731

Himley and Swindon: (Cons hold)

Gordon Fanthom (Indep) 240

Roger Lees (Cons) 350

Huntington and Hatherton (2 seats): (Green gain, Cons hold)

Jeff Ashley (Lab) 331

Chris Benton (Green)* 358

David Williams (Cons)* 393

Kinver (3 seats): (Cons hold x3)

Brian Edwards (Cons)* 1,004

Lin Hingley (Cons)* 1,022

Bernadette McGourty (Green) 665

Timothy Talbot-Webb (Lib) 598

Henry Williams (Cons)* 889

Pattingham and Patshull: (Cons hold)

Nicholas Hill (Lab) 114

Terry Mason (Cons)* 468

Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell (2 seats): *Elected uncontested

Len Bates (Cons)*

Isabel Ford (Cons)*

Penkridge South East (2 seats): (Cons hold x2)

Andrew Lenz (Lab) 318

Christine Raven (Cons)* 571

John Raven (Cons)* 529

Alan Smallwood (Lab) 330

Penkridge West: (Cons hold)

Jo Chapman (Cons)* 373

Ron Kenyon (Lab) 101

Perton Dippons: *Elected uncontested

Philip Davis (Cons)*

Perton East: (Indep hold)

Anthony Bourke (Indep) 485

Richard Simonds (Cons) 113

Perton Lakeside (3 seats): (Indep gain x2, Tory hold)

Penny Allen (Indep)* 771

Nigel Caine (Indep)* 618

Christopher Evans (Cons) 502

Rita Heseltine (Cons)* 532

Natalie Neale (Cons) 274

Jonathan Stokes (Green) 309

Trysull & Seisdon: *Elected uncontested

Victoria Wilson (Cons)*

Wheaton Aston, Bishopswood and Lapley (2 seats): (Cons hold x2)

Brian Cox (Cons)* 686

Ve Jackson (Cons)* 685

Barbara Sandland (Lab) 347

Wombourne North and Lower Penn (3 seats): (Cons hold x3)

Barry Bond (Cons)* 813

Holly Fuller (Green) 507

Dan Kinsey (Cons)* 771

Robert Reade (Cons)* 701

Wombourne South East (2 seats): (Cons hold x2)

Denis Beaumont (Lab) 250

Ken Upton (Cons)* 677

Michael Vaughan (Lab)

Reg Williams (Cons)* 585

Wombourne South West (2 seats)

Postponed until June 6