2023 Tamworth Borough Council election

2023 Tamworth Borough Council election
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10 of the 30 seats on Tamworth Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Jeremy Oates Carol Dean
Party Conservative Labour
Seats before 19 3
Seats won 2 8
Seats after 14 10
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 7
Popular vote 5,897 7,079
Percentage 36.6% 43.9%
Swing Decrease 5.9% Increase 14.7%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Daniel Cook
Party Independent UKIP
Seats before 7 1
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 6 0
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease1
Popular vote 2,471 162
Percentage 15.3% 1.0%
Leader before election

Jeremy Oates
Conservative

Leader after election

Paul Turner
Conservative
No overall control

The 2023 Tamworth Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect 10 of the 30 councillors on Tamworth Borough Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. They remained the largest party after the election but made a net loss of five seats, whilst Labour won most votes and took eight of the ten available seats. The council was left under no overall control after the election.[1][2] The Conservatives chose a new group leader after the election, with Paul Turner replacing Jeremy Oates. Turner was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, leading a Conservative minority administration.[3]

Overall results

The overall results were:[4]

2023 Tamworth Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 8 80.0 2 10 33.3 7,079 43.9
  Conservative 2 20.0 12 14 46.7 5,897 36.6
  Independent 0 0.0 6 6 20.0 2,471 15.3
  Liberal Democrats 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 227 1.4
  Green 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 212 1.3
  UKIP 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 162 1.0
  Reform UK 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 83 0.5

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:[5][6]

Amington

Amington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Bone 858 50.7
Conservative Donna Marie Summers 834 49.3
Turnout 26.11
Registered electors 6,554
Labour gain from Conservative

Belgrave

Belgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Craig Lee Mark Adams 526 39.3
Conservative Simon Leslie Goodall* 388 29.0
Independent Charlie Rose Taylor Castanheira
(Charlie Rose Taylor) 		375 28.0
Green John Paul Scattergood 48 3.6
Turnout 23.91
Registered electors 5,604
Labour gain from Conservative

Bolehall

Bolehall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Ann Dean 882 60.0
Conservative Steven Andrew Pritchard 393 26.7
Independent Andrew Paul Jenkins
(Andy Jenkins) 		196 13.3
Turnout 26.37
Registered electors 5,598
Labour hold

Castle

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee David Wood 725 38.4
Conservative Alexander Charles Farrell*
(Alex Farrell) 		681 36.0
Independent Nicola Joy Claymore 311 16.5
Green Joell David Mayoh 90 4.8
Reform UK Ian Stuart Cooper 83 4.4
Turnout 29.36
Registered electors 6,450
Labour gain from Conservative

Glascote

Glascote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher David Bain
(Chris Bain) 		492 40.3
Independent Michelle Jane Cook* 390 31.9
Conservative Michael Anthony Oates
(Mick Oates) 		286 23.4
Independent Andrew James 53 4.3
Turnout 22.72
Registered electors 5,388
Labour gain from UKIP

Michelle Cook had been councillor for Amington ward before the election.

Mercian

Mercian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee James Clarke 919 55.9
Conservative James Nicholson-Roberts 726 44.1
Turnout 30.63
Registered electors 5,416
Labour gain from Conservative

Spital

Spital
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gareth Martin Coates 749 36.5
Independent William Edward Bryan
(Bill Bryan) 		663 32.3
Conservative Christian Christopher Cooke*
(Chris Cooke) 		642 31.3
Turnout 32.3
Registered electors 6,384
Labour gain from Conservative

Stonydelph

Stonydelph
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Mark Doyle* 562 41.6
Labour Samantha Clarke
(Sammy Clarke) 		526 38.9
Independent Kayleigh Marie Price 104 7.7
UKIP Robert Bilcliff 85 6.3
Green Adam Christopher Bayliss 74 5.5
Turnout 24.09
Registered electors 5,634
Conservative hold

Trinity

Trinity
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Oates* 797 47.9
Labour Sheila Denise Bayley
(Denise Bayley) 		639 38.4
Liberal Democrats Helen Jane Miller-Viney 227 13.7
Turnout 29.42
Registered electors 5,690
Conservative hold

Wilnecote

Wilnecote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Thomas Clarke 763 42.2
Conservative Roy Rogers* 588 32.5
Independent Jason Peter Aston 379 21.0
UKIP Emma Louise Turner 77 4.3
Turnout 26.43
Registered electors 6,875
Labour gain from Conservative

By-elections

Amington

Amington: 5 October 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Smith 669 42.9 –7.8
Conservative Donna Summers 526 33.7 –15.6
Independent Michelle Cook 242 15.5 N/A
Reform UK Ian Cooper 98 6.3 N/A
UKIP Robert Bilcliff 25 1.6 N/A
Majority 143 9.2 +7.8
Turnout 1,565 23.8
Registered electors 6,566
Labour hold Swing Increase 3.9

By-election triggered by resignation of Labour councillor Liam Bone.[7]

References

  1. ^ Perrin, Ben (5 May 2023). "Tamworth local elections results in full as Conservatives suffer major losses". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ Giddings, Andy (5 May 2023). "Stoke-on-Trent: Labour seizes back control of city council". BBC News. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Council minutes, 23 May 2023" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Tamworth scoreboard". BBC News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Your councillors by party". Tamworth Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Labour win in Tamworth Borough Council by-election". BBC News. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.