Lichfield council election, 2023
Most seats
22
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
46
across 21 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 22 | -5 | 23,652 | 44.6% | -4.4 |
| Labour Party | 17 | +7 | 20,344 | 38.3% | +10.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | +6 | 6,476 | 12.2% | -1.4 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 1,341 | 2.5% | +0.0 |
| Independent | 0 | -2 | 1,242 | 2.3% | -1.7 |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 46 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 46 | |
| Labour Party | 39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | |
| Independent | 5 | |
| Green Party | 3 |
A party standing a full slate could field 46 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Alrewas & Fradley 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mike Wilcox Elected | 748 | 53.2% | -27.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sonia Elizabeth Wilcox Elected | 695 | 49.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Derick George Cross Elected | 682 | 48.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Tobias William Ryder | 640 | 45.5% | +3.4 |
| Labour Party | David Peter Whatton | 621 | 44.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Ian Coxon | 502 | 35.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Brooks | 332 | 23.6% | — |
| Majority | 42 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,407 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Armitage with Handsacre 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Ernest Cox Elected | 823 | 63.1% | +2.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tom Marshall Elected | 749 | 57.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicola Jayne Hawkins Elected | 665 | 51.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Jacob Steven Marshall | 512 | 39.2% | -0.7 |
| Labour Party | Marvin Lee Shortman | 478 | 36.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Christopher Andrew Willis | 469 | 35.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Morwenna Rae | 220 | 16.9% | — |
| Majority | 153 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,305 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Boley Park 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Douglas Robert Pullen Elected | 678 | 49.9% | -7.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Andrew Warfield Elected | 660 | 48.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Andrew Fox | 528 | 38.8% | +16.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Scott Hollingsworth | 428 | 31.5% | -7.1 |
| Labour Party | Raj Kulkarni | 425 | 31.2% | — |
| Majority | 132 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,360 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Boney Hay & Central 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Di Evans Elected | 731 | 65.3% | +7.3 |
| Labour Party | Paul Taylor Elected | 686 | 61.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Sharon Taylor Elected | 664 | 59.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Gilbert Craik | 452 | 40.4% | -8.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steven Victor Swain | 414 | 37.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keith Andrew Willis-Croft | 413 | 36.9% | — |
| Majority | 212 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,120 | |||
Labour Party hold
Chadsmead 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Ray Elected | 545 | 57.2% | +12.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Miles Trent Elected | 432 | 45.3% | — |
| Independent | Joanne Grange | 384 | 40.3% | +6.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Elaine Patricia Hutchings | 327 | 34.3% | +14.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Jones | 218 | 22.9% | — |
| Majority | 48 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 953 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent · Liberal Democrats hold
Chase Terrace 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Sue Woodward Elected | 577 | 78.2% | +16.5 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Steven Gerald Norman Elected | 532 | 72.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Cross | 192 | 26.0% | -13.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Matt Warburton | 176 | 23.8% | — |
| Majority | 340 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 738 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Chasetown 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Darren Michael Oliver Ennis Elected | 507 | 76.8% | +3.5 |
| Labour Party | Laura Jane Ennis Elected | 467 | 70.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Norma Bacon | 197 | 29.8% | +3.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Antony Charles Jones | 149 | 22.6% | — |
| Majority | 270 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 660 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold
Colton & the Ridwares
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keith Michael Vernon Elected | 317 | 52.6% | -21.0 |
| Labour Party | Paul Golder | 161 | 26.7% | +0.3 |
| Green Party | David Cullen | 125 | 20.7% | — |
| Majority | 156 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 603 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Curborough 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Dave Robertson Elected | 516 | 66.0% | +19.3 |
| Labour Party | Colin John Ball Elected | 509 | 65.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Daniel Floyd | 282 | 36.1% | +2.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Edward Sheasby | 258 | 33.0% | — |
| Majority | 227 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 782 | |||
Labour Party hold
Fazeley 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alex Farrell Elected | 526 | 62.2% | +14.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John David Thomas Hill Elected | 519 | 61.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Anne Thompson | 336 | 39.8% | +0.7 |
