East Staffordshire is a
local government district with
borough status in
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
in
England. It has two main towns:
Burton upon Trent and
Uttoxeter
Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town in the East Staffordshire district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is near to the Derbyshire county border. It is situated from Burton upon Trent, from Stafford, from Stoke-on-Trent, from De ...
.
Villages in the area include
Abbots Bromley, Stretton,
Tutbury
Tutbury is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is north of Burton upon Trent and south of the Peak District. The village has a population of about 3,076 residents. It adjoins Hatton, Derbyshire, H ...
,
Barton-under-Needwood,
Rolleston on Dove
Rolleston on Dove, also known simply as Rolleston, is a village in Staffordshire, England near Burton upon Trent. Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists spent some of his earlier years at the family seat here. Rollesto ...
,
Hanbury Hanbury may refer to:
People
*Harold Greville Hanbury (1898–1993), English law academic and Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford
* John Hanbury (disambiguation), a number of men with this name
* Robert Hanbury Brown (1916 ...
,
Kingstone,
Marchington
Marchington is a small village in East Staffordshire, England. It lies between the towns of Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter. Marchington has a small community-run shop, a first school, two churches and two pubs. The population of the village wa ...
,
Mayfield and
The Heath.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the former
county borough of Burton upon Trent with the Urban District of Uttoxeter, and the Rural Districts of Tutbury and Uttoxeter. It received borough status in 1992.
Since 2011, East Staffordshire has formed part of the
Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership
The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) is one of 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships set up by Government to drive economic development in England.
Established in May 2011, the LEP covers the geographical boundaries o ...
along with neighbouring authorities
Birmingham,
Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about northeast of Worcester and southwest of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 (39,644 in the wider Bromsgrove/Catshill urban area). Bromsgrove is the main town in the ...
,
Cannock Chase,
Lichfield,
Redditch,
Solihull,
Tamworth and
Wyre Forest.
In 2020, East Staffordshire also joined Stoke & Staffs Local Enterprise Partnership joining Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Stafford Borough Council, Tamworth Borough Council, Lichfield District Council, Cannock Chase District Council and South Staffordshire District Council.
Wards within East Staffordshire
There are 39 councillors representing 21 wards in East Staffordshire. Most wards have either one or two councillors, but a few have three. The number of councillors is loosely based on the population size in that area.
Political makeup
As of June 2021, East Staffordshire is controlled by the
Conservative party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
. The Conservative party have 24 councillors, the
Labour party have 11 councillors, the
Liberal Democrats have one councillor and there are 3 Independent Councillors.
As of 21 March 2022 the Leader of the council is Cllr George Allen. He is also both the second and consecutive Uttoxeter councillor to lead the council since formation in 1972.
Since 22 May 2015 the Leader of the Opposition is Cllr Michael Fitzpatrick.
There are three groups which each have their share of committee seats. The Conservative group, the Labour group and the Independent Alliance group made up of one Libdem and three Independents.
Transport
Main roads within the Borough include the
A38 through
Burton upon Trent and the
A50 near
Uttoxeter
Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town in the East Staffordshire district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is near to the Derbyshire county border. It is situated from Burton upon Trent, from Stafford, from Stoke-on-Trent, from De ...
.
There are two railway stations in the Borough,
Burton-on-Trent on the
Cross Country Route and
Uttoxeter
Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town in the East Staffordshire district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is near to the Derbyshire county border. It is situated from Burton upon Trent, from Stafford, from Stoke-on-Trent, from De ...
on the
Crewe to Derby Line, There is also a station serving
Tutbury
Tutbury is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is north of Burton upon Trent and south of the Peak District. The village has a population of about 3,076 residents. It adjoins Hatton, Derbyshire, H ...
, also on the
Crewe to Derby Line called
Tutbury and Hatton. This is in the
South Derbyshire district.
See also
*
Grade II* listed buildings in East Staffordshire
References
External links
East Staffordshire borough council websiteEnjoy East StaffordshireFlickr photos of East Staffordshire
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Non-metropolitan districts of Staffordshire
Boroughs in England