2021 Tamworth Borough Council election

The Tamworth Borough Council election for 2021 occurred on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Tamworth Borough Council in England. This coincided with other local elections taking place on the same day.

Results summary edit

2021 Tamworth Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	5	100.0	16	26	86.7	10,431	56.9	+14.5
	Labour	0	2	0.0	3	3	10.0	5,268	28.7	-0.4
	UKIP	0	2	0.0	1	1	3.3	816	4.4	-18.2
	Independent	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1,464	8.0	+7.2
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	365	2.0	-1.3

Ward results edit

Amington edit

Amington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Summers	1,161	60.4	+12.7
	Labour Co-op	Lewis Smith	582	30.3	+4.5
	Green	Andrew Tilley	100	5.2	-1.2
	UKIP	Wayne Hughes	80	4.2	-15.8
Majority			579	30.1
Turnout			1,923	30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.1

Belgrave edit

Belgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ford	925	60.9	+21.6
	Labour Co-op	Robert Bayley	504	33.2	+6.2
	UKIP	Emma Turner	91	6.0	-12.7
Majority			421	27.7
Turnout			1,520	21.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.7

Bolehall edit

Bolehall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harper	1,016	58.8	+27.8
	Labour Co-op	Jan Wadrup	623	36.0	-8.6
	UKIP	Tracey Williams	90	5.2	-19.2
Majority			393	22.8
Turnout			1,729	30.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	18.2

Castle edit

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thurgood	1,104	57.1	+13.7
	Labour Co-op	Lee Wood	577	29.8	+4.3
	Green	Kevin Jones	166	8.6	N/A
	UKIP	Peter Clayton	86	4.4	-16.4
Majority			527	27.3
Turnout			1,933	32.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.7

Glascote edit

Glascote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wade	667	48.8	+19.6
	Labour	Sarah Daniels	344	25.1	-9.3
	Independent	Chris Cooke	172	12.6	N/A
	Green	James Platt	99	7.2	N/A
	UKIP	Mark Hopkins	86	6.3	-30.0
Majority			323	23.7
Turnout			1,368	25.0
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	14.5

Mercian edit

Mercian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Cooper	764	39.1	-3.5
	Independent	Richard Kingstone	760	38.9	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Gordon Moore	386	19.8	-14.8
	UKIP	Gary Martin	43	2.2	-20.6
Majority			4	0.2
Turnout			1,953	35.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	21.2

Spital edit

Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Pritchard	1,241	55.3	+6.3
	Labour	David Foster	564	25.1	-7.4
	Independent	Huw Loxton	391	17.4	N/A
	UKIP	Lisa Morris	47	2.1	-16.4
Majority			677	30.2
Turnout			2,243	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

Stonydelph edit

Stonydelph
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jason Jones	919	60.2	+17.3
	Labour Co-op	Ben Clarke	475	31.1	+1.9
	UKIP	Robert Bilcliff	133	8.7	-19.3
Majority			444	29.1
Turnout			1,527	27.2
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	7.7

Trinity edit

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Cook	1,453	70.8	+20.3
	Labour	Denise Bayley	514	25.0	+8.8
	UKIP	Philip Young	86	4.2	-16.4
Majority			939	45.8
Turnout			2,053	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.5

Wilnecote edit

Wilnecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Maycock	1,181	56.4	+13.5
	Labour Co-op	Patrick Standen	699	33.4	+7.4
	Independent	Gareth Roberts	141	6.7	N/A
	UKIP	Gail Bilcliff	74	3.5	-16.6
Majority			482	23.0
Turnout			2,095	30.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.1

By-elections edit

Spital edit

Spital: 3 February 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christian Cooke	613	43.6	-11.7
	Independent	Huw Loxton	482	34.3	+16.8
	Labour	Dave Foster	311	22.1	-3.0
Majority			131	9.5
Turnout			1,415	22.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.3

References edit

^ "Tamworth Borough Council 2021 Local Election results confirmed". Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Tamworth scoreboard". BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[1] "Tamworth Borough Council 2021 Local Election results confirmed". Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[2] "Tamworth scoreboard". BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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