2019 Lichfield District Council election
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Election result
[edit]The Conservatives maintained control of the council.
2019 Lichfield District Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 46 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 72.3 | 49.0 | 20,120 | –5.6 | |
Labour | 33 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21.3 | 28.3 | 11,606 | +1.5 | |
Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 1,643 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 13.7 | 5,605 | +9.0 | ||
UKIP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1,052 | –5.9 | ||
Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1,025 | +0.8 |
Results by ward
[edit]Elected candidates in bold.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 3,148 | 28 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 3,277 | 24 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 2438 | 38 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 3,017 | 24 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian William Yeates | no contest |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 2061 | 33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 1638 | 24 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 952 | 21 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Shirley Ann Barnett | 432 | 73.6 | ||
Labour | Colin George Noble | 155 | 26.4 | ||
Majority | 277 | 47.19 | |||
Turnout | 587 | 33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 1452 | 24 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 1,532 | 25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 1,861 | 31 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 1,826 | 29 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 5,027 | 35 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Elizabeth Alice Little | no contest | |||
Conservative | Joseph John Rayner Powell | no contest |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert William Strachan | no contest |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ashley Yeates | 293 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Phillip Bennion | 248 | 45.8 | ||
Majority | 45 | 8.32 | |||
Turnout | 541 | 36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 692 | 36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 4,005 | 31 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 4,158 | 33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Turnout | 2,839 | 25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David John Leytham | no contest | |||
Conservative | Harry Albert Warburton | no contest | |||
Conservative | Alan George White | no contest |
By-elections
[edit]Summerfield and All Saints by-election, 6 May 2021
[edit]Bernard Brown resigned from the council 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.[24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Heather Tranter | 783 | 57% | ||
Labour | Michael Galvin | 392 | 29% | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Taylor | 191 | 14% | ||
Majority | 391 | ||||
Turnout | 1366 |
Armitage & Handsacre
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Cross | 458 | 60.3 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Mark Pritchard | 301 | 39.7 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 157 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 759 | 12.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Full local elections results for Lichfield District Council". Lichfield Live. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Alrewas and Fradley". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Armitage with Handsacre". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Boley Park". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Boney Hay and Central". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Bourne Vale". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Chadsmead". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Chase Terrace". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Chasetown". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Colton and the Ridwares". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Curborough". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Fazeley". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Hammerwich with Wall". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Highfield". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Leomansley". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Little Aston and Stonnall". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Longdon". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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- ^ "Election results for St John's". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Stowe". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Summerfield and All Saints". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Whittington and Streethay". Lichfield District Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Reynolds, Jordan (16 July 2020). "Lichfield District Councillor resigns after negative comments online". Express & Star. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Summerfield and All Saints". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.