2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

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All 44 seats to Stoke-on-Trent City Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jane Ashworth Abi Brown Ann James Party Labour Conservative City Independents Last election 16 seats, 32.4% 15 seats, 34.8% 12 seats, 25.6% Seats won 29 14 1 Seat change 13 1 11 Popular vote 35,983 29,697 5,908 Percentage 46.9% 38.7% 7.7% Swing 14.5% 3.9% 17.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
Leader before election Abi Brown Conservative No overall control Leader after election Jane Ashworth Labour

The 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1] New ward boundaries took effect for this election, although the number of councillors stayed the same at 44.^[2]

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. Labour took a majority of the seats at the election.^[3][4] Labour group leader Jane Ashworth was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.^[5]

Stoke-on-Trent is a city made up of six towns. These include Tunstall and Burslem in the North, Hanley and Stoke in its Central and Fenton and Longton in the South.

2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election[6][7]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	29	14	0	13	65.90	46.9	35,983	+14.5
	Conservative	42	14	1	1	1	31.8	38.7	29,697	+3.9
	City Independents	15	1	0	14	11	0.0	7.7	5,908	–17.9
	Independent	15	0	1	1	1	2.3	5.3	4,084	+1.3
	Green	6	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	953	–0.1
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	46	N/A
	Communist	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	25	N/A

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumber councillor standing for re-election.^[8][9]

Abbey Hulton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Watkins	429	50.1
	Independent	Mel Baddeley*	272	31.8
	City Independents	Amanda Webber	109	12.7
	Reform UK	Luke Shenton	46	5.4
Majority			157	18.3
Turnout			862	17.2
Registered electors			5,002
	Labour win (new seat)

Baddeley, Milton & Norton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dave Evans*	1,743	45.7
	Conservative	Carl Edwards*	1,581	41.5
	Labour	Duncan Walker	1,508	39.5
	Labour	Daniel Mazhar	1,480	38.8
	Conservative	Jenny Taylor	1,443	37.8
	Labour	Fiona Wood	1,443	37.8
	Independent	Gary Elsby	817	21.4
Turnout			3,813	26.7
Registered electors			14,306
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Basford & Hartshill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Pender	930	82.7
	Conservative	Waheed Karim	194	17.3
Majority			736	65.4
Turnout			1,138	25.9
Registered electors			4,399
	Labour win (new seat)

Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Colclough	883	61.7
	Labour	Lynn Watkins	717	50.1
	City Independents	Sharon Edwards	308	21.5
	Conservative	Christine Warren	249	17.4
	Conservative	James Richardson	243	17.0
	City Independents	Dale Morrey	217	15.2
Turnout			1,431	15.7
Registered electors			9,102
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Birches Head & Northwood (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Blakemore	957	45.3
	Labour	Adrian Knapper	830	39.3
	City Independents	Jean Bowers	694	32.8
	City Independents	Ralf O'Neill	509	24.1
	Conservative	Wil Weaver	432	20.4
	Conservative	Harold Gregory	412	19.5
	Green	Morrighan Bridie Jordan	98	4.6
Turnout			2,113	25.5
Registered electors			8,278
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Blurton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lorraine Beardmore	705	52.9
	Labour	Kath Banks	495	37.2
	Independent	Brian Ward	75	5.6
	City Independents	Susan Whalley	57	4.3
Majority			210	15.7
Turnout			1,339	28.2
Registered electors			4,756
	Conservative win (new seat)

Boothen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Platt	662	66.8
	Conservative	Fesar Hussain	126	12.7
	Independent	Mark Anthony Warrington	107	10.8
	Green	Adam Colclough	96	9.7
Majority			536	54.1
Turnout			997	24.8
Registered electors			4,023
	Labour win (new seat)

Bradeley & Chell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurmeet Singh Kallar	787	79.8	+23.5
	Conservative	Dany Suleman	125	12.6	–31.1
	Independent	Steven Taylor	83	8.3	N/A
Majority			662	67.2	+54.6
Turnout			995	23.7	–3.6
Registered electors			4,205
	Labour hold		Swing	27.3

