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2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election

The 2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 37 members of East Staffordshire Borough Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. New ward boundaries took effect at this election, reducing the number of councillors from 39 to 37.[1]

2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
← 2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2027 →
All 37 seats to East Staffordshire Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Mick Fitzpatrick George Allen
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 10 seats, 38.7% 25 seats, 48.1%
Seats before 11 23
Seats won 21 15
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 10
Popular vote 25,377 24,248
Percentage 45.1% 43.1%
Swing Increase 6.4% Decrease 5.0%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 3 seats, 5.8% 1 seat, 3.3%
Seats before 4 1
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 4,378 n/a
Percentage 7.8% n/a
Swing Increase 2.0% n/a
Winner of each seat at the 2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
Leader before election

George Allen
Conservative

Leader after election

Mick Fitzpatrick
Labour

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. Following the results, the Conservatives lost control of the council to Labour for the first time in 20 years.[2] The Labour group leader, Mick Fitzpatrick, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 26 May 2023.[3]

Overall results

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2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election[4]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 37 21 7 0   11 56.8 45.1 25,377 +6.4
  Conservative 37 15 1 7   10 40.5 43.1 24,248 –5.0
  Independent 14 1 0 1   2 2.7 7.8 4,378 +2.0
  Green 9 0 0 0   0.0 3.6 2,044 +1.6
  Reform UK 2 0 0 0   0.0 0.3 191 N/A

The Liberal Democrats also lost one seat, but are not shown in the above table as they did not stand any candidates at this election.

Ward results

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The results for each ward were:[5][6]

Anglesey

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Anglesey (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Syed Hussain* 910 76.7 –2.3
Labour Ali Chaudhry* 729 61.4 –4.3
Conservative Edward Barker 156 13.1 –1.6
Conservative Andrew Hartshorn 134 11.3 –2.0
Green Kimberley Raffle 123 10.4 N/A
Turnout 1,187 24.2 –6.6
Registered electors 4,908
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bagots & Needwood

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Bagots & Needwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beverley Ashcroft* 1,579 57.0
Conservative Jacqui Jones* 1,537 55.5
Conservative Vicki Gould* 1,519 54.8
Labour Yasmin Donlon 606 21.9
Labour Sharon Fox 565 20.4
Green Andy Barlow 493 17.8
Labour Stephen Fox 485 17.5
Green Tony Slater 463 16.7
Independent Edward Rodway-Bowden 299 10.8
Turnout 2,771 33.7
Registered electors 8,232
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Blythe

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Blythe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Colin Whittaker* 362 44.9
Conservative Nigel Lowe 275 34.1
Labour Karen Grant 117 14.5
Green Olly Ragg 53 6.6
Majority 87 10.8
Turnout 810 37.3
Registered electors 2,174
Independent win (new seat)

Branston

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Branston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Huckerby 771 41.2 +5.7
Labour Arshad Afsar 742 39.7 +1.5
Conservative Adam Clarke* 709 37.9 –14.1
Conservative Patricia Ackroyd* 667 35.6 –18.8
Conservative Ray Faulkner 659 35.2 –15.3
Labour May Low 599 32.0 –2.1
Independent Richard Grosvenor* 504 26.9 N/A
Green Kelly Rickard 255 13.6 N/A
Turnout 1,871 26.3 –2.7
Registered electors 7,122
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Brizlincote

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Brizlincote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Wileman* 898 48.1 –7.4
Conservative Bernard Peters* 818 43.8 –17.0
Labour Jack Burrows 690 36.9 +12.1
Labour Andrew Mason 622 33.3 +11.7
Independent Becky Talbot 260 13.9 N/A
Reform UK Tracy Sutcliffe 145 7.8 N/A
Independent Walid Qneibi 115 6.2 N/A
Turnout 1,868 33.7 –2.1
Registered electors 5,539
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burton & Eton

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Burton & Eton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Monica Holton 822 67.3
Labour Thomas Hadley 772 63.2
Labour Louise Walker 754 61.7
Independent John Anderson 312 25.5
Conservative Nicholas George 169 13.8
Conservative Charles George 163 13.3
Conservative Sally Sankey 154 12.6
Turnout 1,222 19.0
Registered electors 6,362
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Crown

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Crown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Hudson* 387 41.0
Independent Robert Hardwick 307 32.5
Labour May Arthur 141 14.9
Green Sally Varley 63 6.7
Reform UK Paul Allen 46 4.9
Majority 80 8.5
Turnout 944 37.5
Registered electors 2,515
Conservative hold Swing

