2024 Tamworth Borough Council election

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.

2024 Tamworth Borough Council election

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10 of the 30 seats on Tamworth Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Carol Dean Thomas Jay
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before 9 14
Seats won 18 8
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 9
Popular vote 7,803 5,453
Percentage 49.1 34.3
Swing Increase 5.2 Decrease 2.3

  Third party
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Party Independent
Seats before 7
Seats won 4
Popular vote 576
Percentage 3.6
Swing Decrease 11.7

Map of the results

Leader before election

Thomas Jay
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Carol Dean
Labour

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

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The overall results were:

2024 Tamworth Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9   9 90.0 9 18 60.0 7,803 49.1 +5.2
  Conservative 1   9 10.0 7 8 26.7 5,453 34.3 -2.3
  Independent 0   0.0 4 4 13.3 576 3.6 -11.7
  Reform UK 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 1,130 7.1 +6.6
  UKIP 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 369 2.3 +1.3
  Green 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 269 1.7 +0.4
  Liberal Democrats 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 181 1.1 -0.3

Results by ward:[5]

Amington

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Amington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Wells 894 53.5 +2.8
Conservative Donna Summers 756 45.2 −4.1
Majority 138 8.3
Turnout 1671 24.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Belgrave

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Belgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nova Arkney 720 54.3 +15.0
Conservative Brett Beetham 347 26.2 −2.8
Reform UK Yvette Bayliss 180 13.6 New
Green John Scattergood 75 5.7 +2.1
Majority 373 28.1
Turnout 1326 23.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bolehall

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Bolehall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Norchi 944 71.5 +11.5
Conservative Michael Oates 359 27.2 +0.5
Majority 585 44.3
Turnout 1320 23.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Castle

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Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Natalie Statham 898 47.6 +9.2
Conservative Gordon Richard Moore 616 32.6 −3.4
Reform UK David Bayliss 242 12.8 +8.4
Green Joell Mayoh 122 6.5 +1.7
Majority 282 14.9
Turnout 1888 28.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Glascote

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Glascote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Helen Hadley 574 47.8 +7.5
Conservative James Nicholson-Roberts 250 20.8 −2.6
UKIP Emma Turner 230 19.2 New
Independent John Wade 140 11.7 New
Majority 324 27.0
Turnout 1201 22.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Mercian

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Mercian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Pallett 750 48.1 −7.8
Conservative Chris Cooke 525 33.7 −10.4
Reform UK David Tighe 182 11.7 New
Liberal Democrats Robyn Barr 96 6.2 New
Majority 225 14.4
Turnout 1559 28.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Spital

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Spital
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marion Couchman 795 39.6 +3.1
Conservative Robert Steven Pritchard 762 38.0 +6.7
Independent Bill Bryan 436 21.7 −10.6
Majority 33 1.6
Turnout 2006 31.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Stonydelph

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Stonydelph
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Clarke 643 46.0 +7.1
Conservative Andy Cooper 535 38.2 −3.4
UKIP Robert Bilcliff 139 9.9 +3.6
Green Adam Bayliss 72 5.1 −0.4
Majority 108 7.8
Turnout 1399 24.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Trinity

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Trinity
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Summers 733 42.2 −5.7
Labour Denise Bayley 616 35.5 −2.9
Reform UK Ian Cooper 292 16.8 New
Liberal Democrats Helen Miller-Viney 85 4.9 −8.8
Majority 117 6.7
Turnout 1735 30.3
Conservative hold Swing

Wilnecote

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Wilnecote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Foster 969 54.5 +12.3
Conservative Daniel Lee Maycock 570 32.1 −0.4
Reform UK Mark Lawton 234 13.2 New
Majority 399 22.4
Turnout 1777 25.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. ^ Perrin, Ben (2023-05-05). "Tamworth local elections results in full as Conservatives suffer major losses". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  2. ^ Sutton, Jonathan (14 December 2023). "Borough council appoints new leader". BBC News. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Tamworth result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  4. ^ "Council minutes, 21 May 2024". Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Elections 2024 | Tamworth Borough Council". www.tamworth.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-09.