2023 Lichfield District Council election

Elections to Lichfield District Council took place on 4 May 2023, the same day as other English local elections.[1]

2023 Lichfield District Council
4 May 2023
All 47 seats to Lichfield District Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Doug Pullen Steven Norman
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats before 30 11 3
Seats won 23 17 0
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 6 Decrease 3
Popular vote 23,652 20,344 1,242
Percentage 44.6% 38.3% 2.3%
Swing Decrease 4.4% Increase 10.0% Decrease 1.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Paul Ray
Party Liberal Democrats Reform UK
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 7 0
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 1
Popular vote 6,476 0
Percentage 12.2% 0%
Swing Decrease 1.7% Steady 0%
Leader before election

Doug Pullen
Conservative

 Leader after election

Doug Pullen
Conservative
No overall control

All forty-seven members of the council were up for election, and the Conservatives lost control of the council to no overall control. This marked the first time that the Conservatives had not held Lichfield District Council since 1999. The Conservatives managed to form a minority administration after the election after Labour and the Liberal Democrats ruled out a coalition.[2]

Campaign

Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Independent and Green Party candidates stood in the election. Between one and three members of the council were elected from each ward, depending on the electorate's size. UKIP and Reform UK did not stand, despite the latter holding a councillor following a defection from the Conservatives.

Results summary

The overall results were:[3][4]

2023 Lichfield District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 47 23 4 11 Decrease 7 49.0 44.6 23652 -4.4
  Labour 39 17 6 0 Increase 6 36.2 38.3 20344 +10.0
  Liberal Democrats 12 7 6 0 Increase 6 14.9 12.2 6476 -1.5
  Green 3 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 2.5 1341 0
  Independent 5 0 0 3 Decrease 3 0 2.3 1242 -1.7
  Reform UK 0 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0 0 0 0
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 -2.6

Results

Source:[3]

Alrewas and Fradley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Wilcox 748 17.7
Conservative Sonia Wilcox 695 16.5
Conservative Derick Cross 682 16.1
Labour Tobias Ryder 640 15.2
Labour David Whatton 621 14.7
Labour Ian Coxon 502 11.9
Liberal Democrats Alasdair Brooks 332 7.9
Majority 42 0.9
Turnout 4220 29
Conservative hold
Armitage with Handsacre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Cox 823 21.0
Conservative Thomas Marshall 749 19.1
Conservative Nicola Hawkins 665 17.0
Labour Jacob Marshall 512 13.1
Labour Marvin Shortman 478 12.2
Labour Christopher Willis 469 12.0
Liberal Democrats Morwenna Rae 220 6.0
Majority 153 3.9
Turnout 3916 24
Conservative hold
Boley Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Douglas Pullen 678 24.9
Conservative Mark Warfield 660 24.2
Labour Andrew Fox 528 19.4
Liberal Democrats Scott Hollingsworth 428 15.7
Labour Raj Kulkarni 425 15.6
Majority 132 4.8
Turnout 2719 44
Conservative hold
Boney Hay and Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Di Evans 731 21.7
Labour Paul Taylor 686 20.4
Labour Sharon Taylor 664 19.7
Conservative James Craik 452 13.4
Conservative Steven Swain 414 12.3
Conservative Keith Willis-Croft 413 12.3
Majority 212 6.3
Turnout 3360 25
Labour hold
Bourne Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Yeates 0 100
Conservative hold
Chadsmead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Ray 545 28.6
Liberal Democrats Miles Trent 432 22.7
Independent Joanne Grange 384 20.1
Conservative Elaine Hutchings 327 17.2
Conservative Paul Jones 218 11.4
Majority 48 2.6
Turnout 1906 34
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Chase Terrace
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Woodward 577 39.1
Labour Steven Norman 532 36.0
Conservative Richard Cross 192 13.0
Conservative Matt Warburton 176 12.0
Majority 340 23.0
Turnout 1477 22
Labour hold


