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The 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.[1] New ward boundaries took effect for this election, although the number of councillors stayed the same at 44.[2]

Quick facts All 44 seats to Stoke-on-Trent City Council 23 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
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All 44 seats to Stoke-on-Trent City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Jane Ashworth Abi Brown Ann James
Party Labour Conservative City Independents
Last election 16 seats, 32.4% 15 seats, 34.8% 12 seats, 25.6%
Seats won 29 14 1
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 1 Decrease 11
Popular vote 35,983 29,697 5,908
Percentage 46.9% 38.7% 7.7%
Swing Increase 14.5% Increase 3.9% Decrease 17.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
Leader before election

Abi Brown
Conservative
No overall control

 Leader after election

Jane Ashworth
Labour

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Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. Labour took a majority of the seats at the election.[3][4] Labour group leader Jane Ashworth was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.[5]

Result

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2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election[6][7]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 44 29 14 0 Increase 13 65.90 46.9 35,983 +14.5
  Conservative 42 14 1 1 Decrease 1 31.8 38.7 29,697 +3.9
  City Independents 15 1 0 14 Decrease 11 0.0 7.7 5,908 –17.9
  Independent 15 0 1 1 Decrease 1 2.3 5.3 4,084 +1.3
  Green 6 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.2 953 –0.1
  Reform 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 46 N/A
  Communist 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 <0.1 25 N/A
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Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an encumber councillor standing for re-election.[8][9]

Abbey Hulton

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Abbey Hulton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Watkins 429 50.1
Independent Mel Baddeley* 272 31.8
City Independents Amanda Webber 109 12.7
Reform Luke Shenton 46 5.4
Majority 157 18.3
Turnout 862 17.2
Rejected ballots 6 0.7
Registered electors 5,002
Labour win (new seat)
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Baddeley, Milton & Norton

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Baddeley, Milton & Norton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dave Evans* 1,743 45.7
Conservative Carl Edwards* 1,581 41.5
Labour Duncan Walker 1,508 39.5
Labour Daniel Mazhar 1,480 38.8
Conservative Jenny Taylor 1,443 37.8
Labour Fiona Wood 1,443 37.8
Independent Gary Elsby 817 21.4
Turnout 3,813 26.7
Rejected ballots 13 0.3
Registered electors 14,306
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative
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Basford & Hartshill

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Basford & Hartshill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaun Pender 930 82.7
Conservative Waheed Karim 194 17.3
Majority 736 65.4
Turnout 1,138 25.9
Rejected ballots 14 1.2
Registered electors 4,399
Labour win (new seat)
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Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend

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Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Colclough 883 61.7
Labour Lynn Watkins 717 50.1
City Independents Sharon Edwards 308 21.5
Conservative Christine Warren 249 17.4
Conservative James Richardson 243 17.0
City Independents Dale Morrey 217 15.2
Turnout 1,431 15.7
Rejected ballots 8 0.6
Registered electors 9,102
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Birches Head & Northwood

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Birches Head & Northwood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Blakemore 957 45.3
Labour Adrian Knapper 830 39.3
City Independents Jean Bowers 694 32.8
City Independents Ralf O'Neill 509 24.1
Conservative Wil Weaver 432 20.4
Conservative Harold Gregory 412 19.5
Green Morrighan Bridie Jordan 98 4.6
Turnout 2,113 25.5
Rejected ballots 4 0.2
Registered electors 8,278
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Blurton

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Blurton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lorraine Beardmore 705 52.9
Labour Kath Banks 495 37.2
Independent Brian Ward 75 5.6
City Independents Susan Whalley 57 4.3
Majority 210 15.7
Turnout 1,339 28.2
Rejected ballots 7 0.5
Registered electors 4,756
Conservative win (new seat)
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Boothen

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Boothen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Platt 662 66.8
Conservative Fesar Hussain 126 12.7
Independent Mark Anthony Warrington 107 10.8
Green Adam Colclough 96 9.7
Majority 536 54.1
Turnout 997 24.8
Rejected ballots 6 0.6
Registered electors 4,023
Labour win (new seat)
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Bradeley & Chell Heath

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Bradeley & Chell Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurmeet Singh Kallar 787 79.8 +23.5
Conservative Dany Suleman 125 12.6 –31.1
Independent Steven Taylor 83 8.3 N/A
Majority 662 67.2 +54.6
Turnout 995 23.7 –3.6
Registered electors 4,205
Labour hold Swing Increase27.3
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Bucknall & Eaton Park

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Bucknall & Eaton Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Heather Blurton 693 49.7
Labour Sam Hackney 648 46.5
City Independents Andrew Colin Bates 54 3.9
Majority 45 3.2
Turnout 1,400 29.7
Rejected ballots 5 0.4
Registered electors 4,718
Conservative win (new seat)
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Burslem

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Burslem Central (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jane Ashworth 700 75.4
Conservative Waqas Shahzad 228 24.6
Majority 472 50.8
Turnout 939 20.4
Registered electors 4,595
Rejected ballots 11 1.2
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
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Burslem Park

