2023 South Staffordshire District Council election

2023 South Staffordshire District Council
All 42 seats to South Staffordshire District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	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 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]

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[edit]

Election result[edit]

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[edit]

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

Bilbrook[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ Including one vacant seat in Featherstone and Shareshill ward previously held by independent councillor Frank Beardsmore prior to his resignation in January 2023.^[1]

^ Boothroyd, David (13 January 2023). "Did you insinuate we'd lost three seats on Plymouth?". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections 2023: Is there an election in my area?". BBC News. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "List of candidates for district and parish elections 2023 | South Staffordshire District Council". www.sstaffs.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "The South Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1140, retrieved 28 December 2023
^ Madeley, Peter. "South Staffordshire to lose seven councillors as new boundary plans finalised". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
^ "District council elections 2023: The results". South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ 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.
^ "Local elections 2023: full council results for England". The Guardian. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ "Declarations of results of poll" (PDF). South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ "Councillors". South Staffordshire Council. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

[2] 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.

[3] "Local Elections 2023: Is there an election in my area?". BBC News. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[4] "List of candidates for district and parish elections 2023 | South Staffordshire District Council". www.sstaffs.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[5] "The South Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1140, retrieved 28 December 2023

[6] Madeley, Peter. "South Staffordshire to lose seven councillors as new boundary plans finalised". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[electionscentre-7] "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[8] "District council elections 2023: The results". South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

[9] 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.

[10] "Local elections 2023: full council results for England". The Guardian. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

[11] "Declarations of results of poll" (PDF). South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

[12] "Councillors". South Staffordshire Council. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

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