2023 Lichfield District Council election

2023 Lichfield District Council election
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All 47 seats to Lichfield District Council
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.2%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Doug Pullen Steven Norman Paul Ray
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 34 seats, 49.0% 10 seats, 28.3% 1 seat, 13.7%
Seats before 31[a] 11 1
Seats won 23 17 7
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 7 Increase 6
Popular vote 23,652 20,344 6,476
Percentage 44.6% 38.3% 12.2%
Swing Decrease 4.4% Increase 10.0% Decrease 1.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Party Independent Reform UK
Last election 2 seats, 4.0% N/A
Seats before 3 1
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote 1,242 N/A
Percentage 2.3% N/A
Swing Decrease 1.7% N/A
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Lichfield District Council election
Leader before election

Doug Pullen
Conservative

Leader after election

Doug Pullen
Conservative
No overall control

The 2023 Lichfield District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire, England. This was on the same day as other English local elections.[2]

All 47 members of the council were up for election, and the Conservatives lost control of the council to no overall control.[3] This marked the first time that the Conservatives had not held Lichfield District Council since 1999. The Conservatives managed to form a minority administration after the election after Labour and the Liberal Democrats ruled out a coalition.[4]

  1. ^ Live, Lichfield (14 January 2023). "Conservative councillor "proud" to have served after being forced to stand down due to non-attendance rule". Lichfield Live. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ Collins, Riyah; Portlock, Sarah (5 May 2023). "Labour takes East Staffordshire from Tories for first time in 20 years". BBC News. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ Parkin, Isabelle (20 May 2023). "Tories vow to 'work together' with opposition after losing majority in Lichfield". Express and Star. Retrieved 5 July 2023.


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