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2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

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All 44 seats to Stoke-on-Trent City Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jane Ashworth Abi Brown Ann James Party Labour Conservative City Independents Last election 16 seats, 32.4% 15 seats, 34.8% 12 seats, 25.6% Seats won 29 14 1 Seat change 13 1 11 Popular vote 35,983 29,697 5,908 Percentage 46.9% 38.7% 7.7% Swing 14.5% 3.9% 17.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
Leader before election Abi Brown Conservative No overall control Leader after election Jane Ashworth Labour

The 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. New ward boundaries took effect for this election, although the number of councillors stayed the same at 44.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. Labour took a majority of the seats at the election. Labour group leader Jane Ashworth was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.

Stoke-on-Trent is a city made up of six towns. These include Tunstall and Burslem in the North, Hanley and Stoke in its Central and Fenton and Longton in the South.

Result

2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	29	14	0	13	65.90	46.9	35,983	+14.5
	Conservative	42	14	1	1	1	31.8	38.7	29,697	+3.9
	City Independents	15	1	0	14	11	0.0	7.7	5,908	–17.9
	Independent	15	0	1	1	1	2.3	5.3	4,084	+1.3
	Green	6	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	953	–0.1
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	46	N/A
	Communist	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	25	N/A

Ward results

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

Abbey Hulton

Baddeley, Milton & Norton

Basford & Hartshill

Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend

Birches Head & Northwood

Blurton

Boothen

Bradeley & Chell Heath

Bradeley & Chell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurmeet Singh Kallar	787	79.8	+23.5
	Conservative	Dany Suleman	125	12.6	–31.1
	Independent	Steven Taylor	83	8.3	N/A
Majority			662	67.2	+54.6
Turnout			995	23.7	–3.6
Registered electors			4,205
	Labour hold		Swing	27.3

Bucknall & Eaton Park

Burslem

Burslem Park

Burslem Park (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Glen Watson	676	61.5	+21.1
	Conservative	Lesley Adams	423	38.5	+23.8
Majority			253	23.0	N/A
Turnout			1,102	25.4	–1.2
Registered electors			4,335
	Labour Co-op gain from City Independents		Swing	1.3

Dresden & Florence

Dresden & Florence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Independents	Lilian Jean Dodd	637	49.5	+0.7
	Labour	Nigel Ross	517	40.2	+22.9
	Conservative	Siona Louise Williams	132	10.3	–23.6
Majority			120	9.3	–5.6
Turnout			1,292	35.1	–7.9
Registered electors			3,680
	City Independents hold		Swing	11.1

Etruria & Hanley

Fenton East

Fenton East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mubsira Aumir	513	47.5	+14.2
	Independent	Alan James Gerrard	340	31.5	–1.6
	Conservative	Grant Christian Barnes	226	21.0	+8.3
Majority			173	16.0	+15.8
Turnout			1,082	24.1	–3.8
Registered electors			4,491
	Labour hold		Swing	7.9

Fenton West & Mount Pleasant

Fenton West & Mount Pleasant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyn Mary Sharpe	581	47.4	+27.5
	Independent	Cheryl Elizabeth Gerrard	331	27.0	–16.2
	Conservative	Khawar Ali	289	23.6	+17.4
	Communist	Jordan Roden	25	2.0	N/A
Majority			250	20.4	N/A
Turnout			1,231	27.6	–3.1
Registered electors			4,466
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	22.0

Ford Green & Smallthorne

Ford Green & Smallthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Diane Williams	755	68.1	+23.8
	Conservative	Candi Chetwynd	354	31.9	+3.4
Majority			401	36.2	+20.4
Turnout			1,134	24.0	–0.2
Registered electors			4,734
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Goldenhill & Sandyford

Goldenhill & Sandyford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chandra Mohan Kenneganti	860	71.4	+17.3
	Labour	Jeffrey Birks	265	22.0	–5.6
	Independent	Alan Edward Dutton	79	6.6	N/A
Majority			595	49.4	–17.3
Turnout			1,207	25.5	–5.3
Registered electors			4,742
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.5

Great Chell & Packmoor

Hanford, Newstead & Trentham

Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton

Hartshill Park & Stoke

Hollybush

Lightwood North & Normacot

Lightwood North & Normacot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sadaqat Maqsoom	1,288	57.0	–2.0
	Labour	Omar Ali	970	43.0	+2.0
Majority			318	14.0	–4.0
Turnout			2,275	48.5	–13.2
Registered electors			4,695
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

Little Chell & Stanfield

David Williams (Stoke-on-Trent North MP)

Little Chell & Stanfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Williams	676	57.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Imran Khurshid	335	28.4	+22.1
	Independent	Anthony Screen	168	14.3	N/A
Majority			341	28.9	+19.4
Turnout			1,181	26.5	–0.7
Registered electors			4,461
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Longton & Meir Hay South

Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney

Meir North

Meir North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desiree Gail Elliott	485	52.3	+26.7
	City Independents	Michelle Suzanne Swift	279	30.1	+12.8
	Conservative	Sam Hussain	164	17.7	–0.7
Majority			206	22.2	+19.1
Turnout			938	19.0	–3.5
Registered electors			4,946
	Labour hold		Swing	7.0

Meir Park

Meir Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abi Brown	982	73.5	–10.9
	Labour	Taimour Arfan	260	19.5	+3.9
	Green	Jenny Louise Harper	95	7.1	N/A
Majority			722	54.0	–14.8
Turnout			1,340	33.1	–3.8
Registered electors			4,044
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4

Meir South

Meir South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Faisal Hussain	684	52.5	+12.8
	Labour	Bagh Ali	618	47.5	+15.5
Majority			66	5.0	–2.7
Turnout			1,306	29.4	+2.3
Registered electors			4,444
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.4

Moorcroft & Sneyd Green

Penkhull & Springfields

Sandford Hill

Sandford Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Bell	615	59.0	+18.4
	Conservative	Ally Simcock	428	41.0	+3.3
Majority			187	18.0	+15.1
Turnout			1,055	22.8	–2.9
Registered electors			4,622
	Labour hold		Swing	7.6

Trent Vale & Oakhill

Tunstall

Tunstall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tabrase Din	650	45.8	+35.5
	Labour Co-op	Joy Garner	392	27.6	–15.0
	Independent	Lee Wanger	377	26.6	N/A
Majority			258	18.2	N/A
Turnout			1,430	28.7
Registered electors			4,982
	Conservative gain from City Independents		Swing	25.3

References

1. "Local elections 2023: What to expect from May's polls in England". BBC. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
2. "The Stoke-on-Trent (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/665, retrieved 1 January 2024
3. Giddings, Andy (5 May 2023). "Stoke-on-Trent: Labour seizes back control of city council". BBC News. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
4. Andrews, Rob (5 May 2023). "Every Stoke-on-Trent City Council election result as it happened". Stoke-on-Trent Live. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
5. Price, Richard (25 May 2023). ""We're going to clean up Stoke-on-Trent" - First big interview with new council leader Jane Ashworth". Stoke-on-Trent Live. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
6. "Stoke-on-Trent result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023.
7. "Election results by party, 4 May 2023". Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
8. "Statement of Persons Nominated". Stoke-on-Trent City Council. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
9. "Election results by wards, 4 May 2023". Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

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