Chasetown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Darren Ennis 507 38.4
Labour Laura Ennis 467 35.4
Conservative Norma Bacon 197 14.9
Conservative Antony Jones 149 11.3
Majority 270 20.5
Turnout 1320 20
Labour hold
Colton and the Ridwares
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Vernon 317 52.5
Labour Paul Golder 161 26.7
Green David Cullen 125 20.7
Majority 156 25.8
Turnout 603 33
Conservative hold
Curborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Robertson 516 33.0
Labour Colin Ball 509 32.5
Conservative Daniel Floyd 282 18.0
Conservative Edward Sheasby 258 16.5
Majority 227 14.5
Turnout 1565 26
Labour hold
Fazeley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alex Farrell 526 31.1
Conservative John Hill 519 30.7
Labour Anne Thompson 336 19.9
Labour David Thompson 309 18.3
Majority 183 10.8
Turnout 1690 26
Conservative gain from vacant seat*
Conservative gain from Reform UK

*seat left vacant after previous Conservative occupant forced to stand down[5]

Hammerwich with Wall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janice Silvester-Hall 509 28.0
Conservative Wing Heng Leung 489 26.9
Labour Carolyn Gittings 447 24.6
Labour Lorna McGinty 374 20.6
Majority 42 2.3
Turnout 1819 29
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent
Highfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wai-Lee Ho 602 31.3
Conservative Serena Mears 538 28.0
Labour Robyn Ennis 428 22.3
Labour Jane Smith 353 18.4
Majority 110 5.7
Turnout 1921 29
Conservative hold
Leomansley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Henshaw 734 13.1
Conservative Jamie Checkland 731 13.0
Conservative Andy Smith 718 12.8
Labour James Blackman 716 12.7
Liberal Democrats Jamie Christie 711 12.7
Conservative Sally Gilbert 696 12.4
Labour Ben Watkins 669 11.9
Green Paul Ecclestone-Brown 642 11.4
Majority 2 0.1
Turnout 5617 38
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Little Aston & Stonnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Whitehouse 705 31.4
Conservative Joseph Powell 701 31.2
Independent Ruth Graham 315 14.0
Independent Elizabeth Little 277 12.3
Labour Stuart Harrison 250 11.1
Majority 386 17.2
Turnout 2248 31
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent
Longdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Strachan 384 70.5
Labour Catherine Wood 161 29.5
Majority 223 41.0
Turnout 545 33
Conservative hold
Mease Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion 318 56.3
Conservative Ashley Yeates 247 43.7
Majority 71 12.6
Turnout 565 36
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Shenstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Salter 443 69.1
Labour Matthew Field 198 30.9
Majority 245 38.2
Turnout 641 34
Conservative hold
St John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary Harvey-Coggins 781 17.0
Labour Jeyan Anketell 747 16.3
Liberal Democrats John Smith 678 14.8
Conservative Deb Baker 617 13.4
Conservative Colin Greatorex 575 12.5
Green Simon Partridge 574 12.5
Conservative Tim Matthews 545 11.9
Independent John Madden 79 1.7
Majority 61 1.4
Turnout 4596 36
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Stowe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Hughes 758 17.0
Labour Russ Bragger 740 16.6
Liberal Democrats Hugh Ashton 684 15.4
Liberal Democrats Paul McDermott 667 15.0
Conservative Angela Lax 605 13.6
Conservative Marcus Simmons 527 11.8
Conservative Jon O'Hagan 472 10.6
Majority 17 0.4
Turnout 4453 36
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Summerfield and All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathy Coe 574 18.7
Labour Sharon Banevicius 528 17.2
Labour Michael Galvin 528 17.2
Conservative Heather Tranter 477 15.6
Conservative Richard Stephenson 392 12.8
Conservative Nicola Greensill 380 12.4
Independent Sammy Goody 187 6.1
Majority 51 1.6
Turnout 3066 24
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Whittington and Streethay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Holland 741 15.4
Labour Claire Estelle Booker 733 15.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rushton 727 15.1
Conservative Alan White 724 15.1
Conservative Harry Warburton 694 14.4
Labour Jennifer Mackintosh 643 13.4
Labour Mark Pritchard 546 11.4
Majority 3 0
Turnout 4808 33
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

References
  1. "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. Parkin, Isabelle (20 May 2023). "Tories vow to 'work together' with opposition after losing majority in Lichfield". Express and Star. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. "Election results by wards, 4 May 2023". democracy.lichfielddc.gov.uk. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. "No party wins overall control of Lichfield District Council after dramatic count". Lichfield Live. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. Live, Lichfield (14 January 2023). "Conservative councillor "proud" to have served after being forced to stand down due to non-attendance rule". Lichfield Live®. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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