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2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election

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All 37 seats to East Staffordshire Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Mick Fitzpatrick George Allen Party Labour Conservative Last election 10 seats, 38.7% 25 seats, 48.1% Seats before 11 23 Seats won 21 15 Seat change 11 10 Popular vote 25,377 24,248 Percentage 45.1% 43.1% Swing 6.4% 5.0%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Liberal Democrats Last election 3 seats, 5.8% 1 seat, 3.3% Seats before 4 1 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 4,378 n/a Percentage 7.8% n/a Swing 2.0% n/a
Winner of each seat at the 2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
Leader before election George Allen Conservative Leader after election Mick Fitzpatrick Labour

The 2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 37 members of East Staffordshire Borough Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. New ward boundaries took effect at this election, reducing the number of councillors from 39 to 37.

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. Following the results, the Conservatives lost control of the council to Labour for the first time in 20 years. The Labour group leader, Mick Fitzpatrick, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 26 May 2023.

Overall results

2023 East Staffordshire Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	37	21	7	0	11	56.8	45.1	25,377	+6.4
	Conservative	37	15	1	7	10	40.5	43.1	24,248	–5.0
	Independent	14	1	0	1	2	2.7	7.8	4,378	+2.0
	Green	9	0	0	0		0.0	3.6	2,044	+1.6
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	191	N/A

The Liberal Democrats also lost one seat, but are not shown in the above table as they did not stand any candidates at this election.

Ward results

The results for each ward were:

Anglesey

Bagots & Needwood

Blythe

Branston

Brizlincote

Burton & Eton

Crown

Dove

Heath

Horninglow & Outwoods

Shobnall

Stapenhill

Stramshall & Weaver

Stretton

Town

Winshill

Changes 2023-2027

By-elections

Stretton: 26 September 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerry Holmes	1,012	70.8	+25.3
	Labour	John McKiernan	304	21.3	–9.8
	Green	Kelly Rickard	113	7.9	N/A
Majority			708	49.5	N/A
Turnout			1,433	19.3	–8.8
Registered electors			7,443
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.6

By-election trigged by the death of Conservative councillor Mike Ackroyd.

References

1. "The East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2021/1220, retrieved 27 December 2023
2. "Labour takes East Staffordshire from Tories for first time in 20 years". BBC News. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
3. Castle, Richard; Price, Richard (16 May 2023). "The eight powerful Labour politicians who'll now be running East Staffordshire". Staffordshire Live. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
4. "East Staffordshire result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
5. "2023 borough and parish election results". East Staffordshire Borough Council. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
6. Coyle, Simon (5 May 2023). "East Staffordshire local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
7. "2024 Stretton Ward By Election Result". East Staffordshire Borough Council. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

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