Dove

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Dove (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chrys Smedley 1,253 51.4
Conservative Simon Gaskin* 1,244 51.1
Conservative Russell Lock 1,192 48.9
Labour Elaine Williams 1,001 41.1
Labour Dale Barr 993 40.8
Labour William Walker 962 39.5
Turnout 2,436 31.4
Registered electors 7,747
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Heath

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Heath (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Hawkins 983 53.5 +12.4
Labour Zdzislaw Krupski 982 53.4 +14.8
Labour Aaron Mansfield 918 49.9 N/A
Conservative Mark Crutchley 754 41.0 N/A
Conservative Chris Sylvester* 708 41.0 –13.5
Conservative Duncan Goodfellow* 645 35.1 –13.6
Turnout 1,838 27.5 +1.0
Registered electors 6,670
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour win (new seat)

Horninglow & Outwoods

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Horninglow & Outwoods (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Slater 914 49.7
Labour Mandy Shrive* 811 44.1
Labour Adriana Bailey 776 42.2
Conservative Jane Gaskin 563 30.6
Conservative Lee Clarke 457 24.9
Independent Deneice Florence-Jukes* 457 24.9
Conservative Marguerite Harrison 369 20.1
Green Deb Moyes 218 11.9
Turnout 1,758 23.9
Registered electors 7,355
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Shobnall

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Shobnall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shelagh McKiernan* 715 74.0 +23.6
Labour Paul Walker* 714 73.9 +21.7
Conservative Mike Newbold 173 17.9 –17.8
Conservative Kathy Shaw 152 15.7 –12.6
Green Simon Hales 110 11.4 –3.3
Turnout 966 19.7 –5.3
Registered electors 4,998
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stapenhill

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Stapenhill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alison Legg* 533 57.1 +13.4
Labour Michael Fitzpatrick 508 54.4 +11.9
Conservative Becky Brady* 304 32.5 –9.4
Conservative Chris Rafaluk 226 24.2 –8.3
Independent James Wright 152 16.3 N/A
Turnout 934 18.2 –2.8
Registered electors 5,122
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stramshall & Weaver

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Stramshall & Weaver (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Sankey 907 54.9
Conservative Laura Beech 788 47.7
Labour David Vaughan-Birch 404 24.4
Labour Madeleine Bounasser 351 21.2
Green Anna Williams-Westwood 266 16.1
Independent Malcom Barrett 228 13.8
Turnout 1,653 35.7
Registered electors 4,623
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stretton

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Stretton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Liz Bullock 1,158 55.1 +15.2
Conservative Mike Ackroyd 889 42.3 +7.6
Labour Simon Slater 791 37.6 +20.9
Conservative Simon Hartland 731 34.8 +10.9
Labour Ewan Parsons 650 30.9 +18.5
Labour Robert Tolley 608 28.9 +18.2
Independent Tracey Stretton 595 28.3 N/A
Turnout 2,102 28.1 –8.9
Registered electors 7,471
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Town

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Town (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Penelope Krupski 580 43.6 +1.2
Conservative George Allen* 436 32.8 –18.2
Conservative Susan McGarry* 426 32.1 –20.7
Labour John McKiernan 412 31.0 –3.9
Independent Wendy Harrogate 311 23.4 N/A
Independent David Brookes 250 18.8 N/A
Turnout 1,329 33.1 +4.6
Registered electors 4,011
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Winshill

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Winshill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kim Smith 726 48.6 +12.9
Labour Dennis Fletcher* 720 48.2 +8.0
Conservative Mike Metcalfe* 552 36.9 –1.9
Conservative Kieran Bahia-Dhesi 497 33.3 –8.7
Independent Richard Jukes 226 15.1 N/A
Turnout 1,494 27.4 –2.9
Registered electors 5,431
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Changes 2023-2027

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By-elections

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Stretton: 26 September 2024[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerry Holmes 1,012 70.8 +25.3
Labour John McKiernan 304 21.3 –9.8
Green Kelly Rickard 113 7.9 N/A
Majority 708 49.5 N/A
Turnout 1,433 19.3 –8.8
Registered electors 7,443
Conservative hold Swing  17.6

By-election trigged by the death of Conservative councillor Mike Ackroyd.

References

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  1. ^ "The East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2021/1220, retrieved 27 December 2023
  2. ^ "Labour takes East Staffordshire from Tories for first time in 20 years". BBC News. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. ^ Castle, Richard; Price, Richard (16 May 2023). "The eight powerful Labour politicians who'll now be running East Staffordshire". Staffordshire Live. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  4. ^ "East Staffordshire result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  5. ^ "2023 borough and parish election results". East Staffordshire Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  6. ^ Coyle, Simon (5 May 2023). "East Staffordshire local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  7. ^ "2024 Stretton Ward By Election Result". East Staffordshire Borough Council. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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