2024 Tamworth Borough Council election

2024 Tamworth Borough Council election
10 of the 30 seats on Tamworth Borough Council; 15 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results
Leader before election; Thomas Jay; Conservative; No overall control	Leader after election ; Carol Dean; Labour

The 2024 Tamworth Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect 10 of the 30 councillors on Tamworth Borough Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

In the previous election, the Conservatives lost control of the council losing 6 seats, whilst Labour gained 7 seats.^[1] Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being led by a coalition administration of the Conservatives and some of the independent 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]

Results

The overall results were:

2024 Tamworth Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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]

Amington

Amington
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Belgrave

Belgrave
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bolehall

Bolehall
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle

Castle
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Glascote

Glascote
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Mercian

Mercian
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Spital

Spital
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stonydelph

Stonydelph
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Trinity

Trinity
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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilnecote

Wilnecote
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
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ Perrin, Ben (2023-05-05). "Tamworth local elections results in full as Conservatives suffer major losses". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
^ Sutton, Jonathan (14 December 2023). "Borough council appoints new leader". BBC News. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
^ "Tamworth result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ "Council minutes, 21 May 2024". Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
^ "Elections 2024 | Tamworth Borough Council". www.tamworth.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-09.

[1] Perrin, Ben (2023-05-05). "Tamworth local elections results in full as Conservatives suffer major losses". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 2024-04-06.

[2] Sutton, Jonathan (14 December 2023). "Borough council appoints new leader". BBC News. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

[3] "Tamworth result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-11.

[4] "Council minutes, 21 May 2024". Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

[5] "Elections 2024 | Tamworth Borough Council". www.tamworth.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-09.

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