2019 Lichfield District Council election

2019 Lichfield District Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 47 seats to Lichfield District Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Party Conservative Labour
Last election 42 seats, 54.6% 4 seats, 26.8%
Seats won 34 10
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 6
Popular vote 20,120 11,606
Percentage 49.0% 28.3%
Swing Decrease 5.6% Increase 1.5%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 0 seats, 3.8% 1 seat, 4.7%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 1,643 5,605
Percentage 4.0% 13.7%
Swing Increase 0.2% Increase 9.0%
Map of the results by ward
Council control before election


Conservative

 Council control after election


Conservative

The 2019 Lichfield District Council election took place on 2 May to elect members of Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire, England. The whole council - 47 members - was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

Campaign

Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Independent, UKIP 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.

Summary

Election result

The Conservatives maintained control of the council.

2019 Lichfield District Council election[1]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 46 34 0 8 Decrease 8 72.3 49.0 20,120 –5.6
  Labour 33 10 6 0 Increase 6 21.3 28.3 11,606 +1.5
  Independent 4 2 2 0 Increase 2 4.3 4.0 1,643 +0.2
  Liberal Democrats 16 1 0 0 Steady 2.1 13.7 5,605 +9.0
  UKIP 4 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.6 1,052 –5.9
  Green 4 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.5 1,025 +0.8

Results by ward

Elected candidates in bold.