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Burslem Park (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Glen Watson 676 61.5 +21.1
Conservative Lesley Adams 423 38.5 +23.8
Majority 253 23.0 N/A
Turnout 1,102 25.4 –1.2
Rejected ballots 4 0.4
Registered electors 4,335
Labour Co-op gain from City Independents Swing Decrease1.3
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Dresden & Florence

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Dresden & Florence
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
City Independents Lilian Jean Dodd 637 49.5 +0.7
Labour Nigel Ross 517 40.2 +22.9
Conservative Siona Louise Williams 132 10.3 –23.6
Majority 120 9.3 –5.6
Turnout 1,292 35.1 –7.9
Registered electors 3,680
Rejected ballots 6 0.5
City Independents hold Swing Decrease11.1
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Etruria & Hanley

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Etruria & Hanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Majid Khan 803 56.0 +0.5
Independent Qamar Sohail 381 26.6 N/A
Conservative Khalil Ahmed 249 17.4 +5.2
Majority 422 29.4 +6.2
Turnout 1,451 33.8 –3.2
Rejected ballots 18 1.2
Registered electors 4,298
Labour hold
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Fenton East

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Fenton East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mubsira Aumir 513 47.5 +14.2
Independent Alan James Gerrard 340 31.5 –1.6
Conservative Grant Christian Barnes 226 21.0 +8.3
Majority 173 16.0 +15.8
Turnout 1,082 24.1 –3.8
Rejected ballots 3 0.3
Registered electors 4,491
Labour hold Swing Increase7.9
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Fenton West & Mount Pleasant

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Fenton West & Mount Pleasant
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lyn Mary Sharpe 581 47.4 +27.5
Independent Cheryl Elizabeth Gerrard 331 27.0 –16.2
Conservative Khawar Ali 289 23.6 +17.4
Communist Jordan Roden 25 2.0 N/A
Majority 250 20.4 N/A
Turnout 1,231 27.6 –3.1
Rejected ballots 5 0.4
Registered electors 4,466
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase22.0
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Ford Green & Smallthorne

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Ford Green & Smallthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Diane Williams 775 68.3 +24.0
Conservative Candi Chetwynd 354 31.9 +3.4
Majority 401 36.2 +20.4
Turnout 1,134 24.0 –0.2
Rejected ballots 5 0.4
Registered electors 4,734
Labour hold Swing Increase10.2
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Goldenhill & Sandyford

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Goldenhill & Sandyford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chandra Mohan Kanneganti 860 71.4 +17.3
Labour Jeffrey Birks 265 22.0 –5.6
Independent Alan Edward Dutton 79 6.6 N/A
Majority 595 49.4 –17.3
Turnout 1,207 25.5 –5.3
Rejected ballots 3 0.2
Registered electors 4,742
Conservative hold Swing Increase11.5
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Great Chell & Packmoor

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Great Chell & Packmoor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Akkurt 774 39.3
Labour David Mountford 710 36.1
Conservative Jan Bridges 621 31.6
City Independents Ann James 602 30.6
Conservative James Robert Smith 508 25.8
City Independents David Owens 466 23.7
Turnout 1,968 23.1
Rejected ballots 6 0.3
Registered electors 8,515
Labour gain from City Independents
Labour gain from City Independents
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Hanford, Newstead & Trentham

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Hanford, Newstead & Trentham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Jellyman 2,283 56.8
Conservative Maxine Clark 2,070 51.4
Conservative Rachel Kelsall 2,069 51.3
Labour John Cunnison 1,328 32.9
Labour Lauren Davison 1,169 29.0
Labour Clare Stanier 1,063 26.4
City Independents Andrew George Gilbride 583 14.5
Green Debbie Patricia Georgakakou 574 14.2
Turnout 4,031 28.3
Rejected ballots 7 0.2
Registered electors 14,258
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton

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Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alastair Scott Watson 1,245 53.7
Labour Amjid Wazir 1,231 53.1
Conservative Murtaza Alam 754 32.5
Independent Alirom Raza 471 20.3
Conservative Raja Ravi Varma Sangaraju 454 19.6
Turnout 2,317 26.9
Rejected ballots 16 0.7
Registered electors 8,629
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Hartshill Park & Stoke

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Hartshill Park & Stoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniela Maria Santoro 630 68.2
Conservative Nathan Andrew Purchase 242 26.2
Independent David Edward Barker 52 5.6
Majority 388 42.0
Turnout 933 25.1
Rejected ballots 9 1.0
Registered electors 3,712
Labour win (new seat)
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Hollybush

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Hollybush
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Finlay Gordon-McCusker 631 55.3
Conservative Shaun Bennett 393 34.4
City Independents Michelle Francis Whalley 118 10.4
Majority 238 20.9
Turnout 933 25.1
Rejected ballots 4 0.3
Registered electors 3,712
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
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Lightwood North & Normacot

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Lightwood North & Normacot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sadaqat Maqsoom 1,288 57.0 –2.0
Labour Omar Ali 970 43.0 +2.0
Majority 318 14.0 –4.0
Turnout 2,275 48.5 –13.2
Rejected ballots 17 0.7
Registered electors 4,695
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.0
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Little Chell & Stanfield

