2001 Staffordshire County Council election

2001 UK local government election

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7 June 2001

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All 62 seats to Staffordshire County Council
32 seats needed for a majority

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Elections to Staffordshire County Council took place on 7 June 2001, as part of the 2001 United Kingdom local elections, and on the same day as the general election. The elections had been delayed from May 2001 due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. All 62 seats were up for election.

Summary

The election was won by the Labour Party, with 36 seats.^[1]

Staffordshire County Council election, 2001^[1]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Labour	36	-4	58.0	41%
Conservative	24	+4	39.0	38%
Liberal Democrats	2	0	3.0	17%
Independent	0	0	0.0	2%
Other	0	0	0.0	1%

^ ^a ^b "The Local Elections of 7 June 2001" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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