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The2024 Tamworth Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect 10 of the 30 councillors onTamworth Borough Council inStaffordshire, England. This was on the same day as otherlocal elections across England.
In theprevious election, theConservatives lost control of the council losing 6 seats, whilstLabour gained 7 seats.[1] Prior to the election, the council was underno overall control, being led by a coalition administration of the Conservatives and some of theindependent councillors, led by Conservative councillor Thomas Jay.[2]
In this election, the Conservatives lost 9 seats to Labour, giving Labour an overall majority on the council.[3] The Labour group leader, Carol Dean, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2024.[4]
The overall results were:
| 2024 Tamworth Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 9 |  9 | 90.0 | 9 | 18 | 60.0 | 7,803 | 49.1 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | 1 |  9 | 10.0 | 7 | 8 | 26.7 | 5,453 | 34.3 | -2.3 | |
| Independent | 0 |  | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 13.3 | 576 | 3.6 | -11.7 | |
| Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,130 | 7.1 | +6.6 | |
| UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 369 | 2.3 | +1.3 | |
| Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 269 | 1.7 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 181 | 1.1 | -0.3 | |
Results by ward:[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andy Wells | 894 | 53.5 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Donna Summers | 756 | 45.2 | −4.1 | |
| Majority | 138 | 8.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1671 | 24.9 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nova Arkney | 720 | 54.3 | +15.0 | |
| Conservative | Brett Beetham | 347 | 26.2 | −2.8 | |
| Reform UK | Yvette Bayliss | 180 | 13.6 | New | |
| Green | John Scattergood | 75 | 5.7 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 373 | 28.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1326 | 23.7 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ken Norchi | 944 | 71.5 | +11.5 | |
| Conservative | Michael Oates | 359 | 27.2 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 585 | 44.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1320 | 23.5 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Natalie Statham | 898 | 47.6 | +9.2 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Richard Moore | 616 | 32.6 | −3.4 | |
| Reform UK | David Bayliss | 242 | 12.8 | +8.4 | |
| Green | Joell Mayoh | 122 | 6.5 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 282 | 14.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1888 | 28.1 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Helen Hadley | 574 | 47.8 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | James Nicholson-Roberts | 250 | 20.8 | −2.6 | |
| UKIP | Emma Turner | 230 | 19.2 | New | |
| Independent | John Wade | 140 | 11.7 | New | |
| Majority | 324 | 27.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1201 | 22.2 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pat Pallett | 750 | 48.1 | −7.8 | |
| Conservative | Chris Cooke | 525 | 33.7 | −10.4 | |
| Reform UK | David Tighe | 182 | 11.7 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robyn Barr | 96 | 6.2 | New | |
| Majority | 225 | 14.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1559 | 28.5 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Marion Couchman | 795 | 39.6 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Robert Steven Pritchard | 762 | 38.0 | +6.7 | |
| Independent | Bill Bryan | 436 | 21.7 | −10.6 | |
| Majority | 33 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2006 | 31.3 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Margaret Clarke | 643 | 46.0 | +7.1 | |
| Conservative | Andy Cooper | 535 | 38.2 | −3.4 | |
| UKIP | Robert Bilcliff | 139 | 9.9 | +3.6 | |
| Green | Adam Bayliss | 72 | 5.1 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 108 | 7.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1399 | 24.9 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Martin Summers | 733 | 42.2 | −5.7 | |
| Labour | Denise Bayley | 616 | 35.5 | −2.9 | |
| Reform UK | Ian Cooper | 292 | 16.8 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Miller-Viney | 85 | 4.9 | −8.8 | |
| Majority | 117 | 6.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1735 | 30.3 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dave Foster | 969 | 54.5 | +12.3 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Lee Maycock | 570 | 32.1 | −0.4 | |
| Reform UK | Mark Lawton | 234 | 13.2 | New | |
| Majority | 399 | 22.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1777 | 25.9 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
