2023 Lichfield District Council election
The 2023 Lichfield District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other English local elections.[2]
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 Lichfield District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 47 members of the council were up for election, and the Conservatives lost control of the council to no overall control.[3] This marked the first time that the Conservatives had not held Lichfield District Council since 1999. The Conservatives managed to form a minority administration after the election after Labour and the Liberal Democrats ruled out a coalition.[4]
Summary
editCandidates
editLabour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Independent and Green Party candidates stood in the election. Between one and three members of the council were elected from each ward, depending on the electorate's size. UKIP and Reform UK did not stand, despite the latter holding a councillor following a defection from the Conservatives.
Election result
edit2023 Lichfield District Council election[5][6] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 47 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 49.0 | 44.6 | 23,652 | –4.4 | |
Labour | 39 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 36.2 | 38.3 | 20,344 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14.9 | 12.2 | 6,476 | –1.5 | |
Green | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1,341 | ±0.0 | |
Independent | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1,242 | –1.7 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | N/A |
Ward results
editSource:[5]
Alrewas and Fradley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Wilcox* | 748 | 47.6 | –11.7 | |
Conservative | Sonia Wilcox* | 695 | 44.3 | –11.9 | |
Conservative | Derick Cross* | 682 | 43.4 | –19.9 | |
Labour | Tobias Ryder | 640 | 40.8 | +7.6 | |
Labour | David Whatton | 621 | 39.6 | +15.2 | |
Labour | Ian Coxon | 502 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Brooks | 332 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,570 | 28.6 | |||
Registered electors | 5,488 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Armitage and Handsacre
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Cox* | 823 | 57.9 | –0.1 | |
Conservative | Thomas Marshall* | 749 | 52.7 | –1.8 | |
Conservative | Nicola Hawkins | 665 | 46.8 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Jacob Marshall | 512 | 36.0 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Marvin Shortman | 478 | 33.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Christopher Willis | 469 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Morwenna Rae | 220 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,422 | 23.8 | |||
Registered electors | 5,967 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Boley Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Douglas Pullen* | 678 | 46.4 | –8.2 | |
Conservative | Mark Warfield* | 660 | 45.2 | –4.9 | |
Labour | Andrew Fox | 528 | 36.2 | +15.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Scott Hollingsworth | 428 | 29.3 | –7.5 | |
Labour | Raj Kulkarni | 425 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,460 | 43.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,330 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Boney Hay and Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Di Evans* | 731 | 59.5 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Paul Taylor | 686 | 55.8 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Sharon Taylor | 664 | 54.0 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | James Craik | 452 | 36.8 | –4.6 | |
Conservative | Steven Swain | 414 | 33.7 | –5.5 | |
Conservative | Keith Willis-Croft | 413 | 33.6 | –0.2 | |
Turnout | 1,229 | 25.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,910 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Bourne Vale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Yeates* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | ? | ||||
Conservative hold |
Chadsmead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Ray* | 545 | 49.9 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Miles Trent | 432 | 39.5 | +8.5 | |
Independent | Joanne Grange* | 384 | 35.1 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Elaine Hutchings | 327 | 29.9 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Paul Jones | 218 | 19.9 | +2.7 | |
Turnout | 1,093 | 34.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,182 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent |
Chase Terrace
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Woodward | 577 | 72.3 | +15.4 | |
Labour | Steven Norman* | 532 | 66.7 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Cross* | 192 | 24.1 | –13.1 | |
Conservative | Matt Warburton | 176 | 22.1 | –14.8 | |
Turnout | 798 | 22.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,592 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Chasetown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Darren Ennis* | 507 | 71.6 | +12.4 | |
Labour | Laura Ennis* | 467 | 66.0 | +23.8 | |
Conservative | Norma Bacon | 197 | 27.8 | –14.9 | |
Conservative | Antony Jones | 149 | 21.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 708 | 20.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,488 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Colton and the Ridwares
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Vernon | 317 | 52.5 | –21.0 | |
Labour | Paul Golder | 161 | 26.7 | +0.3 | |
Green | David Cullen | 125 | 20.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 156 | 25.8 | |||
Turnout | 608 | 33.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,817 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Curborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dave Robertson* | 516 | 61.6 | +25.8 | |
Labour | Colin Ball* | 509 | 60.8 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Floyd | 282 | 33.7 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Edward Sheasby | 258 | 30.8 | +5.6 | |
Turnout | 837 | 25.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,239 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Fazeley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alex Farrell | 526 | 59.8 | +18.3 | |
Conservative | John Hill | 519 | 59.0 | +24.5 | |
Labour | Anne Thompson | 336 | 38.2 | +4.5 | |
Labour | David Thompson | 309 | 35.1 | +4.1 | |
Turnout | 880 | 25.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,411 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Reform UK |
Hammerwich with Wall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Janice Silvester-Hall* | 509 | 52.3 | –14.8 | |
Conservative | Wing Heng Leung | 489 | 50.2 | –0.8 | |
