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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] A Conservative minority administration subsequently formed under a new leader.
The overall results were: [3]
2023 Tamworth Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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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 | |||
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election: [4] [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Liam Bone | 858 | 50.7 | ||
Conservative | Donna Marie Summers | 834 | 49.3 | ||
Turnout | 26.11 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,554 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 3.9 | |||
By-election triggered by resignation of Labour councillor Liam Bone. [6]
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