The 2011 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 26
• Independent 10
• Labour 7
• Moorlands Democratic Alliance 5
• Liberal Democrat 4
• Staffordshire Independent Group 3
• UKIP 1

The candidates highlighted in bold were elected to each ward.

Alton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Sylvester Forrester	410	64.8
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Julie Downie	210	33.2
Majority			200	32.3	−143
Turnout			633	56.27	+11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bagnall and Stanley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sybil Evelyn Ralphs	492	74.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Teasdale	88	33.4
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Andrew John Machin	64	9.7
Majority			404	61.2	−8
Turnout			660	48.78	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Biddulph East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin James Jackson	866	63.3
	Labour	Madelaine Mary Lovatt	846	61.8
	Labour	Jeanette Ann Walley	814	59.5
	Conservative	John Rushton	324	23.7
	Conservative	Ian Lawson	311	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Alan Lewis	169	12.3
Turnout			1369	29.61	−29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Biddulph Moor (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Jones	468	71.1
	Conservative	Margaret Rose Leason	141	21.4
	Independent	Ronald Edward Sherwin	24	3.6
Majority			327	49.7	−162
Turnout			658	47.7	+1.4
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Biddulph North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Anthony Hall	1007	55.3
	Independent	James Edward Davies	921	20.6
	Independent	Harold Andrew Hart	844	46.3
	Conservative	Eileen Cox	624	34.3
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Alex Johnathan Povey	439	24.1
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Alan James Hague	317	17.4
Turnout			1821	43.0	+14.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Biddulph South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Phillip Redfern	256	39.6
	Conservative	Matthew Alan Tolley	250	38.7
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Nigel Richard Yates	125	19.3
Majority			6	0.9	−61
Turnout			646	46.2	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Biddulph West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hilda Mary Sheldon	904	56.7
	Labour	Christopher Wood	593	37.2
	Independent	Elaine Elizabeth Baddeley	584	36.6
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Terence Cyril Gibson	441	27.7
	Independent	Gerald Stuart Adams	410	25.7
	Conservative	Michael Ian Maryon	290	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Edward Boothroyd	137	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Edward Asquith	89	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Deirdre Ann deGoldthorp Hanson	87	5.5
Turnout			1594	36.9	+9.2
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Brown Edge and Endon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Rita Jebb	932	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Walter Gladwyn Jebb	776	38.5
	Conservative	Barnaby Williams	751	37.3
	Conservative	Richard Stubbs	637	31.6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Doreen Lea	625	31.0
	Conservative	Martin John Pointon	614	30.5
	Labour	Paul Thomas Powner	364	18.0
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Dennis Salt	187	9.3
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Andrew John Wragg	138	6.8
Turnout			2015	50.3	+11.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Caverswall (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul John Roberts	346	61.2
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	William David Bateman	211	37.3
Majority			135	23.9	+13
Turnout			565	39.7	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cellarhead (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Staffordshire Independent Group	May Ethel Day	533	50.0
	Conservative	Anthony Mcnicol	432	40.6
	Staffordshire Independent Group	Jean Millicent Hodgetts	393	36.9
	Conservative	Alfred John White	358	33.6
Turnout			1064	40.7	+4.6
	Staffordshire Independent Group gain from Conservative

Cheadle North East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Dawn Bull	283	30.0
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Ian Tracy Whitehouse	262	27.8
	Conservative	Helen Margaret Lingard	254	27.0
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Margaret Jane Locker	212	22.5
	Labour	John Palfreyman	176	18.7
	Conservative	Peter Wilkinson	161	17.0
	Independent	Ivor John Lucas	157	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Richmond Routledge	70	7.4
Turnout			942	34.3	+5.7
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance gain from Conservative

Cheadle South East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frederick Richard Alcock	518	47.7
	Independent	Peter James Elkin	305	28.1
	Conservative	Ian Menzies Lingard	296	27.3
	Labour	Samuel Hale	263	24.2
	Independent	Adrian Higgins	155	14.3
	Independent	Gladys Hilda Ferguson	144	13.3
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Robert Price	76	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Morris Williams	55	5.0
Turnout			1085	37.82	+11.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Cheadle West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Andrew Ellis	703	47.2
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Ronald Gordon Locker	586	39.4
	Conservative	Alan Banks	544	36.6
	Conservative	Peter Henry Warrillow	535	36.0
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Kenneth Riley	440	29.6
	Labour	Claire Louise Morrison	353	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Alvin Silk	191	12.8
Turnout			1488	37.0	+10.3
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance gain from Conservative

