Elections in 2010

Elections 2010

General Election 2010

RESULT

Name	Party	Number of Votes
BRADNOCK, David	BNP	1,928
FELLOWS, Sarah Jane	Liberal Democrats	8,427
McELDUFF, Kevin David	Labour	10,244
MORRIS, Andrew George	Independent	254
NATTRASS, Mike	UKIP	2,753
WILLIAMSON, Gavin Alexander	Conservative	26,834 ELECTED

Gavin Williamson of the Conservative Party was duly elected for the South Staffordshire Parliamentary Constituency.

Time of Declaration: 2.00am

Turnout on postal ballot papers: 85%

Rejected ballot papers: 56

Overall Turnout: 68%

For a polling station by polling station turnout click on the Count Verification Statement under links below.

To view further information on the UK Parliamentary Election, full details appear on the BBC website, and you can click here.

The Parliamentary General Election took place on Thursday 6th May 2010. The previous General Election took place in 2005. You can find those results here.

The north of our district, including the villages of:

Penkridge
Wheaton Aston
Bishopswood
Acton Trussell
Dunston
Coppenhall

come under the Parliamentary Constituency of Stafford. Stafford Borough Council are responsible for this election.

Stakeholder's Feedback

All candidate's and Agents were given a customer survey form to comment on their experience of the election. Comments were very complimentary and positive and to view the full results, see under links for Parliamentary election below.

Referendum on Alternative Vote system

The Government has announced that the above referendum will take place on Thursday 5th May 2011, the same date set for the local elections. Within South Staffordshire all the District Wards and Parishes will be up for re-election on the same day. Full details will appear in the Elections in 2011 page in due course.

District Council vacancy filled in Huntington and Hatherton Ward

The vacancy in the above Ward was held on Thursday 1st July 2010.

For the result see under District Elections below.

New Constituency for Huntington Voters

Due to the Parliamentary Boundary Review after the 2005 General Election, voters from the village of Huntington are now part of the South Staffordshire Constituency rather than Cannock Chase. Previously, the District Ward of Huntington and Hatherton was split across the two constituencies, but now the whole Ward is within the South Staffordshire Constituency.

Links for Parliamentary Election

South Staffordshire Constituency Result 2005

PDF Document: Nominations Factsheet (64KB)

PDF Document: Media Pack (793KB)

PDF Document: Notice of Election (19KB)

PDF Document: Election Timetable (18KB)

PDF Document: Statement of Persons Nominated & Notice of Poll (11KB)

PDF Document: Notice of Election Agents' Names and Offices (8KB)

PDF Doucment: Situation of Polling Stations (14KB)

PDF Document: Declaration of Result of Poll (7KB)

PDF Document: Count Verification Statement (12KB)

PDF Document: Stakeholders feedback 2010 (114KB)

PDF Document: Electors Feedback 2010 (122KB)

External Links for Parliamentary Election

Stafford Borough Council - Elections Contact

District Elections

A District By-Election was held on Thursday 1st July in the Ward of Huntington and Hatherton.

South Staffordshire District Council - Huntington and Hatherton Ward - 1st July 2010

There were 3 candidates for the one seat:

RESULT

Name	Party	Number of Votes
KENYON, Ron	Labour	235
PERCOX, David Trevor	Independent	64
WILLIAMS, David John	Conservative	237 ELECTED

David Williams of the Conservative Party was duly elected for the Ward.

Overall turnout: 14.6%.

Turnout on postal ballot papers: 51.9%

Links

PDF Document: Notice of Election - Huntington & Hatherton Ward (45KB)

PDF Document: Election Timetable - Huntington & Hatherton Ward (64KB)

PDF Document: Notice of Election Agents (6KB)

PDF Document: Statement of Persons Nominated (7KB)

PDF Document: Notice of Poll and List of Polling Stations (45KB)

PDF Document: Declaration of Result (43KB)

Parish Elections

By-Elections occured throughout the year due to various reasons e.g. death of a councillor; disqualification; resignation.

The Parish Clerk has to advertise the vacancy and if the Returning Officer receives a request from 10 local government electors from the Parish (Ward) to fill the vacancy by an election the Parish Clerk is free to fill the vacancy by co-option if he has a suitably qualified person the Parish Council is happy to cooperate.

Penkridge Parish Council - South East Ward - 19th August 2010

A request to fill the vacancy by an election was received and an election took place on 19th August 2010.

There were two independent candidates standing for the one seat. To view the result, click on the Declaration below.