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.
Previous council composition
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==
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==
Results by district
The results of the election were counted and seats declared on 2 May 2025. Cannock Chase Division results --> East Staffordshire Division results --> --> Lichfield Division results --> Newcastle-under-Lyme Division results --> --> --> South Staffordshire Division results --> --> --> Stafford Division results Staffordshire Moorlands Division results --> Tamworth Division results --> --> == By-elections ==
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 ==