Bucknall & Eaton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Blurton	693	49.7
	Labour	Sam Hackney	648	46.5
	City Independents	Andrew Colin Bates	54	3.9
Majority			45	3.2
Turnout			1,400	29.7
Registered electors			4,718
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burslem Central (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jane Ashworth	700	75.4
	Conservative	Waqas Shahzad	228	24.6
Majority			472	50.8
Turnout			939	20.4
Registered electors			4,595
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Burslem Park (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Glen Watson	676	61.5	+21.1
	Conservative	Lesley Adams	423	38.5	+23.8
Majority			253	23.0	N/A
Turnout			1,102	25.4	–1.2
Registered electors			4,335
	Labour Co-op gain from City Independents		Swing	1.3

Dresden & Florence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Lilian Jean Dodd	637	49.5	+0.7
	Labour	Nigel Ross	517	40.2	+22.9
	Conservative	Siona Louise Williams	132	10.3	–23.6
Majority			120	9.3	–5.6
Turnout			1,292	35.1	–7.9
Registered electors			3,680
	City Independents hold		Swing	11.1

Etruria & Hanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Majid Khan	803	56.0	+0.5
	Independent	Qamar Sohail	381	26.6	N/A
	Conservative	Khalil Ahmed	249	17.4	+5.2
Majority			422	29.4	+6.2
Turnout			1,451	33.8	–3.2
Registered electors			4,298
	Labour hold

Fenton East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mubsira Aumir	513	47.5	+14.2
	Independent	Alan James Gerrard	340	31.5	–1.6
	Conservative	Grant Christian Barnes	226	21.0	+8.3
Majority			173	16.0	+15.8
Turnout			1,082	24.1	–3.8
Registered electors			4,491
	Labour hold		Swing	7.9

Fenton West & Mount Pleasant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyn Mary Sharpe	581	47.4	+27.5
	Independent	Cheryl Elizabeth Gerrard	331	27.0	–16.2
	Conservative	Khawar Ali	289	23.6	+17.4
	Communist	Jordan Roden	25	2.0	N/A
Majority			250	20.4	N/A
Turnout			1,231	27.6	–3.1
Registered electors			4,466
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	22.0

Ford Green & Smallthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Diane Williams	755	68.1	+23.8
	Conservative	Candi Chetwynd	354	31.9	+3.4
Majority			401	36.2	+20.4
Turnout			1,134	24.0	–0.2
Registered electors			4,734
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Goldenhill & Sandyford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chandra Mohan Kenneganti	860	71.4	+17.3
	Labour	Jeffrey Birks	265	22.0	–5.6
	Independent	Alan Edward Dutton	79	6.6	N/A
Majority			595	49.4	–17.3
Turnout			1,207	25.5	–5.3
Registered electors			4,742
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.5

Great Chell & Packmoor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Akkurt	774	39.3
	Labour	David Mountford	710	36.1
	Conservative	Jan Bridges	621	31.6
	City Independents	Ann James	602	30.6
	Conservative	James Robert Smith	508	25.8
	City Independents	David Owens	466	23.7
Turnout			1,968	23.1
Registered electors			8,515
	Labour gain from City Independents
	Labour gain from City Independents

Hanford, Newstead & Trentham (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Jellyman	2,283	56.8
	Conservative	Maxine Clark	2,070	51.4
	Conservative	Rachel Kelsall	2,069	51.3
	Labour	John Cunnison	1,328	32.9
	Labour	Lauren Davison	1,169	29.0
	Labour	Clare Stanier	1,063	26.4
	City Independents	Andrew George Gilbride	583	14.5
	Green	Debbie Patricia Georgakakou	574	14.2
Turnout			4,031	28.3
Registered electors			14,258
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alastair Scott Watson	1,245	53.7
	Labour	Amjid Wazir	1,231	53.1
	Conservative	Murtaza Alam	754	32.5
	Independent	Alirom Raza	471	20.3
	Conservative	Raja Ravi Varma Sangaraju	455	19.6
Turnout			2,317	26.9
Registered electors			8,629
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hartshill Park & Stoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniela Maria Santoro	630	68.2
	Conservative	Nathan Andrew Purchase	242	26.2
	Independent	David Edward Barker	52	5.6
Majority			388	42.0
Turnout			933	25.1
Registered electors			3,712
	Labour win (new seat)

