2023 Tamworth Borough Council election

2023 Tamworth Borough Council election
10 of the 30 seats on Tamworth Borough Council; 15 seats needed for a majority
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.

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] The Conservatives chose a new group leader after the election, with Paul Turner replacing Jeremy Oates. Turner was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, leading a Conservative minority administration.^[3]

Overall results

The overall results were:^[4]

2023 Tamworth Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:^[5]^[6]

Amington

Amington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liam Bone	858	50.7
	Conservative	Donna Marie Summers	834	49.3
Turnout				26.11
Registered electors			6,554
	Labour gain from Conservative

Belgrave

Belgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Bolehall

Bolehall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Glascote

Glascote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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.

Mercian

Mercian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Spital

Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Stonydelph

Stonydelph
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Trinity

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Wilnecote

Wilnecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

By-elections

Amington

Amington: 5 October 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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.^[7]

References

^ Perrin, Ben (5 May 2023). "Tamworth local elections results in full as Conservatives suffer major losses". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ Giddings, Andy (5 May 2023). "Stoke-on-Trent: Labour seizes back control of city council". BBC News. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Council minutes, 23 May 2023" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
^ "Tamworth scoreboard". BBC News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Your councillors by party". Tamworth Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Labour win in Tamworth Borough Council by-election". BBC News. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[1] Perrin, Ben (5 May 2023). "Tamworth local elections results in full as Conservatives suffer major losses". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[2] Giddings, Andy (5 May 2023). "Stoke-on-Trent: Labour seizes back control of city council". BBC News. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[3] "Council minutes, 23 May 2023" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

[4] "Tamworth scoreboard". BBC News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[5] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[6] "Your councillors by party". Tamworth Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[7] "Labour win in Tamworth Borough Council by-election". BBC News. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

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