Labour | Carolyn Gittings | 447 | 45.9 | +14.8 | |
Labour | Lorna McGinty | 374 | 38.4 | +8.1 | |
Turnout | 974 | 28.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,385 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Highfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Wai-Lee Ho* | 602 | 56.7 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Serena Mears | 538 | 50.7 | –5.0 | |
Labour | Robyn Ennis | 428 | 40.3 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Jane Smith | 353 | 33.3 | +1.4 | |
Turnout | 1,061 | 29.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,653 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Leomansley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Henshaw | 734 | 35.5 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Jamie Checkland* | 731 | 35.4 | –8.5 | |
Conservative | Andy Smith* | 718 | 34.7 | –6.6 | |
Labour | James Blackman | 716 | 34.6 | +17.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Christie | 711 | 34.4 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Sally Gilbert | 696 | 33.7 | –9.4 | |
Labour | Ben Watkins | 669 | 32.4 | +16.2 | |
Green | Paul Ecclestone-Brown | 642 | 31.1 | +11.1 | |
Turnout | 2,067 | 38.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,417 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Little Aston & Stonnall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Whitehouse | 705 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joseph Powell* | 701 | 59.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Ruth Graham | 315 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Elizabeth Little* | 277 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Stuart Harrison | 250 | 21.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,181 | 30.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,829 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Longdon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Strachan* | 384 | 70.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Catherine Wood | 161 | 29.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 223 | 41.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 555 | 33.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,659 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Mease Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Phil Bennion | 318 | 56.3 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Ashley Yeates* | 247 | 43.7 | –10.5 | |
Majority | 71 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 569 | 36.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,572 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Shenstone
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Salter* | 443 | 69.1 | +15.1 | |
Labour | Matthew Field | 198 | 30.9 | +10.4 | |
Majority | 245 | 38.2 | |||
Turnout | 646 | 34.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,898 | ||||
Conservative hold |
St John's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rosemary Harvey-Coggins | 781 | 44.8 | +20.6 | |
Labour | Jeyan Anketell* | 747 | 42.9 | +19.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Smith | 678 | 38.9 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | Deb Baker* | 617 | 35.4 | –9.0 | |
Conservative | Colin Greatorex* | 575 | 33.0 | –10.3 | |
Green | Simon Partridge | 574 | 33.0 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Tim Matthews | 545 | 31.3 | –8.1 | |
Independent | John Madden | 79 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,742 | 35.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,860 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Stowe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Hughes | 758 | 43.2 | +20.0 | |
Labour | Russ Bragger | 740 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Ashton | 684 | 39.0 | +13.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul McDermott | 667 | 38.0 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Angela Lax* | 605 | 34.5 | –0.7 | |
Conservative | Marcus Simmons | 527 | 30.0 | –4.9 | |
Conservative | Jon O'Hagan | 472 | 26.9 | –1.4 | |
Turnout | 1,756 | 36.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,850 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Summerfield and All Saints
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kathy Coe | 574 | 50.8 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Sharon Banevicius | 528 | 46.7 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Michael Galvin | 528 | 46.7 | +19.9 | |
Conservative | Heather Tranter* | 477 | 42.2 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Richard Stephenson | 392 | 34.7 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Nicola Greensill | 380 | 33.6 | +6.2 | |
Independent | Sammy Goody | 187 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,131 | 23.6 | |||
Registered electors | 4,798 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Whittington and Streethay
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Holland | 741 | 40.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Claire Estelle Booker | 733 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Rushton | 727 | 39.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alan White* | 724 | 39.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Harry Warburton* | 694 | 37.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Jennifer Mackintosh | 643 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Mark Pritchard | 546 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,836 | 33.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,495 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Changes 2023–2027
editDerick Cross and Serena Mears, both elected as Conservatives, left the party in October 2023 to sit as independents.[7]
References
edit- ^ Live, Lichfield (14 January 2023). "Conservative councillor "proud" to have served after being forced to stand down due to non-attendance rule". Lichfield Live. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Collins, Riyah; Portlock, Sarah (5 May 2023). "Labour takes East Staffordshire from Tories for first time in 20 years". BBC News. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Parkin, Isabelle (20 May 2023). "Tories vow to 'work together' with opposition after losing majority in Lichfield". Express and Star. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Election results by wards, 4 May 2023". democracy.lichfielddc.gov.uk. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "No party wins overall control of Lichfield District Council after dramatic count". Lichfield Live. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Second Conservative member of Lichfield District Council switches to become independent". Lichfield Live. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.