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2023 Lichfield District Council election

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The 2023 Lichfield District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other English local elections.[2]

Quick facts All 47 seats to Lichfield District Council 24 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
2023 Lichfield District Council election
← 2019
4 May 2023
2027 →
All 47 seats to Lichfield District Council
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.2%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Doug Pullen Steven Norman Paul Ray
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 34 seats, 49.0% 10 seats, 28.3% 1 seat, 13.7%
Seats before 31[a] 11 1
Seats won 23 17 7
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 7 Increase 6
Popular vote 23,652 20,344 6,476
Percentage 44.6% 38.3% 12.2%
Swing Decrease 4.4% Increase 10.0% Decrease 1.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Party Independent Reform
Last election 2 seats, 4.0% N/A
Seats before 3 1
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote 1,242 N/A
Percentage 2.3% N/A
Swing Decrease 1.7% N/A
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Lichfield District Council election
Leader before election

Doug Pullen
Conservative

 Leader after election

Doug Pullen
Conservative
No overall control

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All 47 members of the council were up for election, and the Conservatives lost control of the council to no overall control.[3] 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 as Labour and the Liberal Democrats ruled out a coalition.[4]

Summary

Candidates

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.

Election result

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2023 Lichfield District Council election[5][6]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 47 23 4 11 Decrease 7 49.0 44.6 23,652 –4.4
  Labour 39 17 6 0 Increase 6 36.2 38.3 20,344 +10.0
  Liberal Democrats 12 7 6 0 Increase 6 14.9 12.2 6,476 –1.5
  Green 3 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.0 2.5 1,341 ±0.0
  Independent 5 0 0 3 Decrease 3 0.0 2.3 1,242 –1.7
  Reform 0 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 0.0 0 N/A
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Ward results

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Alrewas and Fradley

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Alrewas and Fradley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Wilcox* 748 47.6 –11.7
Conservative Sonia Wilcox* 695 44.3 –11.9
Conservative Derick Cross* 682 43.4 –19.9
Labour Tobias Ryder 640 40.8 +7.6
Labour David Whatton 621 39.6 +15.2
Labour Ian Coxon 502 32.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alasdair Brooks 332 21.1 N/A
Turnout 1,570 28.6
Registered electors 5,488
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Armitage and Handsacre

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Armitage with Handsacre (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Cox* 823 57.9 –0.1
Conservative Thomas Marshall* 749 52.7 –1.8
Conservative Nikki Hawkins 665 46.8 +1.5
Labour Jacob Marshall 512 36.0 +1.3
Labour Marvin Shortman 478 33.6 N/A
Labour Christopher Willis 469 33.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Morwenna Rae 220 15.5 N/A
Turnout 1,422 23.8
Registered electors 5,967
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Boley Park

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Boley Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Douglas Pullen* 678 46.4 –8.2
Conservative Mark Warfield* 660 45.2 –4.9
Labour Andrew Fox 528 36.2 +15.0
Liberal Democrats Scott Hollingsworth 428 29.3 –7.5
Labour Raj Kulkarni 425 29.1 N/A
Turnout 1,460 43.8
Registered electors 3,330
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Boney Hay and Central

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Boney Hay and Central (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Di Evans* 731 59.5 +10.3
Labour Paul Taylor 686 55.8 +7.8
Labour Sharon Taylor 664 54.0 +11.0
Conservative James Craik 452 36.8 –4.6
Conservative Steven Swain 414 33.7 –5.5
Conservative Keith Willis-Croft 413 33.6 –0.2
Turnout 1,229 25.0
Registered electors 4,910
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Bourne Vale

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Bourne Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Yeates* Unopposed
Registered electors ?
Conservative hold
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Chadsmead

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Chadsmead (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Ray* 545 49.9 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Miles Trent 432 39.5 +8.5
Independent Joanne Grange* 384 35.1 +3.5
Conservative Elaine Hutchings 327 29.9 +11.6
Conservative Paul Jones 218 19.9 +2.7
Turnout 1,093 34.4
Registered electors 3,182
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
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Chase Terrace

