2023 Tamworth Borough Council election

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2023 Tamworth Borough Council election
Staffordshire Flag.svg
  2022 4 May 2023 2024  

10 of the 30 seats on Tamworth Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderJeremy Oates
Party Conservative Labour
Seats before193
Seats won28
Seats after1410
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 7
Popular vote5,8977,079
Percentage36.6%43.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.9%Increase2.svg 14.7%

 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderDaniel Cook
Party Independent UKIP
Seats before71
Seats won00
Seats after60
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote2,471162
Percentage15.3%1.0%

2023 Tamworth Borough Council election.svg

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.

Contents

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.

Overall results

The overall results were: [3]

2023 Tamworth Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 880.021033.37,07943.9
  Conservative 220.0121446.75,89736.6
  Independent 00.06620.02,47115.3
  Liberal Democrats 00.0000.02271.4
  Green 00.0000.02121.3
  UKIP 00.0000.01621.0
  Reform UK 00.0000.0830.5

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election: [4] [5]

Amington

Amington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liam Bone 858 50.7
Conservative Donna Marie Summers83449.3
Turnout 26.11
Registered electors 6,554
Labour gain from Conservative

Belgrave

Belgrave
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Craig Lee Mark Adams 526 39.3
Conservative Simon Leslie Goodall*38829.0
Independent Charlie Rose Taylor Castanheira
(Charlie Rose Taylor)
37528.0
Green John Paul Scattergood483.6
Turnout 23.91
Registered electors 5,604
Labour gain from Conservative

Bolehall

Bolehall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Ann Dean 882 60.0
Conservative Steven Andrew Pritchard39326.7
Independent Andrew Paul Jenkins
(Andy Jenkins)
19613.3
Turnout 26.37
Registered electors 5,598
Labour hold

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lee David Wood 725 38.4
Conservative Alexander Charles Farrell*
(Alex Farrell)
68136.0
Independent Nicola Joy Claymore31116.5
Green Joell David Mayoh904.8
Reform UK Ian Stuart Cooper834.4
Turnout 29.36
Registered electors 6,450
Labour gain from Conservative

Glascote

Glascote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher David Bain
(Chris Bain)
492 40.3
Independent Michelle Jane Cook*39031.9
Conservative Michael Anthony Oates
(Mick Oates)
28623.4
Independent Andrew James534.3
Turnout 22.72
Registered electors 5,388
Labour gain from UKIP

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

Mercian

Mercian
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lee James Clarke 919 55.9
Conservative James Nicholson-Roberts72644.1
Turnout 30.63
Registered electors 5,416
Labour gain from Conservative

Spital

Spital
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Martin Coates 749 36.5
Independent William Edward Bryan
(Bill Bryan)
66332.3
Conservative Christian Christopher Cooke*
(Chris Cooke)
64231.3
Turnout 32.3
Registered electors 6,384
Labour gain from Conservative

Stonydelph

Stonydelph
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Mark Doyle* 562 41.6
Labour Samantha Clarke
(Sammy Clarke)
52638.9
Independent Kayleigh Marie Price1047.7
UKIP Robert Bilcliff856.3
Green Adam Christopher Bayliss745.5
Turnout 24.09
Registered electors 5,634
Conservative hold

Trinity

Trinity
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Oates* 797 47.9
Labour Sheila Denise Bayley
(Denise Bayley)
63938.4
Liberal Democrats Helen Jane Miller-Viney22713.7
Turnout 29.42
Registered electors 5,690
Conservative hold

Wilnecote

Wilnecote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Thomas Clarke 763 42.2
Conservative Roy Rogers*58832.5
Independent Jason Peter Aston37921.0
UKIP Emma Louise Turner774.3
Turnout 26.43
Registered electors 6,875
Labour gain from Conservative

By-elections

Amington

Amington: 5 October 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lewis Smith 669 42.9 –7.8
Conservative Donna Summers52633.7–15.6
Independent Michelle Cook24215.5N/A
Reform UK Ian Cooper986.3N/A
UKIP Robert Bilcliff251.6N/A
Majority1439.2+7.8
Turnout 1,56523.8
Registered electors 6,566
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 3.9

By-election triggered by resignation of Labour councillor Liam Bone. [6]

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