Alrewas and Fradley (3 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derick George Cross 843 63.3
Conservative Michael John Wilcox 790 59.3
Conservative Sonia Elizabeth Wilcox 748 56.2
Labour Alison Claire Wright 442 33.2
Labour David Alan Cullen 325 24.4
Majority 306 9.72
Rejected ballots 57 4.1
Turnout 1,389 28
Registered electors 4,880
Armitage with Handsacre (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Ernest Cox 850 58.0
Conservative Tom Marshall 799 54.5
Conservative Nicholas David Binney 663 45.3
Labour Lindsey Teresa Baker 508 34.7
Independent Steve Hyden 457 31.2
Majority 155 4.73
Rejected ballots 28 1.88
Turnout 1,493 24
Registered electors 6,109
Boley Park (2 seats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet May Eagland 697 54.6
Conservative Mark Andrew Warfield 639 50.1
Liberal Democrats Linda Dickins 470 36.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Ann Rapley 361 28.3
Labour Veran-Elise Palmer 271 21.2
Majority 169 6.93
Rejected ballots 36 2.74
Turnout 1,312 38
Registered electors 3,454
Boney Hay and Central (3 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Di Evans 583 49.2
Labour Rob Birch 569 48.0
Labour Brad Westwood 510 43.0
Conservative Keith Andrew Willis-Croft 491 41.4
Conservative Robin Place 464 39.2
Conservative Thomas Neil Teko Pita Loughbrough Heron 400 33.8
Majority 19 0.63
Rejected ballots 64 5.12
Turnout 1,249 24
Registered electors 5,131
Bourne Vale (1 seat)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian William Yeates no contest
Chadsmead (2 seats)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Ray 461 41.6
Independent Joanne Kay Grange 350 31.6
Liberal Democrats Miles Trent 343 31.0
Conservative Muriel Gwyneth Boyle 203 18.3
Conservative Sara Pritchard 190 17.2
Labour Philip Sutcliffe 182 16.4
Labour Mark Neil Taylor 176 15.9
UKIP Kevin Casserley 156 14.1
Majority 7 0.34
Rejected ballots 5 0.45
Turnout 1,112 33
Registered electors 3,372
Chase Terrace (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steven Gerald Norman 505 58.4
Labour Sharon Wyn Banevicius 492 56.9
Conservative Brian Frederick Bacon 322 37.2
Conservative Norma Bacon 319 36.9
Majority 170 10.38
Rejected ballots 42 4.63
Turnout 907 24
Registered electors 3,768
Chasetown (2 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Darren Michael Oliver Ennis 391 59.2
Conservative Samuel John Tapper 282 42.7
Labour Carolyn Harriet Gittings 279 42.2
Majority 109 11.45
Rejected ballots 34 4.89
Turnout 695 21
Registered electors 3,278
Colton and the Ridwares (1 seat)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shirley Ann Barnett 432 73.6
Labour Colin George Noble 155 26.4
Majority 277 47.19
Rejected ballots 30 4.86
Turnout 617 33
Registered electors 1,896
Curborough (2 seats)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin John Ball 339 43.3
Labour Dave Robertson 280 35.8
Conservative Daniel Floyd 244 31.2
Conservative Susan Elizabeth Smith 197 25.2
Green Diane Rosemary Harrison 160 20.4
Liberal Democrats Anne Margaret Johnson Pitman 133 17.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher James Cadwallader-Allan 99 12.6
Majority 36 2.48
Rejected ballots 32 3.93
Turnout 815 24
Registered electors 3,352
Fazeley (2 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Andrew Parton-Hughes 368 41.5
Conservative Barry John Gwilt 306 34.5
Labour Kathryn Dawn Dwyer 299 33.7
UKIP Janet Maureen Higgins 284 32.1
Labour Jenny Sadler 275 31.0
Majority 7 0.46
Rejected ballots 5 0.56
Turnout 891 25
Registered electors 3,554
Hammerwich with Wall (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janice Silvester-Hall 696 67.1
Conservative Alastair Matthew Little 529 51.0
Labour Andrew James Wilred Bullock 322 31.1
Labour Jamie Lee Denton 314 30.3
Majority 207 11.12
Rejected ballots 56 5.12
Turnout 1,093 31
Registered electors 3,477
Highfield (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Douglas Robert Pullen 578 55.7
Conservative Wai-Lee Ho 533 51.4
Labour Jane Elizabeth Smith 384 37.0
Labour Elaine Denise Kirkham 331 31.9
Majority 149 8.16
Rejected ballots 61 5.56
Turnout 1,098 29
Registered electors 3,756
Leomansley (3 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jamie Checkland 790 43.9
Conservative Iain Morris Eadie 776 43.1
Conservative Andy Smith 743 41.3
Liberal Democrats Jamie Christie 528 29.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Andrew Jackson 518 28.8
Liberal Democrats Lee Mark Cadwallader-Allan 429 23.8
Green Paul Ecclestone-Brown 360 20.0
Labour Rajesh Krishna Kulkarni 307 17.1
Labour Kim Sheree Heidi Rochelle 291 16.2
Labour Paul Anthony Golder 285 15.8
Majority 215 4.28
Rejected ballots 32 1.75
Turnout 1,831 35
Registered electors 5,270
Little Aston and Stonnall (2 seats)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Alice Little no contest
Conservative Joseph John Rayner Powell no contest
Longdon (1 seat)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert William Strachan no contest
Mease Valley (1 seat)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ashley Yeates 293 54.2
Liberal Democrats Roger Phillip Bennion 248 45.8
Majority 45 8.32
Rejected ballots 15 2.7
Turnout 556 36
Registered electors 1,562
Shenstone (1 seat)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Frank Salter 374 54.0
Green Stuart Alan Jones 176 25.4
Labour David Stephen Thompson 142 20.5
Majority 198 28.61
Rejected ballots 9 1.28
Turnout 704 36
Registered electors 1,976
St John's (3 seats)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Deb Baker 629 44.4
Conservative Tim Matthews 613 43.3
Conservative Chris Spruce 558 39.4
Labour Robyn St Clair Fawcett 342 24.2
Labour Benjamin Robert Watkins 333 23.5
Green Simon Charles Partridge 329 23.2
Liberal Democrats Hugh Thomas Ashton 311 22.0
Liberal Democrats John Anthony Smith 304 21.5
Labour Don Palmer 296 20.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Anthony Yeo 290 20.5
Majority 216 5.39
Rejected ballots 35 2.41
Turnout 1,451 31
Registered electors 4,610
Stowe (3 seats)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Clare Lax 567 35.2
Conservative Colin Greatorex 561 34.9
Independent Jeyan Anketell 551 34.2
Conservative Jon O'Hagan 455 28.3
Liberal Democrats Richard John Rathbone 406 25.2
Liberal Democrats Paul McDermott 381 23.7
Labour Matthew Lee Field 374 23.2
Liberal Democrats Alasdair Mark Brooks 323 20.1
Independent Christopher James Wilkinson 285 17.7
UKIP Alan Schofield 255 15.8
Majority 96 2.31
Rejected ballots 25 1.53
Turnout 1,634 33
Registered electors 5,000
Summerfield and All Saints (3 seats)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard John Brown 493 41.4
Labour Laura Jane Ennis 492 41.4
Conservative Ken Humphreys 470 39.5
Conservative Heather Tranter 382 32.1
UKIP John Stewart Hitchin 357 30.0
Conservative Natasha Inez Pullen 326 27.4
Labour Roy Frederick Tovey 319 26.8
Majority 88 3.1
Rejected ballots 26 2.14
Turnout 1,215 25
Registered electors 4,916
Whittington and Streethay (3 seats)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Leytham no contest
Conservative Harry Albert Warburton no contest
Conservative Alan George White no contest