David Williams (Stoke-on-Trent North MP)

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Little Chell & Stanfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Williams 676 57.3 +11.9
Conservative Imran Khurshid 335 28.4 +22.1
Independent Anthony Screen 168 14.3 N/A
Majority 341 28.9 +19.4
Turnout 1,181 26.5 –0.7
Rejected ballots 2 0.2
Registered electors 4,461
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.1
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Longton & Meir Hay South

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Longton & Meir Hay South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Robinson 684 55.4
Conservative Asman Ali 549 44.6
Majority 135 10.8
Turnout 1,245 27.1
Rejected ballots 12 1.0
Registered electors 4,600
Labour win (new seat)
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Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney

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Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig David Beardmore 1,409 58.9
Conservative Ross Andrew Irving 1,293 54.0
Labour Samantha Yates 942 39.4
Labour Zain Albadeen Mohammed 730 30.5
Turnout 2,393 24.3
Rejected ballots 20 0.8
Registered electors 9,831
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Meir North

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Meir North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Desiree Gail Elliott 485 52.3 +26.7
City Independents Michelle Suzanne Swift 279 30.1 +12.8
Conservative Sam Hussain 164 17.7 –0.7
Majority 206 22.2 +19.1
Turnout 938 19.0 –3.5
Rejected ballots 10 1.1
Registered electors 4,946
Labour hold Swing Increase7.0
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Meir Park

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Meir Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Abi Brown 982 73.5 –10.9
Labour Taimour Arfan 260 19.5 +3.9
Green Jenny Louise Harper 95 7.1 N/A
Majority 722 54.0 –14.8
Turnout 1,340 33.1 –3.8
Rejected ballots 3 0.2
Registered electors 4,044
Conservative hold Swing Decrease7.4
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Meir South

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Meir South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Faisal Hussain 684 52.5 +12.8
Labour Bagh Ali 618 47.5 +15.5
Majority 66 5.0 –2.7
Turnout 1,306 29.4 +2.3
Rejected ballots 4 0.3
Registered electors 4,444
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.4
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Moorcroft & Sneyd Green

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Moorcroft & Sneyd Green (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Javid Iqbal Najmi 1,198 45.5
Labour Laura Anne Carter 1,157 43.9
Conservative Tariq Mahmood 787 29.9
City Independents Joanne Powell-Beckett 720 27.3
City Independents Kerry Ellis 555 21.1
Conservative Marilyn Anne Marathe 483 18.3
Turnout 2,633 29.2
Rejected ballots 9 0.3
Registered electors 9,027
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Penkhull & Springfields

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Penkhull & Springfields
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Ann Hill 719 55.9
Conservative Dean Richardson 478 37.1
Green Tom Holland 90 7.0
Majority 241 18.8
Turnout 1,301 30.2
Rejected ballots 14 1.1
Registered electors 4,303
Labour win (new seat)
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Sandford Hill

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Sandford Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Bell 615 59.0 +18.4
Conservative Ally Simcock 428 41.0 +3.3
Majority 187 18.0 +15.1
Turnout 1,055 22.8 –2.9
Rejected ballots 12 1.1
Registered electors 4,622
Labour hold Swing Increase7.6
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Trent Vale & Oakhill

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Trent Vale & Oakhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Waseem Akbar 592 52.7
Independent Jackie Barnes 400 35.6
Independent Bridge Allport 131 11.7
Majority 192 17.1
Turnout 1,128 27.0
Registered electors 4,175
Rejected ballots 5 0.4
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
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Tunstall

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Tunstall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tabrase Din 650 45.8 +35.5
Labour Co-op Joy Garner 392 27.6 –15.0
Independent Lee Wanger 377 26.6 N/A
Majority 258 18.2 N/A
Turnout 1,430 28.7
Rejected ballots 11 0.8
Registered electors 4,982
Conservative gain from City Independents Swing Increase25.3
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By-elections

Meir North

A by-election was held on 2 May 2024 following the resignation of Labour councillor Desiree Elliott, who had served as cabinet member for education, skills and anti-poverty.[10]

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Meir North by-election 2 May 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lauren Davison 469 53.9 N/A
Independent Michelle Suzanne Swift 216 24.8 N/A
Conservative Khawar Ali 185 21.3 N/A
Majority 253 29.1 N/A
Turnout 877 17.6 N/A
Rejected ballots 7 0.8
Registered electors 4,979
Labour hold
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Birches Head & Northwood

A by-election was held on 15 May 2025 after Labour councillor Steve Blakemore was disqualified from office when Unitas, the council's housing repairs company which employed him, was brought back under direct council control on 1 April 2025, creating a conflict under the rules barring council employees from serving as councillors.[11]

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Birches Head & Northwood by-election 15 May 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Luke Stephen Shenton 1,226 58.5 N/A
Labour Maggie Bradley 449 21.4 –22.5
City Independents Jean Ann Bowers 346 16.5 –15.3
Conservative Kharwar Ali 73 3.5 –16.3
Majority 777 37.1 N/A
Turnout 2,094 28.1 +2.6
Reform gain from Labour
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