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Chase Terrace (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Woodward 577 72.3 +15.4
Labour Steven Norman* 532 66.7 +8.3
Conservative Richard Cross* 192 24.1 –13.1
Conservative Matt Warburton 176 22.1 –14.8
Turnout 798 22.2
Registered electors 3,592
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Chasetown

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Chasetown (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Darren Ennis* 507 71.6 +12.4
Labour Laura Ennis* 467 66.0 +23.8
Conservative Norma Bacon 197 27.8 –14.9
Conservative Antony Jones 149 21.0 N/A
Turnout 708 20.3
Registered electors 3,488
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
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Colton and the Ridwares

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Colton and the Ridwares
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Vernon 317 52.5 –21.0
Labour Paul Golder 161 26.7 +0.3
Green David Cullen 125 20.7 N/A
Majority 156 25.8
Turnout 608 33.5
Registered electors 1,817
Conservative hold
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Curborough

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Curborough (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Robertson* 516 61.6 +25.8
Labour Colin Ball* 509 60.8 +17.5
Conservative Daniel Floyd 282 33.7 +2.5
Conservative Edward Sheasby 258 30.8 +5.6
Turnout 837 25.8
Registered electors 3,239
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Fazeley

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Fazeley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alex Farrell 526 59.8 +18.3
Conservative John Hill 519 59.0 +24.5
Labour Anne Thompson 336 38.2 +4.5
Labour David Thompson 309 35.1 +4.1
Turnout 880 25.8
Registered electors 3,411
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Reform
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Hammerwich with Wall

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Hammerwich with Wall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janice Silvester-Hall* 509 52.3 –14.8
Conservative Wing Heng Leung 489 50.2 –0.8
Labour Carolyn Gittings 447 45.9 +14.8
Labour Lorna McGinty 374 38.4 +8.1
Turnout 974 28.8
Registered electors 3,385
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent
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Highfield

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Highfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wai-Lee Ho* 602 56.7 +5.3
Conservative Serena Mears 538 50.7 –5.0
Labour Robyn Ennis 428 40.3 +3.3
Labour Jane Smith 353 33.3 +1.4
Turnout 1,061 29.1
Registered electors 3,653
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Leomansley

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Leomansley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Henshaw 734 35.5 +6.2
Conservative Jamie Checkland* 731 35.4 –8.5
Conservative Andy Smith* 718 34.7 –6.6
Labour James Blackman 716 34.6 +17.5
Liberal Democrats Jamie Christie 711 34.4 +5.6
Conservative Sally Gilbert 696 33.7 –9.4
Labour Ben Watkins 669 32.4 +16.2
Green Paul Ecclestone-Brown 642 31.1 +11.1
Turnout 2,067 38.2
Registered electors 5,417
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Little Aston & Stonnall

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Little Aston & Stonnall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Whitehouse 705 59.7 N/A
Conservative Joseph Powell* 701 59.4 N/A
Independent Ruth Graham 315 26.7 N/A
Independent Elizabeth Little* 277 23.5 N/A
Labour Stuart Harrison 250 21.2 N/A
Turnout 1,181 30.8 N/A
Registered electors 3,829
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent
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Longdon

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Longdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Strachan* 384 70.5 N/A
Labour Catherine Wood 161 29.5 N/A
Majority 223 41.0 N/A
Turnout 555 33.5 N/A
Registered electors 1,659
Conservative hold
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Mease Valley

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Mease Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion 318 56.3 +10.5
Conservative Ashley Yeates* 247 43.7 –10.5
Majority 71 12.6 N/A
Turnout 569 36.2
Registered electors 1,572
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
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Shenstone

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Shenstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Salter* 443 69.1 +15.1
Labour Matthew Field 198 30.9 +10.4
Majority 245 38.2
Turnout 646 34.0
Registered electors 1,898
Conservative hold
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St John's