Changes 2019–2023

  • Jeyan Anketell, elected for Stowe as an independent, joined the Labour Party in 2020.[24]
  • Alastair Little, elected for Hammerwich with Wall as a Conservative, left the party in January 2022 over its handling of allegations of lockdown-breaching gatherings in Downing Street, and continued to sit as an independent.[25]
  • James Parton-Hughes, elected for Fazeley as a Conservative, was disqualified as a councillor on 12 January 2023 under section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972 for non-attendance at meetings, citing bereavement, medical issues and the COVID-19 pandemic; the seat remained vacant for the rest of the term.[26]
  • Barry Gwilt, elected for Fazeley as a Conservative, defected to Reform UK in January 2023, having been deselected as the Conservative candidate for the 2023 election.[27]
  • Elizabeth "Liz" Little, elected for Little Aston and Stonnall as a Conservative, was suspended by the party in March 2023 after criticising her deselection as the Conservative candidate for the 2023 election, and continued to sit as an independent.[28]

By-elections

Summerfield and All Saints

Summerfield and All Saints by-election: 6 May 2021[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Heather Tranter 783 57.3
Labour Michael Galvin 392 28.7
Liberal Democrats John Taylor 191 14.0
Majority 391 28.63
Rejected ballots 16 1.16
Turnout 1,382 28
Registered electors 4,868
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Labour councillor, Bernard Brown, in July 2020, as council meetings were being held exclusively online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and he was unable to attend as he did not have access to the Internet.[30]

Armitage with Handsacre

Armitage with Handsacre by-election: 16 December 2021[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Cross 458 60.3 −2.2
Labour Mark Pritchard 301 39.7 +2.2
Majority 157 20.6
Rejected ballots 5 0.65
Turnout 764 12.6
Registered electors 6,051
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.2

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Conservative councillor, Nick Binney, who stepped down after moving out of the area.[32]

Chasetown

Chasetown by-election: 3 November 2022[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Taylor 318 73.3
Conservative Norma Bacon 116 26.7
Majority 202 46.5
Turnout 434
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Conservative councillor, Samuel Tapper, earlier in 2022.[34]

References

  1. ↑ "Full local elections results for Lichfield District Council". Lichfield Live. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Election results for Alrewas and Fradley". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Election results for Armitage with Handsacre". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Election results for Boley Park". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Election results for Boney Hay and Central". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Election results for Bourne Vale". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Election results for Chadsmead". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Election results for Chase Terrace". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Election results for Chasetown". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Election results for Colton and the Ridwares". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Election results for Curborough". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Election results for Fazeley". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Hammerwich with Wall". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Election results for Highfield". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Election results for Leomansley". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "Election results for Little Aston and Stonnall". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Election results for Longdon". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  18. ↑ "Election results for Mease Valley". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Election results for Shenstone". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  20. ↑ "Election results for St John's". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  21. ↑ "Election results for Stowe". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  22. ↑ "Election results for Summerfield and All Saints". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "Election results for Whittington and Streethay". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  24. ↑ "Lichfield councillor switches to Greens after quitting Labour". Lichfield Live. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  25. ↑ ""I can no longer remain a member of this embarrassment show" - Lichfield councillor quits Conservatives". Lichfield Live. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  26. ↑ "Conservative councillor "proud" to have served after being forced to stand down due to non-attendance rule". Lichfield Live. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  27. ↑ Grundy, Jamie (27 January 2023). "Councillor laments over 'broken' Britain as he quits Tories for Reform". Express & Star. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  28. ↑ "Conservatives suspend Lichfield councillor after she spoke out over de-selection ahead of local elections". Lichfield Live. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  29. ↑ "Election results for Summerfield and All Saints". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  30. ↑ Reynolds, Jordan (16 July 2020). "Lichfield District Councillor resigns after negative comments online". Express & Star. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  31. ↑ "Election results for Armitage with Handsacre, 16 December 2021". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  32. ↑ "Date confirmed for Armitage with Handsacre by-election". Lichfield Live. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  33. ↑ "Election results for Chasetown Ward, 3 November 2022". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  34. ↑ "Labour win Chasetown seat in Lichfield District Council by-election". Lichfield Live. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2026.

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