The 2023 South Staffordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 42 councillors on South Staffordshire District Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[2][3] New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, reducing the number of seats from 49 to 42.[4][5]
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All 42 seats to South Staffordshire District Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 South Staffordshire District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Conservatives, who have held a majority of the seats on the council since 1976,[6] retained their majority at this election, winning 29 of the 42 seats.[7][8][9]
Summary
editElection result
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 39 | 29 | N/A | N/A | 69.0 | 47.1 | 24,653 | –10.3 | ||
Independent | 16 | 5 | N/A | N/A | 11.9 | 10.3 | 5,391 | –4.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 4 | N/A | N/A | 9.5 | 14.0 | 7,311 | +12.3 | ||
Labour | 26 | 2 | N/A | N/A | 4.8 | 19.9 | 10,410 | +6.2 | ||
Green | 13 | 2 | N/A | N/A | 4.8 | 7.5 | 3,915 | –3.5 | ||
UKIP | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.7 | 389 | –1.0 | ||
Heritage | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.4 | 208 | N/A | ||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.2 | 95 | N/A |
Ward results
editThe results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[10][11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Gary Burnett* | 866 | 71.4 | N/A | |
Green | Fiona Hopkins | 802 | 66.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Armitage | 341 | 28.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ryan Hillback | 280 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,213 | 31.8 | |||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Holmes* | 1,109 | 54.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Wendy Sutton* | 1,055 | 52.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sue Szalapski | 931 | 46.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Adrian Hamlyn | 690 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Adebowale Olojede | 625 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Davis | 432 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Green | Nirmaljit Singh | 396 | 19.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,032 | 30.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rob Duncan | 620 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sue Duncan | 611 | 38.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bernard Williams* | 565 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Alex Brindle | 543 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Adam Freeman | 457 | 28.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Dave Lockley* | 447 | 28.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Anil Singh | 400 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Independent | David Norris | 369 | 23.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Steve Hollis* | 229 | 14.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Alan Emery | 160 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,599 | 26.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Val Chapman | 1,164 | 56.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Meg Barrow* | 1,152 | 55.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Michell* | 1,044 | 50.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Chris Fewtrell | 748 | 36.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Reg Vernon | 731 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Gulvinder Bansal | 526 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,091 | 33.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Warren Fisher* | 647 | 74.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Chris Steel* | 566 | 65.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ash Smith | 238 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 873 | 21.6 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bob Cope* | 800 | 62.3 | N/A | |
Labour | John Brindle | 494 | 38.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hilary Southern | 439 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Pincher | 153 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,292 | 29.6 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ray Perry* | 366 | 44.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kath Williams* | 361 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Wayne Instone | 349 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Paul Alexander | 275 | 33.2 | N/A | |
Independent | David Norris | 126 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Green | James Sadler | 83 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 835 | 21.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kath Perry* | 654 | 60.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Matthew Jackson | 585 | 54.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Christopher Jones | 449 | 41.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Brian Levy | 327 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,090 | 26.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Himley and Swindon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Lees* | 380 | 64.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Pincher | 127 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Gordon Fanthom | 85 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 253 | 42.8 | |||
Turnout | 592 | 28.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Huntington and Hatherton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeff Ashley | 364 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Williams* | 340 | 43.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Ron Kenyon | 246 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Green | Chris Benton* | 201 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Green | Adam Dent | 77 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 785 | 19.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stephanie Dufty | 1,416 | 59.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Harrison | 1,375 | 57.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Spruce | 1,188 | 49.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Geoff Sisley* | 848 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Roger Pauli | 783 | 32.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sion Charlesworth-Jones | 733 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Julia Southall | 235 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Freedom Alliance | Jackie Ward | 95 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,408 | 38.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Rob Nelson | 302 | 39.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mark Sutton | 245 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Jeff Ford | 174 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Green | Hilde Liesens | 47 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 57 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 768 | 36.4 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Victoria Wilson* | 726 | 49.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Reade* | 666 | 45.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Steve Bull | 415 | 28.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Nicholas Hill | 272 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Green | Holly Fuller | 247 | 16.7 | N/A | |
No Description | Ben Forrest | 216 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Young | 99 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Calloway | 74 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,487 | 37.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sam Harper-Wallis | 930 | 57.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Andy Adams* | 729 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Luana Bills | 689 | 42.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Len Bates* | 566 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,620 | 37.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Helen Adams | 597 | 48.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Victor Kelly | 585 | 47.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Andrew Lenz | 452 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Norman Smallwood | 423 | 34.0 | N/A | |
No Description | Viv Smith | 278 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,249 | 28.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Penny Allen* | 464 | 67.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Judith Evans | 224 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 240 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 688 | 34.4 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rita Heseltine* | 354 | 42.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Christopher Evans | 335 | 40.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Alita Caine | 250 | 30.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Mary Thomas | 215 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Frank Thomas | 212 | 25.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Nigel Caine* | 191 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 836 | 23.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Phil Davis* | 388 | 57.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Dimple O’Gorman | 128 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Sam Payne | 108 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Green | Danni Braine | 49 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 260 | 38.7 | |||
Turnout | 673 | 28.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dan Kinsey* | 891 | 53.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Barry Bond* | 813 | 48.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Martin Perry | 680 | 40.8 | N/A | |
Green | Ian Sadler* | 425 | 25.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Margaret Davidson | 402 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Chris Wood | 342 | 20.5 | N/A | |
Heritage | Richard Blaikie | 208 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Male | 195 | 11.7 | N/A | |
Green | Jon Thorpe | 149 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Middleton | 107 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,687 | 30.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Davies* | 819 | 55.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mark Evans* | 748 | 51.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Vince Merrick* | 688 | 47.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Denis Beaumont | 419 | 28.6 | N/A | |
Green | Claire McIlvenna | 387 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Vicky Boswell | 318 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Theresa Vaccaro | 294 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Green | Elizabeth Westlake | 186 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,482 | 26.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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