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All 44 seats to Stoke-on-Trent City Council 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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