Kingstone is part of the Bagots ward in the East Staffordshire Borough Council and is represented by Conservative Greg Hall.

The Uttoxeter Rural ward in Staffordshire County council is represented by Philip Atkins who is also Conservative.

Kingstone is part of the Lichfield constituency and is represented by the Conservative Michael Fabricant.

Kingstone became a village in 1862[citation needed] with the building of the parish church the population has remained almost static since then.

Kingstone has a large playing field, tennis court and a play area on Whitehall Close Kingstone has a small Primary School called Talbot First School which is used by children up to the age of 8.

The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway used to run parallel to the village and there was a station at nearby Grindley that closed in 1939.