ELECTIONS 2016: Red is the colour for Cannock Chase Council and Rugeley

LABOUR has retained overall control of Cannock Chase Council following yesterday's election despite losing a seat.
UKIP also lost a seat, when Ann Bernard came second to Conservative candidate Dan Snape in Hawks Green.
In Hednesford South the Green Party's Paul Woodhead – also a candidate in yesterday's Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner elections – was elected after winning 618 votes. He took the seat from Labour's Brian Gamble, who polled 298 votes and came third. In second place was Conservative Olivia Lyons with 322 votes.
In Brereton and Ravenhill Councillor Alan Dudson held onto his seat by just three votes. The Labour candidate netted 478, while Liberal Democrat Paul Fisher came a close second with 475. Fellow Labour councillor Carl Bennett won back his seat too in Western Springs with 503 votes.

Etching Hill and the Heath's Conservative candidate Justin Johnson also remained on the council, with 500 votes – 49 more than UKIP's Danny Davies, who was second with 451.
Hagley remains in Labour hands, but Andy Lovell did not stand for re-election. His seat went to colleague Chris Martin, who gained 409 votes.
Cannock Chase Council's elections are held "in thirds". This means a third of the council seats are contested each year, and elections take place three years out of every four.
Stafford Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council elections are held once every four years.
The full results for Brereton and Ravenhill, Etching Hill and the Heath, Hagley and Western Springs are detailed below.

Brereton and Ravenhill

DUDSON, Alan	Labour	478	ELECTED
FISHER, Paul Anthony	Liberal Democrat	475
LEES, Michael Paul	Green	34
OWEN, Pam	Conservatives	223
THOMAS-DEAN, Sarah	UKIP	302

Etching Hill and the Heath

DAVIES, Danny	UKIP	451
JOHNSON, Justin	Conservatives	500	ELECTED
JONES, Ray	Liberal Democrat	144
THAWLEY, David Richard	Green	47
WINTER, Jeffrey	Labour	389

Hagley

CRABTREE, Stuart Karl	Green	36
DEAKIN, Mark	UKIP	234
HUGHES, Robert	Conservatives	175
MARTIN, Chris	Labour	409	ELECTED

Western Springs

ALLT, Sara	Conservatives	456
ANDERSON, Sara	Green	72
BENNETT, Carl	Labour	503	ELECTED
ROSE, Sarah	UKIP	410

Before yesterday's election the makeup of Cannock Chase was as follows:
Labour: 22
Conservative: 11
UKIP: 5
Liberal Democrats: 1
Independent: 1
Vacant: 1
After yesterday's election the provisional result is as follows:
Labour 21
Conservative 13
UKIP 4
Green Party 1
Independent 1
Liberal Democrats 1