Town ward

Vote share over time

Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.

07/05/2026 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sheelagh Casey-Hulme Elected 345 28.7% -11.2
Reform UK Christine Ann Duffy Elected 331 27.6% +5.9
Reform UK Thomas Paul Edgington 317 26.4% —
Labour Party Ruth Wright 301 25.1% —
Green Party Nick Chidlow 263 21.9% —
Green Party Mark Allan Jones 243 20.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amanda Jane Berrisford 197 16.4% -12.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian David Gilmore 145 12.1% —
Liberal Democrats James Martin Borg 84 7.0% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Morgan-Ross Inwood 64 5.3% —
Majority14
Turnout29.7%
Registered electors4,066
Ballots cast1,201

Labour Party hold · Reform UK gain from Labour Party

23/01/2025 By-election

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sheelagh Casey-Hulme Elected 309 39.9% -24.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Elliott Albert Lancaster 226 29.2% -0.5
Reform UK Neill Antony Walker 168 21.7% —
Liberal Democrats Nigel Jones 71 9.2% —
Majority83
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors4,173
Ballots cast774

Labour Party hold

05/05/2022 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Wendy Ann Brockie Elected 665 64.0% +6.2
Labour Party Ruth Wright Elected 644 62.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Conna Douglas Eynon 309 29.7% +8.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Hayden Hill 303 29.2% —
Majority335
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors3,907
Ballots cast1,039

Labour Party hold

03/05/2018 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ruth Wright Elected 659 57.8% —
Labour Party Elizabeth Alice Ruth Shenton Elected 654 57.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Peter Johnson 248 21.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Mathew Mason 219 19.2% —
Independent Chris Malkin 181 15.9% —
Liberal Democrats Hilary Ann Jones 128 11.2% —
Independent Wenslie Naylon 97 8.5% —
Liberal Democrats Salwa Booth 95 8.3% —
Majority406
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,140

05/05/2016 Estimated

This ward's boundary changed, so nobody stood in it at this election. 100% of the ward is accounted for.

PartyEstimated share
Labour Party 52%
Conservative and Unionist Party 20%
English Democrats 13%
Liberal Democrats 12%
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 3%
Green Party 0%

Reconstructed from Town (88%), Cross Heath (8%), Thistleberry (5%). No hold or gain is shown: there is no comparable earlier result.