What’s new: Six candidates have been nominated to contest the vacant Cheddleton seat on Staffordshire Moorlands District Council.
What’s next: The by-election will take place on Thursday, 12 November.
Worth knowing: The deadline to register to vote in the by-election is midnight on Tuesday, 27 October.
This article is based on reporting from the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), a BBC funded initiative set up to strengthen reporting on local democratic issues. The Staffordshire Signal has taken part in the scheme since September 2026, which means we're able to draw on a selection of LDRS stories alongside our own.
Six candidates will contest a district council by-election.
Labour councillor Dylan Pascall resigned his Cheddleton seat on Staffordshire Moorlands District Council last month, due to his moving out of the area.
A by-election for the vacant seat will take place on Thursday, 12 November.
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Six candidates have been nominated to contest the election: Rob Bateman (Conservatives), Su Beardmore (Reform UK), Matthew Frith (Green Party), Karen Pickering (Restore Britain), Sue Rogers and Martin Sadler (Labour).
The district council is currently led by a minority Labour administration. There are 19 Labour councillors, 21 Conservatives, 10 independents, two Green councillors, one Reform, one Lib Dem and one non-aligned councillor.
Cheddleton ward is represented by two other councillors, both Conservatives.
Applications to register to vote in time for the by-election must reach the electoral registration officer by midnight on Tuesday, 27 October.
Written by Phil Corrigan, Local Democracy Reporter.
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