2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election

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2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
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All 37 seats to East Staffordshire Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderMick FitzpatrickGeorge Allen
Party Labour Conservative
Last election10 seats, 38.7%25 seats, 48.1%
Seats before1123
Seats won2115
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 11Decrease2.svg 10
Popular vote25,37724,248
Percentage45.1%43.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.4%Decrease2.svg 5.0%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election3 seats, 5.8%1 seat, 3.3%
Seats before41
Seats won10
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote4,378n/a
Percentage7.8%n/a
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.0%n/a
East Staffordshire UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
Leader before election

George Allen
Conservative

Leader after election

Mick Fitzpatrick
Labour

The 2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 37 members of East Staffordshire Borough Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. New ward boundaries took effect at this election, reducing the number of councillors from 39 to 37. [1]

Contents

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. Following the results, the Conservatives lost control of the council to Labour for the first time in 20 years. [2] The Labour group leader, Mick Fitzpatrick, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 26 May 2023. [3]

Overall results

2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election [4]
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 372170Increase2.svg 1156.845.125,377+6.4
  Conservative 371517Decrease2.svg 1040.543.124,248–5.0
  Independent 14101Decrease2.svg 22.77.84,378+2.0
  Green 9000Steady2.svg0.03.62,044+1.6
  Reform UK 2000Steady2.svg0.00.3191N/A

The Liberal Democrats also lost one seat, but are not shown in the above table as they did not stand any candidates at this election.

Ward results

The results for each ward were: [5] [6]

Anglesey

Anglesey (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Syed Hussain* 910 76.7 –2.3
Labour Ali Chaudhry* 729 61.4 –4.3
Conservative Edward Barker15613.1–1.6
Conservative Andrew Hartshorn13411.3–2.0
Green Kimberley Raffle12310.4N/A
Turnout 1,18724.2–6.6
Registered electors 4,908
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bagots & Needwood

Bagots & Needwood (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beverley Ashcroft* 1,579 57.0
Conservative Jacqui Jones* 1,537 55.5
Conservative Vicki Gould* 1,519 54.8
Labour Yasmin Donlon60621.9
Labour Sharon Fox56520.4
Green Andy Barlow49317.8
Labour Stephen Fox48517.5
Green Tony Slater46316.7
Independent Edward Rodway-Bowden29910.8
Turnout 2,77133.7
Registered electors 8,232
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Blythe

Blythe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Colin Whittaker* 362 44.9
Conservative Nigel Lowe27534.1
Labour Karen Grant11714.5
Green Olly Ragg536.6
Majority8710.8
Turnout 81037.3
Registered electors 2,174
Independent win (new seat)

Branston

Branston (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Huckerby 771 41.2 +5.7
Labour Arshad Afsar 742 39.7 +1.5
Conservative Adam Clarke* 709 37.9 –14.1
Conservative Patricia Ackroyd*66735.6–18.8
Conservative Ray Faulkner65935.2–15.3
Labour May Low59932.0–2.1
Independent Richard Grosvenor*50426.9N/A
Green Kelly Rickard25513.6N/A
Turnout 1,87126.3–2.7
Registered electors 7,122
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Brizlincote

Brizlincote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Wileman* 898 48.1 –7.4
Conservative Bernard Peters* 818 43.8 –17.0
Labour Jack Burrows69036.9+12.1
Labour Andrew Mason62233.3+11.7
Independent Becky Talbot26013.9N/A
Reform UK Tracy Sutcliffe1457.8N/A
Independent Walid Qneibi1156.2N/A
Turnout 1,86833.7–2.1
Registered electors 5,539
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burton & Eton

Burton & Eton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Monica Holton 822 67.3
Labour Thomas Hadley 772 63.2
Labour Louise Walker 754 61.7
Independent John Anderson31225.5
Conservative Nicholas George16913.8
Conservative Charles George16313.3
Conservative Sally Sankey15412.6
Turnout 1,22219.0
Registered electors 6,362
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Crown

