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2023 South Staffordshire District Council election

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]

2023 South Staffordshire District Council
← 2019 4 May 2023 2027 →
All 42 seats to South Staffordshire District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Roger Lees Bob Cope
Party Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 37 seats, 57.4% 7 seats, 14.6% 0 seats, 1.7%
Seats before 36 8[a] 0
Seats won 29 5 4
Seat change Decrease 8 Decrease 2 Increase 4
Popular vote 24,653 5,391 7,311
Percentage 47.1% 10.3% 14.0%
Swing Decrease 10.3% Decrease 4.3% Increase 12.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Chris Benton (defeated)
Party Labour Green UKIP
Last election 1 seat, 13.7% 3 seats, 11.0% 1 seat, 1.7%
Seats before 1 3 1
Seats won 2 2 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 10,410 3,915 389
Percentage 19.9% 7.5% 0.7%
Swing Increase 6.2% Decrease 3.5% Decrease 1.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 South Staffordshire District Council election
Leader before election

Roger Lees
Conservative

Leader after election

Roger Lees
Conservative

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

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Election result

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2023 South Staffordshire District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 39 29 N/A N/A   8 69.0 47.1 24,653 –10.3
  Independent 16 5 N/A N/A   2 11.9 10.3 5,391 –4.3
  Liberal Democrats 13 4 N/A N/A   4 9.5 14.0 7,311 +12.3
  Labour 26 2 N/A N/A   1 4.8 19.9 10,410 +6.2
  Green 13 2 N/A N/A   1 4.8 7.5 3,915 –3.5
  UKIP 2 0 N/A N/A   1 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

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The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[10][11]

Bilbrook

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Bilbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Brewood, Coven and Blymhill

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Brewood, Coven and Blymhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Cheslyn Hay Village

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Cheslyn Hay Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Codsall

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Codsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Essington

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Essington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Featherstone, Shareshill and Saredon

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Featherstone, Shareshill and Saredon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Great Wyrley Landywood

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Great Wyrley Landywood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Great Wyrley Town

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Great Wyrley Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Himley and Swindon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Huntington and Hatherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Kinver and Enville

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Kinver and Enville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston

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Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington and Lower Penn

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Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington and Lower Penn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Penkridge North and Acton Trussell

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Penkridge North and Acton Trussell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Penkridge South and Gailey

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Penkridge South and Gailey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Perton East

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Perton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Perton Lakeside

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Perton Lakeside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Perton Wrottesley

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Perton Wrottesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Wombourne North

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Wombourne North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Wombourne South

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Wombourne South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

References

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  1. ^ Including one vacant seat in Featherstone and Shareshill ward previously held by independent councillor Frank Beardsmore prior to his resignation in January 2023.[1]
  1. ^ Boothroyd, David (13 January 2023). "Did you insinuate we'd lost three seats on Plymouth?". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Local Elections 2023: Is there an election in my area?". BBC News. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ "List of candidates for district and parish elections 2023 | South Staffordshire District Council". www.sstaffs.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. ^ "The South Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1140, retrieved 28 December 2023
  5. ^ Madeley, Peter. "South Staffordshire to lose seven councillors as new boundary plans finalised". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  7. ^ "District council elections 2023: The results". South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ^ Stubbings, David (5 May 2023). "Full South Staffordshire Council election results as Conservatives lose seats but maintain control". Express and Star. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Local elections 2023: full council results for England". The Guardian. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Declarations of results of poll" (PDF). South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Councillors". South Staffordshire Council. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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