Hollybush

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Finlay Gordon-McCusker	631	55.3
	Conservative	Shaun Bennett	393	34.4
	City Independents	Michelle Francis Whalley	118	10.4
Majority			238	20.9
Turnout			933	25.1
Registered electors			3,712
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Lightwood North & Normacot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sadaqat Maqsoom	1,288	57.0	–2.0
	Labour	Omar Ali	970	43.0	+2.0
Majority			318	14.0	–4.0
Turnout			2,275	48.5	–13.2
Registered electors			4,695
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

David Williams (Stoke-on-Trent North MP)

Little Chell & Stanfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Williams	676	57.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Imran Khurshid	335	28.4	+22.1
	Independent	Anthony Screen	168	14.3	N/A
Majority			341	28.9	+19.4
Turnout			1,181	26.5	–0.7
Registered electors			4,461
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Longton & Meir Hay South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Robinson	684	55.4
	Conservative	Asman Ali	549	44.6
Majority			135	10.8
Turnout			1,245	27.1
Registered electors			4,600
	Labour win (new seat)

Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig David Beardmore	1,409	58.9
	Conservative	Ross Andrew Irving	1,293	54.0
	Labour	Samantha Yates	942	39.4
	Labour	Zain Albadeen Mohammed	730	30.5
Turnout			2,393	24.3
Registered electors			9,831
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Meir North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desiree Gail Elliott	485	52.3	+26.7
	City Independents	Michelle Suzanne Swift	279	30.1	+12.8
	Conservative	Sam Hussain	164	17.7	–0.7
Majority			206	22.2	+19.1
Turnout			938	19.0	–3.5
Registered electors			4,946
	Labour hold		Swing	7.0

Meir Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abi Brown	982	73.5	–10.9
	Labour	Taimour Arfan	260	19.5	+3.9
	Green	Jenny Louise Harper	95	7.1	N/A
Majority			722	54.0	–14.8
Turnout			1,340	33.1	–3.8
Registered electors			4,044
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4

Meir South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Faisal Hussain	684	52.5	+12.8
	Labour	Bagh Ali	618	47.5	+15.5
Majority			66	5.0	–2.7
Turnout			1,306	29.4	+2.3
Registered electors			4,444
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.4

Moorcroft & Sneyd Green (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Javid Iqbal Najmi	1,198	45.5
	Labour	Laura Anne Carter	1,157	43.9
	Conservative	Tariq Mahmood	787	29.9
	City Independents	Joanne Powell-Beckett	720	27.3
	City Independents	Kerry Ellis	555	21.1
	Conservative	Marilyn Anne Marathe	483	18.3
Turnout			2,633	29.2
Registered electors			9,027
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penkhull & Springfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Ann Hill	719	55.9
	Conservative	Dean Richardson	478	37.1
	Green	Tom Holland	90	7.0
Majority			241	18.8
Turnout			1,301	30.2
Registered electors			4,303
	Labour win (new seat)

Sandford Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Bell	615	59.0	+18.4
	Conservative	Ally Simcock	428	41.0	+3.3
Majority			187	18.0	+15.1
Turnout			1,055	22.8	–2.9
Registered electors			4,622
	Labour hold		Swing	7.6

Trent Vale & Oakhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Waseem Akbar	592	52.7
	Independent	Jackie Barnes	400	35.6
	Independent	Bridge Allport	131	11.7
Majority			192	17.1
Turnout			1,128	27.0
Registered electors			4,175
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Tunstall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tabrase Din	650	45.8	+35.5
	Labour Co-op	Joy Garner	392	27.6	–15.0
	Independent	Lee Wanger	377	26.6	N/A
Majority			258	18.2	N/A
Turnout			1,430	28.7
Registered electors			4,982
	Conservative gain from City Independents		Swing	25.3