Checkley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Anthony Deaville	1010	54.7
	Conservative	Colin William Pearce	976
	Conservative	David Kingsley Trigger	811	52.8
	Independent	David Ball	487	26.4
	Labour	Jane Palfreyman	441	23.9
	Independent	Brian Christopher Evans	323	17.5
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Steven Dennis Buckley	301	16.3
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	John Bevan	214	11.6
Turnout			1847	40.9	+12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheddleton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Thomas Bowen	864	45.1
	Conservative	Michael Philip Worthington	823	43.0
	Labour	Mahfooz Ahmad	646	33.8
	Independent	John Gareth Arnold	624	32.6
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Salvino Scalise	552	28.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas John Brewin	285	14.9
Turnout			1914	44.3	+7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Churnet (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elsie Fallows	539	48.9
	Conservative	Josephine Barbara Clowes	504	45.7
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Darren John Federici	351	31.8
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Paula Toal	222	20.1
Turnout			1103	42.8	+9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dane (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Gillian Heath	496	72.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Edward Ashworth	129	20
Majority			367	56.8	+2
Turnout			646	51.3	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forsbrook (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gillian Burton	918	58.1
	Staffordshire Independent Group	Frank John Hopley	591	37.4
	Conservative	Abigail Laura Wilkinson	544	34.5
	Labour	Joanne Peta Lewis	489	31.0
	Independent	Paul Anthony Quinton	342	21.7
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Anthony Pemberton	284	18.0
Turnout			1579	38.1	+14.2
	Conservative gain from BNP		Swing

Hamps Valley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Thomas John Wain	609	76.2
	Labour	Terence William Riley	219	27.4
Majority			390	48.8	−68
Turnout			837	58.37	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norma Hawkins	453	56.7
	Independent	Christopher James Rider	278	34.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Mary Teasdale	62	7.8
Majority			175	21.9	−214
Turnout			799	51.8	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ipstones (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Linda Ann Malyon	599	67.4
	Conservative	Patrick Stimpson	281	31.6
Majority			318	35.8	+290
Turnout			889	58.91	+6.4
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance gain from Ratepayers (Staffordshire Moorlands)

Leek East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Barry Trevor Cowie	699	44.1
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Pamela Wood	697	44.0
	Conservative	Brian Charles Johnson	669	42.2
	Conservative	Arthur Ellis Rowlands	635	40.0
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Michael Reginald Cozens	607	38.3
	Conservative	Peter William Stanier	485	30.6
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Elizabeth Gregg	253	16.0
Turnout			1584	40.0	+4.9
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance gain from Conservative

Leek North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Stephen Frances Povey	694	47.7
	Labour	Margaret Ann Lovatt	657	45.2
	Labour	Sandra Jean Cooper	527	36.2
	Conservative	Robert Allan Bestwick	423	29.1
	UKIP	Terry Wood	336	23.1
	Independent	Paul Anthony Robinson	277	19.1
	Conservative	James Chadwick	275	18.9
	Conservative	Keith Robert Walker	170	11.7
Turnout			1454	35.8	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Leek South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Harrison	670	40.1
	Conservative	Edward Francis John Povey	621	37.2
	Conservative	Neal Robert Podmore	565	33.8
	Labour	Keith Hoptroff	521	31.2
	Labour	Susan Webster	444	26.6
	Conservative	Roy Denis Tomkinson	395	23.7
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Richard Mark Martin-Bacon	343	20.5
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Brian Harry Pointon	337	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Sean Frederick Callaghan	200	12.0
Turnout			1670	38.03	+5.8
	Independent gain from Ratepayers (Staffordshire Moorlands)

Leek West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Warrington Plant	678	40.8
	Conservative	Benedict James Paul Emery	612	36.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Malcolm Fisher	576	34.7
	Conservative	Colin Turner	527	31.4
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	William Leslie Critchlow	474	28.6
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Reginald Davies	457	27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred Wilson	364	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roy William Gregg	322	19.4
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Michael Charles Howson	274	16.5
Turnout			1660	44.0	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manifold (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jason Nicholas Hails	582	73.3
	Moorlands Democratic Alliance	Roger Cannon	199	25.0
Majority			383	48.2	+69
Turnout			794	52.9	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Werrington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Staffordshire Independent Group	Lisa Chelsea Martin	417	38.3
	Conservative	David John Twemlow Shaw	407	37.4
	Conservative	Barbara Aileen Hughes	402
	Labour	Jocelyn Anne Morrison	284	36.9
	Staffordshire Independent Group	Nigel Michael Meakin	249	22.9
Turnout			1089	40.8	+6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

• 2011 election results
• 2007 election results