Overview

• Jeremy Pert secured the seat with 1,689 votes, pushing Reform UK’s Ray Barron into third behind Green candidate Scott Spencer.
• Voter turnout at the July 17 by-election reached 34.8% at polling stations across Eccleshall & Gnosall.
• The contest was triggered by Councillor Wayne Titley’s resignation following inflammatory social media comments.
• The result shifts the council composition to 11 Conservative seats, 48 for Reform UK, and one each for Labour, Green and an independent.
• This outcome is the latest swing after Reform UK’s 49-seat landslide in May and four subsequent by-election gains in July.