Independent Jill Hood pulled off an election surprise as she overturned Conservative Philip Jones from the Stone Urban County Council seat.
Jill who previously stood in the Stone Rural division took the win with 43% of the vote to Philip Jones’s 34%. UKIP fell from second place in 2013 to 4th place, a drop from 25% of the vote to 6%.
Ian Parry saw a massive turn up with his share of his vote, rising from 37% in 2013 (a fall from the 57% in 2009) to a dominant 68% share of the vote. It looks like the voters who’d backed UKIP in 2013 switched their backing to the conservatives for 2017.
STONE URBAN
- Jill Hood – Independent – 1694 Votes – 43% ELECTED
- Philip Jones – The Conservative Party – 1333 Votes – 34%
- Andrew Church – Labour Party – 550 Votes – 14%
- Andrew Illsley – UKIP – 227 Votes – 6%
- Thomas Harris – The Green Party – 98 Votes – 3%
Voting Summary:
| Details | Number |
|---|---|
| Seats | 1 |
| Total votes | 3902 |
| Electorate | 11070 |
| Number of ballot papers issued | |
| Number of ballot papers rejected | |
| Turnout | 35.32% |
STONE RURAL
- Ian Parry – The Conservative Party – 2546 Votes – 68% ELECTED
- Richard Sidley – Labour Party – 679 Votes – 18%
- Mark Green – Independent – 273 Votes – 7%
- Pete Latham – The Green Party – 248 Votes – 7%
Voting Summary:
| Details | Number |
|---|---|
| Seats | 1 |
| Total votes | 3746 |
| Electorate | 11230 |
| Number of ballot papers issued | |
| Number of ballot papers rejected | |
| Turnout | 33.42% |
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6 comments
Tony
Well done Jill – now please get rid of that ridiculous ‘splinter island’. As soon as I saw your view on that you got my vote!
Hilary Pritchard
Well done Jill. Very much deserved. You work so hard.
Congratulations,
alan blount
well done jill hood great news
Elaine Coles
I live in Aston. Not one leaflet through my door. Well done Jill Hood.
Amanda
Not one leaflet through my door, very little information about candidates online either. It’s the information era, candidates should be taking advantage of this.
Elizabeth Reeves
I felt unable to vote as I had no idea of the majority of candidates policies. The one candidate who did put out election material did not inspire me.