Crown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Hudson* 387 41.0
Independent Robert Hardwick30732.5
Labour May Arthur14114.9
Green Sally Varley636.7
Reform UK Paul Allen464.9
Majority808.5
Turnout 94437.5
Registered electors 2,515
Conservative hold Swing

Dove

Dove (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chrys Smedley 1,253 51.4
Conservative Simon Gaskin* 1,244 51.1
Conservative Russell Lock 1,192 48.9
Labour Elaine Williams1,00141.1
Labour Dale Barr99340.8
Labour William Walker96239.5
Turnout 2,43631.4
Registered electors 7,747
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Heath

Heath (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rob Hawkins 983 53.5 +12.4
Labour Zdzislaw Krupski 982 53.4 +14.8
Labour Aaron Mansfield 918 49.9 N/A
Conservative Mark Crutchley75441.0N/A
Conservative Chris Sylvester*70841.0–13.5
Conservative Duncan Goodfellow*64535.1–13.6
Turnout 1,83827.5+1.0
Registered electors 6,670
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour win (new seat)

Horninglow & Outwoods

Horninglow & Outwoods (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Slater 914 49.7
Labour Mandy Shrive* 811 44.1
Labour Adriana Bailey 776 42.2
Conservative Jane Gaskin56330.6
Conservative Lee Clarke45724.9
Independent Deneice Florence-Jukes*45724.9
Conservative Marguerite Harrison36920.1
Green Deb Moyes21811.9
Turnout 1,75823.9
Registered electors 7,355
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Shobnall

Shobnall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shelagh McKiernan* 715 74.0 +23.6
Labour Paul Walker* 714 73.9 +21.7
Conservative Mike Newbold17317.9–17.8
Conservative Kathy Shaw15215.7–12.6
Green Simon Hales11011.4–3.3
Turnout 96619.7–5.3
Registered electors 4,998
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stapenhill

Stapenhill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Legg* 533 57.1 +13.4
Labour Michael Fitzpatrick 508 54.4 +11.9
Conservative Becky Brady*30432.5–9.4
Conservative Chris Rafaluk22624.2–8.3
Independent James Wright15216.3N/A
Turnout 93418.2–2.8
Registered electors 5,122
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stramshall & Weaver

Stramshall & Weaver (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Sankey 907 54.9
Conservative Laura Beech 788 47.7
Labour David Vaughan-Birch40424.4
Labour Madeleine Bounasser35121.2
Green Anna Williams-Westwood26616.1
Independent Malcom Barrett22813.8
Turnout 1,65335.7
Registered electors 4,623
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stretton

Stretton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Bullock 1,158 55.1 +15.2
Conservative Mike Ackroyd 889 42.3 +7.6
Labour Simon Slater 791 37.6 +20.9
Conservative Simon Hartland73134.8+10.9
Labour Ewan Parsons65030.9+18.5
Labour Robert Tolley60828.9+18.2
Independent Tracey Stretton59528.3N/A
Turnout 2,10228.1–8.9
Registered electors 7,471
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Town

Town (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Penelope Krupski 580 43.6 +1.2
Conservative George Allen* 436 32.8 –18.2
Conservative Susan McGarry*42632.1–20.7
Labour John McKiernan41231.0–3.9
Independent Wendy Harrogate31123.4N/A
Independent David Brookes25018.8N/A
Turnout 1,32933.1+4.6
Registered electors 4,011
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Winshill

Winshill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kim Smith 726 48.6 +12.9
Labour Dennis Fletcher* 720 48.2 +8.0
Conservative Mike Metcalfe*55236.9–1.9
Conservative Kieran Bahia-Dhesi49733.3–8.7
Independent Richard Jukes22615.1N/A
Turnout 1,49427.4–2.9
Registered electors 5,431
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Changes 2023-2027

By-elections

Stretton: 26 September 2024 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerry Holmes 1,012 70.8 +25.3
Labour John McKiernan30421.3–9.8
Green Kelly Rickard1137.9N/A
Majority70849.5N/A
Turnout 1,43319.3–8.8
Registered electors 7,443
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg17.6

By-election trigged by the death of Conservative councillor Mike Ackroyd.

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