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St John's (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary Harvey-Coggins 781 44.8 +20.6
Labour Jeyan Anketell* 747 42.9 +19.4
Liberal Democrats John Smith 678 38.9 +16.9
Conservative Deb Baker* 617 35.4 –9.0
Conservative Colin Greatorex* 575 33.0 –10.3
Green Simon Partridge 574 33.0 +9.8
Conservative Tim Matthews 545 31.3 –8.1
Independent John Madden 79 4.5 N/A
Turnout 1,742 35.8
Registered electors 4,860
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
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Stowe

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Stowe (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Hughes 758 43.2 +20.0
Labour Russ Bragger 740 42.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Hugh Ashton 684 39.0 +13.8
Liberal Democrats Paul McDermott 667 38.0 +14.3
Conservative Angela Lax* 605 34.5 –0.7
Conservative Marcus Simmons 527 30.0 –4.9
Conservative Jon O'Hagan 472 26.9 –1.4
Turnout 1,756 36.2
Registered electors 4,850
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
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Summerfield and All Saints

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Summerfield and All Saints (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathy Coe 574 50.8 +9.4
Labour Sharon Banevicius 528 46.7 +5.3
Labour Michael Galvin 528 46.7 +19.9
Conservative Heather Tranter* 477 42.2 +2.7
Conservative Richard Stephenson 392 34.7 +2.6
Conservative Nicola Greensill 380 33.6 +6.2
Independent Sammy Goody 187 16.5 N/A
Turnout 1,131 23.6
Registered electors 4,798
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
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Whittington and Streethay

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Whittington and Streethay (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Holland 741 40.4 N/A
Labour Claire Estelle Booker 733 39.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rushton 727 39.6 N/A
Conservative Alan White* 724 39.4 N/A
Conservative Harry Warburton* 694 37.8 N/A
Labour Jennifer Mackintosh 643 35.0 N/A
Labour Mark Pritchard 546 29.7 N/A
Turnout 1,836 33.4 N/A
Registered electors 5,495
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
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Changes 2023–2027

  • Derick Cross and Serena Mears, both elected as Conservatives, left the party in October 2023 to sit as independents.[7]
  • Mike Wilcox, elected as a Conservative, subsequently left the party to sit as an independent before resigning in 2025.[8]

By-elections

Alrewas & Fradley

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Alrewas & Fradley by-election: 24 July 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Stephenson 690 42.4 –1.1
Reform Brandon Clark 439 27.0 N/A
Labour Glen Bown 314 19.3 –17.9
Liberal Democrats Morag Maclean 185 11.4 –7.9
Majority 251 15.4 N/A
Turnout 1,629 26.3 –2.3
Registered electors 6,197
Conservative hold
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The by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent councillor Mike Wilcox, who had previously been elected as a Conservative.[9]

Curborough

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Curborough by-election: 1 May 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Matthew Wallens 381 38.5 N/A
Conservative Daniel Floyd 230 23.2 –12.1
Labour Liz Stamatelatos 217 21.9 –42.8
Green David Melhuish 92 9.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul McDermott 70 7.1 N/A
Majority 151 15.3 N/A
Turnout 992 30.2 +4.4
Registered electors 3,286
Reform gain from Labour
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The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Dave Robertson after he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Lichfield.[10]

Armitage & Handsacre

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Armitage & Handsacre by-election: 11 December 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martyn Punyer 630 46.7 −0.1
Reform Andrew Clissett 431 31.9 N/A
Labour James Blackman 127 9.4 −26.6
Liberal Democrats Morag MacLean 99 7.3 −8.2
Green David Cullen 63 4.7 N/A
Turnout 1,350 22.4 −1.4
Registered electors 6,020
Conservative hold Swing
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A by-election was called following the stepping down of Conservative councillor Nikki Hawkins.[11]

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