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2023 South Staffordshire District Council

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All 42 seats to South Staffordshire District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Roger Lees Bob Cope Party Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats Last election 37 seats, 57.4% 7 seats, 14.6% 0 seats, 1.7% Seats before 36 8 0 Seats won 29 5 4 Seat change 8 2 4 Popular vote 24,653 5,391 7,311 Percentage 47.1% 10.3% 14.0% Swing 10.3% 4.3% 12.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Chris Benton (defeated) Party Labour Green UKIP Last election 1 seat, 13.7% 3 seats, 11.0% 1 seat, 1.7% Seats before 1 3 1 Seats won 2 2 0 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 10,410 3,915 389 Percentage 19.9% 7.5% 0.7% Swing 6.2% 3.5% 1.0%
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. New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, reducing the number of seats from 49 to 42.

The Conservatives, who have held a majority of the seats on the council since 1976, retained their majority at this election, winning 29 of the 42 seats.

Summary

Election result

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

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

Bilbrook

Brewood, Coven and Blymhill

Cheslyn Hay Village

Codsall

Essington

Featherstone, Shareshill and Saredon

Great Wyrley Landywood

Great Wyrley Town

Himley and Swindon

Huntington and Hatherton

Kinver and Enville

Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston

Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington and Lower Penn

Penkridge North and Acton Trussell

Penkridge South and Gailey

Perton East

Perton Lakeside

Perton Wrottesley

Wombourne North

Wombourne South

References

1. 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.
2. "Local Elections 2023: Is there an election in my area?". BBC News. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
3. "List of candidates for district and parish elections 2023 | South Staffordshire District Council". www.sstaffs.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
4. "The South Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1140, retrieved 28 December 2023
5. Madeley, Peter. "South Staffordshire to lose seven councillors as new boundary plans finalised". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
6. "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
7. "District council elections 2023: The results". South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
8. 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.
9. "Local elections 2023: full council results for England". The Guardian. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
10. "Declarations of results of poll" (PDF). South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
11. "Councillors". South Staffordshire Council. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

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