2024 Tamworth Borough Council election

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2024 Tamworth Borough Council election
Staffordshire Flag.svg
  2023 2 May 20242026 

10 of the 30 seats on Tamworth Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderCarol DeanThomas Jay
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before914
Seats won188
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 9Decrease2.svg 9
Popular vote7,8035,453
Percentage49.134.3
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.2Decrease2.svg 2.3

 Third party
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Party Independent
Seats before7
Seats won4
Popular vote576
Percentage3.6
SwingDecrease2.svg 11.7

Tamworth UK local election 2024 map.svg
Map of the results

Leader before election

Thomas Jay
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Carol Dean
Labour

The 2024 Tamworth Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 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

In the previous election, the Conservatives lost control of the council losing 6 seats, whilst Labour gained 7 seats. [1] Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being led by a coalition administration of the Conservatives and some of the independent councillors, led by Conservative councillor Thomas Jay. [2]

In this election, the Conservatives lost 9 seats to Labour, giving Labour an overall majority on the council. [3] The Labour group leader, Carol Dean, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2024. [4]

Results


The overall results were:

2024 Tamworth Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 9Increase2.svg 990.091860.07,80349.1+5.2
  Conservative 1Decrease2.svg 910.07826.75,45334.3-2.3
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.04413.35763.6-11.7
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,1307.1+6.6
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03692.3+1.3
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02691.7+0.4
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01811.1-0.3

Results by ward: [5]

Amington

Amington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Wells 894 53.5 +2.8
Conservative Donna Summers75645.2−4.1
Majority1388.3
Turnout 167124.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Belgrave

Belgrave
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nova Arkney 720 54.3 +15.0
Conservative Brett Beetham34726.2−2.8
Reform UK Yvette Bayliss18013.6New
Green John Scattergood755.7+2.1
Majority37328.1
Turnout 132623.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bolehall

Bolehall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Norchi 944 71.5 +11.5
Conservative Michael Oates35927.2+0.5
Majority58544.3
Turnout 132023.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Natalie Statham 898 47.6 +9.2
Conservative Gordon Richard Moore61632.6−3.4
Reform UK David Bayliss24212.8+8.4
Green Joell Mayoh1226.5+1.7
Majority28214.9
Turnout 188828.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Glascote

Glascote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Helen Hadley 574 47.8 +7.5
Conservative James Nicholson-Roberts25020.8−2.6
UKIP Emma Turner23019.2New
Independent John Wade14011.7New
Majority32427.0
Turnout 120122.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Mercian

Mercian
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Pallett 750 48.1 −7.8
Conservative Chris Cooke52533.7−10.4
Reform UK David Tighe18211.7New
Liberal Democrats Robyn Barr966.2New
Majority22514.4
Turnout 155928.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Spital

Spital
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marion Couchman 795 39.6 +3.1
Conservative Robert Steven Pritchard76238.0+6.7
Independent Bill Bryan43621.7−10.6
Majority331.6
Turnout 200631.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Stonydelph

Stonydelph
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Clarke 643 46.0 +7.1
Conservative Andy Cooper53538.2−3.4
UKIP Robert Bilcliff1399.9+3.6
Green Adam Bayliss725.1−0.4
Majority1087.8
Turnout 139924.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Trinity

Trinity
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Summers 733 42.2 −5.7
Labour Denise Bayley61635.5−2.9
Reform UK Ian Cooper29216.8New
Liberal Democrats Helen Miller-Viney854.9−8.8
Majority1176.7
Turnout 173530.3
Conservative hold Swing

Wilnecote

Wilnecote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave Foster 969 54.5 +12.3
Conservative Daniel Lee Maycock57032.1−0.4
Reform UK Mark Lawton23413.2New
Majority39922.4
Turnout 177725.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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