| Labour Party | David Stephen Thompson | 309 | 36.6% | — |
| Majority | 183 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 845 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Hammerwich with Wall 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Janice Silvester-Hall Elected | 509 | 55.9% | -18.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Leona Leung Elected | 489 | 53.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Carolyn Harriet Gittings | 447 | 49.1% | +14.5 |
| Labour Party | Lorna Sarah McGinty | 374 | 41.1% | — |
| Majority | 42 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 910 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Highfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Wai-Lee Ho Elected | 602 | 62.7% | -0.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Serena Jane Mears Elected | 538 | 56.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Robyn Ennis | 428 | 44.6% | +2.5 |
| Labour Party | Jane Elizabeth Smith | 353 | 36.8% | — |
| Majority | 110 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 960 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Leomansley 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Henshaw Elected | 734 | 39.2% | +7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jamie Checkland Elected | 731 | 39.0% | -8.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Smith Elected | 718 | 38.4% | — |
| Labour Party | James Alan Blackman | 716 | 38.2% | +19.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Christie | 711 | 38.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sally Jane Gilbert | 696 | 37.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Ben Watkins | 669 | 35.7% | — |
| Green Party | Paul Ecclestone-Brown | 642 | 34.3% | +12.8 |
| Majority | 2 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,872 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Little Aston & Stonnall 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Philip John Whitehouse Elected | 705 | 62.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joseph Powell Elected | 701 | 62.4% | — |
| Independent | Ruth Elizabeth Graham | 315 | 28.0% | — |
| Independent | Elizabeth Little | 277 | 24.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Stuart Harrison | 250 | 22.2% | — |
| Majority | 386 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,124 | |||
Longdon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert William Strachan Elected | 384 | 70.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Catherine Mary Wood | 161 | 29.5% | — |
| Majority | 223 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 545 | |||
Mease Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Bennion Elected | 318 | 56.3% | +10.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ashley Yeates | 247 | 43.7% | -10.4 |
| Majority | 71 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 565 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Shenstone
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Salter Elected | 443 | 69.1% | +15.1 |
| Labour Party | Matthew Lee Field | 198 | 30.9% | +10.4 |
| Majority | 245 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 641 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
St John's 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Rosie Harvey-Coggins Elected | 781 | 51.0% | +25.4 |
| Labour Party | Jeyan Anketell Elected | 747 | 48.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | John Smith Elected | 678 | 44.3% | +21.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Deb Baker | 617 | 40.3% | -6.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Colin Greatorex | 575 | 37.5% | — |
| Green Party | Simon Charles Partridge | 574 | 37.5% | +12.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tim Matthews | 545 | 35.6% | — |
| Independent | John Madden | 79 | 5.2% | — |
| Majority | 61 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,532 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Stowe 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Ann Laura Hughes Elected | 758 | 51.1% | +24.1 |
| Labour Party | Russ Bragger Elected | 740 | 49.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Ashton Elected | 684 | 46.1% | +16.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McDermott | 667 | 44.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Angela Lax | 605 | 40.8% | -0.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Marcus Paul Simmons | 527 | 35.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jon O'Hagan | 472 | 31.8% | — |
| Majority | 17 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,484 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Summerfield & All Saints 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Kathy Coe Elected | 574 | 56.2% | +27.5 |
| Labour Party | Michael Galvin Elected | 528 | 51.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Sharon Banevicius Elected | 528 | 51.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Heather Tranter | 477 | 46.7% | -10.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Stephenson | 392 | 38.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicola Vivienne Greensill | 380 | 37.2% | — |
| Independent | Sammy Goody | 187 | 18.3% | — |
| Majority | 51 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,022 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold
Whittington & Streethay 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Holland Elected | 741 | 46.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Claire Estelle Booker Elected | 733 | 45.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Philip Rushton Elected | 727 | 45.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan White | 724 | 45.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Harry Warburton | 694 | 43.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Jennifer Mackintosh | 643 | 40.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Mark Geoffrey Pritchard | 546 | 34.1% | — |
| Majority | 3 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,603 | |||