The Conservative Party is in control at Stone Town Council following the elections on Thursday 5th May as the party took 14 of the 18 seats.
It was a big victory for the party as they doubled their representation on the town council. The other four seats were taken by Stone’s Independent Voice (3) and Labour (1).
- All five seats were taken by the party in the St Michael’s ward, with Philip Jones coming out on top
- In Stonefield & Christchurch, there are now three Conservative councillors and two from Stone’s Independent Voice – 2010/11 mayor Rob Kenney and Jacqueline Nelson
- In Walton, there are now six Conservative councillors, with Jill Hood (Stone’s Independent Voice) and Harry Brunt (the only Labour councillor now sitting on Stone Town Council) taking the other seats.
Here are the results in full. C=Conservative, L=Labour, SIV=Stone’s Independent Voice, *=elected
St Michael’s
Lloyd Brown (L) – 591
Catherine Collier (C) – 671 *
James Davies (SIV) – 500
Linda Davies (SIV) – 563
Kristan Green (SIV) – 530
Charlotte Hearing (C) – 634 *
Thomas Jackson (C) – 647 *
Philip Jones (C) – 693 *
Anthony Panter (SIV) – 492
June Price (C) – 612 *
Turnout was 44.8%
Stonefield & Christchurch
Michael Abbott (L) – 476
Geoff Collier (C) – 764 *
Sarah Dugmore (SIV) – 566
Joyce Farnham (C) – 901 *
Paul Jacks (L) – 431
Robert Jones (L) – 532
Rob Kenney (SIV) – 824 *
Jacqueline Nelson (SIV) – 614 *
Ann Tomlinson (C) – 652 *
Peter Young (L) – 436
Turnout was 42.63%
Walton
James Battrick (SIV) – 480
Harry Brunt (L) – 698 *
Angela Burgess (SIV) – 598
Mike Carey (C) – 1002 *
David Dugmore (SIV) – 671
Sean Galloghly (SIV) – 461
Margaret Goodall (C) – 895 *
Mark Green (SIV) – 685
Jill Hood (SIV) – 914 *
Kim Jones (L) – 494
Wendy Key (SIV) – 607
Jill Piggott (C) – 733 *
Richard Plant (C) – 673
Rebecca Sawyer (L) – 482
Michael Shaw (C) – 713 *
Susan Shaw (C) – 692 *
Julie Taylor (L) – 543
Mike Williamson (C) – 801 *
Turnout was 45.63%
